Existing law provides that any individual who reports, or causes any report to be made, to any city, county, city and county, or state department, district, agency, division, commission, or board, that an emergency exists, knowing that the report is false, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for a period not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding $1,000, or by both that imprisonment and fine.
California SB 333 (20132014) — Crimes: emergencies: false reporting.
Existing law provides that any individual who reports, or causes any report to be made, to any city, county, city and county, or state department, district, agency, division, commission, or board, that an emergency exists, knowing that the report is false, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for a period not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding $1,000, or by both that imprisonment and fine.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Unfinished Business SB333 Lieu Concurrence — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
SB 333 Lieu Senate Third Reading By BLOOM — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 35–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Lieu — primary (person)
Bloom — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2013-02-19 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. reading-1, introduction
2013-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
2013-02-28 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2013-03-13 Set for hearing April 9.
2013-04-15 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 468.) (April 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2013-04-16 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2013-04-19 Set for hearing April 29.
2013-04-29 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
2013-04-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-05-09 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 862.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-05-09 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2013-05-20 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2013-06-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2013-07-03 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2013-08-05 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2013-08-08 From consent calendar.
2013-08-08 Ordered to third reading.
2013-08-12 Read third time and amended. (Page 2511.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2013-08-12 Ordered to third reading.
2013-08-19 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2602.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-08-19 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2013-08-22 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1948.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2013-08-28 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2013-09-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2013-09-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 284, Statutes of 2013.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e43587be-a5fa-474e-a482-5fba27f8c3ea. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).