---
type: "Bill"
title: "Misdemeanors: maximum sentence."
description: "Existing law defines a crime or public offense as an act committed or omitted in violation of a law forbidding or commanding it, and to which is annexed, upon conviction, specified punishments, including, among others, imprisonment. Under existing law, a crime that is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for a period not to exceed a year is a misdemeanor. Existing law includes many misdemeanors with specified punishments permitting confinement in a county jail not to exceed one year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 1310"
citation: "California SB 1310 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Misdemeanors: maximum sentence."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lara"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b14b0e7-6cb5-4c70-a11c-a8a30eadd0ef"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1310"
source_hash: "d2062b16784d74bced46d38ed29c5066de5c9866ef8ffffcf2299930d8d1afa5"
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 1310 (20132014) — Misdemeanors: maximum sentence.

Existing law defines a crime or public offense as an act committed or omitted in violation of a law forbidding or commanding it, and to which is annexed, upon conviction, specified punishments, including, among others, imprisonment. Under existing law, a crime that is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for a period not to exceed a year is a misdemeanor. Existing law includes many misdemeanors with specified punishments permitting confinement in a county jail not to exceed one year.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1310&version=20130SB131099INT)
2. **07/21/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1310&version=20130SB131097CHP)
3. **SB1310** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1310)
4. **07/07/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1310&version=20130SB131098ENR)

## Votes

- SB 1310 Lara Senate Third Reading By GONZALEZ — **68–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **31–4** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lara — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2014-02-23** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2014-03-06** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-11** Set for hearing April 1.
- **2014-04-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3019.) (April 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 4. Page 3046.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-04-03** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-12** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-07-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 68. Noes 1. Page 5810.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-07-03** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2014-07-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2014-07-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 174, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b14b0e7-6cb5-4c70-a11c-a8a30eadd0ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).