republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1641.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sexually violent predators."
description: "Existing law provides for the civil commitment of a person who is determined to be a sexually violent predator."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1641"
citation: "California AB 1641 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sexually violent predators."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maienschein"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8f24a47-b432-4cd9-9334-71271a216b5c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1641"
source_hash: "bf330b71c5c085353902686edf3ecc77ad12ee446746fa41bb873c66838536d2"
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 1641 (20212022) — Sexually violent predators.

Existing law provides for the civil commitment of a person who is determined to be a sexually violent predator.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/12/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1641&version=20210AB164199INT)
2. **03/09/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1641&version=20210AB164198AMD)
3. **06/15/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1641&version=20210AB164197AMD)
4. **07/19/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1641&version=20210AB164195CHP)
5. **AB1641** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1641)
6. **07/01/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1641&version=20210AB164196ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar AB1641 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1641 Maienschein Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1641 Maienschein Consent Calendar Second Day — **65–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Maienschein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-13** From printer. May be heard in committee February 12.
- **2022-01-20** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-10** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 30). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 4214.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-04-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-04** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (May 31). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-09** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2022-06-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-20** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-06-21** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-06-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4434.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-06-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-06-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2022-07-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 104, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8f24a47-b432-4cd9-9334-71271a216b5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).