Existing law, the Californians Against Sexual Exploitation Act, an initiative measure enacted by the approval of Proposition 35 at the November 6, 2012, statewide general election (CASE Act) , requires a person who is subject to the Sex Offender Registration Act (the Act) to list any and all Internet identifiers established or used by the person and any and all Internet service providers used by the person on his or her sex offender registration. The CASE Act requires a person subject to sex offender registration to send written notice of any addition of, or change to, an Internet identifier or Internet service provider to the law enforcement agency with which he or she is currently registered within 24 hours. Existing case law currently enjoins the application of the above provisions of the CASE Act through the imposition of a preliminary injunction on the grounds that these provisions violate the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The CASE Act allows its provisions to be amended by a statute in furtherance of its objectives passed in each house of the Legislature by a majority vote of the membership.
California SB 448 (20152016) — Sex offenders: Internet identifiers.
Existing law, the Californians Against Sexual Exploitation Act, an initiative measure enacted by the approval of Proposition 35 at the November 6, 2012, statewide general election (CASE Act) , requires a person who is subject to the Sex Offender Registration Act (the Act) to list any and all Internet identifiers established or used by the person and any and all Internet service providers used by the person on his or her sex offender registration. The CASE Act requires a person subject to sex offender registration to send written notice of any addition of, or change to, an Internet identifier or Internet service provider to the law enforcement agency with which he or she is currently registered within 24 hours. Existing case law currently enjoins the application of the above provisions of the CASE Act through the imposition of a preliminary injunction on the grounds that these provisions violate the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The CASE Act allows its provisions to be amended by a statute in furtherance of its objectives passed in each house of the Legislature by a majority vote of the membership.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Hueso — primary (person)
Galgiani — principal coauthor (person)
Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
Hall — coauthor (person)
Mathis — coauthor (person)
Runner — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-25 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2015-02-26 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 28.
2015-03-05 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and APPR. referral-committee
2015-03-20 Set for hearing April 14.
2015-04-14 April 14 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2015-04-15 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2015-04-16 Set for hearing April 21.
2015-04-21 April 21 set for second hearing canceled at the request of author.
2015-06-17 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2015-07-01 Set for hearing July 14.
2015-08-17 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1960.) (July 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-08-18 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-08-19 Set for hearing August 24.
2015-08-24 August 24 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2015-08-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 2216.) (August 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-09-01 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2363.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-09-01 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2015-09-10 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2015-09-10 Art. IV. Sec. 8(b) of the Constitution dispensed with.
2015-09-10 (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3103.)
2016-01-04 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2016-06-23 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-06-27 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2016-06-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-01 Read third time and amended. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5642.) reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-08-01 Ordered to third reading.
2016-08-01 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
2016-08-10 August 10 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2016-08-11 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
2016-08-12 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (August 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6099.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-23 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2016-08-24 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5358.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
2016-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 772, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6ad053d2-6b2d-4900-8339-36f5b4037478. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).