republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-333.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes: emergencies: false reporting."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 333"
citation: "California SB 333 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes: emergencies: false reporting."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lieu"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-02-19"
last_action: "2013-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e43587be-a5fa-474e-a482-5fba27f8c3ea"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB333"
source_hash: "f0e6eb88a47406c431f91ae6755b0a7f0d4854398edc562b0183e0d1627ef7bd"
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 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.

1. **02/19/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB333&version=20130SB33399INT)
2. **04/16/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB333&version=20130SB33398AMD)
3. **08/12/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB333&version=20130SB33397AMD)
4. **09/09/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB333&version=20130SB33395CHP)
5. **SB333** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB333)
6. **08/23/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB333&version=20130SB33396ENR)

## Votes

- 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e43587be-a5fa-474e-a482-5fba27f8c3ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).