republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-1892.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Interception of electronic communications."
description: "Existing law, until January 1, 2030, 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, 2030, 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 specified offenses, including murder or possession or sale of controlled substances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1892"
citation: "California AB 1892 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Interception of electronic communications"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Flora"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90f3c005-bef9-4b18-8102-bd86a020ac50"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1892"
source_hash: "b6928795ec49226ab10d4dfc48a10f5d23bf44af7fe6f07468dbc93fb446e38c"
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 1892 (20232024) — Interception of electronic communications.

Existing law, until January 1, 2030, 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, 2030, 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 specified offenses, including murder or possession or sale of controlled substances.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/22/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1892&version=20230AB189299INT)
2. **03/19/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1892&version=20230AB189298AMD)
3. **09/22/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1892&version=20230AB189296CHP)
4. **AB1892** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1892)
5. **08/31/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1892&version=20230AB189297ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1892 Flora et al. By Seyarto — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1892 Flora Assembly Third Reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Flora — primary (person)
- Alanis — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-23** From printer. May be heard in committee February 22.
- **2024-02-20** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 12). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 5400.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-29** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-28** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2024-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2024-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 363, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90f3c005-bef9-4b18-8102-bd86a020ac50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).