--- type: "Bill" title: "Extortion." description: "Existing law defines extortion as the obtaining of property from another, with his or her consent, or the obtaining of an official act of a public officer, induced by a wrongful use of force or fear, or under color of official right." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "SB 500" citation: "California SB 500 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Extortion."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Leyva"] version_count: 8 action_count: 27 vote_count: 3 first_action: "2017-02-16" last_action: "2017-10-05" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4400916-bf3d-49d9-b414-5d6937b6f22b" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB500" source_hash: "650dba883b0e710b9c7118b601d066d38c679009efe253052289757222be4e47" 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 500 (20172018) — Extortion. Existing law defines extortion as the obtaining of property from another, with his or her consent, or the obtaining of an official act of a public officer, induced by a wrongful use of force or fear, or under color of official right. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/16/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB500&version=20170SB50099INT) 2. **03/20/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB500&version=20170SB50098AMD) 3. **04/18/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB500&version=20170SB50097AMD) 4. **05/26/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB500&version=20170SB50096AMD) 5. **07/06/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB500&version=20170SB50095AMD) 6. **10/05/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB500&version=20170SB50093CHP) 7. **SB500** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB500) 8. **09/20/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB500&version=20170SB50094ENR) ## Votes - Unfinished Business SB500 Leyva et al. Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper - SB 500 Leyva Senate Third Reading By GARCIA, C. — **75–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Leyva — primary (person) - Bocanegra — coauthor (person) - Cristina Garcia — principal coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2017-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2017-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19. - **2017-03-02** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2017-03-15** Set for hearing April 4. - **2017-03-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2017-04-17** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 599.) (April 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2017-04-18** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1` - **2017-04-21** Set for hearing May 1. - **2017-05-01** May 1 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2017-05-19** Set for hearing May 25. - **2017-05-25** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1185.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2017-05-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2` - **2017-05-26** Published May 26 at 10 a.m. - **2017-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1329.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2017-06-12** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2017-07-05** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2017-07-06** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1` - **2017-07-19** July 19 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2017-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (September 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2017-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-09-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3404.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-09-15** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2017-09-15** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2995.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2017-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2017-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2017-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 518, Statutes of 2017. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4400916-bf3d-49d9-b414-5d6937b6f22b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).