--- type: "Bill" title: "Public Safety Omnibus." description: "(1) Existing law requires the State Public Defender to undertake a study to assess appropriate workloads for public defenders and indigent defense attorneys and submit a report with their findings and recommendations to the Legislature no later than January 1, 2024." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20232024" identifier: "SB 883" citation: "California SB 883 (20232024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Public Safety Omnibus"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Public Safety"] version_count: 7 action_count: 26 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2023-03-07" last_action: "2023-10-04" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a46080b2-62ec-4ce8-8bf5-c0f7da75aa4f" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB883" source_hash: "7a09f1ddcd15cb6625c6591425be0a12bfc7c93540b36939bcb411efedd35a58" 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 883 (20232024) — Public Safety Omnibus. (1) Existing law requires the State Public Defender to undertake a study to assess appropriate workloads for public defenders and indigent defense attorneys and submit a report with their findings and recommendations to the Legislature no later than January 1, 2024. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **03/07/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB883&version=20230SB88399INT) 2. **04/18/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB883&version=20230SB88398AMD) 3. **05/09/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB883&version=20230SB88397AMD) 4. **06/26/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB883&version=20230SB88396AMD) 5. **10/04/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB883&version=20230SB88394CHP) 6. **SB883** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB883) 7. **09/05/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB883&version=20230SB88395ENR) ## Votes - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · lower - SB 883 Public Safety Consent Calendar Second Day — **72–0** (pass) · lower - Special Consent SB883 PUB. S. — **37–0** (pass) · upper - Consent Calendar SB883 PUB. S. — **38–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Committee on Public Safety — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-03-07** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2023-03-08** From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 7. - **2023-03-15** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee` - **2023-03-22** Set for hearing April 25. - **2023-04-18** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB S. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2023-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 902.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2023-05-01** Set for hearing May 8. - **2023-05-03** May 8 hearing postponed by committee. - **2023-05-05** Set for hearing May 15. - **2023-05-09** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2023-05-15** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2023-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-05-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1104.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-05-18** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2023-05-26** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2023-06-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2023-07-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2023-08-16** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-08-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 2803.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-08-24** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2023-08-29** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2023-09-01** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2241.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2023-10-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2023-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 311, Statutes of 2023. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a46080b2-62ec-4ce8-8bf5-c0f7da75aa4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).