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| Bill | Bail. | The California Constitution prohibits excessive bail from being required and requires the court, in fixing the amount of bail, to take into consideration the seriousness of the offense charged, the previous criminal record of the defendant, and the probability of the defendant appearing at the trial or hearing of the case. Existing law generally regulates the provision of bail or bond, including forfeiture, vacation of forfeiture, and exoneration of bail or bond. | us/states/ca | California Legislature | 20112012 | SB 291 | California SB 291 (20112012) |
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California SB 291 (20112012) — Bail.
The California Constitution prohibits excessive bail from being required and requires the court, in fixing the amount of bail, to take into consideration the seriousness of the offense charged, the previous criminal record of the defendant, and the probability of the defendant appearing at the trial or hearing of the case. Existing law generally regulates the provision of bail or bond, including forfeiture, vacation of forfeiture, and exoneration of bail or bond.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- 02/14/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
- 04/12/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
- 07/08/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- SB291 (committee substitute) — source
- 06/24/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Do pass. — 4–2 (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- SB 291 Vargas Senate Third Reading By HUESO — 62–4 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Vargas — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2011-02-14 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
introduction, reading-1 - 2011-02-15 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
- 2011-02-24 Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
referral-committee - 2011-03-09 Set for hearing March 22.
- 2011-03-21 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- 2011-04-12 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee - 2011-04-14 Set for hearing April 26.
- 2011-04-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 741.) (April 26).
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2011-04-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-2, reading-1 - 2011-05-05 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 873.) Ordered to the Assembly.
reading-3, reading-1, passage - 2011-05-05 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
reading-1 - 2011-05-16 Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
referral-committee - 2011-06-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (June 14).
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2011-06-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-2, reading-1 - 2011-06-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 62. Noes 4. Page 2051.) Ordered to the Senate.
reading-3, reading-1, passage - 2011-06-23 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- 2011-06-29 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- 2011-07-07 Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature - 2011-07-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 67, Statutes of 2011.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c405d5ab-6fa4-4763-8b57-d03e9d77716f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).