--- 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).