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type: "Bill"
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title: "Reimbursement for court-appointed counsel."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20172018"
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identifier: "SB 355"
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citation: "California SB 355 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Reimbursement for court-appointed counsel."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mitchell"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2017-02-14"
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last_action: "2017-07-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c52387f-c6b5-4c9a-9756-36351c3bc082"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB355"
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source_hash: "fd4594ac4fc2d88be0a4f7f9476cf12fe8448e36f4dd62035aff30b53dc1e34d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 355 (20172018) — Reimbursement for court-appointed counsel.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/14/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB355&version=20170SB35599INT)
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2. **07/10/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB355&version=20170SB35597CHP)
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3. **SB355** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB355)
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4. **06/21/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB355&version=20170SB35598ENR)
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## Sponsors
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- Mitchell — primary (person)
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- Lara — author (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2017-02-15** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
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- **2017-02-23** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-14** Set for hearing March 28.
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- **2017-03-28** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-03-29** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-04-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 583.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-04-04** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2017-05-18** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-13** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-06-19** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2259.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-06-19** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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- **2017-06-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
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- **2017-07-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2017-07-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 62, Statutes of 2017.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c52387f-c6b5-4c9a-9756-36351c3bc082`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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