---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law enforcement: sharing data."
description: "Existing law provides that when there is reason to believe that a person arrested for a violation of specified controlled substance provisions may not be a citizen of the United States, the arresting agency shall notify the appropriate agency of the United States having charge of deportation matters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 54"
citation: "California SB 54 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law enforcement: sharing data."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["De León"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 41
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2016-12-05"
last_action: "2017-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dae289af-b6a4-4a57-916e-ff9456bf8d21"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB54"
source_hash: "a0719772ff7677c93aa989f8b486fb566170cfbcb22c65890337f09d5e4feb3c"
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 54 (20172018) — Law enforcement: sharing data.

Existing law provides that when there is reason to believe that a person arrested for a violation of specified controlled substance provisions may not be a citizen of the United States, the arresting agency shall notify the appropriate agency of the United States having charge of deportation matters.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/05/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB54&version=20170SB5499INT)
2. **01/24/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB54&version=20170SB5498AMD)
3. **03/01/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB54&version=20170SB5497AMD)
4. **03/06/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB54&version=20170SB5496AMD)
5. **03/29/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB54&version=20170SB5495AMD)
6. **06/19/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB54&version=20170SB5494AMD)
7. **07/10/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB54&version=20170SB5493AMD)
8. **09/11/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB54&version=20170SB5492AMD)
9. **10/05/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB54&version=20170SB5490CHP)
10. **SB54** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB54)
11. **09/20/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB54&version=20170SB5491ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on suspense file — **2–5** (fail) · upper
- SB 54 De León Senate Third Reading By GONZALEZ FLETCHER — **51–26** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **11–5** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB54 De León et al. — **27–12** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB54 De León et al. Concurrence — **27–11** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- De León — primary (person)
- Atkins — principal coauthor (person)
- Beall — principal coauthor (person)
- Bonta — principal coauthor (person)
- Chiu — principal coauthor (person)
- Cooper — principal coauthor (person)
- Gomez — principal coauthor (person)
- Levine — principal coauthor (person)
- Pan — principal coauthor (person)
- Reyes — principal coauthor (person)
- Santiago — principal coauthor (person)
- Skinner — principal coauthor (person)
- Wiener — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-05** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-12-05** (Corrected December 6).
- **2016-12-06** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 5.
- **2017-01-12** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-24** Set for hearing January 31.
- **2017-01-24** 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`
- **2017-01-31** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 130.) (January 31). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Set for hearing March 6.
- **2017-03-01** 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`
- **2017-03-02** March 6 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2017-03-03** Set for hearing March 13.
- **2017-03-06** 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`
- **2017-03-13** Motion to place on APPR. suspense file failed.
- **2017-03-13** (Ayes 2. Noes 5. Page 348.) (March 13)
- **2017-03-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 349.) (March 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** Ordered to second reading.
- **2017-03-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-03-30** Published March 30 at 4 a.m.
- **2017-04-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 12. Page 575.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-04-04** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-18** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-07-06** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (July 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-07-10** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2017-08-23** August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2017-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (September 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-07** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 97. `referral-committee`
- **2017-09-11** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-15** Assembly Rule 96 and 63 suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page 3458.)
- **2017-09-15** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2017-09-15** Ordered to third reading.
- **2017-09-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 51. Noes 26. Page 3473.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-15** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2017-09-16** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 3017.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2017-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 495, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dae289af-b6a4-4a57-916e-ff9456bf8d21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).