republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-1356.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Stalking: remedies."
description: "Existing law provides that a person is liable for the tort of stalking if he or she engaged in a pattern of conduct intended to follow, alarm, or harass the plaintiff, that resulted in the plaintiff reasonably fearing for his or her safety, or the safety of an immediate family member, and the defendant has either made a credible threat with the intent to place the plaintiff in reasonable fear for his or her safety, or that of an immediate family member or has violated a restraining order, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1356"
citation: "California AB 1356 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Stalking: remedies."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bloom"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2014-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62626152-1a9b-41f9-9247-abb7bb81cc8f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1356"
source_hash: "60aa4ba2abf25b5f6920a13993c8d02b6103004e1edf1afee8f98095520eac8c"
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 1356 (20132014) — Stalking: remedies.

Existing law provides that a person is liable for the tort of stalking if he or she engaged in a pattern of conduct intended to follow, alarm, or harass the plaintiff, that resulted in the plaintiff reasonably fearing for his or her safety, or the safety of an immediate family member, and the defendant has either made a credible threat with the intent to place the plaintiff in reasonable fear for his or her safety, or that of an immediate family member or has violated a restraining order, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1356&version=20130AB135699INT)
2. **01/06/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1356&version=20130AB135697AMD)
3. **01/17/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1356&version=20130AB135696AMD)
4. **03/21/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1356&version=20130AB135698AMD)
5. **06/24/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1356&version=20130AB135695AMD)
6. **09/30/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1356&version=20130AB135693CHP)
7. **AB1356** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1356)
8. **08/29/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1356&version=20130AB135694ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 1356 BLOOM Assembly Third Reading — **53–19** (pass) · lower
- AB 1356 BLOOM Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **56–19** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1356 Bloom By Evans — **21–10** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **8–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bloom — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-21** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-07** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2014-01-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-01-07** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-01-16** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (January 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-01-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-01-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-01-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 19. Page 3716.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-01-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-06** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 10. Page 4834.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 56. Noes 19. Page 6514.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2014-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 853, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62626152-1a9b-41f9-9247-abb7bb81cc8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).