Existing law provides that the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or the Board of Parole Hearings, or both, may, for specified reasons, recommend to the court that a prisoner's sentence be recalled, and that a court may recall a prisoner's sentence. When a defendant who was under 18 years of age at the time of the commission of a crime has served at least 15 years of his or her sentence, existing law allows the defendant to submit a petition for recall and resentencing, and authorizes the court, in its discretion, to recall the sentence and to resentence the defendant, provided that the new sentence is not greater than the initial sentence.
California SB 260 (20132014) — Youth offender parole hearings.
Existing law provides that the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or the Board of Parole Hearings, or both, may, for specified reasons, recommend to the court that a prisoner's sentence be recalled, and that a court may recall a prisoner's sentence. When a defendant who was under 18 years of age at the time of the commission of a crime has served at least 15 years of his or her sentence, existing law allows the defendant to submit a petition for recall and resentencing, and authorizes the court, in its discretion, to recall the sentence and to resentence the defendant, provided that the new sentence is not greater than the initial sentence.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 4–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–2 (pass) · lower
SB 260 Hancock Senate Third Reading By BLOOM — 52–24 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB260 Hancock Concurrence — 22–14 (pass) · upper
Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 27–11 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Hancock — primary (person)
Bloom — principal coauthor (person)
Bocanegra — coauthor (person)
Bonta — coauthor (person)
De León — coauthor (person)
Hall — coauthor (person)
Lara — coauthor (person)
Rendon — coauthor (person)
Steinberg — coauthor (person)
Ting — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2013-02-13 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. reading-1, introduction
2013-02-14 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
2013-02-21 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2013-03-18 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2013-03-21 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2013-03-22 Set for hearing April 9.
2013-04-04 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2013-04-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 468.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2013-04-12 Set for hearing April 22.
2013-04-22 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2013-05-17 Set for hearing May 23.
2013-05-23 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1009.) (May 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2013-05-24 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2013-05-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 1113.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-05-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2013-06-14 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2013-06-27 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2013-07-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2013-08-12 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2013-08-14 Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2013-08-30 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2013-09-03 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2013-09-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-09-06 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 52. Noes 24. Page 2958.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-09-06 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2013-09-10 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 22. Noes 14. Page 2279.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2013-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 7 p.m.
2013-09-16 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2013-09-16 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 312, Statutes of 2013.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c8a5a8b6-f561-4e37-a342-64df2a3b9b67. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).