SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- California's "locked door loophole" bill is set to go into effect Wednesday as one of several new 2025 laws statewide and nationwide. Authored by California State Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), Senate Bill 905 was signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom last summer.
SB 905 will no longer require California car owners to prove their car was locked when it was broken into. Instead, signs of forcible entry -- a broken window for example -- will suffice to prove that the crime of auto burglary was committed.
"On Wednesday, a car break-in law I wrote goes into effect," wrote Sen. Wiener on Reddit Monday. "It'll make it easier to hold people accountable for breaking into cars."
CHP discovers firearm, nearly 29 lbs. of marijuana during North Bay traffic stopWiener has been a long-time proponent of a bill to end the locked door loophole, which, under current law, requires car owners to be willing to testify under penalty of perjury that their car was locked when broken into. He first sponsored a bill to close the loophole back in 2018.
SB 905 represents the third time the San Francisco state senator has authored a bill to close the loophole. Previously, Wiener described the existing law as "a senseless barrier to holding auto burglars accountable."
Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener speaks during the Senate session at the Capitol on Jan. 21, 2020, in Sacramento. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)"Senate Bill 905 ends the absurd loophole requiring proof not just of a break-in but also that all doors to the car were locked," Wiener said. "Under long standing law in California, if you own a car but don't recall (i.e. can't testify under penalty of perjury) whether you locked all of the doors -- or if you're a visitor who rented a car here and you're now far away and no longer here to testify you locked the doors -- the case can be lost even with proof that the person broke into the car."
"With SB 905's passage, this dumb 'locked door loophole' will finally end," Wiener said.
The bill was backed by the office of outgoing San Francisco Mayor London Breed.
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