republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-2210.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Intercepted communications: hostage taking and barricading."
description: "Existing law prohibits a person from intentionally eavesdropping upon or recording a confidential communication by means of any electronic amplifying device or recording device without the consent of all parties to the communication. Under existing law, specified law enforcement agents may make a written application to a judge to authorize the interception of a wire, electronic pager, or electronic cellular telephone communication. In certain instances the application can be made informally and granted orally if an emergency situation exists, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2210"
citation: "California AB 2210 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Intercepted communications: hostage taking and barricading."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fuentes"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2010-02-18"
last_action: "2010-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/266834e2-4e34-43e0-a3f5-ea3555a17213"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2210"
source_hash: "075f7b43efe40009be987182829f2693b3c63f8ebb4b92d992793931521d63f0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 2210 (20092010) — Intercepted communications: hostage taking and barricading.

Existing law prohibits a person from intentionally eavesdropping upon or recording a confidential communication by means of any electronic amplifying device or recording device without the consent of all parties to the communication. Under existing law, specified law enforcement agents may make a written application to a judge to authorize the interception of a wire, electronic pager, or electronic cellular telephone communication. In certain instances the application can be made informally and granted orally if an emergency situation exists, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2210&version=20090AB221099INT)
2. **04/07/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2210&version=20090AB221098AMD)
3. **06/22/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2210&version=20090AB221097AMD)
4. **07/15/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2210&version=20090AB221096AMD)
5. **09/27/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2210&version=20090AB221094CHP)
6. **AB2210** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2210)
7. **08/30/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2210&version=20090AB221095ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2210 FUENTES Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2210 FUENTES Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #31 AB2210 Fuentes — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fuentes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2010-03-11** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2010-04-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-07** (Corrected April 22.)
- **2010-04-08** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-29** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-03** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-06** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5051.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-05-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-05-20** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-07-15** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 29). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-07-15** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-08-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-12** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2010-08-18** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4603.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-19** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6373.)
- **2010-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6419.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-09-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **2010-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 380, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/266834e2-4e34-43e0-a3f5-ea3555a17213`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).