republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-1156.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Imprisonment in county jail."
description: "(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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1156"
citation: "California AB 1156 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Imprisonment in county jail."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brown"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2015-02-27"
last_action: "2015-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3cfba5c6-893c-47df-b13a-3050acf6b029"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1156"
source_hash: "bdbd2204ba26298b4a84c9c9303b0896a14f9ab044a128cb4b2df56d52b54c07"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1156&version=20150AB115699INT)
2. **09/01/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1156&version=20150AB115698AMD)
3. **09/30/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1156&version=20150AB115696CHP)
4. **AB1156** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1156)
5. **09/09/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1156&version=20150AB115697ENR)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3cfba5c6-893c-47df-b13a-3050acf6b029`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).