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type: "Bill"
title: "Infractions: community service."
description: "Existing law authorizes a court to sentence a person convicted of an infraction to perform community service in lieu of the total fine, as defined, that would otherwise be imposed, upon a showing that payment of the total fine would pose a hardship on the defendant or the person's family."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 164"
citation: "California SB 164 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Infractions: community service."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McGuire"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1439642-ace7-46a7-8ecb-6d5d72c94c7a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB164"
source_hash: "fe52c9f2d021e6faeb1f977c540b900215d6bdbafbf2518901d06e35253fa450"
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 164 (20192020) — Infractions: community service.
Existing law authorizes a court to sentence a person convicted of an infraction to perform community service in lieu of the total fine, as defined, that would otherwise be imposed, upon a showing that payment of the total fine would pose a hardship on the defendant or the person's family.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **01/24/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB164&version=20190SB16499INT)
2. **06/04/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB164&version=20190SB16498AMD)
3. **07/30/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB164&version=20190SB16496CHP)
4. **SB164** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB164)
5. **07/15/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB164&version=20190SB16497ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **80** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **70** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar — **370** (pass) · upper
- SB 164 McGuire Consent Calendar Second Day — **750** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent SB164 — **390** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- McGuire — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-24** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-25** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 24.
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Set for hearing March 26.
- **2019-03-26** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 440.) (March 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-03-27** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-04-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 562.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-02** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-06-12** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-06-17** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2312.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-06-17** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2019-07-03** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2019-07-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2054.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-07-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2019-07-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 138, Statutes of 2019.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1439642-ace7-46a7-8ecb-6d5d72c94c7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).