republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-355.md

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Bill	Reimbursement for court-appointed counsel.	Existing law requires a court to assign counsel to defend a defendant if the defendant desires the assistance of counsel and cannot afford to pay for counsel. Upon conclusion of the proceedings against the defendant, or withdrawal of counsel, existing law authorizes the court to make a determination of the ability of a defendant to pay all or a portion of his or her defense. Existing law authorizes the court to order a defendant to reimburse the county for the costs of counsel and other legal assistance.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 355	California SB 355 (20172018)	bill	Reimbursement for court-appointed counsel.	enacted	Mitchell	4	16	0	2017-02-14	2017-07-10	openstates	ocd-bill/8c52387f-c6b5-4c9a-9756-36351c3bc082	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB355	fd4594ac4fc2d88be0a4f7f9476cf12fe8448e36f4dd62035aff30b53dc1e34d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 355 (20172018) — Reimbursement for court-appointed counsel.

Existing law requires a court to assign counsel to defend a defendant if the defendant desires the assistance of counsel and cannot afford to pay for counsel. Upon conclusion of the proceedings against the defendant, or withdrawal of counsel, existing law authorizes the court to make a determination of the ability of a defendant to pay all or a portion of his or her defense. Existing law authorizes the court to order a defendant to reimburse the county for the costs of counsel and other legal assistance.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 07/10/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. SB355 (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/21/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Sponsors

• Mitchell — primary (person)
• Lara — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-14 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-15 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
• 2017-02-23 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2017-03-14 Set for hearing March 28.
• 2017-03-28 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-03-29 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-04-03 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 583.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-04-04 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2017-05-18 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2017-06-13 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-06-14 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-06-19 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2259.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-06-19 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
• 2017-06-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
• 2017-07-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-07-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 62, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8c52387f-c6b5-4c9a-9756-36351c3bc082. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).