---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes: taking person from lawful custody of peace officer."
description: "Existing law defines a \"lynching\" as the taking of a person from the lawful custody of a peace officer by means of a riot. Under existing law a person who participates in a lynching is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for 2, 3, or 4 years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 629"
citation: "California SB 629 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes: taking person from lawful custody of peace officer."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mitchell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2015-02-27"
last_action: "2015-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3718b635-378f-4f27-a661-b1bf06042ccd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB629"
source_hash: "1f21140a6098a81363b8fe2ba1ab373cf826177b8d614266093b4ef414857733"
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 629 (20152016) — Crimes: taking person from lawful custody of peace officer.

Existing law defines a "lynching" as the taking of a person from the lawful custody of a peace officer by means of a riot. Under existing law a person who participates in a lynching is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for 2, 3, or 4 years.

## 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=201520160SB629&version=20150SB62999INT)
2. **04/06/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB629&version=20150SB62998AMD)
3. **07/02/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB629&version=20150SB62996CHP)
4. **SB629** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB629)
5. **06/23/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB629&version=20150SB62997ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 629 Mitchell Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mitchell — 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 RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-16** Set for hearing April 28.
- **2015-04-22** April 28 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2015-04-24** Set for hearing May 12.
- **2015-05-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 984.) (May 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1026.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-18** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-01** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-16** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-06-17** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2091.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-22** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2015-06-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2015-07-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 47, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3718b635-378f-4f27-a661-b1bf06042ccd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).