---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sentencing."
description: "Existing law requires the court, when imposing a sentence for a serious felony, in addition and consecutive to the term imposed for that serious felony, to impose a 5-year enhancement for each prior conviction of a serious felony. Existing law generally authorizes a judge, in the interests of justice, to order an action dismissed, but precludes a judge from striking any prior serious felony conviction in connection with imposition of the 5-year enhancement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 1393"
citation: "California SB 1393 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sentencing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mitchell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce726384-88a4-454f-aebf-65bc51aa3aec"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1393"
source_hash: "76cacf4cb7caad56644cc2e85259ba86a6bf4a19bf561bc5a46664edaa2ec3ae"
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 1393 (20172018) — Sentencing.

Existing law requires the court, when imposing a sentence for a serious felony, in addition and consecutive to the term imposed for that serious felony, to impose a 5-year enhancement for each prior conviction of a serious felony. Existing law generally authorizes a judge, in the interests of justice, to order an action dismissed, but precludes a judge from striking any prior serious felony conviction in connection with imposition of the 5-year enhancement.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1393&version=20170SB139399INT)
2. **05/09/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1393&version=20170SB139398AMD)
3. **09/30/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1393&version=20170SB139396CHP)
4. **SB1393** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1393)
5. **09/07/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1393&version=20170SB139397ENR)

## Votes

- SB 1393 Mitchell Senate Third Reading By KALRA — **41–33** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB1393 Mitchell et al. — **23–14** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **11–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mitchell — primary (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Bradford — coauthor (person)
- Carrillo — coauthor (person)
- Jones-Sawyer — coauthor (person)
- Kalra — principal coauthor (person)
- Lara — author (person)
- Quirk — coauthor (person)
- Skinner — coauthor (person)
- Weber — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
- **2018-03-08** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Set for hearing April 3.
- **2018-04-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 4516.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-09** Set for hearing April 16.
- **2018-04-16** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-04-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-09** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-05-09** Ordered to second reading.
- **2018-05-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 5037.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-15** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-25** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-27** June 27 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2018-08-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (August 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-31** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2018-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2018-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1013, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce726384-88a4-454f-aebf-65bc51aa3aec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).