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Bill	Aggravated arson.	Existing law, until January 1, 2019, defines the offense of aggravated arson, and defines the aggravating factors for the offense as, the person has been previously convicted of arson on one or more occasions within the past 10 years, the fire caused property damage and other losses in excess of $7,000,000, or the fire caused damage to, or the destruction of, 5 or more inhabited structures. Existing law, commencing January 1, 2019, deletes the aggravating factor of property damage and other losses in excess of $7,000,000 from the definition of aggravated arson.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 896	California SB 896 (20172018)	bill	Aggravated arson.	enacted	McGuire	5	23	7	2018-01-12	2018-09-21	openstates	ocd-bill/15365e99-1eac-4022-80bf-a9d29193504f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB896	4bf1eb2f05ef7cdc6fadd43f0fe09b15d0f8f052eed6f0f7926c4e6a94977043	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 896 (20172018) — Aggravated arson.

Existing law, until January 1, 2019, defines the offense of aggravated arson, and defines the aggravating factors for the offense as, the person has been previously convicted of arson on one or more occasions within the past 10 years, the fire caused property damage and other losses in excess of $7,000,000, or the fire caused damage to, or the destruction of, 5 or more inhabited structures. Existing law, commencing January 1, 2019, deletes the aggravating factor of property damage and other losses in excess of $7,000,000 from the definition of aggravated arson.

Version chain

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

1. 01/12/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/25/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/21/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. SB896 (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/31/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading SB896 McGuire et al. — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 896 McGuire Senate Third Reading By AGUIAR-CURRY — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• McGuire — primary (person)
• Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
• Berryhill — coauthor (person)
• Dodd — coauthor (person)
• Gaines — coauthor (person)
• Levine — coauthor (person)
• Wood — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-12 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2018-01-16 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 15.
• 2018-01-24 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2018-03-05 Set for hearing March 13.
• 2018-03-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4367.) (March 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-04-09 Set for hearing April 16.
• 2018-04-16 April 16 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2018-05-18 Set for hearing May 25.
• 2018-05-25 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4298.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-05-25 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2018-05-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4398.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-31 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2018-06-04 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2018-06-12 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
• 2018-06-27 June 27 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2018-08-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-27 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6589.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-28 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
• 2018-09-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2018-09-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 619, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/15365e99-1eac-4022-80bf-a9d29193504f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).