--- type: "Bill" title: "Criminal law." description: "Existing law authorizes the state prosecutor to investigate and gather facts in an incident involving a shooting by a peace officer that results in the death of an unarmed civilian. Existing law defines the Attorney General as the state prosecutor." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20212022" identifier: "SB 715" citation: "California SB 715 (20212022)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Criminal law."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Portantino"] version_count: 7 action_count: 31 vote_count: 9 first_action: "2021-02-19" last_action: "2021-09-23" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3aa8fee9-5992-40aa-81bd-14eaedb82718" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB715" source_hash: "2017e1745a0fb0561171feeef97ae1189a439e3f44296b09740d88e347394af5" 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 715 (20212022) — Criminal law. Existing law authorizes the state prosecutor to investigate and gather facts in an incident involving a shooting by a peace officer that results in the death of an unarmed civilian. Existing law defines the Attorney General as the state prosecutor. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/19/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB715&version=20210SB71599INT) 2. **05/20/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB715&version=20210SB71598AMD) 3. **06/21/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB715&version=20210SB71597AMD) 4. **09/03/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB715&version=20210SB71596AMD) 5. **09/23/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB715&version=20210SB71594CHP) 6. **SB715** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB715) 7. **09/14/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB715&version=20210SB71595ENR) ## Votes - Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–1** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper - SB 715 Portantino Senate Third Reading By McCarty Amend By MCCARTY Set #1 — **52–12** (pass) · lower - SB 715 Portantino Senate Third Reading By McCarty — **54–22** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading SB715 Portantino et al. — **30–7** (pass) · upper - Unfinished Business SB715 Portantino et al. Concurrence — **26–9** (pass) · upper - Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Portantino — primary (person) - McCarty — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2021-02-19** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction` - **2021-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24. - **2021-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1` - **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with. - **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.) - **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.) - **2021-03-03** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2021-03-24** Set for hearing April 20. - **2021-04-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 861.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2021-04-21** Set for hearing May 3. - **2021-05-04** May 3 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file. - **2021-05-14** Set for hearing May 20. - **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1201.) (May 20). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-05-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2021-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2021-06-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 7. Page 1378.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2021-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2021-06-10** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2021-06-21** 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` - **2021-07-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2021-08-19** August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file. - **2021-08-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2021-09-03** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 52. Noes 12. Page 2785.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2021-09-03** Ordered to third reading. - **2021-09-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 54. Noes 22. Page 3107.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2021-09-10** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2021-09-10** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 9. Page 2625.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m. - **2021-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2021-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 250, Statutes of 2021. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3aa8fee9-5992-40aa-81bd-14eaedb82718`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).