---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal procedure: trial schedule conflicts."
description: "Existing law requires a superior court to make reasonable efforts to avoid setting a trial for murder, sexual assault, child abuse, or a case being handled in the Career Criminal Prosecution Program on the same day that another case is set for trial involving the same prosecuting attorney."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1272"
citation: "California AB 1272 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal procedure: trial schedule conflicts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grove"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2015-02-27"
last_action: "2016-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d609988b-752a-4da6-8cd9-a419101e9da1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1272"
source_hash: "43d1be660e26d78a5a7458954589b4fe458d39083dad5b8ff1593487d31065b8"
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 1272 (20152016) — Criminal procedure: trial schedule conflicts.

Existing law requires a superior court to make reasonable efforts to avoid setting a trial for murder, sexual assault, child abuse, or a case being handled in the Career Criminal Prosecution Program on the same day that another case is set for trial involving the same prosecuting attorney.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1272&version=20150AB127299INT)
2. **01/04/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1272&version=20150AB127296AMD)
3. **01/13/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1272&version=20150AB127295AMD)
4. **03/26/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1272&version=20150AB127298AMD)
5. **04/16/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1272&version=20150AB127297AMD)
6. **07/25/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1272&version=20150AB127293CHP)
7. **AB1272** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1272)
8. **07/07/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1272&version=20150AB127294ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1272 GROVE Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Grove — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2015-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
- **2015-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2015-03-26** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 14). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-16** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-04-20** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2016-01-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-01-04** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-01-04** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2016-01-05** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (January 5). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2016-01-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (January 12). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-01-13** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-01-14** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2016-01-15** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2016-01-15** Ordered to second reading.
- **2016-01-15** (Page 3426.)
- **2016-01-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-01-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3524.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-01-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-18** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-19** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-06-14** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-15** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4644.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-30** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2016-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2016-07-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 91, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d609988b-752a-4da6-8cd9-a419101e9da1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).