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Bill	Crimes: organized theft.	Existing law, until January 1, 2026, makes a person guilty of organized retail theft, punishable as a misdemeanor or a felony, as specified, if the person acts in concert with one or more persons to steal merchandise from one or more merchant's premises or online marketplaces with the intent to sell or return the merchandise for value, acts in concert with 2 or more persons to receive, purchase, or possess merchandise knowing or believing it to have been stolen, acts as an agent of another to steal merchandise from one or more merchant's premises or online marketplaces as part of an organized plan to commit theft, or recruits, coordinates, organizes, supervises, directs, manages, or finances another to undertake acts of theft.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 1802	California AB 1802 (20232024)	bill	Crimes organized theft	enacted	Jones-Sawyer	7	26	8	2024-01-08	2024-08-16	openstates	ocd-bill/dfe55411-30c8-4b66-8806-88565839e66e	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1802	4ee6ea504076043994f03c58f9bdfab8d067df443cd0530fe8a91558a79cd5ad	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1802 (20232024) — Crimes: organized theft.

Existing law, until January 1, 2026, makes a person guilty of organized retail theft, punishable as a misdemeanor or a felony, as specified, if the person acts in concert with one or more persons to steal merchandise from one or more merchant's premises or online marketplaces with the intent to sell or return the merchandise for value, acts in concert with 2 or more persons to receive, purchase, or possess merchandise knowing or believing it to have been stolen, acts as an agent of another to steal merchandise from one or more merchant's premises or online marketplaces as part of an organized plan to commit theft, or recruits, coordinates, organizes, supervises, directs, manages, or finances another to undertake acts of theft.

Version chain

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

1. 01/08/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/01/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/20/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/29/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/16/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1802 (committee substitute) — source
7. 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
• 3rd Reading AB1802 Jones-Sawyer et al. By Wahab — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1802 Jones-Sawyer Assembly Third Reading — 72–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 1–3 (fail) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1802 Jones-Sawyer Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 74–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jones-Sawyer — primary (person)
• Cervantes — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-08 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-01-09 From printer. May be heard in committee February 8.
• 2024-01-22 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2024-04-01 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
• 2024-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2024-04-10 Coauthors revised.
• 2024-04-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-04-24 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2024-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5392.) 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 Com. on PUB S. 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
• 2024-06-17 Motion to place on APPR. suspense file failed
• 2024-06-17 (Ayes 1. Noes 3.) (June 17)
• 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 74. Noes 0. Page 6269.). 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 166, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dfe55411-30c8-4b66-8806-88565839e66e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).