republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-2765.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Proposition 47: sentence reduction."
description: "Existing law, the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, enacted by Proposition 47, as approved by the voters at the November 4, 2014, statewide general election, reduced the penalties for various crimes. Under the provisions of the act, a person currently convicted of a felony or felonies who would have been guilty of a misdemeanor under the act if the act had been in effect at the time of the conviction may petition or apply to have the sentence reduced in accordance with the act. That act requires that this petition or application be filed before November 4, 2017, or at a later date upon a showing of good cause."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2765"
citation: "California AB 2765 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Proposition 47: sentence reduction."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weber"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2016-02-19"
last_action: "2016-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a928f98-b1c8-4966-8388-170f83b312f6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2765"
source_hash: "127922fe5cee426e9e035f13466d552d2e1bde13accb12e1cacfd55a671347ca"
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 2765 (20152016) — Proposition 47: sentence reduction.

Existing law, the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, enacted by Proposition 47, as approved by the voters at the November 4, 2014, statewide general election, reduced the penalties for various crimes. Under the provisions of the act, a person currently convicted of a felony or felonies who would have been guilty of a misdemeanor under the act if the act had been in effect at the time of the conviction may petition or apply to have the sentence reduced in accordance with the act. That act requires that this petition or application be filed before November 4, 2017, or at a later date upon a showing of good cause.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2765&version=20150AB276599INT)
2. **05/19/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2765&version=20150AB276598AMD)
3. **09/28/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2765&version=20150AB276596CHP)
4. **AB2765** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2765)
5. **08/29/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2765&version=20150AB276597ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- AB 2765 WEBER Assembly Third Reading — **58–19** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **14–6** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2765 Weber By Mitchell — **30–9** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Weber — primary (person)
- Bonta — principal coauthor (person)
- Mitchell — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2016-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2016-03-10** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 6.) (May 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-19** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4852.) `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 19. Page 5050.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-09** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-01** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 5339.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-26** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2016-09-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
- **2016-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 767, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a928f98-b1c8-4966-8388-170f83b312f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).