California ABX112 would make looting by the means of a 2nd-degree burglary or grand theft punishable as a felony.

California ABX112 would make looting by the means of a 2nd-degree burglary or grand theft punishable instead as a felony. The bill would define a petty theft committed during and within an affected county in a state of emergency or local emergency as looting and make it punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for one year or as a felony. The bill would require any person who in the course of committing or attempting to commit the crime of looting impersonates a first responder to serve an additional two years in prison.

California ABX112 would make looting by the means of a 2nd-degree burglary or grand theft punishable as a felony.

California ABX112 would make looting by the means of a 2nd-degree burglary or grand theft punishable instead as a felony. The bill would define a petty theft committed during and within an affected county in a state of emergency or local emergency as looting and make it punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for one year or as a felony. The bill would require any person who in the course of committing or attempting to commit the crime of looting impersonates a first responder to serve an additional two years in prison.