---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hate crimes: nooses."
description: "Existing law establishes various offenses for persons who display certain symbols or burn crosses on private or school property with the intent to terrorize persons, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 412"
citation: "California AB 412 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hate crimes: nooses."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2009-02-23"
last_action: "2009-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59bcaa17-4056-43bf-ad92-18bc2e8e6b95"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB412"
source_hash: "7c8e7737149e9babb0791439ee00b306bed72ec327b155d597b0eb64163d3783"
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 412 (20092010) — Hate crimes: nooses.

Existing law establishes various offenses for persons who display certain symbols or burn crosses on private or school property with the intent to terrorize persons, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB412&version=20090AB41299INT)
2. **03/23/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB412&version=20090AB41298AMD)
3. **08/06/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB412&version=20090AB41296CHP)
4. **AB412** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB412)
5. **07/02/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB412&version=20090AB41297ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #11 AB412 Carter — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 412 CARTER Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2009-03-09** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-23** 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`
- **2009-03-24** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-01** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 31). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-23** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-27** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1240.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-05-14** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-23** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2009-06-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-25** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2009-06-29** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1520.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-06-29** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2009-07-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2009-08-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 106, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59bcaa17-4056-43bf-ad92-18bc2e8e6b95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).