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type: "Bill"
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title: "Criminal law: violations punishable in multiple ways."
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description: "Existing law requires an act or omission that is punishable in different ways by different laws to be punished under the law that provides for the longest possible term of imprisonment."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20212022"
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identifier: "AB 518"
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citation: "California AB 518 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Criminal law: violations punishable in multiple ways."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Wicks"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2021-02-10"
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last_action: "2021-10-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3af7cee-5660-4af3-a614-fcde1315e62c"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB518"
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source_hash: "662f425b5a894d4712807d8153a5026d77fcd0cd77cfb8b884d0173351890ebc"
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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 AB 518 (20212022) — Criminal law: violations punishable in multiple ways.
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Existing law requires an act or omission that is punishable in different ways by different laws to be punished under the law that provides for the longest possible term of imprisonment.
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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. **02/10/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB518&version=20210AB51899INT)
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2. **10/01/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB518&version=20210AB51897CHP)
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3. **AB518** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB518)
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4. **09/01/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB518&version=20210AB51898ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 518 Wicks Assembly Third Reading — **41–23** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB518 Wicks et al. By Skinner — **29–10** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–2** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **3–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Wicks — primary (person)
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- Quirk — coauthor (person)
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- Santiago — coauthor (person)
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- Stone — coauthor (person)
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- Wiener — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-11** From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
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- **2021-02-18** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-24** Coauthors revised.
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- **2021-03-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (March 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (April 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-05-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 41. Noes 23. Page 1358.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-05-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2021-05-19** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-30** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2021-07-15** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2021-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 2218.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-08-31** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2021-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2021-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 441, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
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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/c3af7cee-5660-4af3-a614-fcde1315e62c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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