republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-71.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal justice: reporting."
description: "Existing law requires each sheriff and police chief to annually furnish a report to the Department of Justice on justifiable homicides."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 71"
citation: "California AB 71 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal justice: reporting."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodriguez"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2014-12-18"
last_action: "2015-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb700c71-09b9-4290-8a70-9615c4e67e32"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB71"
source_hash: "ee7fc6ce255befe9bf459d94d076c0e942104a84e0cbd4c1e53494697ffd7a3f"
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 AB 71 (20152016) — Criminal justice: reporting.

Existing law requires each sheriff and police chief to annually furnish a report to the Department of Justice on justifiable homicides.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/18/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB71&version=20150AB7199INT)
2. **04/06/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB71&version=20150AB7198AMD)
3. **07/06/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB71&version=20150AB7197AMD)
4. **09/03/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB71&version=20150AB7196AMD)
5. **10/03/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB71&version=20150AB7194CHP)
6. **AB71** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB71)
7. **09/11/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB71&version=20150AB7195ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 71 RODRIGUEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB71 Rodriguez By Allen — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 71 RODRIGUEZ Assembly Third Reading — **80–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rodriguez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-12-18** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2014-12-19** From printer. May be heard in committee January 18.
- **2015-01-05** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2015-01-22** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2015-03-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 24). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-06** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-04-07** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1696.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-11** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-17** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2015-08-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-03** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2594.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2015-09-09** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2990.)
- **2015-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2994.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2015-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 462, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb700c71-09b9-4290-8a70-9615c4e67e32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).