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SB 966 California Senate · 2015-2016 Regular Session

Controlled substances: sentence enhancements: prior convictions.

Summary
Existing law imposes on a person convicted of a violation of, or of conspiracy to violate, specified crimes relating to controlled substances a full, separate, and consecutive 3-year term for each prior conviction of, or for each prior conviction of conspiracy to violate, specified controlled substances crimes, including possession for sale and purchase for sale of opiates, opium derivatives, and hallucinogenic substances. This bill would instead limit the above sentence enhancement to only be based on each prior conviction of, or on each prior conviction of conspiracy to violate, the crime of manufacturing specified controlled substances through chemical extraction or synthesis or the crime of using a minor in the commission of offenses involving specified controlled substances.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2016
Committee Review
Jun 2016
Senate Passage
Jun 2016
Assembly Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 8, 2016 Last action Jun 28, 2016
Floor votes · Senate Apr 25, 2016

How they voted

32–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 33
Apr 25, 2016
D Democratic23
22 Yea 1
95% Yea
R Republican10
10 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
17
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Jun 28, 2016
Committee
June 28 set for second hearing. Failed passage in committee. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.)
lower
Jun 9, 2016
Committee
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
lower
Apr 25, 2016
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (32-0-1)
senate
Apr 5, 2016
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 3. Page 3395.) (April 5).
upper
Feb 18, 2016
Committee
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
upper
Feb 8, 2016
Introduced
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
upper
0 primary · 2 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.