Existing law requires the Board of State and Community Corrections to administer mentally ill offender crime reduction grants on a competitive basis to counties that expand or establish a continuum of timely and effective responses to reduce crime and criminal justice costs related to mentally ill juvenile and adult offenders. Existing law requires an application for a mentally ill offender crime reduction grant to describe a 4-year plan for the programs, services, or strategies to be provided under the grant, and authorizes the funds from a mentally ill offender crime reduction grant to be used to fund specialized alternative custody programs that offer appropriate mental health and treatment services.
Existing law requires the Board of State and Community Corrections to administer mentally ill offender crime reduction grants on a competitive basis to counties that expand or establish a continuum of timely and effective responses to reduce crime and criminal justice costs related to mentally ill juvenile and adult offenders. Existing law requires an application for a mentally ill offender crime reduction grant to describe a 4-year plan for the programs, services, or strategies to be provided under the grant, and authorizes the funds from a mentally ill offender crime reduction grant to be used to fund specialized alternative custody programs that offer appropriate mental health and treatment services.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 621 Hertzberg Senate Third Reading By BURKE — 80–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Hertzberg — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-27 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2015-03-02 From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 1.
2015-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
2015-03-12 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2015-03-20 Set for hearing April 7.
2015-04-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 508.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-04-10 Set for hearing April 20.
2015-04-20 April 20 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2015-05-23 Set for hearing May 28.
2015-05-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1157.) (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. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1208.) 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 Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2015-07-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-07-08 July 8 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2015-08-19 August 19 set for second hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2015-08-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-08-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-09-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2782.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-09-02 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2015-09-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2015-10-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2015-10-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 473, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1f4c4d56-2003-4007-b4b4-465fb44f816a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).