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type: "Bill"
title: "Bail."
description: "Existing law provides that in setting, reducing, or denying bail, a judge or magistrate is required to consider the protection of the public, the seriousness of the offense charged, the previous criminal record of the defendant, and the probability of his or her appearing at trial or at a hearing of the case. Existing law also provides that public safety is the primary consideration in setting, reducing, or denying bail. Existing law authorizes a court to employ an investigative staff for the purpose of recommending whether a defendant should be released on his or her own recognizance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 805"
citation: "California AB 805 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bail."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones-Sawyer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8acf1a7-363b-4ee7-b95a-969632d5b9e5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB805"
source_hash: "08bda189136e6db570187d2dd89752ee1c014cab3b16ba2c1795f21a8fdaa024"
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 AB 805 (20132014) — Bail.
Existing law provides that in setting, reducing, or denying bail, a judge or magistrate is required to consider the protection of the public, the seriousness of the offense charged, the previous criminal record of the defendant, and the probability of his or her appearing at trial or at a hearing of the case. Existing law also provides that public safety is the primary consideration in setting, reducing, or denying bail. Existing law authorizes a court to employ an investigative staff for the purpose of recommending whether a defendant should be released on his or her own recognizance.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB805&version=20130AB80599INT)
2. **05/30/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB805&version=20130AB80598AMD)
3. **06/24/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB805&version=20130AB80596CHP)
4. **AB805** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB805)
5. **06/12/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB805&version=20130AB80597ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass. — **70** (pass) · lower
- AB 805 JONES-SAWYER Assembly Third Reading — **770** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB805 Jones-Sawyer By Wright — **370** (pass) · upper
- AB 805 JONES-SAWYER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **730** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **70** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Jones-Sawyer — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2013-03-04** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-04-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 996.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-02** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-30** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-06-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1258.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-06-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-06-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1933.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2013-06-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 17, Statutes of 2013.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8acf1a7-363b-4ee7-b95a-969632d5b9e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).