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type: "Bill"
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title: "Search warrants."
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description: "Existing law provides that a search warrant may only be issued upon probable cause, supported by affidavit, naming or describing the person to be searched or searched for, and particularly describing the property, thing, or things and the place to be searched. Existing law also states the grounds upon which a search warrant may be issued, including, among other grounds, when a sample of the blood of a person constitutes evidence that tends to show a violation of specified laws prohibiting driving a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, the person from whom the sample is being sought has refused an officer's request to submit to, or has failed to complete, a blood test, as specified, and the sample will be drawn from the person in a reasonable, medically approved manner."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20152016"
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identifier: "AB 539"
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citation: "California AB 539 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Search warrants."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Levine"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2015-02-23"
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last_action: "2015-07-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbeda246-e7a2-4d50-a64b-c6eac60ce19c"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB539"
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source_hash: "ac0e33e874c0dd4fbfd11e42558966997af2217dae0719b34e94affc0def1e57"
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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 539 (20152016) — Search warrants.
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Existing law provides that a search warrant may only be issued upon probable cause, supported by affidavit, naming or describing the person to be searched or searched for, and particularly describing the property, thing, or things and the place to be searched. Existing law also states the grounds upon which a search warrant may be issued, including, among other grounds, when a sample of the blood of a person constitutes evidence that tends to show a violation of specified laws prohibiting driving a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, the person from whom the sample is being sought has refused an officer's request to submit to, or has failed to complete, a blood test, as specified, and the sample will be drawn from the person in a reasonable, medically approved manner.
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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. **02/23/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB539&version=20150AB53999INT)
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2. **06/23/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB539&version=20150AB53998AMD)
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3. **07/16/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB539&version=20150AB53996CHP)
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4. **AB539** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB539)
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5. **07/02/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB539&version=20150AB53997ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 539 LEVINE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 539 LEVINE Assembly Third Reading — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB539 Levine By Monning — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Levine — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
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- **2015-03-05** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-04-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-04-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-04-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 968.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-04-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2015-05-07** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-06-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-06-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-06-17** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2015-06-18** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2015-06-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-06-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-06-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1615.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-06-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2015-06-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2170.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-07-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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- **2015-07-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2015-07-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 118, Statutes of 2015.
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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/fbeda246-e7a2-4d50-a64b-c6eac60ce19c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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