---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans: pretrial diversion: driving privileges."
description: "Existing law authorizes a court, with the consent of the defendant and a waiver of the defendant's speedy trial right, to postpone prosecution, either temporarily or permanently, of a misdemeanor and place the defendant in a pretrial diversion program, if the defendant was, or currently is, a member of the United States military and if he or she may be suffering from sexual trauma, traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, substance abuse, or mental health problems as a result of his or her military service. Existing law authorizes the defendant to be referred to services for treatment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 725"
citation: "California SB 725 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Veterans: pretrial diversion: driving privileges."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b9c8826-ae9b-4040-8a79-995f20e20b99"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB725"
source_hash: "a6e9c6899173898fda871159dd5d1d0d39ce6513d4f053877269f35fd2bf95cd"
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 725 (20172018) — Veterans: pretrial diversion: driving privileges.

Existing law authorizes a court, with the consent of the defendant and a waiver of the defendant's speedy trial right, to postpone prosecution, either temporarily or permanently, of a misdemeanor and place the defendant in a pretrial diversion program, if the defendant was, or currently is, a member of the United States military and if he or she may be suffering from sexual trauma, traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, substance abuse, or mental health problems as a result of his or her military service. Existing law authorizes the defendant to be referred to services for treatment.

## 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=201720180SB725&version=20170SB72599INT)
2. **07/03/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB725&version=20170SB72598AMD)
3. **08/07/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB725&version=20170SB72596CHP)
4. **SB725** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB725)
5. **07/21/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB725&version=20170SB72597ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 725 Jackson Third Reading Urgency By JONES-SAWYER — **64–2** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB725 Jackson et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)
- Anderson — coauthor (person)
- Glazer — coauthor (person)
- Levine — coauthor (person)
- Mathis — principal coauthor (person)
- Newman — coauthor (person)
- Voepel — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2017-03-09** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Set for hearing April 4.
- **2017-03-16** April 4 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2017-03-17** Set for hearing April 18.
- **2017-04-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 749.) (April 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-04** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 950.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-04** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-01** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-07-03** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-07-03** Ordered to third reading.
- **2017-07-17** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 64. Noes 2. Page 2576.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-07-18** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2017-07-20** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2128.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-07-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
- **2017-08-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 179, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b9c8826-ae9b-4040-8a79-995f20e20b99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).