---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sentencing."
description: "Existing law provides that the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or the Board of Parole Hearings, or both, may, for specified reasons, recommend to the court that a prisoner's sentence be recalled, and that a court may recall a prisoner's sentence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 9"
citation: "California SB 9 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sentencing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Yee"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 41
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2010-12-06"
last_action: "2012-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79144157-709e-4e61-9736-5a7d37ffefa1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB9"
source_hash: "7da04c9ed0f163173af30e7b4fdd27524ff37fff182421d31e936f6ba00702a2"
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 SB 9 (20112012) — Sentencing.

Existing law provides that the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or the Board of Parole Hearings, or both, may, for specified reasons, recommend to the court that a prisoner's sentence be recalled, and that a court may recall a prisoner's sentence.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/06/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB9&version=20110SB999INT)
2. **02/02/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB9&version=20110SB994AMD)
3. **05/27/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB9&version=20110SB998AMD)
4. **07/02/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB9&version=20110SB993AMD)
5. **08/15/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB9&version=20110SB997AMD)
6. **09/02/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB9&version=20110SB996AMD)
7. **09/06/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB9&version=20110SB995AMD)
8. **09/30/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB9&version=20110SB991CHP)
9. **SB9** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB9)
10. **08/21/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB9&version=20110SB992ENR)

## Votes

- SB 9 Yee Senate Third Reading By CEDILLO — **36–36** (fail) · lower
- Do pass. — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–2** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB9 Yee Concurrence — **21–17** (pass) · upper
- SB 9 Yee Senate Third Reading By CEDILLO Amend By CEDILLO Set #1 — **37–30** (pass) · lower
- SB 9 Yee Senate Third Reading By CEDILLO — **41–34** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **9–6** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **21–16** (pass) · upper
- SB 9 Yee Motion to Reconsider By CEDILLO — **44–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Yee — primary (person)
- Bonnie Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Fuentes — coauthor (person)
- Steinberg — principal coauthor (person)
- Vargas — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-12-06** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2010-12-07** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 6.
- **2011-01-20** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-25** Set for hearing April 5.
- **2011-04-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 543.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-13** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2011-05-02** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-05-13** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2011-05-23** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2011-05-25** Set for hearing May 26.
- **2011-05-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 2. Page 1111.) (May 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 21. Noes 16. Page 1229.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-16** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-07-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 6.) (August 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-25** Read third time. Refused passage. (Ayes 36. Noes 36. Page 2600.) `reading-3, failure, reading-1`
- **2011-08-25** Motion to reconsider made by Assembly Member Cedillo.
- **2011-08-29** Motion to reconsider continued to September 2.
- **2011-09-02** Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 44. Noes 28. Page 2864.)
- **2011-09-02** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 37. Noes 30. Page 2865.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-02** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-09-06** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2011-09-06** Joint Rule 62(a) file notice suspended. (Page 2940.)
- **2011-09-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-09-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (September 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-09-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-02-02** Read third time and amended. (Page 3681.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-02-02** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-07-02** Read third time and amended. (Page 5557.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-07-02** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 41. Noes 34. Page 5975.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-16** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-20** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 21. Noes 17. Page 4580.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2012-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 828, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79144157-709e-4e61-9736-5a7d37ffefa1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).