republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/sb-19.md

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Bill	Crimes: threats.	Existing law makes it a crime to willfully threaten to commit a crime that will result in death or great bodily injury to another person, with the specific intent that the statement is to be taken as a threat that, on its face and under the circumstances in which it is made, is so unequivocal, unconditional, immediate, and specific as to convey to the person threatened a gravity of purpose and an immediate prospect of execution of the threat, and thereby reasonably causes the threatened person to be in sustained fear for their own safety or the safety of their immediate family, as defined. Under existing law, this crime is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for no more than one year for a misdemeanor, or by imprisonment in state prison for a felony.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	SB 19	California SB 19 (20252026)	bill	Crimes threats	enacted	Rubio	8	30	8	2024-12-02	2025-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/f802f0da-feef-453d-858b-b19ef7ef494e	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB19	7f0e3fa6007e7a2335d21f9538c1cecc437f442609a908a9c2815a7b26f9e1c5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 19 (20252026) — Crimes: threats.

Existing law makes it a crime to willfully threaten to commit a crime that will result in death or great bodily injury to another person, with the specific intent that the statement is to be taken as a threat that, on its face and under the circumstances in which it is made, is so unequivocal, unconditional, immediate, and specific as to convey to the person threatened a gravity of purpose and an immediate prospect of execution of the threat, and thereby reasonably causes the threatened person to be in sustained fear for their own safety or the safety of their immediate family, as defined. Under existing law, this crime is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for no more than one year for a misdemeanor, or by imprisonment in state prison for a felony.

Version chain

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

1. 12/02/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/10/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/13/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/23/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/05/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/11/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB19 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/13/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB19 Rubio et al. Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 19 Rubio Senate Third Reading By Patel — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading SB19 Rubio et al. — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Rubio — primary (person)
• Alanis — coauthor (person)
• Berman — coauthor (person)
• Blakespear — coauthor (person)
• Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
• Niello — coauthor (person)
• Patel — principal coauthor (person)
• Rogers — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-12-02 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2024-12-03 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 2.
• 2025-01-29 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2025-03-07 Set for hearing March 25.
• 2025-03-10 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
• 2025-03-13 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
• 2025-03-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 532.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-03-28 Set for hearing April 7.
• 2025-04-07 April 7 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2025-05-16 Set for hearing May 23.
• 2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1187.) (May 23). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-23 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-06-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1371.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-06-03 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2025-06-09 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2025-07-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-07-09 July 9 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2025-08-29 Coauthors revised.
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-05 Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended.
• 2025-09-05 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-05 Ordered to third reading.
• 2025-09-09 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 3072.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-09 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2025-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2898.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
• 2025-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 594, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f802f0da-feef-453d-858b-b19ef7ef494e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).