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Bill	Theft: jurisdiction.	Existing law defines types of theft, including petty theft, grand theft, and shoplifting. Existing law also defines the crimes of robbery and burglary. Existing law sets forth specific rules relating to the jurisdiction for the prosecution of theft by fraud, organized retail theft, and receiving stolen property, including that the jurisdiction for prosecution includes the county where an offense involving the theft or receipt of the stolen merchandise occurred, the county in which the merchandise was recovered, or the county where any act was done by the defendant in instigating, procuring, promoting, or aiding or abetting in the commission of a theft offense or other qualifying offense. Existing law jurisdictionally limits prosecution of each of the above to criminal actions brought by the Attorney General.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 1779	California AB 1779 (20232024)	bill	Theft jurisdiction	enacted	Irwin	8	23	6	2024-01-03	2024-08-16	openstates	ocd-bill/89c8a3eb-aa59-4b99-9bfb-258fdcbaebf0	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1779	98929a8ddda0d2e7b5e4c3e332070f0272c5a4bba9b0747bbb55ccbacb029d18	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1779 (20232024) — Theft: jurisdiction.

Existing law defines types of theft, including petty theft, grand theft, and shoplifting. Existing law also defines the crimes of robbery and burglary. Existing law sets forth specific rules relating to the jurisdiction for the prosecution of theft by fraud, organized retail theft, and receiving stolen property, including that the jurisdiction for prosecution includes the county where an offense involving the theft or receipt of the stolen merchandise occurred, the county in which the merchandise was recovered, or the county where any act was done by the defendant in instigating, procuring, promoting, or aiding or abetting in the commission of a theft offense or other qualifying offense. Existing law jurisdictionally limits prosecution of each of the above to criminal actions brought by the Attorney General.

Version chain

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

1. 01/03/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/11/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/25/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/20/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/29/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/16/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1779 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/12/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1779 Irwin Assembly Third Reading — 71–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1779 Irwin et al. By Newman — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1779 Irwin Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 71–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Irwin — primary (person)
• Alanis — coauthor (person)
• Cervantes — principal coauthor (person)
• Flora — coauthor (person)
• Gipson — coauthor (person)
• Juan Carrillo — coauthor (person)
• Newman — coauthor (person)
• Pacheco — coauthor (person)
• Villapudua — coauthor (person)
• Zbur — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-03 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-01-04 From printer. May be heard in committee February 3.
• 2024-01-16 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2024-03-11 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-1, reading-2
• 2024-03-12 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2024-04-10 Coauthors revised.
• 2024-04-10 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 9). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-04-25 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4989.) amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 5505.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-05-29 Referred to Coms. on PUB S. and APPR. referral-committee
• 2024-06-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-06-19 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 17). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2024-06-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-06-29 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-07-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5009.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2024-08-12 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 6268.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-08-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2024-08-16 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-08-16 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 165, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/89c8a3eb-aa59-4b99-9bfb-258fdcbaebf0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).