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Bill	Confidential communications: disclosure.	(1) Existing law makes it a crime, subject to specified exemptions, for a person to intentionally eavesdrop upon or record a confidential communication by means of an electronic amplifying or recording device without the consent of all parties to the confidential communication. Existing law defines a confidential communication as any communication carried on in circumstances that reasonably indicate that any party to the communication desires it to be confined to the parties thereto. Existing law exempts from the prohibition the recording of a confidential communication made for the purpose of obtaining evidence reasonably believed to relate to the commission by another party to the communication of certain crimes, including any felony involving violence against the person making the recording.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 1671	California AB 1671 (20152016)	bill	Confidential communications: disclosure.	enacted	Gomez	11	40	8	2016-01-15	2016-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/811b69ca-5cd5-4ad8-8ee8-fb260ce0f606	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1671	45119f88d987a933bea330e63bc9b3d19bfb8f23bb9a45e60cd22e0f5d9bdb63	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1671 (20152016) — Confidential communications: disclosure.

(1) Existing law makes it a crime, subject to specified exemptions, for a person to intentionally eavesdrop upon or record a confidential communication by means of an electronic amplifying or recording device without the consent of all parties to the confidential communication. Existing law defines a confidential communication as any communication carried on in circumstances that reasonably indicate that any party to the communication desires it to be confined to the parties thereto. Existing law exempts from the prohibition the recording of a confidential communication made for the purpose of obtaining evidence reasonably believed to relate to the commission by another party to the communication of certain crimes, including any felony involving violence against the person making the recording.

Version chain

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

1. 01/15/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/17/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/12/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/25/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/18/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/02/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/16/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/30/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/30/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. AB1671 (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/02/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• AB 1671 GOMEZ Assembly Third Reading — 52–26 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1671 GOMEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 52–26 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading (Supplemental File 2) AB1671 Gomez By Jackson — 26–13 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 14–6 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gomez — primary (person)
• Jackson — coauthor (person)
• Santiago — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2016-01-19 From printer. May be heard in committee February 18.
• 2016-03-17 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2016-03-17 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
• 2016-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2016-04-05 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2016-04-12 In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2016-04-12 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
• 2016-04-13 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2016-04-21 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 19). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-04-25 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-04-26 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2016-05-04 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2016-05-11 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2016-05-18 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2016-05-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-05-19 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2016-05-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 6.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-05-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 26. Page 5014.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2016-06-09 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2016-08-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 28). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-02 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-08 Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2016-08-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-16 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-29 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2016-08-30 Senate Rule 29.3(b) suspended. (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 5510.)
• 2016-08-30 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-31 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2016-08-31 (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 5557.)
• 2016-08-31 Ordered to third reading.
• 2016-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 5578.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2016-08-31 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 6569.)
• 2016-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 52. Noes 26. Page 6574.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
• 2016-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 855, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/811b69ca-5cd5-4ad8-8ee8-fb260ce0f606. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).