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Bill	Privacy: electronic communications.	Existing law prohibits a government entity from compelling the production of, or access to, electronic communication information or electronic device information, as defined, without a search warrant, wiretap order, order for electronic reader records, or subpoena issued pursuant to specified conditions, except for emergency situations, as defined. Existing law also specifies the conditions under which a government entity may access electronic device information by means of physical interaction or electronic communication with the device, such as pursuant to a search warrant, wiretap order, or consent of the owner of the device.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 1121	California SB 1121 (20152016)	bill	Privacy: electronic communications.	enacted	Leno	9	31	8	2016-02-17	2016-09-23	openstates	ocd-bill/47b628fe-0624-4344-bf7c-db9559ef9839	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1121	c0c32b81be745db27ee9cb3722eb8b70492349c71284e95d7edf6a95e53174ec	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1121 (20152016) — Privacy: electronic communications.

Existing law prohibits a government entity from compelling the production of, or access to, electronic communication information or electronic device information, as defined, without a search warrant, wiretap order, order for electronic reader records, or subpoena issued pursuant to specified conditions, except for emergency situations, as defined. Existing law also specifies the conditions under which a government entity may access electronic device information by means of physical interaction or electronic communication with the device, such as pursuant to a search warrant, wiretap order, or consent of the owner of the device.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/29/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/14/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/23/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/01/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/19/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/23/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB1121 (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/29/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Unfinished Business SB1121 Leno Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 1121 Leno Senate Third Reading By B. & P. Amendment Set #1 — 73–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 1121 Leno Senate Third Reading By OBERNOLTE — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar 2nd — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Leno — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2016-02-18 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
• 2016-02-25 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2016-03-29 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2016-04-04 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2016-04-08 Set for hearing April 19.
• 2016-04-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3613.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-04-22 Set for hearing May 2.
• 2016-05-02 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2016-05-03 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-05 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3775.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-05-05 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2016-05-12 Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2016-06-14 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-22 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 21). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-06-23 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-08-01 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-03 August 3 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2016-08-10 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (August 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-08-11 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-15 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Cooper.
• 2016-08-15 Ordered to third reading.
• 2016-08-19 Read third time and amended. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5962.) reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-19 Ordered to third reading.
• 2016-08-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6090.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-23 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2016-08-25 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5404.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2016-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 541, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/47b628fe-0624-4344-bf7c-db9559ef9839. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).