---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes: burglary tools."
description: "Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to have specified tools or other items, with the intent to feloniously break or enter into a building or other specified place. Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to make, alter, or repair specified instruments if the person knows or has reason to believe the instrument is intended to be used in the commission of a misdemeanor or felony."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 486"
citation: "California AB 486 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "burglarytools"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lackey"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 32
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2025-02-10"
last_action: "2025-10-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9caf2d6c-e802-4159-a941-11e43186af1e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB486"
source_hash: "bcac99c962b4f194957ba0c3c5d8a91f741156446cca4d99bb33c74d43261241"
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 486 (20252026) — Crimes: burglary tools.

Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to have specified tools or other items, with the intent to feloniously break or enter into a building or other specified place. Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to make, alter, or repair specified instruments if the person knows or has reason to believe the instrument is intended to be used in the commission of a misdemeanor or felony.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/10/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB486&version=20250AB48699INT)
2. **03/27/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB486&version=20250AB48698AMD)
3. **05/23/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB486&version=20250AB48697AMD)
4. **06/18/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB486&version=20250AB48696AMD)
5. **10/06/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB486&version=20250AB48694CHP)
6. **AB486** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB486)
7. **09/16/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB486&version=20250AB48695ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 486 Lackey Assembly Third Reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 486 Lackey Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lackey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-11** From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
- **2025-02-24** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 25). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-23** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)
- **2025-05-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2025-05-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-06-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2078.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-18** Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-19** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2025-06-19** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2025-07-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-08-18** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-02** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2025-09-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2521.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-04** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2025-09-04** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2025-09-11** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3319.)
- **2025-09-12** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (September 12). `committee-passage`
- **2025-09-13** Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
- **2025-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 3505.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2025-10-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 367, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9caf2d6c-e802-4159-a941-11e43186af1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).