republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/sb-388.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Missing persons: reports: local agencies."
description: "Existing law requires all local police and sheriffs' departments to accept reports of missing persons without delay and to use a specified form in order to obtain the release of dental or skeletal X-ray records, as provided. If the missing person is under 21 years of age, or the person is determined to be at risk, existing law requires the police department or sheriff's department to broadcast a \"Be On the Lookout\" bulletin and to transmit the report to the Department of Justice, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 388"
citation: "California SB 388 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Missing persons: reports: local agencies."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Galgiani"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-20"
last_action: "2020-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a9e6f3b-04e9-4849-8744-01287953cf0e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB388"
source_hash: "cc44b925f00e3473cf0f00b4e1e146ddfeee0cffa3a453fef4f491bf04f232b3"
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 388 (20192020) — Missing persons: reports: local agencies.

Existing law requires all local police and sheriffs' departments to accept reports of missing persons without delay and to use a specified form in order to obtain the release of dental or skeletal X-ray records, as provided. If the missing person is under 21 years of age, or the person is determined to be at risk, existing law requires the police department or sheriff's department to broadcast a "Be On the Lookout" bulletin and to transmit the report to the Department of Justice, as provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB388&version=20190SB38899INT)
2. **01/06/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB388&version=20190SB38898AMD)
3. **09/28/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB388&version=20190SB38896CHP)
4. **SB388** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB388)
5. **09/03/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB388&version=20190SB38897ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 388 Galgiani Senate Third Reading By Daly — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Galgiani — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-20** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-03** Set for hearing January 14 in PUB. S. pending receipt.
- **2020-01-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-06** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3087.) (January 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15** Set for hearing January 21.
- **2020-01-21** January 21 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2020-01-21** Set for hearing January 23.
- **2020-01-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3141.) (January 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-01-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-01-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3153.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-01-27** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2020-06-18** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-27** August 3 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2020-08-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-11** August 11 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2020-08-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-08-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5289.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-31** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2020-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2020-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 228, Statutes of 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a9e6f3b-04e9-4849-8744-01287953cf0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).