republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-2263.md

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Bill	Sentencing.	Existing law provides that most felonies are punishable by a triad of terms of incarceration in the state prison, comprised of low, middle, and upper terms. Previous law that required the court to impose the middle term, unless there were circumstances in aggravation or mitigation of the crime, was amended to provide that the choice of the appropriate term rests within the sound discretion of the court. Existing provisions related to sentence enhancements involving criminal street gang activity, firearms, and sentencing generally specify that the appropriate term rests within the sound discretion of the court. Existing law repeals the provision giving the court this discretionary authority on January 1, 2011, and on that date, makes operative alternate provisions that require the court to impose the middle term, unless there are circumstances in mitigation or aggravation of the crime.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 2263	California AB 2263 (20092010)	bill	Sentencing.	enacted	Yamada	6	26	8	2010-02-18	2010-09-24	openstates	ocd-bill/18c59c1f-6768-4b49-8e26-c93566ecf31a	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2263	b418971fc78356da6a7a0357b7188aba8fb278c077ccb1d24946b4bda55bdc82	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2263 (20092010) — Sentencing.

Existing law provides that most felonies are punishable by a triad of terms of incarceration in the state prison, comprised of low, middle, and upper terms. Previous law that required the court to impose the middle term, unless there were circumstances in aggravation or mitigation of the crime, was amended to provide that the choice of the appropriate term rests within the sound discretion of the court. Existing provisions related to sentence enhancements involving criminal street gang activity, firearms, and sentencing generally specify that the appropriate term rests within the sound discretion of the court. Existing law repeals the provision giving the court this discretionary authority on January 1, 2011, and on that date, makes operative alternate provisions that require the court to impose the middle term, unless there are circumstances in mitigation or aggravation of the crime.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/10 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/22/10 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/20/10 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/24/10 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB2263 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/03/10 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 2263 YAMADA Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · upper
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB2263 Yamada By Wright — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 2263 YAMADA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Yamada — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2010-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
• 2010-03-11 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2010-03-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2010-03-23 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2010-04-14 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2010-04-28 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2010-05-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2010-05-28 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-06-01 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5410.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2010-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2010-06-10 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2010-06-22 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 22). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2010-07-15 In committee: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2010-08-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 12). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2010-08-16 Received August 13 pursuant to JR 61(b)(14).
• 2010-08-17 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-08-20 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2010-08-23 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-08-25 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4860.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2010-08-25 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2010-08-26 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6707.)
• 2010-08-26 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6754.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2010-09-08 Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2010-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2010-09-24 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 256, Statutes of 2010.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/18c59c1f-6768-4b49-8e26-c93566ecf31a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).