Existing law makes it a crime to maliciously, and with the intent to obstruct justice or the due administration of laws, or with the intent or threat to inflict imminent bodily harm in retaliation for the due administration of the laws, to publish, disseminate, or otherwise disclose the residence address or telephone number of any peace officer, nonsworn police dispatcher, employee of a city police department or county sheriff's office, or public safety official, or that of the spouse or children of those persons, as specified.
California AB 2588 (20212022) — Crimes: obstruction of justice.
Existing law makes it a crime to maliciously, and with the intent to obstruct justice or the due administration of laws, or with the intent or threat to inflict imminent bodily harm in retaliation for the due administration of the laws, to publish, disseminate, or otherwise disclose the residence address or telephone number of any peace officer, nonsworn police dispatcher, employee of a city police department or county sheriff's office, or public safety official, or that of the spouse or children of those persons, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 2588 Maienschein Consent Calendar Second Day — 65–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Special Consent AB2588 — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Maienschein — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-18 Introduced. To print. introduction
2022-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2022-03-10 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2022-04-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-04-19 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2022-04-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-05-04 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 4). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-05 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 4659.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-12 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2022-05-25 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2022-06-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-06-27 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-22 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2022-08-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 4981.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-23 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2022-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2022-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 697, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7c908661-63a2-44e7-a7e8-9072aad15ce0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).