republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-539.md

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Bill	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 a sample of the blood of a person constitutes evidence that tends to show a violation of specified laws prohibiting driving a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, the person from whom the sample is being sought has refused an officer's request to submit to, or has failed to complete, a blood test, as specified, and the sample will be drawn from the person in a reasonable, medically approved manner.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 539	California AB 539 (20152016)	bill	Search warrants.	enacted	Levine	5	20	5	2015-02-23	2015-07-16	openstates	ocd-bill/fbeda246-e7a2-4d50-a64b-c6eac60ce19c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB539	ac0e33e874c0dd4fbfd11e42558966997af2217dae0719b34e94affc0def1e57	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 539 (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 a sample of the blood of a person constitutes evidence that tends to show a violation of specified laws prohibiting driving a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, the person from whom the sample is being sought has refused an officer's request to submit to, or has failed to complete, a blood test, as specified, and the sample will be drawn from the person in a reasonable, medically approved manner.

Version chain

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

1. 02/23/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/23/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/16/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB539 (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/02/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 539 LEVINE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 539 LEVINE Assembly Third Reading — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB539 Levine By Monning — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Levine — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-23 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
• 2015-03-05 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2015-04-08 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 7). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-16 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 968.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-16 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. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-06-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-17 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2015-06-18 Ordered to third reading.
• 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 1615.). 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 76. Noes 0. Page 2170.). 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 118, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fbeda246-e7a2-4d50-a64b-c6eac60ce19c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).