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type: "Bill"
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title: "Bail: jurisdiction."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20152016"
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identifier: "AB 2655"
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citation: "California AB 2655 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Bail: jurisdiction."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Weber"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2016-02-19"
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last_action: "2016-07-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/182f0666-4f62-4c49-befa-8a3aab8da300"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2655"
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source_hash: "c78db095268f3c608b8cabff538e510f4bcb37a92a110f9129eec05569541a90"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 2655 (20152016) — Bail: jurisdiction.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2655&version=20150AB265599INT)
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2. **03/17/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2655&version=20150AB265598AMD)
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3. **05/05/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2655&version=20150AB265597AMD)
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4. **07/22/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2655&version=20150AB265595CHP)
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5. **AB2655** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2655)
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6. **07/07/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2655&version=20150AB265596ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 2655 WEBER Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Weber — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
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- **2016-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
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- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2016-03-17** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2016-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-04-20** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-04-21** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-04-25** From Consent Calendar.
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- **2016-04-25** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2016-05-05** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4675.) `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-05-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4717.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2016-05-19** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-06-14** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-06-15** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-06-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4644.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-06-30** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2016-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
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- **2016-07-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2016-07-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 79, Statutes of 2016.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/182f0666-4f62-4c49-befa-8a3aab8da300`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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