---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sex offenders: registration."
description: "Existing law, the Sex Offender Registration Act, requires a person convicted of one of certain crimes, as specified, to register with law enforcement as a sex offender while residing in California or while attending school or working in California, as specified. A willful failure to register, as required by the act, is a misdemeanor or felony, depending on the underlying offense."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 145"
citation: "California SB 145 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sex offenders: registration."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wiener"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2020-09-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd28ec99-e5bb-4fdb-94f2-f388a3a2b679"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB145"
source_hash: "ca4901bb1bbe3fdc0367ce0fdfebee1085b2cc8f22ce3c679ff645064e693b0e"
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 145 (20192020) — Sex offenders: registration.

Existing law, the Sex Offender Registration Act, requires a person convicted of one of certain crimes, as specified, to register with law enforcement as a sex offender while residing in California or while attending school or working in California, as specified. A willful failure to register, as required by the act, is a misdemeanor or felony, depending on the underlying offense.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/18/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB145&version=20190SB14599INT)
2. **03/04/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB145&version=20190SB14598AMD)
3. **05/21/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB145&version=20190SB14597AMD)
4. **07/11/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB145&version=20190SB14596AMD)
5. **09/11/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB145&version=20190SB14594CHP)
6. **SB145** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB145)
7. **09/02/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB145&version=20190SB14595ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **10–6** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB145 Wiener Concurrence — **23–10** (pass) · upper
- SB 145 Wiener Senate Third Reading By Kamlager — **41–25** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **25–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **4–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wiener — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 21.
- **2019-01-31** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Set for hearing April 2.
- **2019-03-13** April 2 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2019-03-14** Set for hearing April 9.
- **2019-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 623.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Set for hearing May 6.
- **2019-05-06** May 6 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2019-05-10** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2019-05-20** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 1090.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-21** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 3. Page 1326.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-28** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-06** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-10** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (July 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-07-11** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-14** August 14 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2019-08-30** August 30 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2020-08-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 6.) (August 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-08-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 41. Noes 25. Page 5460.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2020-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 23. Noes 10.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2020-09-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 79, Statutes of 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd28ec99-e5bb-4fdb-94f2-f388a3a2b679`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).