Relating to petitions for conviction reconsideration.
Summary
Establishes procedure by which district attorney and incarcerated person may jointly petition sentencing court for reconsideration of conviction and sentence. Authorizes court to, upon granting petition, resentence person on original conviction, vacate previous judgment of conviction, accept plea to new offense and impose sentence on new offense. Directs district attorney to notify victim or survivor of victim ] in trauma-informed manner when petition is filed, provide victim with copy of petition and inform victim of reconsideration hearing and process. Directs court to allow victim to make statement at hearing on petition.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
May 2021
Senate Passage
Jun 2021
House Passage
Jun 2021
Signed into Law
Jun 2021
Introduced Mar 3, 2021
Signed Jun 23, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Apr 28, 2021 · House Jun 8, 2021
How they voted
26–2
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 30
Apr 28, 2021
D
Democratic18
100% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican11
63% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
7
Committee
4
Jun 23, 2021
Signed into law
Governor signed.
upper
Jun 15, 2021
Lower · Passed
Speaker signed.
lower
Jun 14, 2021
Upper · Passed
President signed.
upper
Jun 8, 2021
Lower · Passed
Third reading. Carried by Kropf. Passed.
lower
May 28, 2021
Lower · Passed
Recommendation: Do pass.
lower
May 6, 2021
Committee
Referred to Judiciary.
lower
Apr 29, 2021
Introduced
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
lower
Apr 28, 2021
Upper · Passed
Third reading. Carried by Lieber. Passed.
upper
Apr 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.)
upper
Mar 3, 2021
Committee
Referred to Judiciary and Ballot Measure 110 Implementation.
upper
Mar 3, 2021
Introduced
Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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