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Bill	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.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 1280	California AB 1280 (20092010)	bill	Child abuse sentencing: child becoming comatose or suffering paralysis.	enacted	Villines	7	32	9	2009-02-27	2010-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/59004ac2-2799-497c-b1f5-fc0827d00947	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1280	892d7d53fb2770c12247f3b974b101f9ff76a86c88aeb6487d01ac2a748f8a10	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. 05/06/09 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/25/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/15/10 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/27/10 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1280 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/01/10 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/59004ac2-2799-497c-b1f5-fc0827d00947. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).