---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety Omnibus."
description: "(1) Existing law sets forth timelines for the retention of court records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 1494"
citation: "California SB 1494 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety Omnibus."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Public Safety"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-02-22"
last_action: "2018-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85c3e4e0-af87-408d-b6b5-0761ca63eed1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1494"
source_hash: "dba37698d448f4661c47e1814afcea0b590b70ad53bd3cc602637f43e2267936"
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 1494 (20172018) — Public Safety Omnibus.

(1) Existing law sets forth timelines for the retention of court records.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1494&version=20170SB149499INT)
2. **04/18/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1494&version=20170SB149498AMD)
3. **05/03/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1494&version=20170SB149497AMD)
4. **08/06/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1494&version=20170SB149496AMD)
5. **09/14/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1494&version=20170SB149494CHP)
6. **SB1494** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1494)
7. **08/28/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1494&version=20170SB149495ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1494 PUB. S. Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar SB1494 PUB. S. — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1494 PUB. S. (Skinner) Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Public Safety — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-22** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-23** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
- **2018-03-08** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-06** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2018-04-18** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4820.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-27** Set for hearing May 7.
- **2018-05-02** May 7 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2018-05-03** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-04** Set for hearing May 14.
- **2018-05-14** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-05-15** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-17** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5090.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-17** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-25** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-15** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6517.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-23** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2018-08-24** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5694.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2018-09-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 423, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85c3e4e0-af87-408d-b6b5-0761ca63eed1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).