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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 535: Threatening a witness: assisting a prosecution.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 535 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on February 11, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Threatening a witness: assisting a prosecution. Primary sponsor: Pilar Schiavo (D). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (October 6, 2025): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 373, Statutes of 2025.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

Existing law makes it a crime to knowingly and maliciously prevent or dissuade, or attempt to prevent or dissuade, a witness or victim from causing a complaint, indictment, information, or probation or parole violation to be sought and prosecuted, and assisting in the prosecution thereof.

This bill would clarify that it is a violation of the offense described above to prevent or dissuade, or attempt to prevent or dissuade, a witness or victim from either causing a complaint, indictment, information, or probation or parole violation to be sought and prosecuted, or assisting in the prosecution thereof. By expanding the scope of a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

This bill would also make other technical, nonsubstantive changes.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Pilar SchiavoPrimary sponsorDemocraticAssembly40
Nick SchultzCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly44

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 373, Statutes of 2025.
  2. Approved by the Governor.
  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
  4. In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
  5. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2613.).
  6. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  7. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
  8. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
  9. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  10. Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
  11. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
  12. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1835.)

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page