Existing law, until January 1, 2030, requires an application for an order authorizing the interception of wire or electronic communications to be made in writing upon the personal oath or affirmation of the Attorney General, Chief Deputy Attorney General, or Chief Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Law Division, or of a district attorney or person designated to act as district attorney. Until January 1, 2030, existing law authorizes a court to issue an order authorizing interception of wire or electronic communications if the judge finds, among other things, that there is probable cause to believe an individual is committing, has committed, or is about to commit one of several specified offenses, including murder or possession or sale of controlled substances.
California AB 1892 (20232024) — Interception of electronic communications.
Existing law, until January 1, 2030, requires an application for an order authorizing the interception of wire or electronic communications to be made in writing upon the personal oath or affirmation of the Attorney General, Chief Deputy Attorney General, or Chief Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Law Division, or of a district attorney or person designated to act as district attorney. Until January 1, 2030, existing law authorizes a court to issue an order authorizing interception of wire or electronic communications if the judge finds, among other things, that there is probable cause to believe an individual is committing, has committed, or is about to commit one of several specified offenses, including murder or possession or sale of controlled substances.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 5–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB1892 Flora et al. By Seyarto — 40–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1892 Flora Assembly Third Reading — 69–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Flora — primary (person)
Alanis — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-01-22 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2024-01-23 From printer. May be heard in committee February 22.
2024-02-20 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2024-03-18 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 12). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2024-03-19 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2024-03-20 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2024-04-10 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2024-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 5400.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-05-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2024-05-29 Referred to Com. on PUB S. referral-committee
2024-06-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 25). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-06-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-28 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2024-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2024-09-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 363, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/90f3c005-bef9-4b18-8102-bd86a020ac50. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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