Existing law makes a person who commits 2nd-degree burglary or grand theft, as defined, during and within an affected county in a state of emergency or a local emergency, as defined, resulting from an earthquake, fire, flood, riot, or other natural or manmade disaster guilty of the crime of looting, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail, as specified, except in the case of grand theft of a firearm, where the crime of looting is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison. Existing law makes a person who commits petty theft, as defined, under those same conditions guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for 6 months. Existing law authorizes the court, in its discretion, to require any person granted probation following conviction under those provisions to serve a specified number of hours of community service in any program deemed appropriate by the court.
California AB 3078 (20172018) — Theft: burglary: natural or manmade disasters.
Existing law makes a person who commits 2nd-degree burglary or grand theft, as defined, during and within an affected county in a state of emergency or a local emergency, as defined, resulting from an earthquake, fire, flood, riot, or other natural or manmade disaster guilty of the crime of looting, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail, as specified, except in the case of grand theft of a firearm, where the crime of looting is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison. Existing law makes a person who commits petty theft, as defined, under those same conditions guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for 6 months. Existing law authorizes the court, in its discretion, to require any person granted probation following conviction under those provisions to serve a specified number of hours of community service in any program deemed appropriate by the court.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
AB 3078 GALLAGHER Consent Calendar Second Day — 71–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Gallagher — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2018-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
2018-03-12 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2018-04-02 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
2018-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2018-04-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-04-25 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-04-26 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2018-05-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 5007.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-05-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2018-05-17 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2018-06-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-06-25 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2018-06-26 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2018-07-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5040.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-07-03 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2018-07-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2018-07-18 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-07-18 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 132, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2eceee45-12e0-43a6-89bd-f1f6aca487ed. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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