Crimes: memorials: veterans and law enforcement.
Summary
Existing law makes it a crime for a person to destroy, cut, mutilate, deface, or otherwise injure, tear down, or remove any tomb, monument, memorial, or marker in a cemetery. Existing law makes it a crime, punishable as a felony or a misdemeanor, to maliciously destroy, cut, break, mutilate, efface, or otherwise injure, tear down, or remove any veterans' memorial constructed or established in specified ways. Existing law makes it a crime, punishable as a felony or a misdemeanor, to maliciously destroy, cut, break, mutilate, efface, or otherwise injure, tear down, or remove any law enforcement memorial or firefighter's memorial. This bill would specify that the provisions above regarding law enforcement and firefighter's memorials do not preclude prosecution under any other provision of law, including those regarding veterans' memorials.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2018
Committee Review
Aug 2018
Assembly Passage
Apr 2018
Senate Passage
Aug 2018
Signed into Law
Sep 2018
Introduced Feb 16, 2018
Signed Sep 19, 2018
Floor votes · Senate Aug 13, 2018 · Assembly Aug 20, 2018
How they voted
30–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 32
Aug 13, 2018
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican11
81% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
28
Key actions
9
Committee
7
Amendments
5
Sep 19, 2018
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
legislature
Aug 20, 2018
Assembly · Passed
Assembly Vote: pass (70-0)
assembly
Aug 20, 2018
Lower · Passed
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6358.).
lower
Aug 14, 2018
Introduced
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
lower
Aug 13, 2018
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (30-0-2)
senate
Jun 14, 2018
Upper · Passed
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
upper
Jun 13, 2018
Upper · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12).
upper
May 10, 2018
Committee
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
upper
Apr 18, 2018
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 18).
lower
Apr 10, 2018
Committee
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
lower
Apr 5, 2018
Lower · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 3).
lower
Apr 2, 2018
Committee
Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
lower
Mar 23, 2018
Introduced
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended.
lower
Mar 8, 2018
Committee
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
lower
Feb 17, 2018
Lower · Passed
From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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