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California SB 97 (20232024) — Criminal procedure: writ of habeas corpus.

Existing law allows a person who is unlawfully imprisoned or restrained of their liberty to prosecute a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the cause of their imprisonment or restraint.

Version chain

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

1. 01/18/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/15/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/18/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/20/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/01/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/06/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/07/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB97 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/18/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB97 Wiener Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 97 Wiener Senate Third Reading By Holden — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Wiener — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-18 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2023-01-19 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 18.
• 2023-01-25 Referred to Com. on PUB S. referral-committee
• 2023-03-02 Set for hearing March 28.
• 2023-03-15 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
• 2023-03-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 578.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-04-03 Set for hearing April 10.
• 2023-04-10 April 10 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2023-05-12 Set for hearing May 18.
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1160.) (May 18). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1277.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-25 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2023-06-01 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2023-06-20 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
• 2023-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-08-23 August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (September 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-06 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-06 Ordered to third reading.
• 2023-09-13 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3396.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-13 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2023-09-14 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2802.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2023-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 381, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d9c067bb-a7cd-45d5-ab8c-81e8c26c64cd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).