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Bill	Injunctions: undertakings: civil actions: distribution of sexually explicit materials.	Existing law requires a court or judge, on granting an injunction, to require an undertaking on the part of the applicant sufficient to cover certain damages the party enjoined may sustain by reason of the injunction, if the court finally decides that the applicant was not entitled to the injunction. Existing law exempts from the undertaking requirement certain persons seeking an injunction, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 514	California AB 514 (20212022)	bill	Injunctions: undertakings: civil actions: distribution of sexually explicit materials.	enacted	Ward	6	22	7	2021-02-09	2021-10-05	openstates	ocd-bill/42c37ca0-9605-4782-978b-26da231b691c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB514	9a7b66762bb70122e81f3c851a2888b17ed36cd6a1bc8ed76ec094cfdd9c9835	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 514 (20212022) — Injunctions: undertakings: civil actions: distribution of sexually explicit materials.

Existing law requires a court or judge, on granting an injunction, to require an undertaking on the part of the applicant sufficient to cover certain damages the party enjoined may sustain by reason of the injunction, if the court finally decides that the applicant was not entitled to the injunction. Existing law exempts from the undertaking requirement certain persons seeking an injunction, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/09/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/18/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/17/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/05/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB514 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/09/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 514 Ward Consent Calendar Second Day — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 514 Ward Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 73–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent AB514 — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 11–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ward — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-09 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2021-02-10 From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
• 2021-02-18 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2021-03-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-03-22 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2021-05-04 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 4). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-05 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1366.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-05-11 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-05-19 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR. referral-committee
• 2021-06-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 15). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-06-17 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-07-05 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-08-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-08-31 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2021-09-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2390.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-03 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2021-09-07 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2844.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2021-10-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-10-05 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 518, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/42c37ca0-9605-4782-978b-26da231b691c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).