Existing law prohibits credibly impersonating a peace officer, firefighter, or employee of a public utility, state or local government agency, or search and rescue team, as specified. Existing law also prohibits willfully and credibly impersonating a peace officer, firefighter, or employee of a public utility, state or local government agency, or search and rescue team through or on an internet website, or by other electronic means, for the purposes of defrauding another. A violation of these prohibitions is punishable as a misdemeanor.
Existing law prohibits credibly impersonating a peace officer, firefighter, or employee of a public utility, state or local government agency, or search and rescue team, as specified. Existing law also prohibits willfully and credibly impersonating a peace officer, firefighter, or employee of a public utility, state or local government agency, or search and rescue team through or on an internet website, or by other electronic means, for the purposes of defrauding another. A violation of these prohibitions is punishable as a misdemeanor.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — 5–1 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB805 Pérez et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — 30–10 (pass) · upper
SB 805 Pérez Third Reading Urgency By Ortega — 60–15 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar 2nd — 36–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 11–4 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Pérez — primary (person)
Arreguín — coauthor (person)
Becker — coauthor (person)
Caballero — coauthor (person)
Elhawary — principal coauthor (person)
Fong — coauthor (person)
Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
Kalra — coauthor (person)
Lee — coauthor (person)
Mark González — coauthor (person)
Menjivar — coauthor (person)
Ortega — principal coauthor (person)
Padilla — coauthor (person)
Schultz — coauthor (person)
Smallwood-Cuevas — coauthor (person)
Solache — principal coauthor (person)
Wiener — author (person)
Ávila Farías — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-02-21 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2025-02-24 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
2025-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
2025-03-12 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2025-03-26 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
2025-04-04 Set for hearing April 23.
2025-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 869.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-04-25 Set for hearing May 5.
2025-05-05 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2025-05-06 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1051.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-05-08 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2025-05-19 Referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
2025-06-23 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-06-27 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
2025-07-16 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 15). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-07-17 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-07-18 Coauthors revised.
2025-08-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-08-21 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. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 60. Noes 15. Page 3129.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-09 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-10 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). referral-committee
2025-09-10 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 3. Noes 0. Page 2759.) Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. committee-passage, referral-committee
2025-09-11 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 2940.) committee-passage
2025-09-11 Urgency clause adopted.
2025-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 2918.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2025-09-20 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-09-20 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 126, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e123a7a4-8de7-40d1-aded-b337c84de592. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).