---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal procedure: victims' rights."
description: "Existing law authorizes a court, under specified circumstances, to resentence a defendant convicted of a felony offense. Under existing law, resentencing can be granted without a hearing upon stipulation of the parties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 88"
citation: "California AB 88 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal procedure", "victims' rights"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sanchez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-04"
last_action: "2023-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf7c7429-5def-4178-85b1-bd56011e3a2d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB88"
source_hash: "b0d5e23dc18d415d9b3be68e305f524a795a8e4a60f475cf50f01ada6335430e"
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 88 (20232024) — Criminal procedure: victims' rights.

Existing law authorizes a court, under specified circumstances, to resentence a defendant convicted of a felony offense. Under existing law, resentencing can be granted without a hearing upon stipulation of the parties.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/04/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB88&version=20230AB8899INT)
2. **09/08/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB88&version=20230AB8898AMD)
3. **10/13/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB88&version=20230AB8896CHP)
4. **AB88** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB88)
5. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB88&version=20230AB8897ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB88 Sanchez et al. By Alvarado-Gil — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 88 Sanchez Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 88 Sanchez Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sanchez — primary (person)
- Alvarado-Gil — principal coauthor (person)
- Gallagher — coauthor (person)
- Megan Dahle — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-04** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-05** From printer. May be heard in committee February 4.
- **2023-01-26** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Coauthors revised.
- **2023-02-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (February 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1851.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-07** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-14** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2778.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2023-09-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3585.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2023-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 795, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf7c7429-5def-4178-85b1-bd56011e3a2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).