CA SB 690

in committee

Crimes: invasion of privacy.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Existing law prohibits a person, other than a provider of electronic or wire communication service for specified purposes, from installing or using a pen register or a trap and trace device, as those terms are defined, without first obtaining a court order. Existing law authorizes a person who has been injured by a violation of that prohibition to bring an action against the person who committed the violation to enjoin and restrain the violation, as well as to bring an action for monetary damages, as specified. This bill would instead authorize only the Attorney General to bring that action for a violation of the above-described provision if the action is alleged to arise from conduct occurring on an internet website, online application, or mobile application. The bill would provide that this limitation applies retroactively to any pending claim in an action commenced within 2 years before the operative date of the bill. The bill would declare the severability of its provisions.

Introduced: 2025-02-21
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-07-02 — Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Committees

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Action timeline

2025-02-21
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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2025-02-24
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
2025-02-24
Read first time.
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2025-03-05
Referred to Com. on RLS.
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2025-03-24
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
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2025-04-02
Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
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2025-04-11
Set for hearing April 29.
2025-04-30
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 945.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-05-09
Set for hearing May 19.
2025-05-19
May 19 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-20
Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1209.) (May 23).
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2025-05-23
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-05-29
Read third time and amended.
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2025-05-29
Ordered to second reading.
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2025-06-02
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-06-03
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1449.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2025-06-04
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2025-06-16
Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and P. & C.P.
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2025-07-02
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
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2026-07-02
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 1).
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2026-07-02
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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Versions

02/21/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-21Compare
03/24/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-24Compare
05/23/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-23Compare
05/29/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-29Compare
07/02/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-07-02Compare
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Documents

Votes

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-29 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (6)
- Arreguín: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Wiener: yes
Placed on suspense file
2025-05-19 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Wahab: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Cabaldon: other
- Dahle: other
Do pass as amended
2025-05-23 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Caballero: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Dahle: other
3rd Reading SB690 Caballero et al.
2025-06-03 · pass · 35-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Valladares: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Choi: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Becker: yes
- Laird: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Stern: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Niello: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Grove: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Allen: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Jones: yes
- Limón: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Wahab: other
- Reyes: other
- Hurtado: other
- Cortese: other
- Cervantes: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection]
2025-07-01 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Alanis: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Haney: yes
- Lackey: yes
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-07-01 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Ward: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- McKinnor: other

Related bills

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