---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sex offenders: parole."
description: "Under existing law, as amended by Proposition 83 of the November 7, 2006, statewide general election, the parole period of any person found to be a sexually violent predator is tolled until that person is found to no longer be a sexually violent predator, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 179"
citation: "California SB 179 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sex offenders: parole."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pavley"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2011-02-07"
last_action: "2011-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4da90892-c519-4da7-ad9f-cddd70641e4c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB179"
source_hash: "b31f0d99f9ccdf3c7a045c074101bb6e69ab61928c93d1e29ab4402e5f4065a9"
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 179 (20112012) — Sex offenders: parole.

Under existing law, as amended by Proposition 83 of the November 7, 2006, statewide general election, the parole period of any person found to be a sexually violent predator is tolled until that person is found to no longer be a sexually violent predator, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/07/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB179&version=20110SB17999INT)
2. **07/13/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB179&version=20110SB17998AMD)
3. **08/26/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB179&version=20110SB17997AMD)
4. **09/29/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB179&version=20110SB17995CHP)
5. **SB179** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB179)
6. **09/12/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB179&version=20110SB17996ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB179 Pavley Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 179 Pavley Senate Third Reading By CEDILLO — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #4 — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pavley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-07** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-08** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 10.
- **2011-02-17** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-15** Set for hearing March 22.
- **2011-03-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 417.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-01** Set for hearing April 11.
- **2011-04-11** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2011-05-20** Set for hearing May 26.
- **2011-05-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 1113.) (May 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-31** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2011-06-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1281.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-13** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-07-12** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 5). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-17** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-08-26** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-09-07** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3001.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-07** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-09-08** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2408.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2011-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 359, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4da90892-c519-4da7-ad9f-cddd70641e4c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).