AB 534 is sponsored by Spitzer, Sharon Runner, Parra, Romero, and Smyth.

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California 2007-2008 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 534 — Crimes against children.

Last action September 27, 2008 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 423, Statutes of 2008.

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 21, 2007. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 78% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
5 sponsors

1 primary, 4 co-sponsors signed on.
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 9 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

Chaptered 09/27/08 - Chaptered Current pdf September 27, 2008
Enrolled 08/18/08 - Enrolled pdf August 18, 2008
Amended 05/19/08 - Amended Senate pdf May 19, 2008
Amended 05/06/08 - Amended Senate pdf May 06, 2008
Amended 04/14/08 - Amended Senate pdf April 14, 2008
Amended 09/05/07 - Amended Senate pdf September 05, 2007
Amended 08/28/07 - Amended Senate pdf August 28, 2007
Amended 06/01/07 - Amended Assembly pdf June 01, 2007
Introduced 02/21/07 - Introduced pdf February 21, 2007
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Action History

September 27, 2008
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 423, Statutes of 2008.
September 27, 2008
Approved by the Governor.
September 17, 2008
Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:45 p.m.
August 15, 2008
Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 6530.)
August 14, 2008
From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 14).
August 12, 2008
Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 6380.)
July 03, 2008
Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
July 01, 2008
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
June 30, 2008
Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4518.)
June 24, 2008
Read second time. To third reading.
June 23, 2008
From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
May 19, 2008
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations.
May 12, 2008
Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations.
May 06, 2008
Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary.
May 05, 2008
From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) .
April 14, 2008
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety.
January 31, 2008
Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety and Standing Committee on Judiciary.
September 05, 2007
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules.
August 29, 2007
Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules.
August 28, 2007
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations.
July 05, 2007
From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) .
June 14, 2007
Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing.
June 06, 2007
In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment.
June 05, 2007
Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 15. Page 1921.)
June 04, 2007
Read second time. To third reading.
June 01, 2007
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
April 18, 2007
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file.
April 10, 2007
From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.) (April 9).
March 01, 2007
Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation.
February 22, 2007
From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
February 21, 2007
Read first time. To print.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 4 co-sponsors · 117 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Smyth

Co-sponsors (4)

Spitzer
Sharon Runner
Parra
Romero

Not signed on (117)

117 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

AB 534 SMYTH Concurrence in Senate Amendments

August 15, 2008

Passed 76 Yea · 0 Nay · 10 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	70	0	0	9
Democratic	3	0	0	1
Republican	3	0	0	0
Total	76	0	0	10
% of votes cast	88%	0%	0%	12%

How each member voted (86)

Member	Party	Vote
Carter	—	Yea
Cook	—	Yea
Aghazarian	—	Yea
Coto	—	Yea
Berg	—	Yea
De	—	Yea
La	—	Yea
Torre	—	Yea
De	—	Yea
Beall	—	Yea
Benoit	—	Yea
Blakeslee	—	Yea
Evans	—	Yea
Garcia	—	Yea
Horton	—	Yea
Houston	—	Yea
Karnette	—	Yea
Keene	—	Yea
La	—	Yea
Lieber	—	Yea
Maze	—	Yea
Nakanishi	—	Yea
Nunez	—	Yea
Parra	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Salas	—	Yea
Saldana	—	Yea
Spitzer	—	Yea
Duvall	—	Yea
Charles	—	Not Voting
Dymally	—	Not Voting
Plescia	—	Not Voting
Sharon	—	Not Voting
Runner	—	Not Voting
Soto	—	Not Voting
Feuer	—	Yea
Fuller	—	Yea
Furutani	—	Yea
Garrick	—	Yea
Hancock	—	Yea
Hernandez	—	Yea
Huff	—	Yea
Jeffries	—	Yea
Krekorian	—	Yea
Levine	—	Yea
Ma	—	Yea
Mendoza	—	Yea
Mullin	—	Yea
Price	—	Not Voting
Silva	—	Yea
Smyth	—	Yea
Swanson	—	Yea
Tran	—	Yea
Villines	—	Yea
Walters	—	Yea
Adams	—	Yea
Anderson	—	Yea
Bass	—	Yea
Brownley	—	Yea
Hayashi	—	Yea
Huffman	—	Yea
Leno	—	Yea
Lieu	—	Yea
Nava	—	Yea
Ruskin	—	Yea
Solorio	—	Yea
Torrico	—	Not Voting
Wolk	—	Yea
Emmerson	—	Yea
Eng	—	Yea
Davis	—	Yea
DeSaulnier	—	Yea
DeVore	—	Yea
Leon	—	Yea
Fuentes	—	Yea
Galgiani	—	Yea
Beth Gaines	—	Yea
Bill Berryhill	—	Not Voting
La Malfa	—	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Not Voting
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea
Niello, Roger W.	Republican	Yea
Strickland, Tony	Republican	Yea

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Senate amendments be concurred in.

August 14, 2008

Passed 8 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	8	0	0	0
Total	8	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (8)

Member	Party	Vote
Aghazarian	—	Yea
De	—	Yea
La	—	Yea
Torre	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Ma	—	Yea
Anderson	—	Yea
Solorio	—	Yea

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Assembly 3rd Reading AB534 Smyth By Romero

June 30, 2008

Passed 35 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	34	0	0	5
Democratic	1	0	0	1
Total	35	0	0	6
% of votes cast	85%	0%	0%	15%

How each member voted (41)

Member	Party	Vote
Yee	—	Yea
Corbett	—	Yea
Ackerman	—	Yea
Florez	—	Yea
Battin	—	Yea
Hollingsworth	—	Yea
Kehoe	—	Yea
Kuehl	—	Yea
Lowenthal	—	Yea
Margett	—	Yea
McClintock	—	Yea
Migden	—	Yea
Ashburn	—	Yea
Negrete	—	Yea
Perata	—	Yea
Runner	—	Yea
Scott	—	Yea
Machado	—	Not Voting
Vincent	—	Not Voting
Wyland	—	Yea
Cedillo	—	Not Voting
Ducheny	—	Not Voting
Dutton	—	Not Voting
McLeod	—	Yea
Ridley-Thomas	—	Yea
Romero	—	Yea
Steinberg	—	Yea
Torlakson	—	Yea
Wiggins	—	Yea
Aanestad	—	Yea
Alquist	—	Yea
Harman	—	Yea
Maldonado	—	Yea
Oropeza	—	Yea
Simitian	—	Yea
Cogdill	—	Yea
Correa	—	Yea
Cox	—	Yea
Denham	—	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Padilla, Stephen C.	Democratic	Not Voting

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Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary.

April 29, 2008

Passed 4 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	4	0	0	1
Total	4	0	0	1
% of votes cast	80%	0%	0%	20%

How each member voted (5)

Member	Party	Vote
Margett	—	Yea
Perata	—	Yea
Cogdill	—	Yea
Romero	—	Yea
Cedillo	—	Not Voting

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Placed on Appropriations Suspense file.

July 16, 2007

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	17	0	0	0
Total	17	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (17)

Member	Party	Vote
Cedillo	—	Yea
Battin	—	Yea
Florez	—	Yea
Yee	—	Yea
Kuehl	—	Yea
Runner	—	Yea
Dutton	—	Yea
Oropeza	—	Yea
Simitian	—	Yea
Steinberg	—	Yea
Aanestad	—	Yea
Ashburn	—	Yea
Ridley-Thomas	—	Yea
Torlakson	—	Yea
Wyland	—	Yea
Corbett	—	Yea
Cox	—	Yea

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Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations.

July 03, 2007

Passed 6 Yea · 2 Nay · 3 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	6	2	0	3
Total	6	2	0	3
% of votes cast	55%	18%	0%	27%

How each member voted (11)

Member	Party	Vote
Yee	—	Not Voting
Harman	—	Not Voting
Lowenthal	—	Yea
McClintock	—	Nay
Kehoe	—	Yea
Torlakson	—	Yea
Dutton	—	Not Voting
Ashburn	—	Nay
Simitian	—	Yea
Cedillo	—	Yea
Corbett	—	Yea

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AB 534 SMYTH Assembly Third Reading

June 05, 2007

Passed 64 Yea · 16 Nay · 6 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	56	15	0	6
Republican	2	1	0	0
Democratic	6	0	0	0
Total	64	16	0	6
% of votes cast	74%	19%	0%	7%

How each member voted (86)

Member	Party	Vote
Hancock	—	Yea
Carter	—	Yea
Feuer	—	Yea
Karnette	—	Yea
Lieber	—	Yea
Parra	—	Yea
Plescia	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Salas	—	Yea
Saldana	—	Yea
Spitzer	—	Yea
Nunez	—	Yea
Duvall	—	Nay
Gaines	—	Nay
Keene	—	Nay
La	—	Nay
Malfa	—	Nay
Maze	—	Nay
Nakanishi	—	Not Voting
Sharon	—	Not Voting
Runner	—	Not Voting
Soto	—	Not Voting
Fuller	—	Nay
Galgiani	—	Nay
Benoit	—	Nay
Huffman	—	Yea
Jeffries	—	Nay
Leno	—	Yea
Levine	—	Yea
Ma	—	Yea
Mendoza	—	Yea
Mullin	—	Yea
Nava	—	Yea
Price	—	Yea
Ruskin	—	Yea
Silva	—	Nay
Solorio	—	Yea
Swanson	—	Yea
Torrico	—	Yea
Villines	—	Not Voting
Walters	—	Nay
Fuentes	—	Yea
Garrick	—	Yea
Cook	—	Yea
Aghazarian	—	Yea
Berg	—	Yea
Berryhill	—	Yea
Hayashi	—	Yea
Hernandez	—	Yea
Charles	—	Yea
De	—	Yea
La	—	Yea
Torre	—	Yea
De	—	Yea
Leon	—	Yea
Dymally	—	Yea
Horton	—	Yea
Houston	—	Yea
Adams	—	Yea
Bass	—	Yea
Blakeslee	—	Yea
Anderson	—	Nay
Beall	—	Yea
Brownley	—	Yea
Huff	—	Nay
Krekorian	—	Yea
Lieu	—	Yea
Smyth	—	Yea
Tran	—	Yea
Wolk	—	Yea
Emmerson	—	Not Voting
Coto	—	Yea
Eng	—	Yea
Evans	—	Yea
Davis	—	Yea
DeSaulnier	—	Yea
DeVore	—	Nay
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Garcia, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Richardson, Laura	Democratic	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea
Niello, Roger W.	Republican	Nay
Strickland, Tony	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended.

May 31, 2007

Passed 12 Yea · 3 Nay · 4 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	1	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	11	3	0	4
Total	12	3	0	4
% of votes cast	63%	16%	0%	21%

How each member voted (19)

Member	Party	Vote
Feuer	—	Yea
Karnette	—	Yea
La	—	Nay
Malfa	—	Nay
Nakanishi	—	Not Voting
Sharon	—	Not Voting
Runner	—	Not Voting
Krekorian	—	Yea
Leno	—	Yea
Lieu	—	Yea
Nava	—	Yea
Solorio	—	Yea
Walters	—	Nay
Huffman	—	Yea
Ma	—	Yea
Emmerson	—	Not Voting
Davis	—	Yea
DeSaulnier	—	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

April 09, 2007

Passed 8 Yea · 4 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	8	4	0	2
Total	8	4	0	2
% of votes cast	57%	29%	0%	14%

How each member voted (14)

Member	Party	Vote
Berg	—	Yea
Horton	—	Yea
Houston	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Karnette	—	Not Voting
Duvall	—	Nay
Garrick	—	Nay
Huff	—	Nay
Nava	—	Yea
Ruskin	—	Yea
Solorio	—	Yea
Carter	—	Not Voting
DeSaulnier	—	Yea
Galgiani	—	Nay

Official roll call →

Subjects

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Who sponsors AB 534?: AB 534 is sponsored by Spitzer, Sharon Runner, Parra, Romero, and Smyth.
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At a glance

Identifier: AB 534
Jurisdiction: California
Session: 2007-2008 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: February 21, 2007
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Smyth

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