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type: "Bill"
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title: "Pretrial release: risk assessment tools."
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description: "Existing law, beginning October 1, 2019, and stayed pending voter approval under the powers of referendum pursuant to the California Constitution, requires Pretrial Assessment Services, as defined, to assess a person arrested or detained, as specified, according to a risk assessment instrument, as defined. Existing law requires Pretrial Assessment Services to release from confinement specified individuals based on that risk assessment, and, if the person is not released, to submit that assessment to the court for use in its pretrial release or detention decision."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20192020"
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identifier: "SB 36"
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citation: "California SB 36 (20192020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Pretrial release: risk assessment tools."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hertzberg"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2018-12-03"
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last_action: "2019-10-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78c9adf1-add1-4555-af06-abddfd281ea3"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB36"
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source_hash: "6f3d2276018c7b62a40b5a529a5ea278ac76afae68e1ba429932573886ca10e3"
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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 36 (20192020) — Pretrial release: risk assessment tools.
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Existing law, beginning October 1, 2019, and stayed pending voter approval under the powers of referendum pursuant to the California Constitution, requires Pretrial Assessment Services, as defined, to assess a person arrested or detained, as specified, according to a risk assessment instrument, as defined. Existing law requires Pretrial Assessment Services to release from confinement specified individuals based on that risk assessment, and, if the person is not released, to submit that assessment to the court for use in its pretrial release or detention decision.
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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. **12/03/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB36&version=20190SB3699INT)
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2. **03/13/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB36&version=20190SB3698AMD)
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3. **06/04/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB36&version=20190SB3697AMD)
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4. **09/06/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB36&version=20190SB3696AMD)
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5. **10/08/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB36&version=20190SB3694CHP)
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6. **SB36** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB36)
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7. **09/13/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB36&version=20190SB3695ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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- SB 36 Hertzberg Senate Third Reading By Weber — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading SB36 Hertzberg et al. — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Unfinished Business SB36 Hertzberg et al. Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Hertzberg — primary (person)
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- Allen — coauthor (person)
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- Beall — coauthor (person)
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- Bonta — principal coauthor (person)
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- Bradford — coauthor (person)
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- Mitchell — author (person)
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- Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-12-03** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2018-12-04** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 3.
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- **2019-01-16** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-28** Set for hearing March 26.
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- **2019-03-13** 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`
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- **2019-03-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 439.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-29** Set for hearing April 8.
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- **2019-04-08** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2019-04-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-04-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 817.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-04-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2019-05-09** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2019-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-19** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-20** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-06-20** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Calderon.
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- **2019-06-20** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2019-09-06** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-09-06** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2019-09-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3250.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-09-10** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2019-09-11** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2019-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2865.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-09-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2019-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2019-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 589, Statutes of 2019.
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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/78c9adf1-add1-4555-af06-abddfd281ea3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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