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CA AB 486

enacted

Crimes: burglary tools.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 486 pass?

Yes. CA AB 486 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-06. Latest recorded action (2025-10-06): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 367, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 486 about?

Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to have specified tools or other items, with the intent to feloniously break or enter into a building or other specified place. Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to make, alter, or repair specified instruments if the person knows or has reason to believe the instrument is intended to be used in the commission of a misdemeanor or felony. This bill would add key programming devices, key duplicating devices, and signal extenders, as defined, to the list of instruments that are an element of the above offenses. By expanding the scope of an existing crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 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 486?

Lackey is the primary sponsor of CA AB 486.

Description

Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to have specified tools or other items, with the intent to feloniously break or enter into a building or other specified place. Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to make, alter, or repair specified instruments if the person knows or has reason to believe the instrument is intended to be used in the commission of a misdemeanor or felony. This bill would add key programming devices, key duplicating devices, and signal extenders, as defined, to the list of instruments that are an element of the above offenses. By expanding the scope of an existing crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 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
2025-03-26
Latest action
2025-10-06 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 367, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Lackeyauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-10

    Read first time. To print.

    reading-1

  2. 2025-02-11

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.

  3. 2025-02-24

    Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-26

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 25).

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  5. 2025-03-27

    Read second time and amended.

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  6. 2025-03-28

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    referral-committee

  7. 2025-04-09

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

    referral-committee

  8. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23).

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  9. 2025-05-23

    Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)

  10. 2025-05-23

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

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  11. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  12. 2025-06-04

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2078.)

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  13. 2025-06-05

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

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  14. 2025-06-18

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

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  15. 2025-06-18

    Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and PUB. S.

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  16. 2025-06-19

    Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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  17. 2025-06-19

    Withdrawn from committee.

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  18. 2025-07-08

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  19. 2025-08-18

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

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  20. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).

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  21. 2025-08-29

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  22. 2025-09-02

    Ordered to special consent calendar.

  23. 2025-09-04

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2521.).

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  24. 2025-09-04

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  25. 2025-09-04

    Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.

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  26. 2025-09-11

    Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3319.)

  27. 2025-09-12

    From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (September 12).

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  28. 2025-09-13

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 3505.).

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  29. 2025-09-13

    Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)

  30. 2025-09-24

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

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  31. 2025-10-06

    Approved by the Governor.

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  32. 2025-10-06

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 367, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/10/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-10Compare
  • 03/27/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-27Compare
  • 05/23/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-23Compare
  • 06/18/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-06-18Compare
  • 09/16/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-16Compare
  • 10/06/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-06Compare
  • AB486Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended 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 as amended.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Ta: other
    • Sanchez: other
    • Dixon: other
    • Tangipa: other
  • AB 486 Lackey Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-04 · pass · 73-0

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

    2025-07-08 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (6)
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Wiener: 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
  • Do pass

    2025-08-29 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
  • Special Consent

    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
  • With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in.

    2025-09-12 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Ramos: yes
  • AB 486 Lackey Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-13 · pass · 67-0

    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
    • Arambula: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Caloza: other
    • Celeste Rodriguez: other
    • Jackson: other
    • Bonta: other
    • Patterson: other
    • Kalra: other
    • Bryan: other
    • Elhawary: other
    • Lee: other
    • Zbur: other
    • McKinnor: other
    • Garcia: other
    • Ta: other

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