republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-687.md

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Bill	Criminal procedure: informants.	Existing law provides that a conviction cannot be had upon the testimony of an accomplice unless that testimony is corroborated by such other evidence which tends to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense and that corroboration is not sufficient if it merely shows the commission of the offense or the circumstances thereof.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	SB 687	California SB 687 (20112012)	bill	Criminal procedure: informants.	enacted	Leno	4	16	4	2011-02-18	2011-08-01	openstates	ocd-bill/c9852bfa-ccfa-4ca7-aad6-fa4b6d51808c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB687	76f3ebc25b68aa22c5eae9d7a9d070871f48c507c8e2157ed80deb8dcc899346	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 687 (20112012) — Criminal procedure: informants.

Existing law provides that a conviction cannot be had upon the testimony of an accomplice unless that testimony is corroborated by such other evidence which tends to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense and that corroboration is not sufficient if it merely shows the commission of the offense or the circumstances thereof.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 08/01/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. SB687 (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/15/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• SB 687 Leno Senate Third Reading By FUENTES — 47–26 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 23–15 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Leno — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-18 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2011-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
• 2011-03-03 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2011-03-15 Set for hearing April 5.
• 2011-04-05 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 544.) (April 5). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-04-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-05-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 15. Page 805.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-05-03 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2011-05-09 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2011-06-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 14). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-06-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-07-14 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 47. Noes 26. Page 2330.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-07-14 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
• 2011-07-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
• 2011-08-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2011-08-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 153, Statutes of 2011.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c9852bfa-ccfa-4ca7-aad6-fa4b6d51808c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).