Existing law authorizes courts that have jurisdiction in misdemeanor cases to suspend the sentence and make and enforce terms of probation in those cases, for a period not to exceed 3 years, except when the period of the maximum sentence imposed by law exceeds 3 years, in which case the terms of probation may be imposed for a longer period than 3 years, but not to exceed the time for which the person may be imprisoned.
California AB 1950 (20192020) — Probation: length of terms.
Existing law authorizes courts that have jurisdiction in misdemeanor cases to suspend the sentence and make and enforce terms of probation in those cases, for a period not to exceed 3 years, except when the period of the maximum sentence imposed by law exceeds 3 years, in which case the terms of probation may be imposed for a longer period than 3 years, but not to exceed the time for which the person may be imprisoned.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
3rd Reading AB1950 Kamlager et al. By Mitchell — 26–12 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 10–7 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–3 (pass) · lower
AB 1950 Kamlager Assembly Third Reading — 48–22 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Kamlager — primary (person)
Kalra — coauthor (person)
Quirk — coauthor (person)
Wicks — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2020-01-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2020-01-18 From printer. May be heard in committee February 17.
2020-01-30 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2020-03-10 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2020-05-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
2020-05-07 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2020-05-20 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (May 19). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2020-05-21 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2020-05-22 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2020-06-02 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 7.) (June 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2020-06-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2020-06-10 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4746.) amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-06-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 22. Page 4851.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-06-16 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2020-07-01 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2020-08-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 31). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2020-08-13 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2020-08-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2020-08-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 4292.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-08-24 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2020-08-27 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2020-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2020-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 328, Statutes of 2020.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/02671bc5-9098-4ab5-935c-7afc1f9bb520. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).