republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/sb-304.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal procedure: prosecutorial jurisdiction in multi-jurisdictional elder abuse cases."
description: "Existing law provides that when more than one violation of certain specified offenses occurs in more than one jurisdictional territory, jurisdiction for any of those offenses and any other properly joinable offenses may be in any jurisdiction where at least one of the offenses occurred if all district attorneys in the counties with jurisdiction over any of the offenses agree to the venue."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 304"
citation: "California SB 304 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal procedure: prosecutorial jurisdiction in multi-jurisdictional elder abuse cases."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2019-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fa5cd95-b532-47f4-a6cc-4266300b4ef3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB304"
source_hash: "983e72033746fc226977f3155a48cfcf5e6cf1e918c2f4a8e0f0b27ce6158cfe"
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 304 (20192020) — Criminal procedure: prosecutorial jurisdiction in multi-jurisdictional elder abuse cases.

Existing law provides that when more than one violation of certain specified offenses occurs in more than one jurisdictional territory, jurisdiction for any of those offenses and any other properly joinable offenses may be in any jurisdiction where at least one of the offenses occurred if all district attorneys in the counties with jurisdiction over any of the offenses agree to the venue.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB304&version=20190SB30499INT)
2. **04/03/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB304&version=20190SB30498AMD)
3. **04/30/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB304&version=20190SB30497AMD)
4. **08/30/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB304&version=20190SB30495CHP)
5. **SB304** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB304)
6. **08/16/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB304&version=20190SB30496ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent SB304 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 304 Hill Senate Third Reading By Mullin — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)
- Berman — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Mullin — coauthor (person)
- Wiener — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Set for hearing April 23.
- **2019-04-03** 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`
- **2019-04-29** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 802.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-30** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-03** Set for hearing May 13.
- **2019-05-13** May 13 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2019-05-14** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2019-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1095.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2019-05-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1274.) 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`
- **2019-06-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-08-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2724.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-08-15** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2019-08-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2019-08-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 206, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3fa5cd95-b532-47f4-a6cc-4266300b4ef3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).