---
type: "Bill"
title: "City prosecutors."
description: "(1) Existing law authorizes the charter of any city to establish the office of city prosecutor with specified powers and duties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1418"
citation: "California AB 1418 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City prosecutors."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["O'Donnell"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92d72a8a-4e4f-4db5-801a-e03c5ead2fd1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1418"
source_hash: "2e6ae1dc94a18bde787534292a5449dc7deafb4f69880555d680871c5aa9cabb"
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 1418 (20172018) — City prosecutors.

(1) Existing law authorizes the charter of any city to establish the office of city prosecutor with specified powers and duties.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1418&version=20170AB141899INT)
2. **03/28/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1418&version=20170AB141898AMD)
3. **07/18/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1418&version=20170AB141897AMD)
4. **09/26/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1418&version=20170AB141895CHP)
5. **AB1418** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1418)
6. **09/07/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1418&version=20170AB141896ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1418 O'Donnell By Lara — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1418 O'DONNELL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1418 O'DONNELL Consent Calendar Second Day — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- O'Donnell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2017-03-27** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1619.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-01** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-10** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2017-07-11** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-07-13** From Consent Calendar.
- **2017-07-13** Ordered to third reading.
- **2017-07-18** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-07-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2335.). `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.
- **2017-09-05** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2935.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2017-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 299, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92d72a8a-4e4f-4db5-801a-e03c5ead2fd1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).