CA AB 1917
enactedCriminal procedure: information.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 1917 pass?
Yes. CA AB 1917 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-20): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 376, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA AB 1917 about?
Existing law provides a district attorney with the discretion to file criminal charges against an individual. Existing law requires a preliminary examination to be conducted, as specified, before an information is filed. Upon completion of a preliminary hearing, existing law requires the district attorney to file an information against the defendant charging the defendant with either the offense or offenses named in the order of commitment or any offense or offenses shown by the evidence taken before the magistrate to have been committed. Under existing law, when an action is dismissed by a magistrate, as specified, the prosecutor may make a motion in the superior court within 15 days to compel the magistrate to reinstate the complaint or a portion of the complaint and to reinstate the custodial status of the defendant under the same terms and conditions as when the defendant last appeared before the magistrate. Under existing law, the defendant may make a motion to set aside the indictment or information based claim that defendant had been committed without reasonable or probable cause and specifies the procedures for that motion. Existing law requires a writ of prohibition based on the ground that a defendant was committed based on an information without reasonable or probable cause to be filed in the appellate court within 15 days after a motion to set aside an indictment or information has been denied by the court. This bill, the Respect Judicial Decisions Act, would, on or after January 1, 2027, in cases where a defendant was held to answer for at least one felony count at the preliminary hearing, require the district attorney to file a motion seeking leave to charge an offense or offenses that were dismissed at the preliminary examination due to the lack of reasonable or probable cause before the district attorney can file an information reinstating the charge or charges, as specified. The bill would require a writ of prohibition based on the ground that the defendant was committed based on an information without reasonable or probable cause to be filed in the appellate court within 15 days of a court granting the above-described motion to reinstate an offense or offenses. The bill would authorize review of the granting of a motion to reinstate a charge only if a motion for review is brought no later than 60 days following the defendant's arraignment on the information or indictment of a felony, except as specified. By placing new duties on prosecutors, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Who sponsors CA AB 1917?
Schultz is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1917.
Description
Existing law provides a district attorney with the discretion to file criminal charges against an individual. Existing law requires a preliminary examination to be conducted, as specified, before an information is filed. Upon completion of a preliminary hearing, existing law requires the district attorney to file an information against the defendant charging the defendant with either the offense or offenses named in the order of commitment or any offense or offenses shown by the evidence taken before the magistrate to have been committed. Under existing law, when an action is dismissed by a magistrate, as specified, the prosecutor may make a motion in the superior court within 15 days to compel the magistrate to reinstate the complaint or a portion of the complaint and to reinstate the custodial status of the defendant under the same terms and conditions as when the defendant last appeared before the magistrate. Under existing law, the defendant may make a motion to set aside the indictment or information based claim that defendant had been committed without reasonable or probable cause and specifies the procedures for that motion. Existing law requires a writ of prohibition based on the ground that a defendant was committed based on an information without reasonable or probable cause to be filed in the appellate court within 15 days after a motion to set aside an indictment or information has been denied by the court. This bill, the Respect Judicial Decisions Act, would, on or after January 1, 2027, in cases where a defendant was held to answer for at least one felony count at the preliminary hearing, require the district attorney to file a motion seeking leave to charge an offense or offenses that were dismissed at the preliminary examination due to the lack of reasonable or probable cause before the district attorney can file an information reinstating the charge or charges, as specified. The bill would require a writ of prohibition based on the ground that the defendant was committed based on an information without reasonable or probable cause to be filed in the appellate court within 15 days of a court granting the above-described motion to reinstate an offense or offenses. The bill would authorize review of the granting of a motion to reinstate a charge only if a motion for review is brought no later than 60 days following the defendant's arraignment on the information or indictment of a felony, except as specified. By placing new duties on prosecutors, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
- Introduced
- 2026-03-12
- Latest action
- 2026-09-20 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 376, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Schultzauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-20
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 376, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-20
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-09-04
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
executive-receipt
2026-08-27
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 52. Noes 18.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-27
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2026-08-27
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 52. Noes 18. Page 6712.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-26
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 11.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-17
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-13
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 13).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage
2026-08-13
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2026-08-03
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2026-06-17
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2026-06-11
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-06-10
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 9).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2026-05-13
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
referral-committee
2026-05-05
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-05-04
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 18. Page 4900.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-04-16
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-04-15
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.) (April 15).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-18
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-03-16
Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
referral-committee
2026-03-12
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-03-02
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
referral-committee
2026-02-13
From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
2026-02-12
Read first time. To print.
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-03-17 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Harabedian: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Haney: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Alanis: other
- Lackey: other
Do pass.
2026-04-15 · pass · 8-4
Member-level votes (15)
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Solache: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Hoover: no
- Dixon: no
- Tangipa: no
- Ta: no
- Pellerin: other
- Krell: other
- Muratsuchi: other
AB 1917 Schultz Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-04 · pass · 47-18
Member-level votes (80)
- Jackson: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Haney: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Ward: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Berman: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Patel: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Fong: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Papan: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Lee: yes
- Hart: yes
- Wallis: no
- Ta: no
- Johnson: no
- Soria: no
- Tangipa: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Ellis: no
- Hoover: no
- Hadwick: no
- Patterson: no
- Dixon: no
- DeMaio: no
- Gallagher: no
- Macedo: no
- Castillo: no
- Davies: no
- Bains: no
- Sanchez: no
- Michelle Rodriguez: other
- Arambula: other
- Chen: other
- Krell: other
- Bennett: other
- Flora: other
- Caloza: other
- Addis: other
- Gipson: other
- Muratsuchi: other
- Alanis: other
- Pacheco: other
- Lackey: other
- Stefani: other
- Blanca Rubio: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-09 · pass · 5-1
Member-level votes (6)
- Pérez: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Seyarto: no
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