republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-1104.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Search warrants."
description: "Existing law provides that a search warrant may only be issued upon probable cause, supported by affidavit, naming or describing the person to be searched or searched for, and particularly describing the property, thing, or things and the place to be searched. Existing law also states the grounds upon which a search warrant may be issued, including, among other grounds, when the property or things to be seized consist of any item or constitute any evidence that tends to show a felony has been committed, or tends to show that a particular person has committed a felony, or when there is a warrant to arrest a person."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1104"
citation: "California AB 1104 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Search warrants."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodriguez"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2015-02-27"
last_action: "2015-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/652d98e7-a105-4734-b02b-a43b2524caeb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1104"
source_hash: "ab7b2bbc806f14d1a6ae3feee57b22c2ca95988d42dc342914f82a23ff35d549"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1104 (20152016) — Search warrants.

Existing law provides that a search warrant may only be issued upon probable cause, supported by affidavit, naming or describing the person to be searched or searched for, and particularly describing the property, thing, or things and the place to be searched. Existing law also states the grounds upon which a search warrant may be issued, including, among other grounds, when the property or things to be seized consist of any item or constitute any evidence that tends to show a felony has been committed, or tends to show that a particular person has committed a felony, or when there is a warrant to arrest a person.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/27/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1104&version=20150AB110499INT)
2. **04/23/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1104&version=20150AB110498AMD)
3. **06/23/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1104&version=20150AB110497AMD)
4. **07/16/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1104&version=20150AB110495CHP)
5. **AB1104** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1104)
6. **07/02/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1104&version=20150AB110496ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1104 Rodriguez By Stone — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1104 RODRIGUEZ Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1104 RODRIGUEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Irwin — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2015-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2015-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
- **2015-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2015-03-19** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2015-04-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-27** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-04-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1221.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-14** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-06-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1616.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2015-06-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2171.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2015-07-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 124, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/652d98e7-a105-4734-b02b-a43b2524caeb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).