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Bill Postconviction bail. Existing law requires a defendant out on bail, if a verdict is rendered against them, to be committed to the custody of the county to await judgment of the court upon the verdict, unless the court concludes that various factors, including the protection of the public and the probability of the defendant failing to appear, support a decision to allow the defendant to remain out on bail. Existing law gives a defendant convicted of an offense who has made an application for probation or who has appealed a right to be admitted to bail in misdemeanor or infraction cases. Existing law authorizes the court to admit a defendant convicted of an offense not punishable with death to bail in all other cases. us/states/ca California Legislature 20232024 AB 791 California AB 791 (20232024)
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California AB 791 (20232024) — Postconviction bail.

Existing law requires a defendant out on bail, if a verdict is rendered against them, to be committed to the custody of the county to await judgment of the court upon the verdict, unless the court concludes that various factors, including the protection of the public and the probability of the defendant failing to appear, support a decision to allow the defendant to remain out on bail. Existing law gives a defendant convicted of an offense who has made an application for probation or who has appealed a right to be admitted to bail in misdemeanor or infraction cases. Existing law authorizes the court to admit a defendant convicted of an offense not punishable with death to bail in all other cases.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/13/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 03/30/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  3. 04/26/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  4. 10/08/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  5. AB791 (committee substitute) — source
  6. 09/08/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 140 (pass) · lower
  • 3rd Reading AB791 Ramos By Roth — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 50 (pass) · upper
  • AB 791 Ramos Consent Calendar Second Day — 740 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Ramos — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-02-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2023-02-14 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
  • 2023-03-30 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
  • 2023-03-30 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
  • 2023-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
  • 2023-04-25 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 25). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2023-04-26 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
  • 2023-04-27 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
  • 2023-05-10 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 10). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-05-11 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2023-05-18 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1595.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2023-05-18 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2023-05-31 Referred to Com. on PUB S. referral-committee
  • 2023-06-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2023-08-14 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
  • 2023-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2023-09-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2394.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2023-09-06 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
  • 2023-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
  • 2023-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2023-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 545, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/31f43c20-b148-4769-868c-f35cca8b8029. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).