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Bill	Crimes: aggravated arson.	Existing law, until January 1, 2024, 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 $8,300,000, or the fire caused damage to, or the destruction of, 5 or more inhabited structures. Existing law, commencing January 1, 2024, deletes the aggravating factor of property damage and other losses in excess of $8,300,000 from the definition of aggravated arson.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SB 281	California SB 281 (20232024)	bill	Crimes aggravated arson	enacted	McGuire	6	26	8	2023-02-01	2023-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/b73e38c0-4498-4fc1-8059-ee28977705f9	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB281	2d898668619a7ee121de8fffd3a4ed235db9d82477b4151ec7476ef99969bc56	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 281 (20232024) — Crimes: aggravated arson.

Existing law, until January 1, 2024, 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 $8,300,000, or the fire caused damage to, or the destruction of, 5 or more inhabited structures. Existing law, commencing January 1, 2024, deletes the aggravating factor of property damage and other losses in excess of $8,300,000 from the definition of aggravated arson.

Version chain

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

1. 02/01/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/18/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/29/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/10/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB281 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/15/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 281 McGuire Senate Third Reading By Wood — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent SB281 McGuire et al. — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB281 McGuire et al. Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• McGuire — primary (person)
• Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
• Connolly — coauthor (person)
• Dahle — coauthor (person)
• Dodd — coauthor (person)
• Megan Dahle — coauthor (person)
• Roth — coauthor (person)
• Stern — author (person)
• Wood — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-01 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2023-02-02 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 4.
• 2023-02-09 Referred to Com. on PUB S. referral-committee
• 2023-03-02 Set for hearing March 21.
• 2023-03-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 426.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-03-28 Set for hearing April 10.
• 2023-04-10 April 10 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2023-05-12 Set for hearing May 18.
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1163.) (May 18). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-26 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2023-05-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1363.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-31 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2023-06-08 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2023-06-28 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 27). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-29 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-08-16 August 16 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (September 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-12 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3252.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-12 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2023-09-13 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2749.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2023-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 706, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b73e38c0-4498-4fc1-8059-ee28977705f9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).