Existing law establishes a procedure for a prosecutor to apply for, and the court to issue, an order authorizing law enforcement to intercept a wire or electronic communication. Existing law requires the Attorney General to prepare and submit an annual report to the Legislature, the Judicial Council, and the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts regarding these interceptions, as specified. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions punishable as a misdemeanor or as a felony. Existing law makes these provisions effective until January 1, 2025.
California SB 514 (20232024) — Wiretapping: authorization.
Existing law establishes a procedure for a prosecutor to apply for, and the court to issue, an order authorizing law enforcement to intercept a wire or electronic communication. Existing law requires the Attorney General to prepare and submit an annual report to the Legislature, the Judicial Council, and the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts regarding these interceptions, as specified. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions punishable as a misdemeanor or as a felony. Existing law makes these provisions effective until January 1, 2025.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
SB 514 Archuleta Senate Third Reading By Rodriguez — 80–0 (pass) · lower
Special Consent — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Archuleta — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-14 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2023-02-15 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
2023-02-22 Referred to Com. on PUB S. referral-committee
2023-03-01 Set for hearing March 21.
2023-03-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 427.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-03-28 Set for hearing April 10.
2023-04-10 April 10 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2023-05-12 Set for hearing May 18.
2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1173.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-23 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2023-05-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1300.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-25 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2023-06-15 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2023-07-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-08-16 August 16 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (September 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-12 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3262.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-12 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2023-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2023-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 488, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/10ea5576-0261-4d2e-a361-a750708e2862. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).