Blanca Pacheco
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 64
Author
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.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 554, Statutes of 2025.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3025.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2519.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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).
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.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1821.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended.
In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 2.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB352 | HTML |
| 01/30/25 - Introduced | |
| 03/17/25 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/12/25 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/25/25 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/29/25 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/10/25 - Enrolled | |
| 10/10/25 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/24/25- Assembly Public Safety | |
| 04/08/25- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 05/28/25- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 06/22/25- Senate Public Safety | |
| 07/03/25- Senate Appropriations | |
| 08/29/25- Senate Appropriations | |
| 09/02/25- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 09/04/25- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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