--- type: "Bill" title: "Criminal justice alignment." description: "(1) Existing law defines a felony as a crime which is punishable with death or by imprisonment in the state prison. Existing law also provides that except in cases where a different punishment is prescribed by law, every offense declared to be a felony, or to be punishable by imprisonment in a state prison, is punishable by imprisonment in any of the state prisons for 16 months, or 2 or 3 years. Every offense which is prescribed to be a felony punishable by imprisonment in any of the state prisons or by a fine, but without an alternate sentence to the county jail, may be punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year or by a fine, or by both." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20112012" identifier: "AB 109" citation: "California AB 109 (20112012)" classification: ["bill", "appropriation"] subjects: ["Criminal justice alignment."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"] version_count: 6 action_count: 23 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2011-01-10" last_action: "2011-04-04" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a21e2cf8-91af-4c27-8bcb-b562ba2aaef7" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB109" source_hash: "e2b3bd915cc1e21a6fde95ea54c89f22f6b96a396ad504703565c1dd1edbacec" 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 109 (20112012) — Criminal justice alignment. (1) Existing law defines a felony as a crime which is punishable with death or by imprisonment in the state prison. Existing law also provides that except in cases where a different punishment is prescribed by law, every offense declared to be a felony, or to be punishable by imprisonment in a state prison, is punishable by imprisonment in any of the state prisons for 16 months, or 2 or 3 years. Every offense which is prescribed to be a felony punishable by imprisonment in any of the state prisons or by a fine, but without an alternate sentence to the county jail, may be punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year or by a fine, or by both. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **01/10/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB109&version=20110AB10999INT) 2. **03/14/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB109&version=20110AB10998AMD) 3. **03/17/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB109&version=20110AB10997AMD) 4. **04/04/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB109&version=20110AB10995CHP) 5. **AB109** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB109) 6. **03/29/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB109&version=20110AB10996ENR) ## Votes - 3rd Reading AB109 Committee on BUDGET (Blumenfield) By Leno Urgency Clause — **24–15** (fail) · upper - AB 109 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By BLUMENFIELD — **49–0** (pass) · lower - AB 109 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By BLUMENFIELD — **51–27** (pass) · lower - Do pass. — **11–5** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading AB109 Committee on BUDGET (Blumenfield) By Leno — **24–16** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Committee on Budget — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2011-01-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2011-01-11** From printer. May be heard in committee February 10. - **2011-02-18** Without reference to committee. `referral-committee` - **2011-02-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2011-02-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 0. Page 419.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2011-02-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2011-03-07** Ordered to second reading. - **2011-03-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2011-03-14** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage` - **2011-03-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2011-03-16** Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee` - **2011-03-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (March 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-03-16** Ordered to third reading. - **2011-03-17** Read third time. Urgency clause refused adoption. (Ayes 24. Noes 15. Page 369.) `reading-3, reading-1` - **2011-03-17** Amended pursuant to Joint Rule 23.5. - **2011-03-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 16. Page 374.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2011-03-17** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after March 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2011-03-17** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 47. Noes 24. Page 617.) - **2011-03-17** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 51. Noes 27. Page 622.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2011-03-18** Measure version as amended on March 17 corrected. `amendment-passage` - **2011-03-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m. - **2011-04-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2011-04-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 15, Statutes of 2011. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a21e2cf8-91af-4c27-8bcb-b562ba2aaef7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).