republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-875.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public safety."
description: "Existing law requires the Board of Parole Hearings, upon request, to notify the victim, or next of kin of the victim, of any crime committed by a prisoner, of any hearing to review or consider the parole suitability or the setting of a parole date for that prisoner. Existing law requires that this notice be given by telephone, certified mail, or electronic mail, using the method of communication selected by the requesting party, if that method is available. Existing law also requires the board to send, by certified mail, written notice of the parole hearing to the judge of the superior court before whom a prisoner was tried."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 875"
citation: "California SB 875 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Public safety."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2014-01-09"
last_action: "2014-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37e700a9-f057-4d5e-8528-737b6d347ada"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB875"
source_hash: "00289f5109339d879a2108cd7de511b32f6d6ca09da6f2677b587e1d562e68b8"
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 875 (20132014) — Public safety.

Existing law requires the Board of Parole Hearings, upon request, to notify the victim, or next of kin of the victim, of any crime committed by a prisoner, of any hearing to review or consider the parole suitability or the setting of a parole date for that prisoner. Existing law requires that this notice be given by telephone, certified mail, or electronic mail, using the method of communication selected by the requesting party, if that method is available. Existing law also requires the board to send, by certified mail, written notice of the parole hearing to the judge of the superior court before whom a prisoner was tried.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/09/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB875&version=20130SB87599INT)
2. **08/12/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB875&version=20130SB87598AMD)
3. **08/13/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB875&version=20130SB87597AMD)
4. **09/27/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB875&version=20130SB87595CHP)
5. **SB875** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB875)
6. **09/03/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB875&version=20130SB87596ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **16–10** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Supp 3 SB875 Committee on B. & F.R. (Leno) Concurrence — **27–8** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB875 Committee on B. & F.R. — **22–12** (pass) · upper
- SB 875 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By SKINNER — **56–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-01-09** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2014-01-10** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 9.
- **2014-01-23** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-03** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2014-04-03** Ordered to second reading.
- **2014-04-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 22. Noes 12. Page 3136.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-04-10** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-08** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2014-08-11** Joint Rule 62(a) file notice suspended. (Page 5975.)
- **2014-08-12** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-13** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 10.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 56. Noes 22. Page 6709.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-29** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-08-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 8. Page 4985.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **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 686, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37e700a9-f057-4d5e-8528-737b6d347ada`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).