Existing law generally prohibits strip searches and body cavity searches of prearraignment detainees arrested for infraction or misdemeanor offenses. Existing law allows a person who has been arrested and taken into custody to be subjected to patdown searches, metal detector searches, and thorough clothing searches in order to discover and retrieve concealed weapons and contraband substances prior to being placed in a booking cell.
Existing law generally prohibits strip searches and body cavity searches of prearraignment detainees arrested for infraction or misdemeanor offenses. Existing law allows a person who has been arrested and taken into custody to be subjected to patdown searches, metal detector searches, and thorough clothing searches in order to discover and retrieve concealed weapons and contraband substances prior to being placed in a booking cell.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1705 RODRIGUEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 74–2 (pass) · lower
AB 1705 RODRIGUEZ Assembly Third Reading — 60–4 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 5–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Rodriguez — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-01-25 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2016-01-26 From printer. May be heard in committee February 25.
2016-02-08 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2016-03-01 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2016-03-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (March 15). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-03-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-03-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 4. Page 4124.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-03-31 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2016-04-07 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2016-06-08 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-06-14 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2016-06-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-06-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4730.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-02 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2016-08-04 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 2. Page 5701.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-08-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2016-08-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-08-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 162, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cf870f5f-a40c-465e-baae-08e3c35fa07e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).