Existing law defines the crime of aggravated arson, and makes a person guilty of that crime if the person has been previously convicted of arson on one or more occasions within the past 10 years, or if the fire caused damage to, or the destruction of 5 or more inhabited structures. Existing law, until January 1, 2014, made a person guilty of aggravated arson if the fire caused property damage and other losses in excess of $6,500,000, and specified the costs to be included in calculating property damages for purposes of that provision.
Existing law defines the crime of aggravated arson, and makes a person guilty of that crime if the person has been previously convicted of arson on one or more occasions within the past 10 years, or if the fire caused damage to, or the destruction of 5 or more inhabited structures. Existing law, until January 1, 2014, made a person guilty of aggravated arson if the fire caused property damage and other losses in excess of $6,500,000, and specified the costs to be included in calculating property damages for purposes of that provision.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 930 Berryhill, T. Third Reading Urgency By BIGELOW — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Berryhill — primary (person)
Anderson — coauthor (person)
Bigelow — coauthor (person)
Gaines — coauthor (person)
Nielsen — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2014-02-03 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. reading-1, introduction
2014-02-04 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 6.
2014-02-20 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2014-03-11 Set for hearing March 25.
2014-03-27 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 2978.) (March 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2014-03-28 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2014-04-11 Set for hearing April 28.
2014-04-28 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2014-05-16 Set for hearing May 23.
2014-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3705.) (May 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2014-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-05-28 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 3643.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-05-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2014-06-05 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2014-06-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-07-02 Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2014-08-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2014-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-08-19 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6161.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-08-19 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2014-08-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
2014-09-19 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2014-09-19 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 481, Statutes of 2014.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2f159c31-93b1-43fa-8617-6b58e58e3585. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).