---
type: "Bill"
title: "Probation: nonviolent drug offenses."
description: "Existing law requires the sentencing court, whenever a person is granted probation for a nonviolent drug possession offense, to transfer jurisdiction of the entire case, upon a finding by the receiving court of the person's permanent residency in the receiving county, unless there is a determination on the record that the transfer would be inappropriate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 492"
citation: "California AB 492 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Probation: nonviolent drug offenses."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Quirk"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2013-02-20"
last_action: "2013-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6de757c-ad1b-4a08-9f21-786fda8765fa"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB492"
source_hash: "00f37e32e96b18e54e8dfddbc32645293f3f46ec50f1b879eee2432a1f67cb2e"
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 492 (20132014) — Probation: nonviolent drug offenses.

Existing law requires the sentencing court, whenever a person is granted probation for a nonviolent drug possession offense, to transfer jurisdiction of the entire case, upon a finding by the receiving court of the person's permanent residency in the receiving county, unless there is a determination on the record that the transfer would be inappropriate.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/20/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB492&version=20130AB49299INT)
2. **06/24/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB492&version=20130AB49297CHP)
3. **AB492** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB492)
4. **06/12/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB492&version=20130AB49298ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 492 QUIRK Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB492 Quirk By Block — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Quirk — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2013-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-10** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-11** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1006.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-02** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-06-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 0. Page 1272.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-06-10** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-06-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2013-06-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 13, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6de757c-ad1b-4a08-9f21-786fda8765fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).