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Bill	Local government: building permit: electrified security fence: notice.	Existing law authorizes an owner of real property to install and operate an electrified security fence on his or her property if the property is not in a residential zone, the fence is identified by prominently placed warning signs, the height of the fence does not exceed 10 feet, the fence is located behind a perimeter fence that is not less than 6 feet in height, and the fence meets specified electrotechnical and local requirements. Existing law prohibits an owner of real property from installing and operating an electrified security fence where also prohibited by local ordinance.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 549	California AB 549 (20172018)	bill	Local government: building permit: electrified security fence: notice.	enacted	Quirk	7	22	6	2017-02-14	2017-07-31	openstates	ocd-bill/b35f2e7e-32d1-4238-ae5d-9a8820d39ff1	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB549	dda53259dc45e25b531c0ae37e7165ef2361545e646fd656b21ee700ab549831	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 549 (20172018) — Local government: building permit: electrified security fence: notice.

Existing law authorizes an owner of real property to install and operate an electrified security fence on his or her property if the property is not in a residential zone, the fence is identified by prominently placed warning signs, the height of the fence does not exceed 10 feet, the fence is located behind a perimeter fence that is not less than 6 feet in height, and the fence meets specified electrotechnical and local requirements. Existing law prohibits an owner of real property from installing and operating an electrified security fence where also prohibited by local ordinance.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/17/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/01/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/13/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/31/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB549 (committee substitute) — source
7. 07/19/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 549 QUIRK Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB549 Quirk et al. By Skinner — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 549 QUIRK Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Quirk — primary (person)
• Grayson — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
• 2017-02-27 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2017-04-06 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 5). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-04-17 Read second time and amended. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-04-18 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2017-04-26 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-04-27 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1390.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-05-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-05-18 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2017-06-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2017-06-12 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 7). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-06-13 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2017-06-26 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2017-06-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-07-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1937.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-07-11 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2017-07-17 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2565.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-07-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2017-07-31 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-07-31 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 138, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b35f2e7e-32d1-4238-ae5d-9a8820d39ff1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).