republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-463.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, operative until January 1, 2014, specify that the appropriate term rests within the sound discretion of the court. Existing law, operative on and after January 1, 2014, instead requires the court to impose the middle term, unless there are circumstances in mitigation or aggravation of the crime.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	SB 463	California SB 463 (20132014)	bill	Sentencing.	enacted	Pavley	5	25	8	2013-02-21	2013-10-03	openstates	ocd-bill/e945bf8b-8dcf-41db-892d-ec4b34d11c35	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB463	21691b2a886b052c62ec83e0550d7329abd827eac814be1d55f6c1cdef2d4b07	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 463 (20132014) — 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, operative until January 1, 2014, specify that the appropriate term rests within the sound discretion of the court. Existing law, operative on and after January 1, 2014, instead requires 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. 02/21/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 09/06/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 10/03/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. SB463 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/17/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 463 Pavley Senate Third Reading By JONES-SAWYER — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Supp 1 SB463 Pavley Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Pavley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-21 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. reading-1, introduction
• 2013-02-22 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
• 2013-03-11 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2013-03-20 Set for hearing April 2.
• 2013-04-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 390.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-04-05 Set for hearing April 15.
• 2013-04-15 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2013-05-17 Set for hearing May 23.
• 2013-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1014.) (May 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-05-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1157.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-05-30 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2013-06-17 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2013-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-07-03 Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2013-08-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-09-06 Read third time and amended. (Page 2946.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-06 Ordered to third reading.
• 2013-09-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3170.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-09-11 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2013-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2380.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
• 2013-10-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-10-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 508, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e945bf8b-8dcf-41db-892d-ec4b34d11c35. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).