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Bill	Lawsuits, liens, and other encumbrances.	Existing law prohibits a person from filing or recording a lawsuit, lien, or other encumbrance, pertaining to actions arising in the course and scope of the duties of a public officer or employee, against a public officer or employee, knowing that it is false, with the intent to harass the public officer or employee or to influence or hinder the public officer or employee in discharging his or her official duties. Existing law also provides that a person who records or files a lawsuit, lien, or encumbrance against a public officer or employee in violation of this prohibition, as specified, is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000. Existing law requires a court to issue an order striking and releasing a lien or other encumbrance against a public officer or official in violation of this prohibition, and it allows a court to award costs and reasonable attorney's fees in that instance.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 1267	California AB 1267 (20152016)	bill	Lawsuits liens and other encumbrances.	enacted	Bloom	6	22	4	2015-02-27	2015-08-13	openstates	ocd-bill/f7a738f5-92a3-4b47-99e1-521692e0afda	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1267	538c7ff5fad543b7c092c124ffd8110c9a78f02106a77893189bc6c27fe74e7a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1267 (20152016) — Lawsuits, liens, and other encumbrances.

Existing law prohibits a person from filing or recording a lawsuit, lien, or other encumbrance, pertaining to actions arising in the course and scope of the duties of a public officer or employee, against a public officer or employee, knowing that it is false, with the intent to harass the public officer or employee or to influence or hinder the public officer or employee in discharging his or her official duties. Existing law also provides that a person who records or files a lawsuit, lien, or encumbrance against a public officer or employee in violation of this prohibition, as specified, is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000. Existing law requires a court to issue an order striking and releasing a lien or other encumbrance against a public officer or official in violation of this prohibition, and it allows a court to award costs and reasonable attorney's fees in that instance.

Version chain

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

1. 02/27/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/20/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/27/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/13/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB1267 (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/08/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1267 BLOOM Assembly Third Reading — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent #4 AB1267 Bloom By Jackson — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bloom — primary (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
• 2015-03-23 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-04-06 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2015-04-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-21 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-04-27 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-28 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-05-05 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 5). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-07 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1342.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-07 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-21 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-06-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-06-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-07-01 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2015-07-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1792.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-06 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2015-08-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2015-08-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-08-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 208, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f7a738f5-92a3-4b47-99e1-521692e0afda. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).