CA SB551 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session

California Senate Bill 551

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5)
Status: Passed on October 1 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-10-01 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 225, Statutes of 2025.
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Summary

An act to amend Sections 1170 and 5000 of, and to add Section 5000.5 to, the Penal Code, relating to corrections and rehabilitation.

Title

Corrections and rehabilitation: state policy.

Roll Calls

2025-09-09 - Senate - Unfinished Business SB551 Cortese et al. Concurrence (Y: 30 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-09-03 - Assembly - SB 551 Cortese Senate Third Reading By Schultz (Y: 57 N: 20 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-08-29 - Assembly - Do pass (Y: 11 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-06-17 - Assembly - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 7 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-05-28 - Senate - Senate 3rd Reading SB551 Cortese et al (Y: 28 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-04-22 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 5 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-10-01		Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 225, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-01		Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-17		Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2025-09-09	Senate	Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 2706.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2025-09-03	Senate	In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-03	Assembly	Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 20. Page 2868.) Ordered to the Senate.
2025-09-02	Assembly	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-29	Assembly	From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 29).
2025-07-16	Assembly	July 16 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-06-17	Assembly	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-06-17	Assembly	Coauthors revised.
2025-06-10	Assembly	From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2025-06-05	Assembly	Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2025-05-28	Assembly	In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2025-05-28	Senate	Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 1293.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2025-05-06	Senate	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-05	Senate	From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
2025-04-25	Senate	Set for hearing May 5.
2025-04-23	Senate	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 841.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-09	Senate	Set for hearing April 22.
2025-04-02	Senate	Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2025-03-24	Senate	From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
2025-03-05	Senate	Referred to Com. on RLS.
2025-02-21	Senate	From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2025-02-20	Senate	Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Code Citations

Chapter	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Penal Code	1170	Amended Code	Citation Text
Penal Code	5000	Amended Code	Citation Text
Penal Code	5000.5	New Code	See Bill Text

California State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB551
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB551#99INT
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB551#98AMD
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB551#97AMD
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB551#96ENR
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB551#95CHP
Roll Call	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billVotesClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB551