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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Aggravated arson."
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description: "Existing law, until January 1, 2019, 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 $7,000,000, or the fire caused damage to, or the destruction of, 5 or more inhabited structures. Existing law, commencing January 1, 2019, deletes the aggravating factor of property damage and other losses in excess of $7,000,000 from the definition of aggravated arson."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20172018"
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identifier: "SB 896"
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citation: "California SB 896 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Aggravated arson."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["McGuire"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2018-01-12"
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last_action: "2018-09-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15365e99-1eac-4022-80bf-a9d29193504f"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB896"
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source_hash: "4bf1eb2f05ef7cdc6fadd43f0fe09b15d0f8f052eed6f0f7926c4e6a94977043"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 896 (20172018) — Aggravated arson.
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Existing law, until January 1, 2019, 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 $7,000,000, or the fire caused damage to, or the destruction of, 5 or more inhabited structures. Existing law, commencing January 1, 2019, deletes the aggravating factor of property damage and other losses in excess of $7,000,000 from the definition of aggravated arson.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **01/12/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB896&version=20170SB89699INT)
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2. **05/25/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB896&version=20170SB89698AMD)
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3. **09/21/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB896&version=20170SB89696CHP)
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4. **SB896** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB896)
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5. **08/31/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB896&version=20170SB89697ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading SB896 McGuire et al. — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 896 McGuire Senate Third Reading By AGUIAR-CURRY — **80–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- McGuire — primary (person)
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- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
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- Berryhill — coauthor (person)
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- Dodd — coauthor (person)
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- Gaines — coauthor (person)
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- Levine — coauthor (person)
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- Wood — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-12** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2018-01-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 15.
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- **2018-01-24** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-05** Set for hearing March 13.
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- **2018-03-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4367.) (March 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-09** Set for hearing April 16.
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- **2018-04-16** April 16 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2018-05-18** Set for hearing May 25.
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- **2018-05-25** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4298.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2018-05-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
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- **2018-05-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4398.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-31** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2018-06-04** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-27** June 27 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2018-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6589.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-28** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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- **2018-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2018-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2018-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 619, Statutes of 2018.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15365e99-1eac-4022-80bf-a9d29193504f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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