republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/sb-221.md

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Bill	Crimes: stalking.	Existing law makes a person who willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly follows or willfully and maliciously harasses another person and who makes a credible threat with the intent to place that person in reasonable fear for the person's safety, or the safety of the person's immediate family, guilty of the crime of stalking, punishable as a misdemeanor or a felony.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	SB 221	California SB 221 (20252026)	bill	Crimes stalking	enacted	Ochoa Bogh	5	28	8	2025-01-23	2025-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/39209f9f-bcbc-4329-ab90-accf76efc2ac	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB221	31e0fc40e69126be338f22cc328681348b48033154015bf2f61ed62a1c072273	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 221 (20252026) — Crimes: stalking.

Existing law makes a person who willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly follows or willfully and maliciously harasses another person and who makes a credible threat with the intent to place that person in reasonable fear for the person's safety, or the safety of the person's immediate family, guilty of the crime of stalking, punishable as a misdemeanor or a felony.

Version chain

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

1. 01/23/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 07/17/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 10/10/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. SB221 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/10/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading SB221 Ochoa Bogh et al. — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 221 Ochoa Bogh Senate Third Reading — 73–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB221 Ochoa Bogh et al. Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ochoa Bogh — primary (person)
• Alvarado-Gil — coauthor (person)
• Arreguín — coauthor (person)
• Chen — coauthor (person)
• Choi — coauthor (person)
• Dahle — coauthor (person)
• Essayli — coauthor (person)
• Hurtado — coauthor (person)
• Niello — coauthor (person)
• Seyarto — coauthor (person)
• Umberg — coauthor (person)
• Valladares — coauthor (person)
• Wahab — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-23 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2025-01-24 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 23.
• 2025-02-05 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2025-03-07 Set for hearing March 25.
• 2025-03-18 March 25 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2025-03-19 Set for hearing April 1.
• 2025-04-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 611.) (April 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-04-04 Set for hearing April 21.
• 2025-04-21 April 21 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2025-05-16 Set for hearing May 23.
• 2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1192.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-06-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1390.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-06-03 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2025-06-09 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2025-06-17 June 17 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2025-07-01 July 1 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2025-07-16 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 15). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-07-17 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-08-20 August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-03 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2871.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-03 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2025-09-08 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2599.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2025-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 576, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/39209f9f-bcbc-4329-ab90-accf76efc2ac. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).