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Bill	Mobile communications: privacy.	Existing law makes it a crime to manufacture, assemble, sell, advertise for sale, possess, transport, import, or furnish to another a device that is primarily or exclusively designed or intended for eavesdropping upon the communication of another, or any device that is primarily or exclusively designed or intended for the unauthorized interception of reception of communications between a cellular radio telephone, as defined, and a landline telephone or other cellular radio telephone. Existing law additionally makes it a crime to purchase, sell, offer to purchase or sell, or conspire to purchase or sell, any telephone calling pattern record or list, without the written consent of the subscriber, or to procure, obtain, attempt to obtain, or conspire to obtain, any calling pattern record or list through fraud or deceit. Existing law contains certain exemptions from these crimes for law enforcement agencies.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 741	California SB 741 (20152016)	bill	Mobile communications: privacy.	enacted	Hill	8	25	7	2015-02-27	2015-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/e7a6a83b-edd2-48e8-94ea-64807dab730d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB741	81fe49a1b03e54b64e30668518a1dbfe4e7295e6542a2d6337afe82ed92446f9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 741 (20152016) — Mobile communications: privacy.

Existing law makes it a crime to manufacture, assemble, sell, advertise for sale, possess, transport, import, or furnish to another a device that is primarily or exclusively designed or intended for eavesdropping upon the communication of another, or any device that is primarily or exclusively designed or intended for the unauthorized interception of reception of communications between a cellular radio telephone, as defined, and a landline telephone or other cellular radio telephone. Existing law additionally makes it a crime to purchase, sell, offer to purchase or sell, or conspire to purchase or sell, any telephone calling pattern record or list, without the written consent of the subscriber, or to procure, obtain, attempt to obtain, or conspire to obtain, any calling pattern record or list through fraud or deceit. Existing law contains certain exemptions from these crimes for law enforcement agencies.

Version chain

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

1. 02/27/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/19/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/24/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/17/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/31/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/08/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB741 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/04/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 741 Hill Senate Third Reading By GATTO — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB741 Hill Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hill — primary (person)
• Anderson — coauthor (person)
• Leno — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-27 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
• 2015-03-02 From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 1.
• 2015-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
• 2015-03-19 Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-03-27 Set for hearing April 15.
• 2015-04-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 619.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-05 Set for hearing May 12.
• 2015-05-18 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 984.) (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
• 2015-05-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1063.) 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 Coms. on P. & C.P. and L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2015-06-23 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-06-24 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-16 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 15). 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
• 2015-08-31 Read third time and amended. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-31 Ordered to third reading.
• 2015-09-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2780.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-02 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2015-09-03 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2446.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2015-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 659, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e7a6a83b-edd2-48e8-94ea-64807dab730d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).