Sentencing: misdemeanors.
Summary
Existing law provides that every offense punishable by imprisonment in a county jail up to or not exceeding one year is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed 364 days. This bill would make that provision retroactive, whether or not the case was final on January 1, 2015. The bill would also authorize a person who was sentenced to a term of one year prior to January 1, 2015, to submit an application before the trial court that entered the judgment of conviction in the case to have the term of the sentence modified to the maximum term of 364 days.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2016
Committee Review
Aug 2016
Senate Passage
Apr 2016
Assembly Passage
Aug 2016
Signed into Law
Sep 2016
Introduced Feb 18, 2016
Signed Sep 28, 2016
Floor votes · Senate Apr 21, 2016 · Assembly Aug 15, 2016
How they voted
29–5
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 35
Apr 21, 2016
D
Democratic24
100% Yea
R
Republican11
45% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
7
Committee
6
Amendments
2
Sep 28, 2016
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
legislature
Aug 24, 2016
Upper · Passed
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 5359.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
upper
Aug 19, 2016
Introduced
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
upper
Aug 15, 2016
Assembly · Passed
Assembly Vote: pass (50-19-6)
assembly
Jun 16, 2016
Lower · Passed
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
lower
Jun 15, 2016
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 14).
lower
May 5, 2016
Committee
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
lower
Apr 21, 2016
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (29-5-1)
senate
Apr 13, 2016
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 3522.) (April 12).
upper
Mar 28, 2016
Committee
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
upper
Mar 3, 2016
Committee
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
upper
Feb 18, 2016
Introduced
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ricardo Lara
DDemocratic
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