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California SB 1242 (20232024) — Crimes: fires.

Existing law prohibits unlawfully causing a fire by recklessly setting fire to, burning, or causing to be burned, any structure, forest land, or property. A violation of this prohibition is punishable as either a misdemeanor or a felony.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/19/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/16/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/20/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/01/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/16/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB1242 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/14/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB1242 Min et al. Concurrence — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading SB1242 Min et al. — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 9–4 (pass) · lower
• SB 1242 Min Senate Third Reading By Zbur — 68–3 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Min — primary (person)
• Atkins — coauthor (person)
• Becker — coauthor (person)
• Blakespear — coauthor (person)
• Cortese — coauthor (person)
• Dodd — coauthor (person)
• McGuire — coauthor (person)
• Rubio — coauthor (person)
• Stern — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-15 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2024-02-16 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
• 2024-02-29 Referred to Com. on PUB S. referral-committee
• 2024-03-19 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB S. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-03-26 Set for hearing April 2.
• 2024-04-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3450.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-05-03 Set for hearing May 13.
• 2024-05-13 May 13 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2024-05-14 Set for hearing May 16.
• 2024-05-16 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3976.) (May 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-16 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4137.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-23 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2024-06-03 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2024-06-11 Coauthors revised.
• 2024-06-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-06-19 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (June 19). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-06-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-07-01 Assembly Rule 69 suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 15. Page 6106.)
• 2024-07-01 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-07-01 Ordered to third reading.
• 2024-08-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 68. Noes 3. Page 6245.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-08 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2024-08-12 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5040.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-08-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:45 a.m.
• 2024-08-16 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-08-16 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 173, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/752ed09f-81c2-487d-9bd7-6c2ce3ee5905. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).