---
type: "Bill"
title: "Grand theft: property value threshold."
description: "Existing law generally provides that grand theft is theft when the money, labor, or real or personal property taken is of a value exceeding $400."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2372"
citation: "California AB 2372 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Grand theft: property value threshold."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ammiano"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2010-02-19"
last_action: "2010-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4cfd0500-2777-4944-a60f-f80b0e27daee"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2372"
source_hash: "71c4ec1f3ca502be2ca5e19ec45cfffb0631c50162ff7b9653401cb7d24f59a9"
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 AB 2372 (20092010) — Grand theft: property value threshold.

Existing law generally provides that grand theft is theft when the money, labor, or real or personal property taken is of a value exceeding $400.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/19/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2372&version=20090AB237299INT)
2. **03/11/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2372&version=20090AB237298AMD)
3. **09/30/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2372&version=20090AB237296CHP)
4. **AB2372** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2372)
5. **09/02/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2372&version=20090AB237297ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2372 Ammiano By Leno — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2372 AMMIANO Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ammiano — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2010-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2010-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2010-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2010-03-11** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-03-15** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-21** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-06-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 44. Noes 30. Page 5424.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-06-10** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-30** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-02** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2010-08-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 14. Page 4826.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-24** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2010-09-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2010-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 693, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4cfd0500-2777-4944-a60f-f80b0e27daee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).