---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pretrial diversion for veterans."
description: "Existing law provides for the diversion of specified criminal offenders in alternate sentencing and treatment programs. Existing law provides for a pretrial diversion program for a defendant who was, or currently is, a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, who may be suffering from sexual trauma, traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, substance abuse, or mental health problems as a result of the defendant's military service. Existing law authorizes the 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 criminal offense and place the defendant in a pretrial diversion program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 1025"
citation: "California SB 1025 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pretrial diversion for veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eggman"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-02-06"
last_action: "2024-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d5eb831-a800-435e-a271-7f2a144258e4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1025"
source_hash: "cc1eb922d478854141059112901ddc089de73b5720c988e46edb41efb19c3e73"
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 1025 (20232024) — Pretrial diversion for veterans.

Existing law provides for the diversion of specified criminal offenders in alternate sentencing and treatment programs. Existing law provides for a pretrial diversion program for a defendant who was, or currently is, a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, who may be suffering from sexual trauma, traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, substance abuse, or mental health problems as a result of the defendant's military service. Existing law authorizes the 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 criminal offense and place the defendant in a pretrial diversion program.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/06/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1025&version=20230SB102599INT)
2. **03/21/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1025&version=20230SB102598AMD)
3. **08/19/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1025&version=20230SB102597AMD)
4. **08/23/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1025&version=20230SB102596AMD)
5. **09/29/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1025&version=20230SB102594CHP)
6. **SB1025** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1025)
7. **09/04/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1025&version=20230SB102595ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1025 Eggman Concurrence — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- SB 1025 Eggman Senate Third Reading By Lackey — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eggman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-06** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-07** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 8.
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Set for hearing March 12.
- **2024-03-12** March 12 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2024-03-13** Set for hearing March 19.
- **2024-03-20** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3351.) (March 19). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** Set for hearing April 15.
- **2024-04-15** April 15 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2024-05-10** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2024-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3968.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4029.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-21** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-28** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-07-02** July 2 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 15). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-23** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-23** Ordered to third reading.
- **2024-08-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6895.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2024-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 5728.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 924, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d5eb831-a800-435e-a271-7f2a144258e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).