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CA AB 2631

enacted

Criminal procedure: prohibited violations.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did CA AB 2631 pass?

Yes. CA AB 2631 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-20): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 405, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 2631 about?

Existing law authorizes a court to issue various orders relating to criminal investigations, including the interception of wire or electronic communications, the installation and use of a pen register or trap and trace device, or a search warrant upon specified grounds. Existing law prohibits the issuance of any orders or warrants for the purpose of investigating or recovering evidence of a prohibited violation, as defined. Existing law requires an out-of-state warrant for specified records to include an attestation that the evidence sought is not related to an investigation into, or enforcement of, a prohibited violation. Existing law prohibits the production of records by a California corporation when the corporation knows or should know that the out-of-state warrant relates to an investigation into, or enforcement of, a prohibited violation. This bill would include exercising any rights protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution within the definition of "prohibited violation." The bill would expand the prohibition on the production of records relating to investigation into, or enforcement of, prohibited violations to federal court orders.

Who sponsors CA AB 2631?

Bauer-Kahan is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2631, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Existing law authorizes a court to issue various orders relating to criminal investigations, including the interception of wire or electronic communications, the installation and use of a pen register or trap and trace device, or a search warrant upon specified grounds. Existing law prohibits the issuance of any orders or warrants for the purpose of investigating or recovering evidence of a prohibited violation, as defined. Existing law requires an out-of-state warrant for specified records to include an attestation that the evidence sought is not related to an investigation into, or enforcement of, a prohibited violation. Existing law prohibits the production of records by a California corporation when the corporation knows or should know that the out-of-state warrant relates to an investigation into, or enforcement of, a prohibited violation. This bill would include exercising any rights protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution within the definition of "prohibited violation." The bill would expand the prohibition on the production of records relating to investigation into, or enforcement of, prohibited violations to federal court orders.

Introduced
2026-03-19
Latest action
2026-09-20 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 405, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Bauer-Kahanauthor
  • Schultzcoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-09-20

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 405, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-09-20

    Approved by the Governor.

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  3. 2026-09-10

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2026-08-30

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.

  5. 2026-08-30

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 63. Noes 15.).

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  6. 2026-08-30

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 63. Noes 15. Page 6882.).

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  7. 2026-08-28

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  8. 2026-08-27

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 10.).

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  9. 2026-08-24

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  10. 2026-08-20

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  11. 2026-08-13

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 13).

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  12. 2026-08-13

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  13. 2026-08-03

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  14. 2026-06-24

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  15. 2026-06-10

    Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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  16. 2026-05-27

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  17. 2026-05-26

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 17.)

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  18. 2026-05-26

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 17. Page 5318.)

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  19. 2026-05-18

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  20. 2026-05-14

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 14).

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  21. 2026-05-06

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  22. 2026-04-15

    Coauthors revised.

  23. 2026-04-15

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  24. 2026-04-07

    Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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  25. 2026-04-06

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended.

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  26. 2026-03-23

    Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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  27. 2026-03-19

    Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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  28. 2026-03-19

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended.

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  29. 2026-02-21

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  30. 2026-02-20

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/20/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-20Compare
  • 03/19/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-19Compare
  • 04/06/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-06Compare
  • 08/20/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-20Compare
  • 09/03/26 - Enrolled — 2026-09-03Compare
  • 09/20/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-20Compare
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  • AB2631Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2026-04-14 · pass · 7-1

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Schultz: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Lackey: no
    • Alanis: other

  • Do pass.

    2026-05-14 · pass · 11-4

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Krell: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Tangipa: no
    • Ta: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Hoover: no

  • AB 2631 Bauer-Kahan Assembly Third Reading

    2026-05-26 · pass · 59-17

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Wicks: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Flora: no
    • Hadwick: no
    • Lackey: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Hoover: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Castillo: no
    • Chen: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Gallagher: no
    • Jeff Gonzalez: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Ta: no
    • Alanis: other
    • Celeste Rodriguez: other
    • Muratsuchi: other
    • Davies: other
    • Ward: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Valencia: yes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2026-06-23 · pass · 5-1

    Member-level votes (6)
    • Caballero: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Seyarto: no

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