Misdemeanors.

The document was reformatted from an official chaptered legislative document (with 'STATE OF CALIFORNIA AUTHENTICATED ELECTRONIC LEGAL MATERIAL' header, page numbers, and formal layout) to a web-based bill text display that includes website navigation elements such as skip-to-content links, search boxes, version dropdowns, and share buttons. No changes were made to the substantive legal text.

The bill header changed from the enrolled format (showing Assembly and Senate passage dates, clerk signatures, and a blank line for the Governor's receipt date) to the standard chaptered format with 'STATE OF CALIFORNIA AUTHENTICATED ELECTRONIC LEGAL MATERIAL,' Chapter 611 designation, and the Governor's approval date of October 11, 2025.

Line breaks, indentation, and page numbering were adjusted throughout to conform to the official chaptered bill layout. The statutory language itself is unchanged.

The time window for reclassifying a wobbler offense as a misdemeanor under Penal Code Section 17(b)(5) was expanded from 'at or before the preliminary examination or prior to filing an order pursuant to Section 872' to any time 'prior to trial.' This gives courts more flexibility in deciding when to reduce a charge.

Senator Wiener was added as a coauthor, indicating Senate sponsorship of the bill in its amended form.

The actor who can make the misdemeanor determination was changed from 'the magistrate' to 'the court,' and the provision now explicitly states the determination can be made 'on its own motion or the motion of a party,' broadening who can trigger the reclassification.

A new subparagraph (B) was added requiring that after a motion for misdemeanor reclassification is denied, any subsequent motion under the same provision may only be made upon a showing of changed circumstances. This prevents repeated motions without new grounds.

References to the 'Division of Juvenile Justice' were removed from subsections (b)(2) and (c), leaving only 'secure youth treatment facility.' This is a conforming update reflecting the closure of that agency.

Section 17(b)(5)(B) now defines what qualifies as 'changed circumstances' for refiling a motion to reduce a felony to a misdemeanor after a prior denial. The added language provides non-exhaustive examples: newly available facts relevant to the charge, the defendant's personal circumstances, or a change in the applicable law.

A typo in the legislative digest was corrected: 'the court court' was changed to 'the court.'