republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-1607.md

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Bill	Sexually violent predators.	Existing law provides for the civil commitment of criminal offenders who have been determined to be sexually violent predators for treatment in a secure state hospital facility, as specified. Existing law requires the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to refer a prisoner for evaluation by the State Department of State Hospitals when the secretary determines that the person may be a sexually violent predator and specifies the judicial processes necessary for civil commitment as a sexually violent predator, including, but not limited to, the right to a jury trial. Existing law establishes provisions by which a committed person may petition for conditional release. Existing law requires the court, if it decides a petition for conditional release is not frivolous, to give notice, as specified, at least 30 court days prior to the hearing date for the petition. Existing law requires a person who is conditionally released pursuant these provisions to be placed in the county of the domicile of the person prior to the person's incarceration, unless the court finds that extraordinary circumstances require placement outside the county of domicile.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 1607	California AB 1607 (20132014)	bill	Sexually violent predators.	enacted	Fox	9	31	8	2014-02-05	2014-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/5f82cfd0-e8a6-42ea-addc-86133a6d0a12	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1607	7e5cdccffad81ba6bd0528c0cdb15638002471431d5807e49ba3d855e4df88b0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1607 (20132014) — Sexually violent predators.

Existing law provides for the civil commitment of criminal offenders who have been determined to be sexually violent predators for treatment in a secure state hospital facility, as specified. Existing law requires the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to refer a prisoner for evaluation by the State Department of State Hospitals when the secretary determines that the person may be a sexually violent predator and specifies the judicial processes necessary for civil commitment as a sexually violent predator, including, but not limited to, the right to a jury trial. Existing law establishes provisions by which a committed person may petition for conditional release. Existing law requires the court, if it decides a petition for conditional release is not frivolous, to give notice, as specified, at least 30 court days prior to the hearing date for the petition. Existing law requires a person who is conditionally released pursuant these provisions to be placed in the county of the domicile of the person prior to the person's incarceration, unless the court finds that extraordinary circumstances require placement outside the county of domicile.

Version chain

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

1. 02/05/14 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/24/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/06/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/02/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/19/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/22/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/30/14 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB1607 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/03/14 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1607 FOX Assembly Third Reading — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1607 FOX Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB1607 Fox By Lieu — 35–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Fox — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-05 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2014-02-06 From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.
• 2014-02-14 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2014-03-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-03-25 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2014-03-25 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2014-04-01 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2014-05-05 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2014-05-06 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2014-05-07 Measure version as amended on May 6 corrected. amendment-passage
• 2014-05-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-05-07 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. referral-committee
• 2014-05-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2014-05-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5100.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2014-06-05 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2014-07-01 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2014-07-02 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2014-08-04 In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2014-08-18 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2014-08-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2014-08-22 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2014-08-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-08-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4858.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-08-26 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2014-08-27 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6550.)
• 2014-08-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6561.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2014-09-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2014-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2014-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 877, Statutes of 2014.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5f82cfd0-e8a6-42ea-addc-86133a6d0a12. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).