Existing law, under specified circumstances, requires an officer or his or her superior to prepare in duplicate a written notice for an arrested person to appear in court. Existing law requires that when an officer or the prosecuting attorney has filed the notice to appear with the court, an exact and legible duplicate copy of the notice, in lieu of a verified complaint, constitutes a complaint to which the defendant may plead "guilty" or "nolo contendere."
California AB 1927 (20152016) — Criminal procedure: notice to appear.
Existing law, under specified circumstances, requires an officer or his or her superior to prepare in duplicate a written notice for an arrested person to appear in court. Existing law requires that when an officer or the prosecuting attorney has filed the notice to appear with the court, an exact and legible duplicate copy of the notice, in lieu of a verified complaint, constitutes a complaint to which the defendant may plead "guilty" or "nolo contendere."
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1927 LACKEY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1927 LACKEY Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Consent Calendar 2nd — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Lackey — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-02-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2016-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
2016-02-25 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2016-03-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-03-29 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2016-03-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-03-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-04-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4147.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-04-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2016-04-28 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2016-05-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 10). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-05-17 Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2016-05-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3904.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-05-19 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after May 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2016-05-23 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4888.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-05-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
2016-06-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-06-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 19, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ebe5485c-9186-4aef-a872-c46123dcd423. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).