Existing law makes it a crime, subject to specified exemptions, for a person to intentionally eavesdrop upon or record a confidential communication by means of an electronic amplifying or recording device without the consent of all parties to the confidential communication. Existing law exempts from the prohibition the recording of a confidential communication made for the purpose of obtaining evidence reasonably believed to relate to the commission by another party to the communication of certain crimes, including any felony involving violence against the person making the recording. Existing law also allows a judge to include a provision in a domestic violence restraining order permitting a victim of domestic violence to record any prohibited communication made to him or her by the perpetrator.
California AB 413 (20172018) — Confidential communications: domestic violence.
Existing law makes it a crime, subject to specified exemptions, for a person to intentionally eavesdrop upon or record a confidential communication by means of an electronic amplifying or recording device without the consent of all parties to the confidential communication. Existing law exempts from the prohibition the recording of a confidential communication made for the purpose of obtaining evidence reasonably believed to relate to the commission by another party to the communication of certain crimes, including any felony involving violence against the person making the recording. Existing law also allows a judge to include a provision in a domestic violence restraining order permitting a victim of domestic violence to record any prohibited communication made to him or her by the perpetrator.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-09 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2017-02-10 From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
2017-02-21 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2017-03-21 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 14). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2017-03-22 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2017-03-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-03-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 840.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-03-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2017-05-10 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and APPR. referral-committee
2017-06-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-06-21 Withdrawn from committee.
2017-06-21 Ordered to second reading.
2017-06-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-07-11 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2017-07-11 Ordered to third reading.
2017-07-11 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2017-07-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-07-17 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2072.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-07-17 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2017-08-21 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2678.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2017-08-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2017-09-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-09-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 191, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9a7d1a92-8858-437c-ad52-fac648395965. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).