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Bill	Prisoners: DNA testing.	(1) Existing law allows an incarcerated person who has been convicted of a felony to make a written motion for the performance of forensic deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing according to a specified procedure. Existing law allows the court to order a hearing on the motion in the court's discretion.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	SB 980	California SB 980 (20132014)	bill	Prisoners: DNA testing.	enacted	Lieu	10	31	8	2014-02-11	2014-09-25	openstates	ocd-bill/86389adc-8d86-4bf8-b641-b58c213eb989	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB980	263775f455f9fd20d839f6413ebc0a602fc8ea86f6527b0a410895b4d90006be	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 980 (20132014) — Prisoners: DNA testing.

(1) Existing law allows an incarcerated person who has been convicted of a felony to make a written motion for the performance of forensic deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing according to a specified procedure. Existing law allows the court to order a hearing on the motion in the court's discretion.

Version chain

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

1. 02/11/14 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/17/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/07/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/27/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/19/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/04/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/19/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/25/14 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. SB980 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/03/14 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB980 Lieu Concurrence — 32–3 (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 23–11 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• SB 980 Lieu Senate Third Reading By GORELL — 77–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 5–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lieu — primary (person)
• Leno — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-11 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. reading-1, introduction
• 2014-02-12 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 14.
• 2014-02-20 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2014-03-17 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
• 2014-03-19 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2014-03-20 Set for hearing April 22.
• 2014-04-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3217.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2014-04-25 Set for hearing May 5.
• 2014-04-28 Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2014-05-02 Set for hearing May 12.
• 2014-05-07 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
• 2014-05-12 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2014-05-16 Set for hearing May 23.
• 2014-05-23 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3706.) (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
• 2014-05-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 11. Page 3687.) 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
• 2014-06-19 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
• 2014-06-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 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
• 2014-08-06 Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2014-08-18 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2014-08-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2014-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-08-27 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 6554.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-08-27 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2014-08-29 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 3. Page 4967.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2014-09-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2014-09-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2014-09-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 554, Statutes of 2014.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/86389adc-8d86-4bf8-b641-b58c213eb989. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).