---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child abuse sentencing: child becoming comatose or suffering paralysis."
description: "Existing law provides that any person who, having the care or custody of a child who is under 8 years of age, assaults the child by means of force that to a reasonable person would be likely to produce great bodily injury, resulting in the child's death, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for 25 years to life."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1280"
citation: "California AB 1280 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child abuse sentencing: child becoming comatose or suffering paralysis."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Villines"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 32
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2009-02-27"
last_action: "2010-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59004ac2-2799-497c-b1f5-fc0827d00947"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1280"
source_hash: "892d7d53fb2770c12247f3b974b101f9ff76a86c88aeb6487d01ac2a748f8a10"
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 1280 (20092010) — Child abuse sentencing: child becoming comatose or suffering paralysis.

Existing law provides that any person who, having the care or custody of a child who is under 8 years of age, assaults the child by means of force that to a reasonable person would be likely to produce great bodily injury, resulting in the child's death, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for 25 years to life.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1280&version=20090AB128099INT)
2. **05/06/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1280&version=20090AB128098AMD)
3. **06/25/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1280&version=20090AB128097AMD)
4. **07/15/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1280&version=20090AB128096AMD)
5. **09/27/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1280&version=20090AB128094CHP)
6. **AB1280** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1280)
7. **09/01/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1280&version=20090AB128095ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1280 Villines By Huff — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1280 ADAMS Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1280 VILLINES Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Villines — primary (person)
- Adams — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2009-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2009-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2009-03-31** Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-21** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-05** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 28). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-06** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-07** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1750.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-11** Referred to Com. on EQ. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2009-06-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on EQ. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-06-29** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-11** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2010-07-15** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 29). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-07-15** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-08-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2010-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-16** Received August 13 pursuant to JR 61(b)(14).
- **2010-08-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 1. Page 4669.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-23** Re-referred to Com. on RULES. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2010-08-23** Action rescinded whereby the bill was re-referred to Com. on RULES pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2010-08-23** Ordered placed on unfinished business file.
- **2010-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6559.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-09-07** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12 p.m.
- **2010-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 300, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59004ac2-2799-497c-b1f5-fc0827d00947`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).