Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to commit the crime of trespass, which includes refusing or failing to leave land, real property, or structures belonging to, or lawfully occupied by, another and not open to the general public upon being requested to leave by a peace officer at the request of the owner, the owner's agent, or the person in lawful possession and upon being informed by the peace officer that they are acting at the request of the owner, the owner's agent, or the person in lawful possession. Existing law requires the owner, the owner's agent, or the person in lawful possession to make a separate request to the peace officer on each occasion when the peace officer's assistance in dealing with a trespass is requested, except that a single request for peace officer assistance may be made for a period not to exceed 12 months when the premises or property is closed to the public and posted as being closed. Existing law requires the requester to inform the law enforcement agency to which the request was made when the assistance is no longer desired before the 12-month period expires. Existing law also authorizes a single request for a peace officer's assistance to be made for a period of time not to exceed 30 days and identified by specific dates when there is a fire hazard or the owner, the owner's agent, or the person in lawful possession is absent from the property. Under existing law, a request for assistance expires when ownership of the property changes or upon a change in the person in lawful possession.
Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to commit the crime of trespass, which includes refusing or failing to leave land, real property, or structures belonging to, or lawfully occupied by, another and not open to the general public upon being requested to leave by a peace officer at the request of the owner, the owner's agent, or the person in lawful possession and upon being informed by the peace officer that they are acting at the request of the owner, the owner's agent, or the person in lawful possession. Existing law requires the owner, the owner's agent, or the person in lawful possession to make a separate request to the peace officer on each occasion when the peace officer's assistance in dealing with a trespass is requested, except that a single request for peace officer assistance may be made for a period not to exceed 12 months when the premises or property is closed to the public and posted as being closed. Existing law requires the requester to inform the law enforcement agency to which the request was made when the assistance is no longer desired before the 12-month period expires. Existing law also authorizes a single request for a peace officer's assistance to be made for a period of time not to exceed 30 days and identified by specific dates when there is a fire hazard or the owner, the owner's agent, or the person in lawful possession is absent from the property. Under existing law, a request for assistance expires when ownership of the property changes or upon a change in the person in lawful possession.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Special Consent SB602 Archuleta et al. — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Archuleta — primary (person)
Calderon — coauthor (person)
Seyarto — author (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-15 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2023-02-16 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
2023-02-22 Referred to Com. on PUB S. referral-committee
2023-03-02 Set for hearing March 28.
2023-03-06 March 28 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2023-03-07 Set for hearing April 11.
2023-03-20 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
2023-04-11 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 660.) (April 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-04-12 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2023-04-17 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 742.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-04-17 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2023-05-04 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2023-06-07 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
2023-06-13 June 13 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2023-06-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 27). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-06-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-08-24 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-08-24 Ordered to third reading.
2023-08-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2861.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-08-31 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2023-09-05 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2023-09-07 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2477.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2023-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 404, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/851d21c8-30c0-45fe-a83b-27beeaf34b23. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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