---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes: theft from a vehicle."
description: "Existing law defines the crime of burglary to include entering a vehicle when the doors are locked with the intent to commit grand or petit larceny or a felony. Existing law makes the burglary of a vehicle punishable as a misdemeanor or a felony."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 905"
citation: "California SB 905 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "theft from a vehicle"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wiener"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-01-04"
last_action: "2024-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6e23013-26e4-4e37-8a05-f35f37a014a8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB905"
source_hash: "b23d32e2809214dd89189070207900b4c6e3cb6ff8930f659f6f4ea3f6a9f680"
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 905 (20232024) — Crimes: theft from a vehicle.

Existing law defines the crime of burglary to include entering a vehicle when the doors are locked with the intent to commit grand or petit larceny or a felony. Existing law makes the burglary of a vehicle punishable as a misdemeanor or a felony.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/04/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB905&version=20230SB90599INT)
2. **03/18/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB905&version=20230SB90598AMD)
3. **04/04/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB905&version=20230SB90597AMD)
4. **05/16/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB905&version=20230SB90596AMD)
5. **06/20/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB905&version=20230SB90595AMD)
6. **07/01/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB905&version=20230SB90594AMD)
7. **08/16/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB905&version=20230SB90592CHP)
8. **SB905** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB905)
9. **08/14/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB905&version=20230SB90593ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 905 Wiener Senate Third Reading By Zbur — **64–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB905 Wiener et al. Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **9–4** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB905 Wiener et al. — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wiener — primary (person)
- Addis — coauthor (person)
- Alanis — coauthor (person)
- Allen — coauthor (person)
- Arambula — coauthor (person)
- Atkins — coauthor (person)
- Berman — coauthor (person)
- Blakespear — coauthor (person)
- Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Caballero — coauthor (person)
- Cervantes — principal coauthor (person)
- Cortese — coauthor (person)
- Dodd — coauthor (person)
- Friedman — principal coauthor (person)
- Glazer — coauthor (person)
- Grayson — coauthor (person)
- McGuire — coauthor (person)
- Min — coauthor (person)
- Newman — coauthor (person)
- Papan — coauthor (person)
- Pellerin — coauthor (person)
- Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)
- Roth — coauthor (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Stern — coauthor (person)
- Ting — coauthor (person)
- Umberg — coauthor (person)
- Villapudua — principal coauthor (person)
- Wilson — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-04** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-05** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 4.
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-12** Set for hearing April 2.
- **2024-03-18** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB S. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3449.) (April 2). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-26** Set for hearing May 6.
- **2024-05-06** May 6 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2024-05-10** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2024-05-16** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3963.) (May 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4137.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-28** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-11** Coauthors revised.
- **2024-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-19** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (June 19). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-06-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-07-01** Assembly Rule 69 suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 15. Page 6106.)
- **2024-07-01** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-07-01** Ordered to third reading.
- **2024-08-07** Coauthors revised.
- **2024-08-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 64. Noes 2. Page 6243.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-08** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2024-08-12** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5037.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:45 a.m.
- **2024-08-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-08-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 170, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6e23013-26e4-4e37-8a05-f35f37a014a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).