Existing law provides for the removal of public officers for willful or corrupt misconduct in office. Existing law provides that an accusation in writing against any officer of a district, county, or city for willful or corrupt misconduct in office may be presented by the grand jury of the county for, or in, which the officer accused is elected or appointed. Existing law authorizes the impaneling of an additional grand jury under specified circumstances. Under existing law, an accusation may not be presented without the concurrence of a specified number of grand jurors.
California SB 1357 (20112012) — Removal from office: grand jury accusation.
Existing law provides for the removal of public officers for willful or corrupt misconduct in office. Existing law provides that an accusation in writing against any officer of a district, county, or city for willful or corrupt misconduct in office may be presented by the grand jury of the county for, or in, which the officer accused is elected or appointed. Existing law authorizes the impaneling of an additional grand jury under specified circumstances. Under existing law, an accusation may not be presented without the concurrence of a specified number of grand jurors.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
SB 1357 Cannella Consent Calendar Second Day — 80–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Cannella — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2012-02-24 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2012-02-25 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
2012-02-27 Read first time. reading-1
2012-03-08 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD. referral-committee
2012-03-13 Set for hearing March 27.
2012-03-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3023.) (March 27). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-04-20 Set for hearing May 1.
2012-04-23 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2012-05-07 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3389.) (May 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-05-08 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2012-05-09 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2012-05-14 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3496.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-05-14 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2012-06-18 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2012-06-26 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-06-27 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2012-07-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 5563.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-07-02 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2012-07-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
2012-07-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2012-07-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 134, Statutes of 2012.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/26e32804-975d-4374-9427-7bbe13b85871. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).