---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sentencing: enhancement."
description: "Sentencing: enhancement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1705"
citation: "California AB 1705 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sentencing: enhancement."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Niello"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2007-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6a46f8b-f4c3-46ac-8d6a-4057592ca4c6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1705"
source_hash: "0e90cc5470c034ec0363b36cd3b10e0e7b29cd4595730c69c865a30729e8231b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1705 (20072008) — Sentencing: enhancement.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/23/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1705&version=20070AB170599INT)
2. **04/10/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1705&version=20070AB170598AMD)
3. **07/09/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1705&version=20070AB170597AMD)
4. **10/10/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1705&version=20070AB170595CHP)
5. **AB1705** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1705)
6. **09/17/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1705&version=20070AB170596ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #18 AB1705 Niello — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1705 NIELLO Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1705 NIELLO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Niello — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2007-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2007-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2007-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2007-04-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-11** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 24). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-05** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1892.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-05** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-09** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-08-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-08-31** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-05** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2337.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-09-06** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2997.)
- **2007-09-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3080.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2007-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 420, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6a46f8b-f4c3-46ac-8d6a-4057592ca4c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).