republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-1117.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Public Defender: grants."
description: "Existing law requires the Governor to appoint a State Public Defender, subject to confirmation by the Senate. The primary responsibilities of the State Public Defender are to represent those persons who are entitled to representation at public expense in specified proceedings and to provide assistance and training to specified attorneys. The State Public Defender, among other things, is authorized to represent any person who is not financially able to employ counsel in specified matters and to appear as a friend of the court, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 1117"
citation: "California SB 1117 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Public Defender: grants."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Becker"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-02-16"
last_action: "2022-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4dd8be52-1c46-4292-8e8c-aa34b8709ef5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1117"
source_hash: "66ecf78517644943bf7bf5d0ebc4475469026d0068b684dd7209c5601e68fc3e"
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 1117 (20212022) — State Public Defender: grants.

Existing law requires the Governor to appoint a State Public Defender, subject to confirmation by the Senate. The primary responsibilities of the State Public Defender are to represent those persons who are entitled to representation at public expense in specified proceedings and to provide assistance and training to specified attorneys. The State Public Defender, among other things, is authorized to represent any person who is not financially able to employ counsel in specified matters and to appear as a friend of the court, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1117&version=20210SB111799INT)
2. **03/03/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1117&version=20210SB111798AMD)
3. **09/27/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1117&version=20210SB111796CHP)
4. **SB1117** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1117)
5. **08/29/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1117&version=20210SB111797ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **29–6** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
- SB 1117 Becker Senate Third Reading By Kalra — **62–11** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Becker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-16** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
- **2022-02-17** From printer.
- **2022-02-23** Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-07** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2022-03-07** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-24** Set for hearing April 19.
- **2022-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3440.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-22** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2022-05-02** May 2 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2022-05-13** Set for hearing May 19.
- **2022-05-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3784.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 6. Page 3888.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-27** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-22** June 22 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 62. Noes 11. Page 6182.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-25** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2022-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2022-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 615, 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/4dd8be52-1c46-4292-8e8c-aa34b8709ef5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).