republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-582.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electrified fences."
description: "Existing law prohibits an electrified fence to be offered for sale, sold, installed, or used in the state, or otherwise connected to a source of electrical current, unless the electrical current is limited and regulated by an electrical controller that meets or exceeds specified standards or specifications. Existing law also provides that the owner of land in fee has the right to the surface and to everything permanently situated beneath or above it."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 582"
citation: "California SB 582 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electrified fences."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2015-02-26"
last_action: "2015-09-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e07d293f-6ca9-4f2d-8312-9f76aeb4ce70"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB582"
source_hash: "affa7b19e244714069ed15fe627d90f989c90b712466d006fd8e5564f1afc646"
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 SB 582 (20152016) — Electrified fences.

Existing law prohibits an electrified fence to be offered for sale, sold, installed, or used in the state, or otherwise connected to a source of electrical current, unless the electrical current is limited and regulated by an electrical controller that meets or exceeds specified standards or specifications. Existing law also provides that the owner of land in fee has the right to the surface and to everything permanently situated beneath or above it.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/26/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB582&version=20150SB58299INT)
2. **04/07/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB582&version=20150SB58298AMD)
3. **05/19/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB582&version=20150SB58297AMD)
4. **08/17/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB582&version=20150SB58296AMD)
5. **09/04/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB582&version=20150SB58294CHP)
6. **SB582** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB582)
7. **08/27/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB582&version=20150SB58295ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 582 Hall Senate Third Reading By GARCIA, C. — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #7 — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #2 — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-26** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2015-02-27** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 29.
- **2015-03-12** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-07** 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`
- **2015-04-16** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-01** Set for hearing May 12.
- **2015-05-18** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 983.) (May 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-05-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-20** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2015-05-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1074.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-11** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-29** June 30 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2015-07-16** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-08-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2533.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-20** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2015-08-25** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2015-08-27** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2206.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2015-09-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-09-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 273, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e07d293f-6ca9-4f2d-8312-9f76aeb4ce70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).