republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-109.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 109	California AB 109 (20112012)	bill appropriation	Criminal justice alignment.	enacted	Committee on Budget	6	23	5	2011-01-10	2011-04-04	openstates	ocd-bill/a21e2cf8-91af-4c27-8bcb-b562ba2aaef7	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB109	e2b3bd915cc1e21a6fde95ea54c89f22f6b96a396ad504703565c1dd1edbacec	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. 03/14/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/17/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/04/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB109 (committee substitute) — source
6. 03/29/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/a21e2cf8-91af-4c27-8bcb-b562ba2aaef7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).