Existing law requires the Governor to appoint a State Public Defender, subject to confirmation by the Senate. The primary responsibilities of the State Public Defender are to represent those persons who are entitled to representation at public expense in specified proceedings and to provide assistance and training to specified attorneys. The State Public Defender, among other things, is authorized to represent any person who is not financially able to employ counsel in specified matters and to appear as a friend of the court, as specified.
California SB 1117 (20212022) — State Public Defender: grants.
Existing law requires the Governor to appoint a State Public Defender, subject to confirmation by the Senate. The primary responsibilities of the State Public Defender are to represent those persons who are entitled to representation at public expense in specified proceedings and to provide assistance and training to specified attorneys. The State Public Defender, among other things, is authorized to represent any person who is not financially able to employ counsel in specified matters and to appear as a friend of the court, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
SB 1117 Becker Senate Third Reading By Kalra — 62–11 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Becker — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2022-02-16 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
2022-02-17 From printer.
2022-02-23 Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and E.Q. referral-committee
2022-03-03 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-03-07 Withdrawn from committee.
2022-03-07 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2022-03-17 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2022-03-24 Set for hearing April 19.
2022-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3440.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-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 5. Noes 2. Page 3784.) (May 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 6. Page 3888.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-25 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 5. Noes 1.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-06-22 June 22 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 62. Noes 11. Page 6182.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-25 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2022-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2022-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 615, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4dd8be52-1c46-4292-8e8c-aa34b8709ef5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).