republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-1196.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Personal identifying information: unlawful use: business entity filings."
description: "Existing law provides that every person who willfully obtains personal identifying information, as defined, of another person without the authorization of that person, and uses that information for any unlawful purpose in the name of the other person without the consent of that person is guilty of a public offense. Existing law further provides that a person who learns or reasonably suspects that his or her personal identifying information has been used by another to commit a crime may initiate a law enforcement investigation by contacting the local law enforcement agency. Under existing law, the law enforcement agency must take a police report of the matter and provide the complainant with a copy of that report."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 1196"
citation: "California SB 1196 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Personal identifying information: unlawful use: business entity filings."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 31
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75fdef81-d68b-4c2f-a7d0-2c7beafae2e6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1196"
source_hash: "8f8b1b9b5c273da19ee86c9339a95762acc620681611d5149f40a8d8bca24295"
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 1196 (20172018) — Personal identifying information: unlawful use: business entity filings.

Existing law provides that every person who willfully obtains personal identifying information, as defined, of another person without the authorization of that person, and uses that information for any unlawful purpose in the name of the other person without the consent of that person is guilty of a public offense. Existing law further provides that a person who learns or reasonably suspects that his or her personal identifying information has been used by another to commit a crime may initiate a law enforcement investigation by contacting the local law enforcement agency. Under existing law, the law enforcement agency must take a police report of the matter and provide the complainant with a copy of that report.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1196&version=20170SB119699INT)
2. **06/28/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1196&version=20170SB119698AMD)
3. **08/23/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1196&version=20170SB119697AMD)
4. **09/22/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1196&version=20170SB119695CHP)
5. **SB1196** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1196)
6. **08/31/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1196&version=20170SB119696ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1196 Jackson Senate Third Reading By CHAU — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent SB1196 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1196 Jackson Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-29** Set for hearing April 17.
- **2018-04-09** April 17 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2018-04-10** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2018-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4815.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-27** Set for hearing May 7.
- **2018-05-07** May 7 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2018-05-18** Set for hearing May 25.
- **2018-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4306.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-29** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2018-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4454.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-31** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-11** Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-27** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-28** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2018-08-08** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-13** From consent calendar.
- **2018-08-13** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-23** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-23** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6580.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2018-08-28** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5865.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2018-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 696, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75fdef81-d68b-4c2f-a7d0-2c7beafae2e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).