CURRENT BILL STATUS MEASURE : S.B. No. 955 AUTHOR(S) : Beall (Coauthor: Senator Hancock). TOPIC : State hospital commitment: compassionate release. +LAST AMENDED DATE : 08/01/2016 TYPE OF BILL : Inactive Non-Urgency Non-Appropriations Majority Vote Required Non-State-Mandated Local Program Fiscal Non-Tax Levy LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 09/27/2016 LAST HIST. ACTION : Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 715, Statutes of 2016. COMM. LOCATION : ASM APPROPRIATIONS TITLE : An act to amend Section 1026 of, and to add Sections 1370.015 and 2977 to, the Penal Code, and to add Section 4146 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to criminal procedure.