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Bill	Corrections: victim notification.	Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, county sheriff, and director of the local department of corrections, upon request, to give notice, as specified, prior to the release from state prison or county jail, of any person convicted of specified offenses, or of any change in parole status or relevant change in parole location, or if the person absconds from supervision while on parole, to a victim of the offense and others, as specified. Existing law provides for this notice by telephone and certified mail, and requires those persons requesting notice to provide current address and telephone numbers, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	SB 852	California SB 852 (20112012)	bill	Corrections: victim notification.	enacted	Harman	6	28	7	2011-02-18	2011-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/dc5663a2-b1ce-41f5-9f8e-f5577524dcd7	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB852	4c05e387eccd906cfa316db8898bed01f9cd246d97bf00513f232d57381ca4f3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 852 (20112012) — Corrections: victim notification.

Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, county sheriff, and director of the local department of corrections, upon request, to give notice, as specified, prior to the release from state prison or county jail, of any person convicted of specified offenses, or of any change in parole status or relevant change in parole location, or if the person absconds from supervision while on parole, to a victim of the offense and others, as specified. Existing law provides for this notice by telephone and certified mail, and requires those persons requesting notice to provide current address and telephone numbers, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/25/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/31/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/29/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB852 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/02/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent #4 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 852 Harman Third Reading Urgency By CHESBRO — 76–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Harman — primary (person)
• Hancock — coauthor (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.
• 2011-03-10 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2011-03-17 Set for hearing March 29.
• 2011-03-29 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2011-03-31 Set for hearing April 5.
• 2011-04-14 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 544.) (April 5). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-04-25 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-04-25 Set for hearing May 2.
• 2011-04-28 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2011-05-06 Set for hearing May 16.
• 2011-05-16 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2011-05-20 Set for hearing May 26.
• 2011-05-27 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 1123.) (May 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-31 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-05-31 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2011-06-02 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1284.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2011-06-16 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2011-07-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-08-17 Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2011-08-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 25). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-09-01 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2780.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-09-01 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
• 2011-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:45 a.m.
• 2011-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2011-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 364, Statutes of 2011.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dc5663a2-b1ce-41f5-9f8e-f5577524dcd7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).