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type: "Bill"
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title: "Grand juries: powers and duties."
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description: "Existing law authorizes a grand jury to inquire into all public offenses committed or triable within the county in which the grand jury is impaneled, sworn, and charged, and to present them to the court by indictment. Existing law requires a grand jury to inquire into willful or corrupt misconduct in office by a public officer in the county. Existing law also authorizes a member of a grand jury, if he or she knows or has reason to believe that a public offense has been committed, to declare it to his or her fellow jurors, who are then authorized by existing law to investigate it."
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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: "SB 227"
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citation: "California SB 227 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Grand juries: powers and duties."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mitchell"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2015-02-13"
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last_action: "2015-08-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d6b728c-92d0-429d-91a5-9dd0b7450359"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB227"
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source_hash: "3e77b4158779f7b33063e8b3bcf66e71fe2b4bb29ef9c80710c8030565425491"
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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 SB 227 (20152016) — Grand juries: powers and duties.
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Existing law authorizes a grand jury to inquire into all public offenses committed or triable within the county in which the grand jury is impaneled, sworn, and charged, and to present them to the court by indictment. Existing law requires a grand jury to inquire into willful or corrupt misconduct in office by a public officer in the county. Existing law also authorizes a member of a grand jury, if he or she knows or has reason to believe that a public offense has been committed, to declare it to his or her fellow jurors, who are then authorized by existing law to investigate it.
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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. **02/13/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB227&version=20150SB22799INT)
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2. **03/19/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB227&version=20150SB22798AMD)
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3. **04/27/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB227&version=20150SB22797AMD)
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4. **08/11/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB227&version=20150SB22795CHP)
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5. **SB227** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB227)
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6. **07/27/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB227&version=20150SB22796ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading — **23–12** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **5–2** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- SB 227 Mitchell Senate Third Reading By QUIRK — **41–33** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Mitchell — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-13** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2015-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
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- **2015-02-26** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-03-25** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-04-07** Set for hearing April 21.
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- **2015-04-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 729.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-04-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-05-07** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 12. Page 927.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-05-07** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2015-05-22** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-06-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-06-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-07-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 41. Noes 33. Page 2436.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-07-16** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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- **2015-07-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
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- **2015-08-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2015-08-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 175, Statutes of 2015.
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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/8d6b728c-92d0-429d-91a5-9dd0b7450359`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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