republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-261.md

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Bill	Youth offender parole hearings.	Existing law generally requires the Board of Parole Hearings to conduct youth offender parole hearings to consider the release of offenders who committed specified crimes when they were under 18 years of age and who were sentenced to state prison.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 261	California SB 261 (20152016)	bill	Youth offender parole hearings.	enacted	Hancock	6	24	7	2015-02-18	2015-10-03	openstates	ocd-bill/2a4b6f8c-2d88-4cc2-a3f5-f3937934ff1a	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB261	01cfad4194a46ba4e0fb82196c31f5ad721ba618054a45e7517a885830341ac5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 261 (20152016) — Youth offender parole hearings.

Existing law generally requires the Board of Parole Hearings to conduct youth offender parole hearings to consider the release of offenders who committed specified crimes when they were under 18 years of age and who were sentenced to state prison.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/24/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/01/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/03/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB261 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/02/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• SB 261 Hancock Senate Third Reading By QUIRK — 45–31 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 21–15 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hancock — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-18 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2015-02-19 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
• 2015-02-26 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2015-03-24 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
• 2015-04-07 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2015-04-09 Set for hearing April 28.
• 2015-04-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 822.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-01 Set for hearing May 11.
• 2015-05-11 May 11 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2015-05-23 Set for hearing May 28.
• 2015-05-28 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1150.) (May 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-06-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 21. Noes 15. Page 1256.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2015-06-15 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2015-07-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-07-08 July 8 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2015-08-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 45. Noes 31. Page 2738.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-01 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
• 2015-09-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:45 p.m.
• 2015-10-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 471, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2a4b6f8c-2d88-4cc2-a3f5-f3937934ff1a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).