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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Arson: aggravated: punishment."
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description: "Existing law defines the crime of aggravated arson, and makes a person guilty of that crime if the fire caused property damage and other losses in excess of $5,650,000. Existing law specifies costs to be included in calculating property damage for purposes of these provisions and states legislative intent to review the property damage threshold in light of inflation within 5 years. Existing law repeals the provisions relating to property damage on January 1, 2010."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20092010"
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identifier: "AB 27"
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citation: "California AB 27 (20092010)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Arson: aggravated: punishment."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jeffries"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2008-12-01"
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last_action: "2009-08-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9f321f6-9162-4101-87f7-d6abe3be7bcc"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB27"
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source_hash: "d858cea1ffa15a0d93befe2a44fe499a3768d1caab0052e9ac625aa5e53d747e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 27 (20092010) — Arson: aggravated: punishment.
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Existing law defines the crime of aggravated arson, and makes a person guilty of that crime if the fire caused property damage and other losses in excess of $5,650,000. Existing law specifies costs to be included in calculating property damage for purposes of these provisions and states legislative intent to review the property damage threshold in light of inflation within 5 years. Existing law repeals the provisions relating to property damage on January 1, 2010.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **12/01/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB27&version=20090AB2799INT)
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2. **08/06/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB27&version=20090AB2797CHP)
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3. **AB27** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB27)
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4. **07/13/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB27&version=20090AB2798ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 27 JEFFRIES Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Special Consent #12 AB27 Jeffries — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jeffries — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2008-12-01** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2008-12-02** From printer. May be heard in committee January 1.
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- **2009-02-05** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2009-03-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2009-04-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2009-05-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2009-05-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2009-06-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1825.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2009-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2009-06-11** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2009-06-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2009-06-29** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
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- **2009-06-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2009-07-02** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
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- **2009-07-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1665.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2009-07-09** In Assembly. To enrollment.
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- **2009-07-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1 p.m.
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- **2009-08-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2009-08-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 71, Statutes of 2009.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9f321f6-9162-4101-87f7-d6abe3be7bcc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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