CA AB 327
in committeeCrimes: false reporting.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did CA AB 327 pass?
Not yet. CA AB 327 is in committee as of 2025-08-29 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-08-29): In committee: Held under submission.
What is CA AB 327 about?
Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to report an emergency to specified government entities knowing that report to be false. Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to initiate communication with the 911 emergency system with the intent to annoy or harass another person. This bill would make a 2nd or subsequent violation of these provisions, and which results in an unnecessary emergency response, punishable as a misdemeanor or felony for a person who was 18 years of age or older at the time the person committed the prior offense or offenses. By increasing the penalty for existing crimes, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Existing law makes an individual convicted of the crimes described above liable to a public agency for the reasonable costs of an emergency response by the public agency. The bill would extend those liability provisions to property damage incurred as a result of the emergency response. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Who sponsors CA AB 327?
Ta is the primary sponsor of CA AB 327.
Description
Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to report an emergency to specified government entities knowing that report to be false. Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to initiate communication with the 911 emergency system with the intent to annoy or harass another person. This bill would make a 2nd or subsequent violation of these provisions, and which results in an unnecessary emergency response, punishable as a misdemeanor or felony for a person who was 18 years of age or older at the time the person committed the prior offense or offenses. By increasing the penalty for existing crimes, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Existing law makes an individual convicted of the crimes described above liable to a public agency for the reasonable costs of an emergency response by the public agency. The bill would extend those liability provisions to property damage incurred as a result of the emergency response. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
- Introduced
- 2025-03-04
- Latest action
- 2025-08-29 — In committee: Held under submission.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Taauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-01-27
Read first time. To print.
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2025-01-28
From printer. May be heard in committee February 27.
2025-02-10
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
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2025-03-04
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 4).
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2025-03-05
Read second time and amended.
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2025-03-06
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-04-09
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
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2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).
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2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-06-03
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1969.)
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2025-06-04
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-06-18
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
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2025-07-15
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 15).
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2025-07-16
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-08-18
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
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2025-08-29
In committee: Held under submission.
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Votes
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-03-04 · pass · 8-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Lackey: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Haney: other
Do pass.
2025-05-23 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Calderon: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Hart: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Solache: yes
- Ta: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Sanchez: other
AB 327 Ta Assembly Third Reading
2025-06-03 · pass · 71-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Berman: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Fong: yes
- Flora: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Haney: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Soria: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Chen: yes
- Papan: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Bains: yes
- Addis: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Ta: yes
- Solache: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Patel: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Krell: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Davies: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Hart: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- McKinnor: other
- Bryan: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Lee: other
- Bonta: other
- Ward: other
- Elhawary: other
- Kalra: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-15 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (6)
- Pérez: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Seyarto: yes
Placed on suspense file
2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Grayson: yes
Related bills
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