republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/sb-259.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Justice: crime statistics reporting."
description: "Existing law requires the Department of Justice to annually present a report to the Governor containing the statewide criminal statistics of the preceding year. Existing law also requires specified local agencies, including chiefs of police and sheriffs, to report statistical data to the department at the time and in the manner the department prescribes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 259"
citation: "California SB 259 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Justice: crime statistics reporting."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nielsen"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2019-09-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d35b6c8-cc7d-4ab1-8bb0-4894976619ca"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB259"
source_hash: "3b5b6a756b6cc1cdf3db551ac50d9c7adbab8ea7aa34d19b9aa0ddc396f6c466"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 259 (20192020) — Department of Justice: crime statistics reporting.

Existing law requires the Department of Justice to annually present a report to the Governor containing the statewide criminal statistics of the preceding year. Existing law also requires specified local agencies, including chiefs of police and sheriffs, to report statistical data to the department at the time and in the manner the department prescribes.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB259&version=20190SB25999INT)
2. **03/25/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB259&version=20190SB25998AMD)
3. **05/17/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB259&version=20190SB25997AMD)
4. **06/18/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB259&version=20190SB25996AMD)
5. **09/05/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB259&version=20190SB25994CHP)
6. **SB259** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB259)
7. **08/23/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB259&version=20190SB25995ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 259 Nielsen Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent SB259 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nielsen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-12** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-13** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 15.
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Set for hearing April 9.
- **2019-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 624.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2019-04-22** April 22 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2019-05-10** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2019-05-17** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1094.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1259.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-06** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-10** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-07-11** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-08-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2728.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-08-15** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2019-08-19** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2019-08-22** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2242.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-08-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2019-09-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-09-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 245, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d35b6c8-cc7d-4ab1-8bb0-4894976619ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).