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Bill	Military personnel: veterans: resentencing: mitigating circumstances.	Under existing law, most felonies are punishable by a triad of terms of incarceration in the state prison, comprised of low, middle, and upper lengths of terms. Until January 1, 2022, the choice of the appropriate term that is to best serve the interests of justice rests within the sound discretion of the court.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 865	California AB 865 (20172018)	bill	Military personnel: veterans: resentencing: mitigating circumstances.	enacted	Levine	7	28	6	2017-02-16	2018-09-19	openstates	ocd-bill/adaac058-7539-4032-be62-ac3f8418dda7	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB865	6e2b64b1e5539295c6f2cf6c4ee33e09b7d9f5ea513cda102dd5f3492d99d0ff	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 865 (20172018) — Military personnel: veterans: resentencing: mitigating circumstances.

Under existing law, most felonies are punishable by a triad of terms of incarceration in the state prison, comprised of low, middle, and upper lengths of terms. Until January 1, 2022, the choice of the appropriate term that is to best serve the interests of justice rests within the sound discretion of the court.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/03/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/30/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/17/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/19/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB865 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/29/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB865 Levine By Roth — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 865 LEVINE Assembly Third Reading — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Veterans Affairs] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 865 LEVINE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Levine — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
• 2017-03-02 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2018-01-03 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-01-03 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2018-01-08 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (January 8). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-01-12 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Ayes 42. Noes 19. Page 3760.)
• 2018-01-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (January 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-01-18 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2018-01-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (January 18). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-01-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-01-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3856.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-01-29 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2018-04-19 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and V.A. referral-committee
• 2018-04-30 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2018-05-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on V.A. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 15). Re-referred to Com. on V.A. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-06-06 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2018-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-08-06 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2018-08-17 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (August 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2018-08-17 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2018-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5569.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-22 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2018-08-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6610.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-04 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2018-09-19 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-19 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 523, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/adaac058-7539-4032-be62-ac3f8418dda7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).