---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes: looting."
description: "Existing law defines the crime of burglary as entering specified buildings, places, or vehicles with the intent to commit grand or petty theft or a felony. Existing law clarifies that a structure designed for habitation is being used for dwelling purposes if, at the time of the burglary, it was not occupied solely because a disaster caused the occupants to leave the premises."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 468"
citation: "California AB 468 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "looting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gabriel"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 33
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-02-06"
last_action: "2025-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ec58bb0-df46-409d-a789-8125750a37f6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB468"
source_hash: "87e8d772f8c73dd47a610494b7692b034fe0563a36e20097452af016a690dac8"
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 468 (20252026) — Crimes: looting.

Existing law defines the crime of burglary as entering specified buildings, places, or vehicles with the intent to commit grand or petty theft or a felony. Existing law clarifies that a structure designed for habitation is being used for dwelling purposes if, at the time of the burglary, it was not occupied solely because a disaster caused the occupants to leave the premises.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/06/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB468&version=20250AB46899INT)
2. **03/24/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB468&version=20250AB46898AMD)
3. **04/02/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB468&version=20250AB46897AMD)
4. **04/10/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB468&version=20250AB46896AMD)
5. **06/26/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB468&version=20250AB46895AMD)
6. **07/16/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB468&version=20250AB46894AMD)
7. **09/06/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB468&version=20250AB46893AMD)
8. **10/10/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB468&version=20250AB46891CHP)
9. **AB468** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB468)
10. **09/16/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB468&version=20250AB46892ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB468 Gabriel et al. By Arreguín — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 468 Gabriel Assembly Third Reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 468 Gabriel Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Rules] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gabriel — primary (person)
- Allen — coauthor (person)
- Flora — coauthor (person)
- Hadwick — coauthor (person)
- Harabedian — coauthor (person)
- Irwin — author (person)
- Michelle Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
- Pacheco — author (person)
- Tangipa — coauthor (person)
- Wallis — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-07** From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
- **2025-03-24** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-03-25** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 8). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-21** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-06-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1989.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-06-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-18** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2025-07-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 15). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-16** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-08-18** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-09-04** Senate Rule 29.3(b) suspended. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 2491.)
- **2025-09-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-09-08** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2025-09-08** Ordered to second reading.
- **2025-09-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2925.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2025-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 3376.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2025-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 533, 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/8ec58bb0-df46-409d-a789-8125750a37f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).