Existing law requires the court, when imposing a sentence for a serious felony, in addition and consecutive to the term imposed for that serious felony, to impose a 5-year enhancement for each prior conviction of a serious felony. Existing law generally authorizes a judge, in the interests of justice, to order an action dismissed, but precludes a judge from striking any prior serious felony conviction in connection with imposition of the 5-year enhancement.
Existing law requires the court, when imposing a sentence for a serious felony, in addition and consecutive to the term imposed for that serious felony, to impose a 5-year enhancement for each prior conviction of a serious felony. Existing law generally authorizes a judge, in the interests of justice, to order an action dismissed, but precludes a judge from striking any prior serious felony conviction in connection with imposition of the 5-year enhancement.
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] — 5–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 11–5 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Mitchell — primary (person)
Beall — coauthor (person)
Bradford — coauthor (person)
Carrillo — coauthor (person)
Jones-Sawyer — coauthor (person)
Kalra — principal coauthor (person)
Lara — author (person)
Quirk — coauthor (person)
Skinner — coauthor (person)
Weber — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2018-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
2018-03-08 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2018-03-20 Set for hearing April 3.
2018-04-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 4516.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-04-09 Set for hearing April 16.
2018-04-16 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2018-04-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-05-09 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2018-05-09 Ordered to second reading.
2018-05-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-05-14 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 5037.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-05-15 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2018-05-25 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2018-06-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-06-27 June 27 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2018-08-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (August 15). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-31 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2018-09-07 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2018-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1013, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ce726384-88a4-454f-aebf-65bc51aa3aec. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).