Existing law generally regulates the provision of bail or bond, including forfeiture, vacation of forfeiture, and exoneration of bail or bond. Existing law requires the court to declare bail to be forfeited if, without sufficient excuse, a defendant fails to appear as specified. Existing law denies the court jurisdiction to declare a forfeiture and requires the bail to be released of all obligations under the bond if the case is dismissed or if no complaint is filed within 15 days from the date of arraignment.
California AB 2655 (20152016) — Bail: jurisdiction.
Existing law generally regulates the provision of bail or bond, including forfeiture, vacation of forfeiture, and exoneration of bail or bond. Existing law requires the court to declare bail to be forfeited if, without sufficient excuse, a defendant fails to appear as specified. Existing law denies the court jurisdiction to declare a forfeiture and requires the bail to be released of all obligations under the bond if the case is dismissed or if no complaint is filed within 15 days from the date of arraignment.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 2655 WEBER Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Consent Calendar 2nd — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Weber — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-02-19 Introduced. To print. introduction
2016-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2016-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
2016-03-17 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2016-03-17 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
2016-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2016-04-20 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 19). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-04-21 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2016-04-25 From Consent Calendar.
2016-04-25 Ordered to third reading.
2016-05-05 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4675.) reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-05-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4717.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-05-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2016-05-19 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2016-06-14 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-06-15 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2016-06-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4644.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-06-30 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2016-07-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2016-07-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-07-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 79, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/182f0666-4f62-4c49-befa-8a3aab8da300. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).