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type: "Bill"
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title: "Criminal law."
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description: "Existing law authorizes the state prosecutor to investigate and gather facts in an incident involving a shooting by a peace officer that results in the death of an unarmed civilian. Existing law defines the Attorney General as the state prosecutor."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20212022"
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identifier: "SB 715"
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citation: "California SB 715 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Criminal law."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Portantino"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2021-02-19"
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last_action: "2021-09-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3aa8fee9-5992-40aa-81bd-14eaedb82718"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB715"
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source_hash: "2017e1745a0fb0561171feeef97ae1189a439e3f44296b09740d88e347394af5"
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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 715 (20212022) — Criminal law.
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Existing law authorizes the state prosecutor to investigate and gather facts in an incident involving a shooting by a peace officer that results in the death of an unarmed civilian. Existing law defines the Attorney General as the state prosecutor.
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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. **02/19/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB715&version=20210SB71599INT)
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2. **05/20/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB715&version=20210SB71598AMD)
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3. **06/21/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB715&version=20210SB71597AMD)
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4. **09/03/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB715&version=20210SB71596AMD)
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5. **09/23/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB715&version=20210SB71594CHP)
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6. **SB715** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB715)
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7. **09/14/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB715&version=20210SB71595ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–1** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- SB 715 Portantino Senate Third Reading By McCarty Amend By MCCARTY Set #1 — **52–12** (pass) · lower
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- SB 715 Portantino Senate Third Reading By McCarty — **54–22** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading SB715 Portantino et al. — **30–7** (pass) · upper
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- Unfinished Business SB715 Portantino et al. Concurrence — **26–9** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Portantino — primary (person)
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- McCarty — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-19** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
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- **2021-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
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- **2021-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
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- **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
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- **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
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- **2021-03-03** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-24** Set for hearing April 20.
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- **2021-04-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 861.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-21** Set for hearing May 3.
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- **2021-05-04** May 3 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
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- **2021-05-14** Set for hearing May 20.
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- **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1201.) (May 20). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-06-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 7. Page 1378.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2021-06-10** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2021-07-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-08-19** August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
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- **2021-08-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-09-03** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 52. Noes 12. Page 2785.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-09-03** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2021-09-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 54. Noes 22. Page 3107.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-09-10** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2021-09-10** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 9. Page 2625.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
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- **2021-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 250, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
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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/3aa8fee9-5992-40aa-81bd-14eaedb82718`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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