Under existing law, a murder perpetrated by specified means or under certain circumstances, including a killing that is willful, deliberate, and premeditated, is defined as murder of the first degree. All other kinds of murder are of the 2nd degree. Under existing law, a person convicted of first degree murder is subject to a punishment of death, life in prison without the possibility of parole, or confinement in the state prison for a term of 25 years to life. Under existing law, the 2nd degree murder of a peace officer, as specified, is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for a term of 25 years to life, and the 2nd degree murder of a peace officer, if specified facts are charged and found true, is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for a term of life without the possibility of parole.
California AB 1459 (20172018) — Murder: peace officers.
Under existing law, a murder perpetrated by specified means or under certain circumstances, including a killing that is willful, deliberate, and premeditated, is defined as murder of the first degree. All other kinds of murder are of the 2nd degree. Under existing law, a person convicted of first degree murder is subject to a punishment of death, life in prison without the possibility of parole, or confinement in the state prison for a term of 25 years to life. Under existing law, the 2nd degree murder of a peace officer, as specified, is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for a term of 25 years to life, and the 2nd degree murder of a peace officer, if specified facts are charged and found true, is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for a term of life without the possibility of parole.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
3rd Reading AB1459 Quirk-Silva et al. By Newman — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Quirk-Silva — primary (person)
Anderson — coauthor (person)
Stone — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2017-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2017-03-13 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2017-04-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2017-04-18 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2017-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-04-20 Withdrawn from committee.
2017-04-20 Ordered to second reading.
2017-04-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1301.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-05-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2017-05-10 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2017-06-13 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-06-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-06-20 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2017-06-21 Ordered to third reading.
2017-06-21 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2017-06-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-07-17 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2076.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-07-17 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2017-08-21 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2681.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2017-08-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2017-09-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-09-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 214, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/75b58891-df6d-4446-b4d4-7633c185fd71. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).