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type: "Bill"
title: "Computer crimes: ransomware."
description: "Existing law establishes various crimes relating to computer services and systems, including, but not limited to, knowingly introducing a computer contaminant, as defined. Existing law makes a violation of those crimes punishable by specified fines or terms of imprisonment, or by both those fines and imprisonment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 1137"
citation: "California SB 1137 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Computer crimes: ransomware."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hertzberg"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2016-02-18"
last_action: "2016-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a9286d3-460f-4358-992e-53b97df94ef9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1137"
source_hash: "1671c43b181896a704e415de6eb59f887af3bcbd5197b6e67a4ca802adbf1bfc"
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 1137 (20152016) — Computer crimes: ransomware.
Existing law establishes various crimes relating to computer services and systems, including, but not limited to, knowingly introducing a computer contaminant, as defined. Existing law makes a violation of those crimes punishable by specified fines or terms of imprisonment, or by both those fines and imprisonment.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/18/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1137&version=20150SB113799INT)
2. **03/28/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1137&version=20150SB113798AMD)
3. **03/31/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1137&version=20150SB113797AMD)
4. **08/01/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1137&version=20150SB113796AMD)
5. **08/19/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1137&version=20150SB113795AMD)
6. **09/27/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1137&version=20150SB113793CHP)
7. **SB1137** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1137)
8. **08/29/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1137&version=20150SB113794ENR)
## Votes
- SB 1137 Hertzberg Senate Third Reading By LOW — **800** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1137 Hertzberg Concurrence — **390** (pass) · upper
- SB 1137 Hertzberg Senate Third Reading By INS. Amendment Set #1**730** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **390** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **60** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **200** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] — **70** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **110** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Hertzberg — primary (person)
- Anderson — coauthor (person)
- Bates — coauthor (person)
- Beall — principal coauthor (person)
- Brough — coauthor (person)
- Cannella — coauthor (person)
- Chang — coauthor (person)
- Chau — coauthor (person)
- Chávez — coauthor (person)
- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Dodd — coauthor (person)
- Hill — coauthor (person)
- Huff — coauthor (person)
- Lackey — coauthor (person)
- Liu — coauthor (person)
- Lopez — coauthor (person)
- Low — coauthor (person)
- Maienschein — coauthor (person)
- Obernolte — coauthor (person)
- Stone — coauthor (person)
- Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-02-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2016-03-03** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-18** Set for hearing April 12.
- **2016-03-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-31** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3522.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-15** Set for hearing April 25.
- **2016-04-25** April 25 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2016-05-20** Set for hearing May 27.
- **2016-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4004.) (May 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4044.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-06** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-03** August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2016-08-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (August 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5958.) `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6084.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-23** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-08-25** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5404.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2016-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 725, Statutes of 2016.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a9286d3-460f-4358-992e-53b97df94ef9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).