---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes."
description: "Existing law prohibits credibly impersonating a peace officer, firefighter, or employee of a public utility, state or local government agency, or search and rescue team, as specified. Existing law also prohibits willfully and credibly impersonating a peace officer, firefighter, or employee of a public utility, state or local government agency, or search and rescue team through or on an internet website, or by other electronic means, for the purposes of defrauding another. A violation of these prohibitions is punishable as a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "SB 805"
citation: "California SB 805 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pérez"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e123a7a4-8de7-40d1-aded-b337c84de592"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB805"
source_hash: "5c70fdb9d9acf6dfb18b0b28d818f3b11b3f95c63a8eaa12859e4753488b395e"
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 805 (20252026) — Crimes.

Existing law prohibits credibly impersonating a peace officer, firefighter, or employee of a public utility, state or local government agency, or search and rescue team, as specified. Existing law also prohibits willfully and credibly impersonating a peace officer, firefighter, or employee of a public utility, state or local government agency, or search and rescue team through or on an internet website, or by other electronic means, for the purposes of defrauding another. A violation of these prohibitions is punishable as a misdemeanor.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB805&version=20250SB80599INT)
2. **03/26/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB805&version=20250SB80598AMD)
3. **06/23/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB805&version=20250SB80597AMD)
4. **07/17/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB805&version=20250SB80596AMD)
5. **09/05/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB805&version=20250SB80595AMD)
6. **09/20/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB805&version=20250SB80593CHP)
7. **SB805** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB805)
8. **09/16/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB805&version=20250SB80594ENR)

## Votes

- That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB805 Pérez et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — **30–10** (pass) · upper
- SB 805 Pérez Third Reading Urgency By Ortega — **60–15** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **11–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pérez — primary (person)
- Arreguín — coauthor (person)
- Becker — coauthor (person)
- Caballero — coauthor (person)
- Elhawary — principal coauthor (person)
- Fong — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)
- Lee — coauthor (person)
- Mark González — coauthor (person)
- Menjivar — coauthor (person)
- Ortega — principal coauthor (person)
- Padilla — coauthor (person)
- Schultz — coauthor (person)
- Smallwood-Cuevas — coauthor (person)
- Solache — principal coauthor (person)
- Wiener — author (person)
- Ávila Farías — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2025-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2025-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-12** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Set for hearing April 23.
- **2025-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 869.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-25** Set for hearing May 5.
- **2025-05-05** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2025-05-06** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1051.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-19** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-23** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-27** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2025-07-16** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 15). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-07-17** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-18** Coauthors revised.
- **2025-08-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-05** Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended.
- **2025-09-05** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-05** Ordered to third reading.
- **2025-09-09** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 60. Noes 15. Page 3129.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-09** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2025-09-10** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). `referral-committee`
- **2025-09-10** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 3. Noes 0. Page 2759.) Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-09-11** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 2940.) `committee-passage`
- **2025-09-11** Urgency clause adopted.
- **2025-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 2918.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2025-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 126, 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/e123a7a4-8de7-40d1-aded-b337c84de592`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).