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type: "Bill"
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title: "Crimes: stalking."
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description: "Existing law makes a person who willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly follows or willfully and maliciously harasses another person and who makes a credible threat with the intent to place that person in reasonable fear for the person's safety, or the safety of the person's immediate family, guilty of the crime of stalking, punishable as a misdemeanor or a felony."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "SB 221"
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citation: "California SB 221 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Crimes", "stalking"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ochoa Bogh"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2025-01-23"
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last_action: "2025-10-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39209f9f-bcbc-4329-ab90-accf76efc2ac"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB221"
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source_hash: "31e0fc40e69126be338f22cc328681348b48033154015bf2f61ed62a1c072273"
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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 SB 221 (20252026) — Crimes: stalking.
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Existing law makes a person who willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly follows or willfully and maliciously harasses another person and who makes a credible threat with the intent to place that person in reasonable fear for the person's safety, or the safety of the person's immediate family, guilty of the crime of stalking, punishable as a misdemeanor or a felony.
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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. **01/23/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB221&version=20250SB22199INT)
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2. **07/17/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB221&version=20250SB22198AMD)
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3. **10/10/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB221&version=20250SB22196CHP)
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4. **SB221** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB221)
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5. **09/10/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB221&version=20250SB22197ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading SB221 Ochoa Bogh et al. — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 221 Ochoa Bogh Senate Third Reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- Unfinished Business SB221 Ochoa Bogh et al. Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ochoa Bogh — primary (person)
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- Alvarado-Gil — coauthor (person)
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- Arreguín — coauthor (person)
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- Chen — coauthor (person)
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- Choi — coauthor (person)
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- Dahle — coauthor (person)
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- Essayli — coauthor (person)
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- Hurtado — coauthor (person)
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- Niello — coauthor (person)
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- Seyarto — coauthor (person)
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- Umberg — coauthor (person)
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- Valladares — coauthor (person)
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- Wahab — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-23** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-01-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 23.
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- **2025-02-05** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-07** Set for hearing March 25.
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- **2025-03-18** March 25 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2025-03-19** Set for hearing April 1.
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- **2025-04-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 611.) (April 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-04** Set for hearing April 21.
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- **2025-04-21** April 21 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2025-05-16** Set for hearing May 23.
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- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1192.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-06-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1390.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-06-03** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-09** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-17** June 17 hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2025-07-01** July 1 hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2025-07-16** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 15). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-07-17** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-20** August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2871.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-03** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-08** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2599.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2025-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 576, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
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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/39209f9f-bcbc-4329-ab90-accf76efc2ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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