republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-1357.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Removal from office: grand jury accusation."
description: "Existing law provides for the removal of public officers for willful or corrupt misconduct in office. Existing law provides that an accusation in writing against any officer of a district, county, or city for willful or corrupt misconduct in office may be presented by the grand jury of the county for, or in, which the officer accused is elected or appointed. Existing law authorizes the impaneling of an additional grand jury under specified circumstances. Under existing law, an accusation may not be presented without the concurrence of a specified number of grand jurors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1357"
citation: "California SB 1357 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Removal from office: grand jury accusation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cannella"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26e32804-975d-4374-9427-7bbe13b85871"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1357"
source_hash: "da181d894af81998c4b108a6ccae755cc7ec3b8fe6be116fb960e32e334926cf"
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 1357 (20112012) — Removal from office: grand jury accusation.

Existing law provides for the removal of public officers for willful or corrupt misconduct in office. Existing law provides that an accusation in writing against any officer of a district, county, or city for willful or corrupt misconduct in office may be presented by the grand jury of the county for, or in, which the officer accused is elected or appointed. Existing law authorizes the impaneling of an additional grand jury under specified circumstances. Under existing law, an accusation may not be presented without the concurrence of a specified number of grand jurors.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1357&version=20110SB135799INT)
2. **04/23/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1357&version=20110SB135798AMD)
3. **05/08/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1357&version=20110SB135797AMD)
4. **07/13/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1357&version=20110SB135795CHP)
5. **SB1357** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1357)
6. **07/03/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1357&version=20110SB135796ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #10 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1357 Cannella Consent Calendar Second Day — **80–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cannella — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-25** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-08** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-13** Set for hearing March 27.
- **2012-03-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3023.) (March 27). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-20** Set for hearing May 1.
- **2012-04-23** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-05-07** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3389.) (May 1). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-08** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-09** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2012-05-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3496.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-14** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-18** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-26** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-07-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 5563.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-07-02** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2012-07-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2012-07-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 134, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26e32804-975d-4374-9427-7bbe13b85871`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).