Bill Text: CA SB23 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Unlawful entry of a vehicle.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-08-30 - August 30 hearing: Held in committee and under submission. [SB23 Detail]
Download: California-2019-SB23-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Unlawful entry of a vehicle.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-08-30 - August 30 hearing: Held in committee and under submission. [SB23 Detail]
Download: California-2019-SB23-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill | No. 23 |
Introduced by Senator Wiener (Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Arambula and Cervantes) (Coauthors: Assembly Members Chen, Chiu, Cunningham, Lackey, Rodriguez, and Ting) |
December 03, 2018 |
An act to add Section 465 to the Penal Code, relating to crime.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 23, as introduced, Wiener.
Unlawful entry of a vehicle.
Existing law defines the crime of burglary to include entering a vehicle when the doors are locked with the intent to commit grand or petit larceny or a felony. Existing law make the burglary of a vehicle punishable as a misdemeanor.
This bill would make entering a vehicle with the intent to commit a theft therein a crime punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for a period not to exceed one year or imprisonment in a county jail for 16 months, or 2 or 3 years. By creating a new 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.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 465 is added to the Penal Code, to read:465.
(a) A person who enters a vehicle, as defined in Section 670 of the Vehicle Code, with the intent to commit a theft therein is guilty of unlawful entry of a vehicle.(b) Unlawful entry of a vehicle is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for a period not to exceed one year or imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170.
(c) The provisions of this section do not restrict the application of any other law. However, an act or omission punishable pursuant to multiple provisions of law shall not be punished under more than one provision.