---
type: "Bill"
title: "Grand theft: agricultural equipment."
description: "Under existing law, obtaining property by theft with a value under $950 is petty theft, punishable as a misdemeanor, and obtaining property by theft with a value over $950 is grand theft, punishable as a misdemeanor or a felony. Existing law authorizes a fine of $1,000 for a misdemeanor or $10,000 for a felony, upon conviction for a crime punishable by imprisonment for which a fine is not prescribed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 224"
citation: "California SB 224 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Grand theft: agricultural equipment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grove"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-07"
last_action: "2019-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e14f38c5-87e6-4868-92b1-435cf14a79f9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB224"
source_hash: "9ed2c619f52c9a42b0a0c26aec24270d362cf67f40f5e4a1d50eacd6b79a9672"
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 224 (20192020) — Grand theft: agricultural equipment.

Under existing law, obtaining property by theft with a value under $950 is petty theft, punishable as a misdemeanor, and obtaining property by theft with a value over $950 is grand theft, punishable as a misdemeanor or a felony. Existing law authorizes a fine of $1,000 for a misdemeanor or $10,000 for a felony, upon conviction for a crime punishable by imprisonment for which a fine is not prescribed.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/07/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB224&version=20190SB22499INT)
2. **04/09/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB224&version=20190SB22498AMD)
3. **07/12/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB224&version=20190SB22496CHP)
4. **SB224** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB224)
5. **07/03/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB224&version=20190SB22497ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 224 Grove Senate Third Reading By PATTERSON — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB224 Grove et al. — **37–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Grove — primary (person)
- Bates — coauthor (person)
- Borgeas — coauthor (person)
- Choi — coauthor (person)
- Dahle — coauthor (person)
- Galgiani — coauthor (person)
- Nielsen — coauthor (person)
- Wilk — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-07** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-08** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 10.
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Set for hearing April 2.
- **2019-04-08** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 525.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-09** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-12** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2019-04-22** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2019-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 919.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-16** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-07-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 2491.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-07-01** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2019-07-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2019-07-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 119, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e14f38c5-87e6-4868-92b1-435cf14a79f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).