Juan Vargas
- Democratic
Author
The California Constitution prohibits excessive bail from being required and requires the court, in fixing the amount of bail, to take into consideration the seriousness of the offense charged, the previous criminal record of the defendant, and the probability of the defendant appearing at the trial or hearing of the case. Existing law generally regulates the provision of bail or bond, including forfeiture, vacation of forfeiture, and exoneration of bail or bond. This bill would provide that after a person has been brought back to this state by extradition proceedings, the person shall be committed to a county jail with bail set in the amount of $100,000 in addition to the amount of bail appearing on the warrant. A 48-hour noticed bail hearing, excluding weekends and holidays, would be required to deviate from this prescribed bail amount. The bill would not preclude the application of other provisions of law that authorize enhancing the bail amount for felony charges appearing on the warrant.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 67, Statutes of 2011.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 62. Noes 4. Page 2051.) Ordered to the Senate.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (June 14).
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 873.) Ordered to the Assembly.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 741.) (April 26).
Set for hearing April 26.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Set for hearing March 22.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB291 | HTML |
| 02/14/11 - Introduced | |
| 04/12/11 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/24/11 - Enrolled | |
| 07/08/11 - Chaptered |
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