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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Petty theft: enhancements for prior convictions."
+description: "Existing law provides that petty theft is a misdemeanor, except that every person who, having been convicted 3 or more times of a qualifying offense is subsequently convicted of petty theft is subject to imprisonment in the county jail for up to one year for a misdemeanor, or in the county jail for a felony for 16 months, or 2 or 3 years. Existing law also provides that persons required to register as sex offenders, or with a prior serious or violent felony conviction, who have been convicted and imprisoned for the commission of a qualified offense and who are subsequently convicted of petty theft are subject to imprisonment in a county jail for one year for a misdemeanor or in the state prison for 16 months, or 2 or 3 years for a felony with one prior qualifying offense."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20132014"
+identifier: "SB 543"
+citation: "California SB 543 (20132014)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Petty theft: enhancements for prior convictions."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Block"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2013-02-22"
+last_action: "2013-10-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a36ac56-02c9-4383-b3ff-1c69a8336fef"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB543"
+source_hash: "405208394c724f7fa292f1045d06a9b3d76e535a2bed3ee9e79bb5470a4a1741"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California SB 543 (20132014) — Petty theft: enhancements for prior convictions.
+
+Existing law provides that petty theft is a misdemeanor, except that every person who, having been convicted 3 or more times of a qualifying offense is subsequently convicted of petty theft is subject to imprisonment in the county jail for up to one year for a misdemeanor, or in the county jail for a felony for 16 months, or 2 or 3 years. Existing law also provides that persons required to register as sex offenders, or with a prior serious or violent felony conviction, who have been convicted and imprisoned for the commission of a qualified offense and who are subsequently convicted of petty theft are subject to imprisonment in a county jail for one year for a misdemeanor or in the state prison for 16 months, or 2 or 3 years for a felony with one prior qualifying offense.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB543&version=20130SB54399INT)
+2. **04/10/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB543&version=20130SB54398AMD)
+3. **10/12/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB543&version=20130SB54396CHP)
+4. **SB543** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB543)
+5. **09/11/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB543&version=20130SB54397ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SB 543 Block Senate Third Reading By WALDRON — **78–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Special Consent #7 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
+- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Block — primary (person)
+- Anderson — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
+- **2013-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
+- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
+- **2013-03-11** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
+- **2013-03-15** Set for hearing April 2.
+- **2013-04-09** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 390.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2013-04-10** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2013-04-12** Set for hearing April 22.
+- **2013-04-22** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
+- **2013-05-17** Set for hearing May 23.
+- **2013-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1016.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2013-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2013-05-28** Ordered to special consent calendar.
+- **2013-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1190.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
+- **2013-05-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
+- **2013-06-17** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
+- **2013-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
+- **2013-08-14** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
+- **2013-08-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2013-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2013-09-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3007.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
+- **2013-09-09** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
+- **2013-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 7 p.m.
+- **2013-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2013-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 782, Statutes of 2013.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a36ac56-02c9-4383-b3ff-1c69a8336fef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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