republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-621.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mentally ill offender crime reduction grants."
description: "Existing law requires the Board of State and Community Corrections to administer mentally ill offender crime reduction grants on a competitive basis to counties that expand or establish a continuum of timely and effective responses to reduce crime and criminal justice costs related to mentally ill juvenile and adult offenders. Existing law requires an application for a mentally ill offender crime reduction grant to describe a 4-year plan for the programs, services, or strategies to be provided under the grant, and authorizes the funds from a mentally ill offender crime reduction grant to be used to fund specialized alternative custody programs that offer appropriate mental health and treatment services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 621"
citation: "California SB 621 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mentally ill offender crime reduction grants."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hertzberg"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2015-02-27"
last_action: "2015-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f4c4d56-2003-4007-b4b4-465fb44f816a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB621"
source_hash: "7a59611c30391fad0fa0704861f1ef4549889fa9d7d7a618b4bfbd0ab342e441"
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 621 (20152016) — Mentally ill offender crime reduction grants.

Existing law requires the Board of State and Community Corrections to administer mentally ill offender crime reduction grants on a competitive basis to counties that expand or establish a continuum of timely and effective responses to reduce crime and criminal justice costs related to mentally ill juvenile and adult offenders. Existing law requires an application for a mentally ill offender crime reduction grant to describe a 4-year plan for the programs, services, or strategies to be provided under the grant, and authorizes the funds from a mentally ill offender crime reduction grant to be used to fund specialized alternative custody programs that offer appropriate mental health and treatment services.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB621&version=20150SB62199INT)
2. **10/03/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB621&version=20150SB62197CHP)
3. **SB621** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB621)
4. **09/03/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB621&version=20150SB62198ENR)

## Votes

- SB 621 Hertzberg Senate Third Reading By BURKE — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hertzberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-27** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2015-03-02** From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 1.
- **2015-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2015-03-12** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-20** Set for hearing April 7.
- **2015-04-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 508.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-10** Set for hearing April 20.
- **2015-04-20** April 20 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2015-05-23** Set for hearing May 28.
- **2015-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1157.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1208.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-18** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-08** July 8 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2015-08-19** August 19 set for second hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2015-08-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2782.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-02** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2015-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2015-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 473, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f4c4d56-2003-4007-b4b4-465fb44f816a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).