Files
2026-07-06 17:28:36 -04:00

9.8 KiB
Raw Permalink Blame History

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags
type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill Failure to appear in court: fines. Existing law authorizes the court, in addition to any other penalty in an infraction, misdemeanor, or felony case, to impose a civil assessment of up to $300 against any defendant who fails, after notice and without good cause, to appear in court for any proceeding authorized by law, or who fails to pay all or any portion of a fine ordered by the court or to pay an installment of bail, as specified. Existing law provides that the assessment shall not become effective until at least 10 calendar days after the court mails a warning notice to the defendant, and requires the court, if the defendant appears within the time specified in the notice and shows good cause for the failure to appear or for the failure to pay a fine or installment of bail, to vacate the assessment. us/states/ca California Legislature 20152016 SB 405 California SB 405 (20152016)
bill
Failure to appear in court: fines.
enacted
Hertzberg
11 39 9 2015-02-25 2015-09-30 openstates ocd-bill/1b3f7b79-580d-49ae-a986-51933f07984c http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB405 74c060416d048327682221b9a6a32ea7cd49c21e656c6e4f3dc1858eeb67856d 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
legislation
bill
us-ca

California SB 405 (20152016) — Failure to appear in court: fines.

Existing law authorizes the court, in addition to any other penalty in an infraction, misdemeanor, or felony case, to impose a civil assessment of up to $300 against any defendant who fails, after notice and without good cause, to appear in court for any proceeding authorized by law, or who fails to pay all or any portion of a fine ordered by the court or to pay an installment of bail, as specified. Existing law provides that the assessment shall not become effective until at least 10 calendar days after the court mails a warning notice to the defendant, and requires the court, if the defendant appears within the time specified in the notice and shows good cause for the failure to appear or for the failure to pay a fine or installment of bail, to vacate the assessment.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/25/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 04/06/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. 06/01/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  4. 06/24/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  5. 07/07/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  6. 08/17/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  7. 08/27/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  8. 09/04/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  9. 09/30/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  10. SB405 (committee substitute) — source
  11. 09/15/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 70 (pass) · upper
  • Unfinished Business SB405 Hertzberg Urgency Clause Concurrence — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation] — 60 (pass) · lower
  • 3rd Reading — 391 (pass) · upper
  • That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — 70 (pass) · upper
  • SB 405 Hertzberg Third Reading Urgency By ATKINS — 780 (pass) · lower
  • Placed on suspense file — 70 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass as amended — 51 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 160 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Hertzberg — primary (person)
  • Atkins — coauthor (person)
  • Beall — coauthor (person)
  • Chang — coauthor (person)
  • Chiu — coauthor (person)
  • Cooley — coauthor (person)
  • Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
  • Dodd — coauthor (person)
  • Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
  • Hill — principal coauthor (person)
  • Jones-Sawyer — coauthor (person)
  • Lackey — coauthor (person)
  • Leno — principal coauthor (person)
  • Wieckowski — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2015-02-25 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
  • 2015-02-26 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 28.
  • 2015-03-05 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
  • 2015-04-06 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
  • 2015-04-16 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
  • 2015-04-17 Set for hearing April 28.
  • 2015-04-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. 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.
  • 2015-05-06 May 11 hearing postponed by committee.
  • 2015-05-08 Set for hearing May 18.
  • 2015-05-18 May 18 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 1153.) (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 39. Noes 1. Page 1254.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2015-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
  • 2015-06-18 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and TRANS. referral-committee
  • 2015-06-24 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
  • 2015-07-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2015-07-07 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
  • 2015-07-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2015-08-17 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
  • 2015-08-17 Withdrawn from committee.
  • 2015-08-17 Ordered to second reading.
  • 2015-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2015-08-27 Read third time and amended. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
  • 2015-08-27 Ordered to third reading.
  • 2015-09-04 Read third time and amended. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
  • 2015-09-04 Ordered to third reading.
  • 2015-09-09 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3031.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2015-09-09 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  • 2015-09-10 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). referral-committee
  • 2015-09-10 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee, committee-passage
  • 2015-09-10 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) committee-passage
  • 2015-09-11 Urgency clause adopted.
  • 2015-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2750.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
  • 2015-09-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
  • 2015-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2015-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 385, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1b3f7b79-580d-49ae-a986-51933f07984c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).