republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-1227.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Diversion: members of the military."
description: "Under existing law, prosecution of an offense filed as a misdemeanor may be postponed, either temporarily or permanently, at any point in the judicial process from the point at which the accused is charged until adjudication, for the person charged to participate in a diversion program for the treatment of problem drinking or alcoholism. Additionally, prosecution may be postponed in other instances, including first-time, nonviolent felony drug offenses and for defendants with cognitive developmental disabilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 1227"
citation: "California SB 1227 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Diversion: members of the military."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hancock"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2014-02-20"
last_action: "2014-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e86a0f5-bf7a-4501-b646-dfa3217001a3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1227"
source_hash: "7f12d99656570bbffd69af9e00a23be905209a53dd5e3c50c089e8ef4fb94213"
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 1227 (20132014) — Diversion: members of the military.

Under existing law, prosecution of an offense filed as a misdemeanor may be postponed, either temporarily or permanently, at any point in the judicial process from the point at which the accused is charged until adjudication, for the person charged to participate in a diversion program for the treatment of problem drinking or alcoholism. Additionally, prosecution may be postponed in other instances, including first-time, nonviolent felony drug offenses and for defendants with cognitive developmental disabilities.

## 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=201320140SB1227&version=20130SB122799INT)
2. **05/27/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1227&version=20130SB122798AMD)
3. **08/04/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1227&version=20130SB122797AMD)
4. **09/27/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1227&version=20130SB122795CHP)
5. **SB1227** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1227)
6. **08/29/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1227&version=20130SB122796ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **29–5** (pass) · upper
- SB 1227 Hancock Senate Third Reading By AMMIANO — **62–15** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1227 Hancock Concurrence — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hancock — 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.
- **2014-04-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3094.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-11** Set for hearing April 28.
- **2014-04-28** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2014-05-16** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2014-05-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 3712.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 5. Page 3654.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-05** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-07-02** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-08-04** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 62. Noes 15. Page 6297.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-21** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-08-27** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4921.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-27** (Corrected September 3.)
- **2014-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2014-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 658, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e86a0f5-bf7a-4501-b646-dfa3217001a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).