Existing law provides that any person who, among other things, knowingly accesses and without permission takes, copies, or makes use of any data from a computer, computer system, or computer network, as defined, or takes or copies any supporting documentation, or adds, alters, damages, deletes, or destroys any data, software, or programs, whether existing or residing internal or external to a computer, computer system, or computer network, or disrupts, denies, or causes the disruption or denial of computer services is punishable by a fine not exceeding $10,000, or by imprisonment in the state prison for 16 months, or 2 or 3 years, or by both that fine and imprisonment, or by a fine not exceeding $5,000, or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment.
California AB 22 (20092010) — Computer hacking: unauthorized access: punishment.
Existing law provides that any person who, among other things, knowingly accesses and without permission takes, copies, or makes use of any data from a computer, computer system, or computer network, as defined, or takes or copies any supporting documentation, or adds, alters, damages, deletes, or destroys any data, software, or programs, whether existing or residing internal or external to a computer, computer system, or computer network, or disrupts, denies, or causes the disruption or denial of computer services is punishable by a fine not exceeding $10,000, or by imprisonment in the state prison for 16 months, or 2 or 3 years, or by both that fine and imprisonment, or by a fine not exceeding $5,000, or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
AB 22 TORRES Consent Calendar Second Day — pass (pass) · lower
Special Consent #9 AB22 Torres — pass (pass) · upper
AB 22 TORRES Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Torres — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2008-12-01 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2008-12-02 From printer. May be heard in committee January 1.
2009-02-05 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2009-03-17 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2009-04-13 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (March 31). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2009-04-14 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2009-04-15 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2009-04-20 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 986.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2009-04-20 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2009-04-30 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2009-06-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 9). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2009-06-16 Read second time, amended, and to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2009-06-16 Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
2009-06-22 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1377.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2009-06-22 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2009-07-06 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2381.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2009-07-30 Enrolled and to the Governor at 1 p.m.
2009-08-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2009-08-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 70, Statutes of 2009.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b20d186a-bf2b-4e79-bf9c-e41032dd5024. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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