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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 327: Crimes: false reporting.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 327 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on January 27, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Crimes: false reporting. Primary sponsor: Tri Ta (R). Most recent recorded action (August 29, 2025): In committee: Held under submission.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to report an emergency to specified government entities knowing that report to be false. Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to initiate communication with the 911 emergency system with the intent to annoy or harass another person.

This bill would make a 2nd or subsequent violation of these provisions, and which results in an unnecessary emergency response, punishable as a misdemeanor or felony for a person who was 18 years of age or older at the time the person committed the prior offense or offenses. By increasing the penalty for existing crimes, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

Existing law makes an individual convicted of the crimes described above liable to a public agency for the reasonable costs of an emergency response by the public agency.

The bill would extend those liability provisions to property damage incurred as a result of the emergency response.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Tri TaPrimary sponsorRepublicanAssembly70

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. In committee: Held under submission.
  2. In committee: Referred to suspense file.
  3. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  4. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 15).
  5. Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
  6. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
  7. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1969.)
  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  9. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).
  10. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
  11. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  12. Read second time and amended.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page