Bill Text: CA SB982 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Crimes: organized theft.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-1)
Status: (Passed) 2024-08-16 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 171, Statutes of 2024. [SB982 Detail]
Download: California-2023-SB982-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
July 01, 2024 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
June 20, 2024 |
Amended
IN
Senate
May 16, 2024 |
Amended
IN
Senate
March 05, 2024 |
Introduced by Senator Wahab (Coauthors: Senators Atkins, Becker, Blakespear, Bradford, Caballero, Cortese, Dodd, McGuire, Min, Newman, Rubio, Stern, and Wilk) (Coauthors: Assembly Members Juan Carrillo, and Cervantes) |
January 29, 2024 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Digest Key
Vote:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 490.4 of the Penal Code is amended to read:490.4.
(a) A person who commits any of the following acts is guilty of organized retail theft and shall be punished pursuant to subdivision (b):(f)If the proposed initiative measure titled “The Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act” (Initiative 23-0017A1) is approved by the voters at the statewide general
election on November 5, 2024, this section shall become inoperative on January 1, 2026, and as of that date is repealed.
SEC. 2.
No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the California Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
To address the increase in community-based crime and retail theft and to provide broader public safety, it is necessary that this act take effect immediately.