Existing law authorizes a prisoner who was under 18 years of age at the time of committing an offense for which the prisoner was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole to submit a petition for recall and resentencing after he or she has served at least 15 years of his or her sentence. Existing law prohibits a prisoner who tortured his or her victim or whose victim was a public safety official, as defined, from filing a petition for recall and resentencing. Existing law establishes certain criteria, at least one of which shall be asserted in the petition, to be considered when a court decides whether to conduct a hearing on the petition for recall and resentencing and additional criteria to be considered by the court when deciding whether to grant the petition. Existing law requires the court to hold a hearing if the court finds that the statements in the defendant's petition are true, as specified, and grants the court discretion to recall and resentence the defendant in the same manner as if he or she had not previously been sentenced, provided that the new sentence, if any, is not greater than the initial sentence. If the sentence is not recalled, existing law permits the defendant to submit another petition for recall when the defendant has been committed to the custody of the department for at least 20 years, and if the sentence is not recalled at that hearing, existing law allows the defendant to file another petition after having served 24 years.
Existing law authorizes a prisoner who was under 18 years of age at the time of committing an offense for which the prisoner was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole to submit a petition for recall and resentencing after he or she has served at least 15 years of his or her sentence. Existing law prohibits a prisoner who tortured his or her victim or whose victim was a public safety official, as defined, from filing a petition for recall and resentencing. Existing law establishes certain criteria, at least one of which shall be asserted in the petition, to be considered when a court decides whether to conduct a hearing on the petition for recall and resentencing and additional criteria to be considered by the court when deciding whether to grant the petition. Existing law requires the court to hold a hearing if the court finds that the statements in the defendant's petition are true, as specified, and grants the court discretion to recall and resentence the defendant in the same manner as if he or she had not previously been sentenced, provided that the new sentence, if any, is not greater than the initial sentence. If the sentence is not recalled, existing law permits the defendant to submit another petition for recall when the defendant has been committed to the custody of the department for at least 20 years, and if the sentence is not recalled at that hearing, existing law allows the defendant to file another petition after having served 24 years.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 14–6 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB1084 Hancock Concurrence — 26–12 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · lower
SB 1084 Hancock Senate Third Reading By JONES-SAWYER — 49–29 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Hancock — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2016-02-18 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
2016-02-25 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2016-03-15 Set for hearing April 19.
2016-04-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3613.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-04-26 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2016-04-29 Set for hearing May 9.
2016-05-03 May 9 hearing postponed by committee.
2016-05-06 Set for hearing May 16.
2016-05-11 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2016-05-11 May 16 hearing postponed by committee.
2016-05-13 Set for hearing May 23.
2016-05-23 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2016-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-05-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 3961.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-05-26 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2016-06-06 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2016-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-08-03 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 6.) (August 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-08-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-18 Read third time and amended. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-08-18 Ordered to third reading.
2016-08-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 49. Noes 29. Page 6016.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-22 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2016-08-24 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 5374.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
2016-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 867, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b38c065b-a370-42ac-8412-32d85a4019fd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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