--- type: "Bill" title: "Public Safety." description: "Existing law authorizes a county to establish a pretrial diversion program for defendants who have been charged with a misdemeanor offense and authorizes other diversion programs, including for defendants with cognitive developmental disabilities, defendants in nonviolent drug cases, and traffic violations." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20192020" identifier: "AB 3234" citation: "California AB 3234 (20192020)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Public Safety."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Ting"] version_count: 9 action_count: 36 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2020-02-21" last_action: "2020-09-30" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbce543d-ebe0-49e4-9900-9152f9db8d91" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3234" source_hash: "081f9f965b76b394f93f0fafae65fdc319e20b378295dd9c22f1eaad3955ec74" 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 AB 3234 (20192020) — Public Safety. Existing law authorizes a county to establish a pretrial diversion program for defendants who have been charged with a misdemeanor offense and authorizes other diversion programs, including for defendants with cognitive developmental disabilities, defendants in nonviolent drug cases, and traffic violations. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/21/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3234&version=20190AB323499INT) 2. **05/04/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3234&version=20190AB323498AMD) 3. **05/18/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3234&version=20190AB323497AMD) 4. **08/03/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3234&version=20190AB323496AMD) 5. **08/11/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3234&version=20190AB323495AMD) 6. **08/24/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3234&version=20190AB323494AMD) 7. **09/30/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3234&version=20190AB323492CHP) 8. **AB3234** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3234) 9. **09/04/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3234&version=20190AB323493ENR) ## Votes - Do pass as amended. — **5–3** (pass) · lower - AB 3234 TING Assembly Third Reading — **43–26** (pass) · lower - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower - AB 3234 GLORIA Remove from Inactive File By TING Amendment Set #1 — **40–18** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading AB3234 Ting By Mitchell — **27–10** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Ting — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2020-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction` - **2020-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23. - **2020-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1` - **2020-04-24** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee` - **2020-05-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction` - **2020-05-05** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee` - **2020-05-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 12). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction` - **2020-05-18** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2020-05-19** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee` - **2020-06-02** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2020-06-03** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2020-06-08** From Consent Calendar. - **2020-06-08** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Assembly Member Gloria. - **2020-08-03** Assembly Rule 78 suspended. (Ayes 56. Noes 16. Page 5059.) - **2020-08-03** From inactive file. - **2020-08-03** Ordered to third reading. - **2020-08-03** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 56. Noes 16. Page 5059.) - **2020-08-03** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 40. Noes 18. Page 5067.) `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2020-08-03** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee` - **2020-08-03** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Ayes 48. Noes 25. Page 5069.) - **2020-08-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (August 5). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction` - **2020-08-11** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2020-08-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2020-08-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5165.) `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2020-08-24** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 55. Noes 12. Page 5181.) - **2020-08-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 43. Noes 26. Page 5183.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2020-08-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2020-08-30** Withdrawn from committee. - **2020-08-30** (Ayes 29. Noes 10.) - **2020-08-30** Ordered to second reading. - **2020-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2020-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 10.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2020-08-31** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage` - **2020-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2020-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2020-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 334, Statutes of 2020. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dbce543d-ebe0-49e4-9900-9152f9db8d91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).