Bill Commons

CA AB 352

enacted

Crimes: criminal threats.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 352 pass?

Yes. CA AB 352 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-10-10): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 554, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 352 about?

Existing law makes it a crime to willfully threaten to commit a crime that will result in death or great bodily injury to another person, with the specific intent that the statement is to be taken as a threat that, on its face and under the circumstances in which it is made, is so unequivocal, unconditional, immediate, and specific as to convey to the person threatened a gravity of purpose and an immediate prospect of execution of the threat, and thereby reasonably causes the threatened person to be in sustained fear for their own safety or the safety of their immediate family, as defined. Under existing law, this crime is punishable as a misdemeanor or in state prison as a felony. This bill would, for the purposes of sentencing for a felony violation of these provisions, authorize the court to consider, as a factor in aggravation, that the defendant willfully threatened to commit a crime that would result in the death or great bodily injury of a person the defendant knew was a state constitutional officer, a Member of the Legislature, or a judge or court commissioner, as specified.

Who sponsors CA AB 352?

Pacheco is the primary sponsor of CA AB 352.

Description

Existing law makes it a crime to willfully threaten to commit a crime that will result in death or great bodily injury to another person, with the specific intent that the statement is to be taken as a threat that, on its face and under the circumstances in which it is made, is so unequivocal, unconditional, immediate, and specific as to convey to the person threatened a gravity of purpose and an immediate prospect of execution of the threat, and thereby reasonably causes the threatened person to be in sustained fear for their own safety or the safety of their immediate family, as defined. Under existing law, this crime is punishable as a misdemeanor or in state prison as a felony. This bill would, for the purposes of sentencing for a felony violation of these provisions, authorize the court to consider, as a factor in aggravation, that the defendant willfully threatened to commit a crime that would result in the death or great bodily injury of a person the defendant knew was a state constitutional officer, a Member of the Legislature, or a judge or court commissioner, as specified.

Introduced
2025-03-17
Latest action
2025-10-10 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 554, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Pachecoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-10-10

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 554, Statutes of 2025.

    became-law

  2. 2025-10-10

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-09-15

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-09-08

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3025.).

    amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2025-09-04

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  6. 2025-09-04

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2519.).

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  7. 2025-09-02

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  8. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).

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  9. 2025-08-29

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

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  10. 2025-07-07

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

    referral-committee

  11. 2025-06-25

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

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  12. 2025-06-24

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 24).

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  13. 2025-06-12

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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  14. 2025-06-11

    Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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  15. 2025-06-03

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

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  16. 2025-06-02

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1821.)

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  17. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  18. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).

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  19. 2025-04-09

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  20. 2025-03-26

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  21. 2025-03-18

    Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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  22. 2025-03-17

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended.

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  23. 2025-03-05

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

  24. 2025-03-04

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

  25. 2025-02-10

    Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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  26. 2025-01-31

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 2.

  27. 2025-01-30

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 01/30/25 - Introduced — 2025-01-30Compare
  • 03/17/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-17Compare
  • 06/12/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-06-12Compare
  • 06/25/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-06-25Compare
  • 08/29/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-08-29Compare
  • 09/10/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-10Compare
  • 10/10/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-10Compare
  • AB352Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-03-25 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Lackey: yes
  • 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 352 Pacheco Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-02 · pass · 77-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Rivas: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Elhawary: other
    • Bryan: other
  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-06-24 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (6)
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Pérez: yes
  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-07-07 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Dahle: other
  • Do pass as amended

    2025-08-29 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
  • 3rd Reading AB352 Pacheco By Ashby

    2025-09-04 · pass · 39-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Stern: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Reyes: other
  • AB 352 Pacheco Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-08 · pass · 75-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Ortega: other
    • Nguyen: other
    • Bryan: other
    • Elhawary: other
    • McKinnor: other

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