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Bill	Connected devices: device protection requests.	Existing law authorizes a court to issue a restraining order to a person to prevent abuse, as specified, based on reasonable proof of a past act or acts of abuse. Existing law authorizes the order to be issued solely on the affidavit or testimony of the person requesting the restraining order.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	SB 50	California SB 50 (20252026)	bill	Connecteddevices deviceprotectionrequests	enacted	Ashby	9	31	9	2024-12-16	2025-10-13	openstates	ocd-bill/be636b3b-0f40-4b0f-8d2a-22becfc86300	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB50	0c0d79605d531497784b82e7707bce3ff8cd156e07015ef85949c910965a94a9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 50 (20252026) — Connected devices: device protection requests.

Existing law authorizes a court to issue a restraining order to a person to prevent abuse, as specified, based on reasonable proof of a past act or acts of abuse. Existing law authorizes the order to be issued solely on the affidavit or testimony of the person requesting the restraining order.

Version chain

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

1. 12/16/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/23/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/27/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/09/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/02/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/03/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/13/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB50 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/12/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB50 Ashby Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 50 Ashby Senate Third Reading By Bonta — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 6–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ashby — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-12-16 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
• 2024-12-17 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 16.
• 2025-01-06 Read first time. reading-1
• 2025-01-29 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-03-13 Set for hearing April 1.
• 2025-04-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 610.) (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 as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1189.) (May 23). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-23 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-06-04 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1512.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-06-05 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2025-06-16 Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-06-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 24). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-07-09 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-07-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-08-20 August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 29). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-02 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-03 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-03 Ordered to third reading.
• 2025-09-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3002.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-08 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2025-09-09 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2708.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2025-10-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 676, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/be636b3b-0f40-4b0f-8d2a-22becfc86300. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).