---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elder abuse."
description: "Existing law provides that any person who is not a caretaker of an elder or dependent adult, who knows or reasonably should know that the victim is an elder or a dependent adult, or any person who is a caretaker of an elder or dependent adult, and that person violates specified identity theft provisions of law, with respect to the property or personal identifying information of an elder or a dependent adult, is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or in a state prison for 2, 3, or 4 years, when the moneys, labor, goods, services, or real or personal property taken or obtained is of a value exceeding $950."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 332"
citation: "California AB 332 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elder abuse."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Butler"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 39
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2011-02-10"
last_action: "2011-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a37caab9-fb4a-478d-9842-07eb71be7e85"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB332"
source_hash: "08b46457161523ca94b00ee3eada87d3a95325a4813ee64a18baf45947128050"
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 332 (20112012) — Elder abuse.

Existing law provides that any person who is not a caretaker of an elder or dependent adult, who knows or reasonably should know that the victim is an elder or a dependent adult, or any person who is a caretaker of an elder or dependent adult, and that person violates specified identity theft provisions of law, with respect to the property or personal identifying information of an elder or a dependent adult, is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or in a state prison for 2, 3, or 4 years, when the moneys, labor, goods, services, or real or personal property taken or obtained is of a value exceeding $950.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/10/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB332&version=20110AB33299INT)
2. **03/29/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB332&version=20110AB33298AMD)
3. **04/06/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB332&version=20110AB33297AMD)
4. **05/11/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB332&version=20110AB33296AMD)
5. **07/01/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB332&version=20110AB33295AMD)
6. **07/06/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB332&version=20110AB33294AMD)
7. **08/15/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB332&version=20110AB33293AMD)
8. **09/30/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB332&version=20110AB33291CHP)
9. **AB332** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB332)
10. **09/08/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB332&version=20110AB33292ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB332 Butler By Liu — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 332 BUTLER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 332 BUTLER Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #5 — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Butler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-11** From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
- **2011-02-24** Referred to Coms. on AGING & L.T.C. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-21** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGING & L.T.C. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-30** Re-referred to Com. on AGING & L.T.C. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGING & L.T.C. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-07** Re-referred to Com. on AGING & L.T.C. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-10** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-11** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1437.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-22** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2011-06-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1574.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-27** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2011-06-28** Withdrawn from Engrossing and Enrolling.
- **2011-06-28** Ordered to the Senate.
- **2011-06-29** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2011-07-01** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-07-01** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-07-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-06** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-07-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-13** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2011-07-14** From Special Consent Calendar pursuant to Joint Rule 22.2.
- **2011-07-14** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-08-15** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2169.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2851.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2011-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 366, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a37caab9-fb4a-478d-9842-07eb71be7e85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).