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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: "Crimes."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "SB 805"
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citation: "California SB 805 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Crimes"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Pérez"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2025-02-21"
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last_action: "2025-09-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e123a7a4-8de7-40d1-aded-b337c84de592"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB805"
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source_hash: "5c70fdb9d9acf6dfb18b0b28d818f3b11b3f95c63a8eaa12859e4753488b395e"
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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 805 (20252026) — Crimes.
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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.
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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. **02/21/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB805&version=20250SB80599INT)
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2. **03/26/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB805&version=20250SB80598AMD)
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3. **06/23/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB805&version=20250SB80597AMD)
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4. **07/17/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB805&version=20250SB80596AMD)
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5. **09/05/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB805&version=20250SB80595AMD)
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6. **09/20/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB805&version=20250SB80593CHP)
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7. **SB805** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB805)
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8. **09/16/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB805&version=20250SB80594ENR)
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## Votes
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- That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — **5–1** (pass) · upper
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- Unfinished Business SB805 Pérez et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — **30–10** (pass) · upper
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- SB 805 Pérez Third Reading Urgency By Ortega — **60–15** (pass) · lower
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- Consent Calendar 2nd — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **11–4** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Pérez — primary (person)
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- Arreguín — coauthor (person)
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- Becker — coauthor (person)
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- Caballero — coauthor (person)
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- Elhawary — principal coauthor (person)
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- Fong — coauthor (person)
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- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
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- Kalra — coauthor (person)
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- Lee — coauthor (person)
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- Mark González — coauthor (person)
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- Menjivar — coauthor (person)
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- Ortega — principal coauthor (person)
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- Padilla — coauthor (person)
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- Schultz — coauthor (person)
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- Smallwood-Cuevas — coauthor (person)
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- Solache — principal coauthor (person)
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- Wiener — author (person)
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- Ávila Farías — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
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- **2025-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
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- **2025-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-12** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2025-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-04** Set for hearing April 23.
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- **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`
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- **2025-04-25** Set for hearing May 5.
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- **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`
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- **2025-05-06** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1051.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-05-08** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2025-05-19** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2025-06-27** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2025-07-17** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-18** Coauthors revised.
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- **2025-08-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-05** Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended.
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- **2025-09-05** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-05** Ordered to third reading.
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- **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`
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- **2025-09-09** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-10** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2025-09-11** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 2940.) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-09-11** Urgency clause adopted.
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- **2025-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 2918.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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- **2025-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 126, Statutes of 2025. `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/e123a7a4-8de7-40d1-aded-b337c84de592`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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