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type: "Bill"
title: "Computer crimes."
description: "(1) Existing law makes it a crime to knowingly and without permission disrupt or cause the disruption of computer services or deny or cause the denial of computer services to an authorized user of a computer, computer system, or computer network. Existing law makes a violation of this provision punishable by a fine not exceeding $10,000, or by imprisonment in a county jail 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: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1649"
citation: "California AB 1649 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Computer crimes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waldron"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2014-02-11"
last_action: "2014-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71cd85fc-a71b-4aaa-ab6e-6d090dd9037f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1649"
source_hash: "3ed4495e457f0d159883ed99f62422aa56f34a8400feefacd85e33bf93e5cc14"
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 1649 (20132014) — Computer crimes.
(1) Existing law makes it a crime to knowingly and without permission disrupt or cause the disruption of computer services or deny or cause the denial of computer services to an authorized user of a computer, computer system, or computer network. Existing law makes a violation of this provision punishable by a fine not exceeding $10,000, or by imprisonment in a county jail 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. **02/11/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1649&version=20130AB164999INT)
2. **04/01/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1649&version=20130AB164998AMD)
3. **09/17/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1649&version=20130AB164996CHP)
4. **AB1649** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1649)
5. **08/20/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1649&version=20130AB164997ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass. — **170** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **60** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **70** (pass) · lower
- AB 1649 WALDRON Assembly Third Reading — **760** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1649 Waldron By Knight — **360** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Waldron — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2014-02-11** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-12** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
- **2014-02-20** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-28** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-01** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4758.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-15** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-23** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-06-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4550.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-18** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2014-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 379, Statutes of 2014.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71cd85fc-a71b-4aaa-ab6e-6d090dd9037f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).