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type: "Bill"
title: "Dismissal: criminal action."
description: "Existing law authorizes the judge or magistrate, either of his or her own motion or upon the application of the prosecuting attorney, and in furtherance of justice, to order a criminal action to be dismissed. Existing law requires the reasons for the dismissal to be set forth in an order entered upon the minutes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 1222"
citation: "California SB 1222 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dismissal: criminal action."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Block"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2014-02-20"
last_action: "2014-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be9f26da-08f4-48b0-9dd0-8ef0ae21ade4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1222"
source_hash: "f5f588cc6fee8ccd5c18ea0999837af3367d85b54f1ab2565833237a9e880bb1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California SB 1222 (20132014) — Dismissal: criminal action.
Existing law authorizes the judge or magistrate, either of his or her own motion or upon the application of the prosecuting attorney, and in furtherance of justice, to order a criminal action to be dismissed. Existing law requires the reasons for the dismissal to be set forth in an order entered upon the minutes.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/20/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1222&version=20130SB122299INT)
2. **05/22/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1222&version=20130SB122298AMD)
3. **05/27/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1222&version=20130SB122297AMD)
4. **07/18/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1222&version=20130SB122295CHP)
5. **SB1222** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1222)
6. **07/07/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1222&version=20130SB122296ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **70** (pass) · lower
- SB 1222 Block Consent Calendar Second Day — **760** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **51** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **370** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Block — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2014-02-20** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2014-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2014-03-06** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-11** Set for hearing April 8.
- **2014-04-03** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-04-04** Set for hearing April 29.
- **2014-04-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 3311.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-22** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-22** Ordered to second reading.
- **2014-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-27** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-27** Ordered to second reading.
- **2014-05-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3693.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-09** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-07-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5815.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-07-03** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2014-07-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2014-07-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 137, Statutes of 2014.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be9f26da-08f4-48b0-9dd0-8ef0ae21ade4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).