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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Criminal procedure: release on own recognizance."
+description: "Existing law prohibits the release of any person on his or her own recognizance who is arrested for a new offense and who is currently on felony probation or felony parole or who has failed to appear in court as ordered, resulting in a warrant being issued, 3 or more times over the 3 years preceding the current arrest, and who is arrested for any felony offense or other specified crimes, including theft, until a hearing is held in open court before the magistrate or judge."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20172018"
+identifier: "AB 789"
+citation: "California AB 789 (20172018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Criminal procedure: release on own recognizance."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Rubio"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2017-02-15"
+last_action: "2017-10-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3921a482-0263-44c8-95d6-c392e7da709e"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB789"
+source_hash: "bcc164cb9ab8e42b3aebc7cc2d3524e53947e6f931457b08d25b449d4dff92d1"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California AB 789 (20172018) — Criminal procedure: release on own recognizance.
+
+Existing law prohibits the release of any person on his or her own recognizance who is arrested for a new offense and who is currently on felony probation or felony parole or who has failed to appear in court as ordered, resulting in a warrant being issued, 3 or more times over the 3 years preceding the current arrest, and who is arrested for any felony offense or other specified crimes, including theft, until a hearing is held in open court before the magistrate or judge.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/15/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB789&version=20170AB78999INT)
+2. **06/13/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB789&version=20170AB78998AMD)
+3. **07/17/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB789&version=20170AB78997AMD)
+4. **10/07/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB789&version=20170AB78995CHP)
+5. **AB789** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB789)
+6. **09/13/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB789&version=20170AB78996ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass. — **5–2** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading AB789 Rubio By Mitchell — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+- AB 789 RUBIO Assembly Third Reading — **46–30** (pass) · lower
+- AB 789 RUBIO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–3** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Rubio — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
+- **2017-03-02** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
+- **2017-03-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (March 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2017-03-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2017-04-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 30. Page 966.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2017-04-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2017-05-10** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
+- **2017-06-13** 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. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
+- **2017-06-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2017-06-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2017-07-17** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
+- **2017-07-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2017-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2337.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2017-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
+- **2017-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 3. Page 3124.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
+- **2017-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
+- **2017-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 554, Statutes of 2017.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3921a482-0263-44c8-95d6-c392e7da709e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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