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type: "Bill"
title: "Jails: discharge of prisoners."
description: "Existing law authorizes the sheriff to discharge a prisoner from the county jail at a time on the last day a prisoner may be confined that the sheriff considers to be in the best interests of that prisoner. Existing law allows for the accelerated release of inmates, as specified, upon the authorization of the presiding judge of the superior court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 833"
citation: "California SB 833 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Jails: discharge of prisoners."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liu"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2014-01-06"
last_action: "2014-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc0f83dd-0bb4-4ad2-8378-9c132c39451e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB833"
source_hash: "109ca78a6dc6d9aeee6c3cd720ffa4d4760634af8bc4cbcd49dc0227d2c6dc8f"
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 833 (20132014) — Jails: discharge of prisoners.
Existing law authorizes the sheriff to discharge a prisoner from the county jail at a time on the last day a prisoner may be confined that the sheriff considers to be in the best interests of that prisoner. Existing law allows for the accelerated release of inmates, as specified, upon the authorization of the presiding judge of the superior court.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **01/06/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB833&version=20130SB83399INT)
2. **03/18/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB833&version=20130SB83398AMD)
3. **05/08/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB833&version=20130SB83397AMD)
4. **07/07/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB833&version=20130SB83395CHP)
5. **SB833** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB833)
6. **06/26/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB833&version=20130SB83396ENR)
## Votes
- SB 833 Liu Consent Calendar Second Day — **770** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #17**320** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **70** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **350** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **70** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Liu — primary (person)
- Anderson — coauthor (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2014-01-06** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2014-01-07** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 6.
- **2014-01-23** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-06** Set for hearing March 25.
- **2014-03-18** 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`
- **2014-03-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 2978.) (March 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-03-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 3046.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-04-03** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-08** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-08** 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`
- **2014-06-11** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-12** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-06-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5548.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-06-16** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-06-18** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2014-06-26** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4145.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2014-07-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 90, Statutes of 2014.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc0f83dd-0bb4-4ad2-8378-9c132c39451e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).