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type: "Bill"
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title: "Bail: attorney's fees: forfeited bail."
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description: "Existing law sets forth procedures under which the court is authorized to declare forfeited the undertaking of bail or the money or property deposited as bail if, without sufficient excuse, a defendant fails to appear for certain proceedings. Existing law requires the district attorney, county counsel, or applicable prosecuting agency to recover, out of the forfeited bail money, the costs incurred in successfully opposing a motion to vacate the forfeiture prior to the division of the forfeited bail money between the cities and counties in accordance with specified provisions."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20152016"
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identifier: "AB 1854"
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citation: "California AB 1854 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Bail: attorney's fees: forfeited bail."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bloom"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2016-02-10"
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last_action: "2016-09-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25d41f49-d4d0-44c1-aa5f-20d501c1705e"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1854"
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source_hash: "8d46dcb10be4d5732d703f73036ba7350ff85963fd6e3a505bd7a665852433c4"
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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 AB 1854 (20152016) — Bail: attorney's fees: forfeited bail.
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Existing law sets forth procedures under which the court is authorized to declare forfeited the undertaking of bail or the money or property deposited as bail if, without sufficient excuse, a defendant fails to appear for certain proceedings. Existing law requires the district attorney, county counsel, or applicable prosecuting agency to recover, out of the forfeited bail money, the costs incurred in successfully opposing a motion to vacate the forfeiture prior to the division of the forfeited bail money between the cities and counties in accordance with specified provisions.
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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. **02/10/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1854&version=20150AB185499INT)
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2. **09/16/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1854&version=20150AB185497CHP)
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3. **AB1854** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1854)
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4. **08/17/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1854&version=20150AB185498ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading AB1854 Bloom By Hertzberg — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 1854 BLOOM Assembly Third Reading — **74–2** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bloom — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-02-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2016-02-11** From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
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- **2016-02-25** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-03-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-04-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 2. Page 4226.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-04-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2016-04-28** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-06-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-06-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4949.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-16** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2016-08-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2016-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2016-09-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 378, Statutes of 2016.
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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/25d41f49-d4d0-44c1-aa5f-20d501c1705e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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