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Bill	Crimes: shoplifting.	(1) Existing law divides theft into grand theft and petty theft. Existing law punishes petty theft as a misdemeanor while grand theft is punished as either a misdemeanor or a felony. Existing law lists specific types of theft which are grand theft and all other cases of theft as petty theft. Existing law authorizes a person to be charged with grand theft if the property taken exceeds $950 over the course of distinct but related acts.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 2943	California AB 2943 (20232024)	bill	Crimes shoplifting	enacted	Zbur	11	32	8	2024-02-15	2024-08-16	openstates	ocd-bill/93c6ed58-90ab-4d1d-83f7-c6952b4954b6	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2943	d77dc3c4bc3bb1abb16db21821a4742b7f61f5657f1ed8e426781ef90b65d883	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2943 (20232024) — Crimes: shoplifting.

(1) Existing law divides theft into grand theft and petty theft. Existing law punishes petty theft as a misdemeanor while grand theft is punished as either a misdemeanor or a felony. Existing law lists specific types of theft which are grand theft and all other cases of theft as petty theft. Existing law authorizes a person to be charged with grand theft if the property taken exceeds $950 over the course of distinct but related acts.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/03/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/11/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/20/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/05/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/20/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 06/29/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/05/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/16/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. AB2943 (committee substitute) — source
11. 08/12/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2943 Zbur Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 64–4 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 1–3 (fail) · upper
• AB 2943 Zbur Assembly Third Reading — 66–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2943 Zbur et al. By Wiener — 36–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Zbur — primary (person)
• Alanis — principal coauthor (person)
• Allen — coauthor (person)
• Cervantes — coauthor (person)
• Gipson — coauthor (person)
• Haney — principal coauthor (person)
• Ortega — principal coauthor (person)
• Pacheco — principal coauthor (person)
• Petrie-Norris — principal coauthor (person)
• Reyes — coauthor (person)
• Robert Rivas — author (person)
• Schiavo — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
• 2024-03-11 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2024-04-03 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
• 2024-04-04 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2024-04-10 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 9). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-04-11 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-04-15 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2024-04-15 Measure version as amended on April 11 corrected. amendment-passage
• 2024-04-24 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2024-05-20 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 16). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2024-05-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 5508.) 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
• 2024-06-05 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB S. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, 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
• 2024-08-05 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 1. Page 5010.). 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 64. Noes 4. Page 6270.). 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 168, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/93c6ed58-90ab-4d1d-83f7-c6952b4954b6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).