republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-2588.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes: obstruction of justice."
description: "Existing law makes it a crime to maliciously, and with the intent to obstruct justice or the due administration of laws, or with the intent or threat to inflict imminent bodily harm in retaliation for the due administration of the laws, to publish, disseminate, or otherwise disclose the residence address or telephone number of any peace officer, nonsworn police dispatcher, employee of a city police department or county sheriff's office, or public safety official, or that of the spouse or children of those persons, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2588"
citation: "California AB 2588 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes: obstruction of justice."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maienschein"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-02-18"
last_action: "2022-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c908661-63a2-44e7-a7e8-9072aad15ce0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2588"
source_hash: "6ea4da6c49c739679d774325ac7b7ad683f65dc6886f1050eb85b2a15ca5740a"
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 2588 (20212022) — Crimes: obstruction of justice.

Existing law makes it a crime to maliciously, and with the intent to obstruct justice or the due administration of laws, or with the intent or threat to inflict imminent bodily harm in retaliation for the due administration of the laws, to publish, disseminate, or otherwise disclose the residence address or telephone number of any peace officer, nonsworn police dispatcher, employee of a city police department or county sheriff's office, or public safety official, or that of the spouse or children of those persons, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2588&version=20210AB258899INT)
2. **04/18/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2588&version=20210AB258898AMD)
3. **09/28/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2588&version=20210AB258896CHP)
4. **AB2588** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2588)
5. **08/25/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2588&version=20210AB258897ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2588 Maienschein Consent Calendar Second Day — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent AB2588 — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Maienschein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-18** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2022-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2022-03-10** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-19** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-04** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 4). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 4659.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-25** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-27** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-22** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2022-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 4981.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-23** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2022-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 697, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c908661-63a2-44e7-a7e8-9072aad15ce0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).