republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-789.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal procedure: release on own recognizance."
description: "Existing law prohibits the release of any person on his or her own recognizance who is arrested for a new offense and who is currently on felony probation or felony parole or who has failed to appear in court as ordered, resulting in a warrant being issued, 3 or more times over the 3 years preceding the current arrest, and who is arrested for any felony offense or other specified crimes, including theft, until a hearing is held in open court before the magistrate or judge."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 789"
citation: "California AB 789 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal procedure: release on own recognizance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rubio"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-15"
last_action: "2017-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3921a482-0263-44c8-95d6-c392e7da709e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB789"
source_hash: "bcc164cb9ab8e42b3aebc7cc2d3524e53947e6f931457b08d25b449d4dff92d1"
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 789 (20172018) — Criminal procedure: release on own recognizance.

Existing law prohibits the release of any person on his or her own recognizance who is arrested for a new offense and who is currently on felony probation or felony parole or who has failed to appear in court as ordered, resulting in a warrant being issued, 3 or more times over the 3 years preceding the current arrest, and who is arrested for any felony offense or other specified crimes, including theft, until a hearing is held in open court before the magistrate or judge.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB789&version=20170AB78999INT)
2. **06/13/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB789&version=20170AB78998AMD)
3. **07/17/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB789&version=20170AB78997AMD)
4. **10/07/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB789&version=20170AB78995CHP)
5. **AB789** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB789)
6. **09/13/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB789&version=20170AB78996ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB789 Rubio By Mitchell — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 789 RUBIO Assembly Third Reading — **46–30** (pass) · lower
- AB 789 RUBIO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rubio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2017-03-02** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2017-03-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (March 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 30. Page 966.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-04-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-10** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2017-06-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-06-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-06-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-07-17** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-07-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2337.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2017-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 3. Page 3124.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2017-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 554, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3921a482-0263-44c8-95d6-c392e7da709e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).