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Bill	Sentencing.	(1) Existing law, as amended by Proposition 83, the Sexual Predator Punishment and Control Act (Jessica's Law) , approved by the voters at the November 7, 2006, statewide general election, provides that a defendant shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for 25 years to life if convicted of rape, sodomy, or oral copulation and if, among other things, in the commission of that offense any person kidnapped the victim, tortured the victim, or committed the offense during the commission of a burglary, as specified. Existing law further provides that a defendant shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for 15 years to life if convicted of rape, sodomy, or oral copulation and if, among other things, in the commission of that offense any person, except as specified in the provisions above, kidnapped the victim, committed the offense during the commission of a burglary, used a dangerous or deadly weapon in the commission of the offense, or under other specified circumstances. Proposition 83 provides that the Legislature may amend the provisions of the act to expand the scope of its application or increase the punishment or penalties by a statute passed by a majority vote of each house.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	SB 576	California SB 576 (20112012)	bill	Sentencing.	enacted	Calderon	8	33	9	2011-02-17	2011-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/a7785317-edb7-483c-917e-7d13b3e72be5	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB576	bb15f344dc622861df844e77afdbdce823f9d64798f9e59717b3415c48f3f9d4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 576 (20112012) — Sentencing.

(1) Existing law, as amended by Proposition 83, the Sexual Predator Punishment and Control Act (Jessica's Law) , approved by the voters at the November 7, 2006, statewide general election, provides that a defendant shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for 25 years to life if convicted of rape, sodomy, or oral copulation and if, among other things, in the commission of that offense any person kidnapped the victim, tortured the victim, or committed the offense during the commission of a burglary, as specified. Existing law further provides that a defendant shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for 15 years to life if convicted of rape, sodomy, or oral copulation and if, among other things, in the commission of that offense any person, except as specified in the provisions above, kidnapped the victim, committed the offense during the commission of a burglary, used a dangerous or deadly weapon in the commission of the offense, or under other specified circumstances. Proposition 83 provides that the Legislature may amend the provisions of the act to expand the scope of its application or increase the punishment or penalties by a statute passed by a majority vote of each house.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/28/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/30/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/02/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/08/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/29/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB576 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/13/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 576 Calderon Third Reading Urgency By CEDILLO — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Supp 1 SB576 Calderon Urgency Clause Concurrence — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 576 Calderon Third Reading Urgency By CEDILLO Amend By CEDILLO Set #1 — 74–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Calderon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2011-02-18 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
• 2011-03-03 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2011-03-09 Set for hearing March 22.
• 2011-03-15 Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2011-03-29 Set for hearing April 5.
• 2011-04-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 544.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-04-13 Set for hearing May 2.
• 2011-05-02 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2011-05-20 Set for hearing May 26.
• 2011-05-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 1119.) (May 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-06-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1230.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2011-06-09 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2011-06-27 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-06-28 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-07-07 Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2011-08-29 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-08-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-09-02 Read third time and amended. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2818.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-09-02 Ordered to third reading.
• 2011-09-08 Read third time and amended. (Page 3108.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-09-08 Ordered to third reading.
• 2011-09-09 Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Page 3165.)
• 2011-09-09 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3173.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-09-09 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2011-09-09 Urgency clause adopted.
• 2011-09-09 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2458.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2011-09-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
• 2011-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2011-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 361, Statutes of 2011.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a7785317-edb7-483c-917e-7d13b3e72be5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).