--- type: "Bill" title: "Mentally ill offender crime reduction grants." description: "Existing law requires the Board of State and Community Corrections to administer mentally ill offender crime reduction grants on a competitive basis to counties that expand or establish a continuum of timely and effective responses to reduce crime and criminal justice costs related to mentally ill juvenile and adult offenders. Existing law requires an application for a mentally ill offender crime reduction grant to describe a 4-year plan for the programs, services, or strategies to be provided under the grant, and authorizes the funds from a mentally ill offender crime reduction grant to be used to fund specialized alternative custody programs that offer appropriate mental health and treatment services." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20152016" identifier: "SB 621" citation: "California SB 621 (20152016)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Mentally ill offender crime reduction grants."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Hertzberg"] version_count: 4 action_count: 24 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2015-02-27" last_action: "2015-10-03" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f4c4d56-2003-4007-b4b4-465fb44f816a" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB621" source_hash: "7a59611c30391fad0fa0704861f1ef4549889fa9d7d7a618b4bfbd0ab342e441" 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 SB 621 (20152016) — Mentally ill offender crime reduction grants. Existing law requires the Board of State and Community Corrections to administer mentally ill offender crime reduction grants on a competitive basis to counties that expand or establish a continuum of timely and effective responses to reduce crime and criminal justice costs related to mentally ill juvenile and adult offenders. Existing law requires an application for a mentally ill offender crime reduction grant to describe a 4-year plan for the programs, services, or strategies to be provided under the grant, and authorizes the funds from a mentally ill offender crime reduction grant to be used to fund specialized alternative custody programs that offer appropriate mental health and treatment services. ## 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=201520160SB621&version=20150SB62199INT) 2. **10/03/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB621&version=20150SB62197CHP) 3. **SB621** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB621) 4. **09/03/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB621&version=20150SB62198ENR) ## Votes - SB 621 Hertzberg Senate Third Reading By BURKE — **80–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower - Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Hertzberg — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2015-02-27** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction` - **2015-03-02** From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 1. - **2015-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1` - **2015-03-12** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2015-03-20** Set for hearing April 7. - **2015-04-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 508.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-04-10** Set for hearing April 20. - **2015-04-20** April 20 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2015-05-23** Set for hearing May 28. - **2015-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1157.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-05-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1208.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2015-06-18** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2015-07-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-07-08** July 8 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2015-08-19** August 19 set for second hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2015-08-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-08-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-09-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2782.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-09-02** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. - **2015-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m. - **2015-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2015-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 473, Statutes of 2015. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f4c4d56-2003-4007-b4b4-465fb44f816a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).