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Authors Wahab  
Principle Coauthors: Niello  
Subject Signal jammers.
Relating To relating to crimes.
Title An act to add Section 636.6 to the Penal Code, relating to crimes.
Last Action Dt 2025-10-07
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2025-10-07     Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 458, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-07     Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-17     Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2025-09-09     Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2719.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2025-09-08     Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2996.) Ordered to the Senate.
2025-09-08     In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-02     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-29     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 29).
2025-07-16     July 16 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-07-03     Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-07-02     From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 1).
2025-06-16     Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2025-06-05     In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2025-06-04     Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1511.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2025-05-23     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1210.) (May 23).
2025-05-16     Set for hearing May 23.
2025-04-28     April 28 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-04-17     Set for hearing April 28.
2025-04-09     Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-08     From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 709.) (April 8).
2025-03-27     Set for hearing April 8.
2025-03-24     From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2025-03-12     Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2025-02-24     Read first time.
2025-02-24     From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
2025-02-21     Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
Versions
Chaptered     2025-10-07
Enrolled     2025-09-12
Amended Assembly     2025-07-03
Amended Senate     2025-04-09
Amended Senate     2025-03-24
Introduced     2025-02-21
Analyses TBD
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Federal law prohibits a person from willfully or maliciously interfering with or causing interference to radio communications. Federal law prohibits a person from manufacturing, importing, selling, offering for sale, or shipping a device that interferes with radio communications. Federal law makes a violation of these prohibitions punishable by a fine of not more than $10,000 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or both the fine and imprisonment.

Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for a person to intercept a public safety radio service communication for the purpose of using the communication to assist in the commission of a criminal offense or to avoid arrest, as specified. Existing law makes it an infraction to possess or equip a vehicle with a device that is capable of interfering with a device used by a law enforcement agency to measure the speed of moving objects, as specified, and makes it a misdemeanor to possess four or more of those devices.