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Bill Sexually violent predators: open court proceedings. Existing law provides for the civil commitment of criminal offenders who have been determined to be sexually violent predators for treatment in a secure state hospital facility, as specified. Existing law requires the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, within 6 months prior to the inmate's scheduled release date, to refer an inmate who is in custody under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and is either serving a determinate sentence or whose parole has been revoked, for screening by the department and the Board of Parole Hearings based on whether the person has committed a sexually violent predatory offense and on a review of the person's social, criminal, and institutional history. Under existing law, if this screening determines that the person is likely to be a sexually violent predator, the department is required to refer the person to the State Department of State Hospitals for a full evaluation. us/states/ca California Legislature 20212022 SB 248 California SB 248 (20212022)
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California SB 248 (20212022) — Sexually violent predators: open court proceedings.

Existing law provides for the civil commitment of criminal offenders who have been determined to be sexually violent predators for treatment in a secure state hospital facility, as specified. Existing law requires the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, within 6 months prior to the inmate's scheduled release date, to refer an inmate who is in custody under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and is either serving a determinate sentence or whose parole has been revoked, for screening by the department and the Board of Parole Hearings based on whether the person has committed a sexually violent predatory offense and on a review of the person's social, criminal, and institutional history. Under existing law, if this screening determines that the person is likely to be a sexually violent predator, the department is required to refer the person to the State Department of State Hospitals for a full evaluation.

Version chain

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

  1. 01/22/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 03/23/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. 09/28/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB248 (committee substitute) — source
  5. 09/08/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Placed on suspense file — 70 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 50 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass — 70 (pass) · upper
  • Special Consent SB248 — 390 (pass) · upper
  • SB 248 Bates Senate Third Reading By Lackey — 720 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass. — 160 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Bates — primary (person)
  • Melendez — coauthor (person)
  • Voepel — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-22 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
  • 2021-01-25 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 24.
  • 2021-01-25 Read first time. reading-1
  • 2021-02-03 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
  • 2021-02-22 Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
  • 2021-02-22 (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
  • 2021-02-22 Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
  • 2021-02-24 Set for hearing March 16.
  • 2021-03-22 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 521.) (March 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-23 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2021-03-25 Set for hearing April 5.
  • 2021-04-05 April 5 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
  • 2021-05-14 Set for hearing May 20.
  • 2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1185.) (May 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2021-05-24 Ordered to special consent calendar.
  • 2021-06-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1343.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2021-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
  • 2021-06-10 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
  • 2021-07-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2021-08-19 August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
  • 2021-08-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2021-09-07 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 2819.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2021-09-07 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
  • 2021-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
  • 2021-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2021-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 383, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3eb1ccc9-41c7-4618-a988-d48acb820546. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).