Existing law makes every person who willfully resists, delays, or obstructs any public officer, peace officer, or an emergency medical technician, as defined, in the discharge or attempt to discharge any duty of the office or employment, when no other punishment is prescribed, guilty of a misdemeanor. Existing law also authorizes specified peace officers to close an area where a menace to the public health or safety is created by a calamity and to close the immediate area surrounding any emergency field command post or other command post activated for the purpose of abating a calamity, riot, or other civil disturbance, as specified. Existing law makes any unauthorized person who willfully and knowingly enters those areas and who remains in the area after receiving notice to evacuate or leave guilty of a misdemeanor. Existing law exempts a duly authorized representative of any news service, newspaper, or radio or television station or network from the provisions prohibiting entry into the closed areas, as specified.
California SB 98 (20212022) — Public peace: media access.
Existing law makes every person who willfully resists, delays, or obstructs any public officer, peace officer, or an emergency medical technician, as defined, in the discharge or attempt to discharge any duty of the office or employment, when no other punishment is prescribed, guilty of a misdemeanor. Existing law also authorizes specified peace officers to close an area where a menace to the public health or safety is created by a calamity and to close the immediate area surrounding any emergency field command post or other command post activated for the purpose of abating a calamity, riot, or other civil disturbance, as specified. Existing law makes any unauthorized person who willfully and knowingly enters those areas and who remains in the area after receiving notice to evacuate or leave guilty of a misdemeanor. Existing law exempts a duly authorized representative of any news service, newspaper, or radio or television station or network from the provisions prohibiting entry into the closed areas, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–2 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 3–0 (pass) · upper
SB 98 McGuire Senate Third Reading By Wicks — 50–18 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
McGuire — primary (person)
Carrillo — coauthor (person)
Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
Portantino — coauthor (person)
Wicks — coauthor (person)
Wiener — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2020-12-22 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2020-12-23 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 22.
2021-01-11 Read first time. reading-1
2021-01-28 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2021-02-17 Set for hearing March 9.
2021-03-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 0. Page 423.) (March 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-03-12 Set for hearing March 22.
2021-03-22 March 22 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2021-05-14 Set for hearing May 20.
2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1182.) (May 20). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-05-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2021-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-06-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 2. Page 1328.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2021-06-10 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2021-06-17 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-07-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (July 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-08-19 August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2021-08-26 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-08-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2021-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-09-03 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-09-03 Ordered to third reading.
2021-09-10 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 50. Noes 18. Page 3131.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-09-10 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2021-09-10 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 5. Page 2626.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
2021-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-10-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 759, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e33877c6-aac4-4b90-8c68-775e0dc90aa6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).