Existing law provides for the civil commitment of a person who is determined to be a sexually violent predator. Existing law establishes a procedure by which a person committed as a sexually violent predator may petition for conditional release and requires the court, if it makes a specified determination, to place the person on conditional release. Existing law generally requires that a person released on conditional release pursuant to these provisions be placed in the county of domicile and requires the State Department of State Hospitals, or its designee, to consider specified factors when recommending a specific placement.
California SB 1034 (20212022) — Sexually violent predators.
Existing law provides for the civil commitment of a person who is determined to be a sexually violent predator. Existing law establishes a procedure by which a person committed as a sexually violent predator may petition for conditional release and requires the court, if it makes a specified determination, to place the person on conditional release. Existing law generally requires that a person released on conditional release pursuant to these provisions be placed in the county of domicile and requires the State Department of State Hospitals, or its designee, to consider specified factors when recommending a specific placement.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 1034 Atkins Senate Third Reading By Maienschein — 70–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB1034 Atkins Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Atkins — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-15 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2022-02-15 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
2022-02-16 From printer.
2022-02-23 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2022-03-08 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-03-17 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2022-03-18 Set for hearing April 5.
2022-03-29 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-04-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3328.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-04-07 Set for hearing April 18.
2022-04-13 April 18 hearing postponed by committee.
2022-04-14 Set for hearing April 25.
2022-04-20 April 25 hearing postponed by committee.
2022-04-22 Set for hearing May 2.
2022-05-02 May 2 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2022-05-13 Set for hearing May 19.
2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3780.) (May 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3825.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-24 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2022-05-27 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2022-06-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-06-29 June 29 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 11). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-24 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2022-08-25 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5138.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2022-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 880, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/32910e43-f49b-4d06-bf0c-7ede0fc82a8b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).