Existing law requires that a defendant be brought to trial within 60 days of arraignment on an indictment or information in a felony case, or within 30 or 45 days of arraignment or entry of plea in a misdemeanor case, as specified. Under existing law, the case must be dismissed if the defendant did not waive that time limit or consent to an extension of time, as specified, and the case is not brought to trial within the time limit. Under existing law, if the defendant does waive time, he or she may withdraw his or her waiver of time and then the case is required to be brought to trial within 60 days for a felony, or 30 or 45 days for a misdemeanor, of the withdrawal of the waiver. Existing law provides that when there is no general time waiver, and a case has been set for trial beyond the time limits specified above by request or consent, express or implied, the defendant must be brought to trial on the date set or within 10 days thereafter.
California AB 250 (20092010) — Criminal procedure: trials: timing.
Existing law requires that a defendant be brought to trial within 60 days of arraignment on an indictment or information in a felony case, or within 30 or 45 days of arraignment or entry of plea in a misdemeanor case, as specified. Under existing law, the case must be dismissed if the defendant did not waive that time limit or consent to an extension of time, as specified, and the case is not brought to trial within the time limit. Under existing law, if the defendant does waive time, he or she may withdraw his or her waiver of time and then the case is required to be brought to trial within 60 days for a felony, or 30 or 45 days for a misdemeanor, of the withdrawal of the waiver. Existing law provides that when there is no general time waiver, and a case has been set for trial beyond the time limits specified above by request or consent, express or implied, the defendant must be brought to trial on the date set or within 10 days thereafter.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Assembly 3rd Reading AB250 Miller By Benoit — pass (pass) · upper
Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
AB 250 MILLER Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
Do pass. — pass (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Miller — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2009-02-10 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2009-02-11 From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
2009-03-04 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2009-05-07 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2009-05-11 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2009-05-13 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 12). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2009-05-14 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2009-05-18 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1550.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2009-05-18 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2009-06-04 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2009-06-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2009-06-17 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2009-08-24 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1914.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2009-08-25 In Assembly. To enrollment.
2009-08-31 Enrolled and to the Governor at 5:15 p.m.
2009-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2009-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 424, Statutes of 2009.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/07fd1bdc-d077-434f-947f-463010deb6ec. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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