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type: "Bill"
title: "Infractions: community service: education programs."
description: "Existing law authorizes a court to sentence a person convicted of an infraction to perform community service in lieu of the total fine, as defined, that would otherwise be imposed, upon a showing that payment of the total fine would pose a hardship on the defendant or the person's family."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 71"
citation: "California SB 71 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Infractions: community service: education programs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McGuire"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-12-09"
last_action: "2021-10-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa47b70a-e174-4d7d-bdfb-c906feed83bb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB71"
source_hash: "9b6077ee696792feb8e2a473e6e4ab7d229653a239ae275d800dfb55d57cae88"
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 71 (20212022) — Infractions: community service: education programs.
Existing law authorizes a court to sentence a person convicted of an infraction to perform community service in lieu of the total fine, as defined, that would otherwise be imposed, upon a showing that payment of the total fine would pose a hardship on the defendant or the person's family.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **12/09/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB71&version=20210SB7199INT)
2. **06/16/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB71&version=20210SB7198AMD)
3. **10/06/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB71&version=20210SB7196CHP)
4. **SB71** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB71)
5. **09/07/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB71&version=20210SB7197ENR)
## Votes
- Consent Calendar — **370** (pass) · upper
- SB 71 McGuire Senate Third Reading By Friedman — **650** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB71 McGuire Concurrence — **390** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **70** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **40** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- McGuire — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-12-09** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2020-12-10** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 9.
- **2021-01-11** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-28** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Set for hearing March 9.
- **2021-03-09** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 423.) (March 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 569.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-03-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-13** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-15** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 15). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-06-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 2475.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-08-26** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2021-09-02** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2350.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2021-10-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 598, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa47b70a-e174-4d7d-bdfb-c906feed83bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).