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Assembly Bill 860 (Unruh – 1967)

Chapter 1509, Statutes of 1967

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Sections in the Business and Professions Code and Penal Code were affected in 1967 when the Legislature passed Assembly Bill 860.  (See Exhibit #1g)  Assembly member Jesse Unruh introduced Assembly Bill 860 on March 1, 1967 to revise the existing provisions of the Penal Code on wiretapping.  (See Exhibits #1a and #3)  At this time, Assembly member Unruh served as Speaker of the Assembly.  (See Exhibit #7, document PE-1)

The Assembly Committee on Criminal Procedure and the Senate Committee on Judiciary heard the measure.  (See Exhibits #2 and #3)  Assembly Bill 860 was amended twice in the Assembly and three times in the Senate.  (See Exhibits #1b through #1f and #2)  Upon approval of the Legislature the bill went before the Governor for his signature.  (See Exhibit #2)  Assembly Bill 860 was signed by Governor Ronald Reagan on August 28, 1967 and recorded by the Secretary of State on that date as Chapter 1509 of the Statutes of 1967.  (See Exhibits #1g and #2)

In his letter to the Governor, the author indicated that Assembly Bill 860 was the consequence of several years of study and hearings held by the Assembly Committee on Criminal Procedure and the Senate Committee on Judiciary.  (See Exhibit #7, documents PE-1 through PE-4)  We have attempted to locate any transcripts that may have been made from the hearing record created during the years prior to the introduction of this measure.  Unfortunately, we have not been able to find any such transcripts. 

Describing Assembly Bill 860 as it reached the Governor, Assembly member Unruh stated that:

Assembly Bill 860 recodifies California penal law relating to invasions of the privacy of confidential communications so that all such provisions of law appear within Chapter 1.5 of Title 15 of Part 1 of the Penal Code, entitled “Invasion of Privacy”.  Heretofore these sections have been randomly scattered throughout the Code. . . .
(See Exhibit #7, document PE-1)