California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 32 — Computer crimes.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 614, Statutes of 2015.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced December 01, 2014. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 76% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 4 sponsors

    1 primary, 3 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 5 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law establishes various crimes relating to computer services and systems, including to knowingly and without permission disrupt or cause the disruption of computer services including government computer services or public safety infrastructure computer system computer services, add, alter, damage, delete, or destroy any computer data, software, or program, introduce a computer contaminant, use the Internet domain name or profile of another. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions punishable by specified fines or terms of imprisonment, or by both those fines and imprisonment. This bill would clarify the criminal penalties for specified computer crimes by making a person who violates those provisions guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for 16 months, or 2 or 3 years and a fine not exceeding $10,000, or a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, by a fine not exceeding $5,000, or by both that fine and imprisonment.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 614, Statutes of 2015.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2745.).

  5. Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2729.)

  6. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  7. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2311.).

  8. Ordered to special consent calendar.

  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  10. Ordered to second reading.

  11. Withdrawn from committee.

  12. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  13. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  14. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 7).

  15. Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and APPR.

  16. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  17. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 854.)

  18. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  19. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  20. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 24).

  21. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  22. Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  23. From printer. May be heard in committee January 1.

  24. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Jones · Cosponsor
  • Chávez · Cosponsor
  • Waldron · Primary
  • Travis Allen · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 3 co-sponsors · 118 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Waldron

Co-sponsors (3)

Not signed on (118)

118 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 32 WALDRON Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 79 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 71000
Democratic 4000
Republican 4001
Total 79001
% of votes cast 99%0%0%1%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Alejo — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brown — Yea
Kim — Yea
Linder — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Perea — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Ting — Yea
Weber — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Daly — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Burke — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Salas — Yea
Brough — Yea
Chau — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Achadjian — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Harper — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Williams — Yea
Campos — Yea
Gray — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Chang — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wood — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Not Voting
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Special Consent #8 AB32 Waldron By Glazer

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 37000
Democratic 3000
Total 40000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Beall — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Huff — Yea
Lara — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Allen — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Runner — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Bates — Yea
Block — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Leno — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Liu — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

AB 32 WALDRON Assembly Third Reading

Passed 78 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 69001
Democratic 3001
Republican 6000
Total 78002
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brown — Yea
Holden — Yea
Kim — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Chang — Yea
Chu — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Burke — Yea
Salas — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Harper — Yea
Chau — Yea
Levine — Yea
Brough — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Linder — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Perea — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Williams — Yea
Gray — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Campos — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
O'Donnell — Not Voting
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended.

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 1000
Unaffiliated 6000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Low — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

public-safety technology
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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 32 do?
Existing law establishes various crimes relating to computer services and systems, including to knowingly and without permission disrupt or cause the disruption of computer services including government computer services or public safety infrastructure computer system computer services, add, alter, damage, delete, or destroy any computer data, software, or program, introduce a computer contaminant, use the Internet domain name or profile of another. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions punishable by specified fines or terms of imprisonment, or by both those fines and imprisonment. This bill would clarify the criminal penalties for specified computer crimes by making a person who violates those provisions guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for 16 months, or 2 or 3 years and a fine not exceeding $10,000, or a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, by a fine not exceeding $5,000, or by both that fine and imprisonment.
Who sponsors AB 32?
AB 32 is sponsored by Jones, Chávez, Waldron, and Travis Allen.
What is the current status of AB 32?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced December 01, 2014. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 32?
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