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Bill	Theft: aggregation: organized retail theft.	(1) Existing law, the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, enacted as an initiative statute by Proposition 47, as approved by the electors at the November 4, 2014, statewide general election, requires shoplifting, defined as entering a commercial establishment with the intent to commit larceny where the property taken does not exceed $950, to be punished as a misdemeanor. Proposition 47 requires that the act of shoplifting be charged as shoplifting and prohibits a person who is charged with shoplifting from being charged with burglary or theft of the same property.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 1065	California AB 1065 (20172018)	bill	Theft: aggregation: organized retail theft.	enacted	Jones-Sawyer	9	33	5	2017-02-16	2018-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/bc83b348-926d-44d9-9ce8-d145304a3903	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1065	55097ec46fe43728c62e4e71a54b8f46588191ec380f061425cf9305ef94b1be	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1065 (20172018) — Theft: aggregation: organized retail theft.

(1) Existing law, the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, enacted as an initiative statute by Proposition 47, as approved by the electors at the November 4, 2014, statewide general election, requires shoplifting, defined as entering a commercial establishment with the intent to commit larceny where the property taken does not exceed $950, to be punished as a misdemeanor. Proposition 47 requires that the act of shoplifting be charged as shoplifting and prohibits a person who is charged with shoplifting from being charged with burglary or theft of the same property.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 02/16/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 02/01/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 02/27/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/26/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/22/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/07/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/27/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB1065 (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/29/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1065 JONES-SAWYER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 68–6 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1065 Jones-Sawyer et al. By Skinner — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• That the measure be returned to Senate Floor for consideration. Ordered to third reading. — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jones-Sawyer — primary (person)
• Anderson — coauthor (person)
• Bonta — author (person)
• Bradford — coauthor (person)
• Cervantes — author (person)
• Chau — coauthor (person)
• Glazer — coauthor (person)
• Gonzalez Fletcher — coauthor (person)
• Muratsuchi — coauthor (person)
• Reyes — coauthor (person)
• Roth — coauthor (person)
• Skinner — principal coauthor (person)
• Ting — author (person)
• Weber — author (person)
• Wiener — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2017-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
• 2017-03-06 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2017-03-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-04-05 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2017-04-26 In committee: Set, second hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2017-05-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-05-26 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-05-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1936.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-06-14 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2017-06-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2018-02-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2018-02-27 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2018-03-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-05-25 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2018-05-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-05-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-07 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2018-08-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-09 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(b). referral-committee
• 2018-08-09 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(b). (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-08-14 From committee: That the measure be returned to Senate Floor for consideration. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 14) committee-passage
• 2018-08-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5452.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-20 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2018-08-23 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2018-08-23 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6480.)
• 2018-08-23 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 23). committee-passage
• 2018-08-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 68. Noes 6. Page 6641.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-04 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2018-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 803, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bc83b348-926d-44d9-9ce8-d145304a3903. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).