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Bill	Imprisonment in county jail.	(1) Existing law authorizes a court to recall a sentence of imprisonment in the state prison and to resentence a defendant in the same manner as if the defendant had not previously been sentenced, upon the court's own motion or the recommendation of the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or the Board of Parole Hearings. Existing law prohibits the new sentence from being greater than the initial sentence and requires that credit be given for time served. Existing law provides for the resentencing or recalling of a prisoner's sentence if the court finds that the prisoner is terminally ill or the prisoner is permanently medically incapacitated, as prescribed.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 1156	California AB 1156 (20152016)	bill	Imprisonment in county jail.	enacted	Brown	5	20	8	2015-02-27	2015-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/3cfba5c6-893c-47df-b13a-3050acf6b029	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1156	bdbd2204ba26298b4a84c9c9303b0896a14f9ab044a128cb4b2df56d52b54c07	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1156 (20152016) — Imprisonment in county jail.

(1) Existing law authorizes a court to recall a sentence of imprisonment in the state prison and to resentence a defendant in the same manner as if the defendant had not previously been sentenced, upon the court's own motion or the recommendation of the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or the Board of Parole Hearings. Existing law prohibits the new sentence from being greater than the initial sentence and requires that credit be given for time served. Existing law provides for the resentencing or recalling of a prisoner's sentence if the court finds that the prisoner is terminally ill or the prisoner is permanently medically incapacitated, as prescribed.

Version chain

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

1. 02/27/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 09/01/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/30/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB1156 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/09/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1156 Brown By Hancock — 25–14 (pass) · upper
• AB 1156 BROWN Assembly Third Reading — 54–24 (pass) · lower
• AB 1156 BROWN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 54–26 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brown — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-27 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2015-03-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
• 2015-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
• 2015-03-23 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2015-04-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-13 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 24. Page 1761.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-06-11 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2015-07-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-17 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2015-08-31 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 27). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 14. Page 2407.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-02 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-09-04 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 26. Page 2913.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 378, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3cfba5c6-893c-47df-b13a-3050acf6b029. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).