AB 696 California Assembly · 2015-2016 Regular Session

Defendants: arraignment.

Summary

Existing law requires, when the defendant is in custody at the time he or she appears before the magistrate for arraignment and the public offense is a misdemeanor to which the defendant has pleaded not guilty, the magistrate, on motion of counsel for the defendant or the defendant, to determine whether there is probable cause to believe that a public offense has been committed and that the defendant is guilty of that offense. Existing law requires the determination of probable cause to be made immediately, unless the court grants a continuance not to exceed 3 court days, for good cause. This bill would require, when the defendant is not in custody at the time he or she appears before the magistrate for arraignment and the public offense is a misdemeanor to which the defendant has pleaded not guilty, the magistrate, on motion of counsel for the defendant or the defendant, to determine whether there is probable cause to believe that a public offense has been committed and that the defendant is guilty of that offense.

Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2015

Committee Review

Sep 2015

Assembly Passage

Apr 2015

Senate Passage

Sep 2015

Vetoed

Oct 2015

Introduced Feb 25, 2015 Vetoed Oct 8, 2015

Floor votes · Senate Sep 3, 2015 · Assembly Apr 16, 2015

How they voted

21–10

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 33

Sep 3, 2015

D Democratic23

21 Yea 2 Nay

91% Yea

R Republican10

8 Nay 2

80% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Jan 15, 2016

Vetoed

Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

lower

Oct 8, 2015

Vetoed

Vetoed by Governor.

lower

Sep 8, 2015

Lower · Passed

Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 17. Page 2945.).

lower

Sep 3, 2015

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (21-10-2)

senate

Sep 3, 2015

Introduced

In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

lower

Aug 31, 2015

Upper · Passed

Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

upper

Aug 27, 2015

Introduced

From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 27).

upper

Jul 6, 2015

Committee

In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

upper

Jun 18, 2015

Committee

Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

upper

Jun 16, 2015

Committee

From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 4. Noes 3.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

upper

May 18, 2015

Committee

From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

upper

May 7, 2015

Committee

Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

upper

Apr 16, 2015

Assembly · Passed

Assembly Vote: pass (54-16-2)

assembly

Apr 8, 2015

Lower · Passed

From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 7).

lower

Mar 9, 2015

Committee

Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

lower

Feb 26, 2015

Lower · Passed

From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors