Existing law prohibits the release of any person on his or her own recognizance who is arrested for a new offense and who is currently on felony probation or felony parole or who has failed to appear in court as ordered, resulting in a warrant being issued, 3 or more times over the 3 years preceding the current arrest, and who is arrested for any felony offense or other specified crimes, including theft, until a hearing is held in open court before the magistrate or judge.
California AB 789 (20172018) — Criminal procedure: release on own recognizance.
Existing law prohibits the release of any person on his or her own recognizance who is arrested for a new offense and who is currently on felony probation or felony parole or who has failed to appear in court as ordered, resulting in a warrant being issued, 3 or more times over the 3 years preceding the current arrest, and who is arrested for any felony offense or other specified crimes, including theft, until a hearing is held in open court before the magistrate or judge.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 789 RUBIO Assembly Third Reading — 46–30 (pass) · lower
AB 789 RUBIO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 75–3 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Rubio — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2017-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
2017-03-02 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2017-03-21 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2017-03-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (March 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-03-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-04-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 30. Page 966.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-04-17 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2017-05-10 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2017-06-07 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2017-06-13 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. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
2017-06-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 20). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-06-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-07-17 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2017-07-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2337.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2017-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 3. Page 3124.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2017-09-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2017-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 554, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3921a482-0263-44c8-95d6-c392e7da709e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).