republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-195.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unauthorized access to computer systems."
description: "Existing law establishes various crimes related to computer services and systems. Existing law makes it a crime to knowingly, and without permission, access, cause to be accessed, or provide or assist in providing a means of accessing, a computer, computer system, computer network, or computer data in violation of prescribed provisions, and defines related terms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 195"
citation: "California AB 195 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Unauthorized access to computer systems."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chau"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2015-01-28"
last_action: "2015-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/151b112f-4943-4593-992b-d06194bf2780"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB195"
source_hash: "9fe9b3a412f28857475f92aa0f5e087dc05eee0fa3d379838beee49c57a240ce"
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 195 (20152016) — Unauthorized access to computer systems.

Existing law establishes various crimes related to computer services and systems. Existing law makes it a crime to knowingly, and without permission, access, cause to be accessed, or provide or assist in providing a means of accessing, a computer, computer system, computer network, or computer data in violation of prescribed provisions, and defines related terms.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/28/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB195&version=20150AB19599INT)
2. **04/06/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB195&version=20150AB19598AMD)
3. **06/23/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB195&version=20150AB19597AMD)
4. **10/07/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB195&version=20150AB19595CHP)
5. **AB195** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB195)
6. **09/10/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB195&version=20150AB19596ENR)

## Votes

- AB 195 CHAU Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 195 CHAU Assembly Third Reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB195 Chau By Hancock — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chau — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-01-28** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-01-29** From printer. May be heard in committee February 28.
- **2015-02-09** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 17). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-07** Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-15** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-16** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-04-20** From Consent Calendar.
- **2015-04-20** Ordered to third reading.
- **2015-04-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1103.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-07** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-06-22** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-06-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2508.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-04** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 6 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2015-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2946.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2015-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 552, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/151b112f-4943-4593-992b-d06194bf2780`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).