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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Prisoners: DNA testing."
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description: "(1) Existing law allows an incarcerated person who has been convicted of a felony to make a written motion for the performance of forensic deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing according to a specified procedure. Existing law allows the court to order a hearing on the motion in the court's discretion."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20132014"
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identifier: "SB 980"
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citation: "California SB 980 (20132014)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Prisoners: DNA testing."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lieu"]
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version_count: 10
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2014-02-11"
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last_action: "2014-09-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86389adc-8d86-4bf8-b641-b58c213eb989"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB980"
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source_hash: "263775f455f9fd20d839f6413ebc0a602fc8ea86f6527b0a410895b4d90006be"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 980 (20132014) — Prisoners: DNA testing.
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(1) Existing law allows an incarcerated person who has been convicted of a felony to make a written motion for the performance of forensic deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing according to a specified procedure. Existing law allows the court to order a hearing on the motion in the court's discretion.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/11/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB980&version=20130SB98099INT)
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2. **03/17/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB980&version=20130SB98098AMD)
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3. **05/07/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB980&version=20130SB98097AMD)
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4. **05/27/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB980&version=20130SB98096AMD)
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5. **06/19/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB980&version=20130SB98095AMD)
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6. **08/04/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB980&version=20130SB98094AMD)
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7. **08/19/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB980&version=20130SB98093AMD)
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8. **09/25/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB980&version=20130SB98091CHP)
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9. **SB980** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB980)
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10. **09/03/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB980&version=20130SB98092ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
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- Unfinished Business SB980 Lieu Concurrence — **32–3** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading — **23–11** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- SB 980 Lieu Senate Third Reading By GORELL — **77–1** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Lieu — primary (person)
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- Leno — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2014-02-11** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
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- **2014-02-12** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 14.
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- **2014-02-20** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
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- **2014-03-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2014-03-19** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2014-03-20** Set for hearing April 22.
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- **2014-04-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3217.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
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- **2014-04-25** Set for hearing May 5.
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- **2014-04-28** Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2014-05-02** Set for hearing May 12.
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- **2014-05-07** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2014-05-12** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2014-05-16** Set for hearing May 23.
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- **2014-05-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3706.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2014-05-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2014-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 11. Page 3687.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2014-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2014-06-09** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2014-06-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
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- **2014-08-04** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2014-08-06** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2014-08-18** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2014-08-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2014-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2014-08-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 6554.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2014-08-27** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2014-08-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 3. Page 4967.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2014-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2014-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2014-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 554, Statutes of 2014.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86389adc-8d86-4bf8-b641-b58c213eb989`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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