republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-22.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Computer hacking: unauthorized access: punishment."
description: "Existing law provides that any person who, among other things, knowingly accesses and without permission takes, copies, or makes use of any data from a computer, computer system, or computer network, as defined, or takes or copies any supporting documentation, or adds, alters, damages, deletes, or destroys any data, software, or programs, whether existing or residing internal or external to a computer, computer system, or computer network, or disrupts, denies, or causes the disruption or denial of computer services is punishable by a fine not exceeding $10,000, or by imprisonment in the state prison for 16 months, or 2 or 3 years, or by both that fine and imprisonment, or by a fine not exceeding $5,000, or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 22"
citation: "California AB 22 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Computer hacking: unauthorized access: punishment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Torres"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2008-12-01"
last_action: "2009-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b20d186a-bf2b-4e79-bf9c-e41032dd5024"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB22"
source_hash: "9691120015509e606433d528ce8a839518232334cad5ae2f6c17cd5128558882"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 22 (20092010) — Computer hacking: unauthorized access: punishment.

Existing law provides that any person who, among other things, knowingly accesses and without permission takes, copies, or makes use of any data from a computer, computer system, or computer network, as defined, or takes or copies any supporting documentation, or adds, alters, damages, deletes, or destroys any data, software, or programs, whether existing or residing internal or external to a computer, computer system, or computer network, or disrupts, denies, or causes the disruption or denial of computer services is punishable by a fine not exceeding $10,000, or by imprisonment in the state prison for 16 months, or 2 or 3 years, or by both that fine and imprisonment, or by a fine not exceeding $5,000, or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/01/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB22&version=20090AB2299INT)
2. **04/14/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB22&version=20090AB2298AMD)
3. **06/16/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB22&version=20090AB2297AMD)
4. **08/06/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB22&version=20090AB2295CHP)
5. **AB22** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB22)
6. **07/09/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB22&version=20090AB2296ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 22 TORRES Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #9 AB22 Torres — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 22 TORRES Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Torres — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-12-01** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-12-02** From printer. May be heard in committee January 1.
- **2009-02-05** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-17** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-04-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (March 31). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-04-15** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-04-20** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 986.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-04-30** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 9). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-16** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-16** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2009-06-22** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1377.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-06-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2009-07-06** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2381.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-07-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2009-08-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 70, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b20d186a-bf2b-4e79-bf9c-e41032dd5024`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).