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type: "Bill"
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title: "Sexually violent predators: civil commitment."
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description: "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 is annually reviewed to determine his or her status and by which the committed person may petition for conditional release or unconditional discharge. Proposition 83 of the November 7, 2006, statewide general election, made various changes to the sexually violent predator civil commitment process."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20132014"
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identifier: "SB 295"
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citation: "California SB 295 (20132014)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Sexually violent predators: civil commitment."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Emmerson"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2013-02-15"
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last_action: "2013-08-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5557a6bf-40b9-4de2-85b5-8a48f35e1880"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB295"
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source_hash: "9ee032cc3c3564940e1ef7b1186acc5354d9363991c2405975714fc143d51387"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 295 (20132014) — Sexually violent predators: civil commitment.
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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 is annually reviewed to determine his or her status and by which the committed person may petition for conditional release or unconditional discharge. Proposition 83 of the November 7, 2006, statewide general election, made various changes to the sexually violent predator civil commitment process.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/15/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB295&version=20130SB29599INT)
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2. **03/21/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB295&version=20130SB29598AMD)
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3. **05/07/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB295&version=20130SB29597AMD)
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4. **05/24/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB295&version=20130SB29596AMD)
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5. **06/20/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB295&version=20130SB29595AMD)
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6. **08/27/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB295&version=20130SB29593CHP)
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7. **SB295** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB295)
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8. **08/16/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB295&version=20130SB29594ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Unfinished Business SB295 Emmerson Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 295 Emmerson Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Emmerson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2013-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
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- **2013-02-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
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- **2013-02-28** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
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- **2013-03-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2013-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2013-04-09** Set for hearing April 30.
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- **2013-05-06** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 756.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2013-05-07** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2013-05-10** Set for hearing May 20.
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- **2013-05-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 989.) (May 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2013-05-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2013-05-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1093.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2013-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2013-06-14** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2013-06-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2013-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
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- **2013-07-03** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2013-08-05** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2013-08-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2483.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2013-08-12** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2013-08-15** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1849.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2013-08-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
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- **2013-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2013-08-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 182, Statutes of 2013.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5557a6bf-40b9-4de2-85b5-8a48f35e1880`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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