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type: "Bill"
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title: "Interception of electronic communications."
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description: "Existing law, until January 1, 2020, requires an application for an order authorizing the interception of wire or electronic communications to be made in writing upon the personal oath or affirmation of the Attorney General, Chief Deputy Attorney General, or Chief Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Law Division, or of a district attorney or person designated to act as district attorney. Until January 1, 2020, existing law authorizes a court to issue an order authorizing interception of wire or electronic communications if the judge finds, among other things, that there is probable cause to believe an individual is committing, has committed, or is about to commit one of several offenses, including importing, possessing for sale, transporting, manufacturing, or selling certain controlled substances, as specified."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20172018"
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identifier: "AB 1948"
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citation: "California AB 1948 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Interception of electronic communications."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jones-Sawyer"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2018-01-29"
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last_action: "2018-09-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a1314bd-9a6c-4dde-ad22-ecd3ecb9414b"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1948"
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source_hash: "fb28cb72ca52fb119e35619e03afe14fccd31277404763c25def422c5772e43c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 1948 (20172018) — Interception of electronic communications.
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Existing law, until January 1, 2020, requires an application for an order authorizing the interception of wire or electronic communications to be made in writing upon the personal oath or affirmation of the Attorney General, Chief Deputy Attorney General, or Chief Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Law Division, or of a district attorney or person designated to act as district attorney. Until January 1, 2020, existing law authorizes a court to issue an order authorizing interception of wire or electronic communications if the judge finds, among other things, that there is probable cause to believe an individual is committing, has committed, or is about to commit one of several offenses, including importing, possessing for sale, transporting, manufacturing, or selling certain controlled substances, as specified.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **01/29/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1948&version=20170AB194899INT)
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2. **08/17/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1948&version=20170AB194898AMD)
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3. **09/07/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1948&version=20170AB194896CHP)
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4. **AB1948** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1948)
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5. **08/29/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1948&version=20170AB194897ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 1948 JONES-SAWYER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB1948 Jones-Sawyer et al. By Stone — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 1948 JONES-SAWYER Assembly Third Reading — **77–1** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Jones-Sawyer — primary (person)
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- Stone — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-29** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2018-01-30** From printer. May be heard in committee March 1.
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- **2018-02-08** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 5394.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2018-06-07** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2018-07-02** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-08-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-08-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
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- **2018-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5555.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2018-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6606.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2018-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2018-09-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2018-09-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 294, Statutes of 2018.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a1314bd-9a6c-4dde-ad22-ecd3ecb9414b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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