republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-484.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sex offenses: registration."
description: "Existing law, as amended by Proposition 35 as approved by the voters at the November 6, 2012, statewide general election, requires persons convicted of specified sex offenses, or attempts to commit those offenses, to register with local law enforcement agencies while residing in the state or while attending school or working in the state. Willful failure to register, as required, is a misdemeanor, or a felony, depending on the underlying offense. The Legislature may amend Proposition 35 by a statute passed in each house by a majority vote."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 484"
citation: "California AB 484 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sex offenses: registration."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cunningham"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-13"
last_action: "2017-10-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c305db95-2464-477c-a804-01b5da896fcd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB484"
source_hash: "f16d6a73f624a8c8261dcfabee3760af2441df6f391408fe9b89fc3a1cc2aa60"
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 AB 484 (20172018) — Sex offenses: registration.

Existing law, as amended by Proposition 35 as approved by the voters at the November 6, 2012, statewide general election, requires persons convicted of specified sex offenses, or attempts to commit those offenses, to register with local law enforcement agencies while residing in the state or while attending school or working in the state. Willful failure to register, as required, is a misdemeanor, or a felony, depending on the underlying offense. The Legislature may amend Proposition 35 by a statute passed in each house by a majority vote.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB484&version=20170AB48499INT)
2. **09/08/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB484&version=20170AB48498AMD)
3. **10/06/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB484&version=20170AB48496CHP)
4. **AB484** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB484)
5. **09/15/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB484&version=20170AB48497ENR)

## Votes

- AB 484 CUNNINGHAM Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB484 Cunningham By Allen — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cunningham — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2017-02-27** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2017-03-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 1376.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-18** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-26** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2017-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (September 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-09-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2757.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2017-09-13** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page 3255.)
- **2017-09-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 3365.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
- **2017-10-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 526, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c305db95-2464-477c-a804-01b5da896fcd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).