republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-960.md

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Bill	Compassionate release.	Existing law authorizes a court, upon recommendation for consideration by the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, to resentence or recall the sentence of a prisoner if the court finds that the prisoner is terminally ill or the prisoner is permanently medically incapacitated and, in either case, the conditions under which the prisoner would be released or receive treatment do not pose a threat to public safety. Under existing law, a prisoner is terminally ill for the purposes of these provisions if they have an incurable condition caused by an illness or disease that would produce death within 12 months. Under existing law, a prisoner is permanently medically incapacitated if they have a medical condition renders them permanently unable to perform activities of basic daily living, and results in the prisoner requiring 24-hour total care and the incapacitation did not exist at the time of original sentencing.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 960	California AB 960 (20212022)	bill	Compassionate release.	enacted	Ting	9	30	7	2021-02-17	2022-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/4b85faae-6bef-4ea7-a8f5-6bac922475ce	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB960	57994ede98903e3bc40c4ac2b76b65d0f1666675e9082ea7a19598f23e627d72	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 960 (20212022) — Compassionate release.

Existing law authorizes a court, upon recommendation for consideration by the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, to resentence or recall the sentence of a prisoner if the court finds that the prisoner is terminally ill or the prisoner is permanently medically incapacitated and, in either case, the conditions under which the prisoner would be released or receive treatment do not pose a threat to public safety. Under existing law, a prisoner is terminally ill for the purposes of these provisions if they have an incurable condition caused by an illness or disease that would produce death within 12 months. Under existing law, a prisoner is permanently medically incapacitated if they have a medical condition renders them permanently unable to perform activities of basic daily living, and results in the prisoner requiring 24-hour total care and the incapacitation did not exist at the time of original sentencing.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/12/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/22/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/27/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/01/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/16/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/29/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB960 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/01/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB960 Ting By Bradford — 29–9 (pass) · upper
• AB 960 Ting Assembly Third Reading — 45–24 (pass) · lower
• AB 960 Ting Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 46–21 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–2 (pass) · lower
• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 5–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ting — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2021-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
• 2021-03-04 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2021-04-12 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-04-13 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2021-04-21 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 20). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-04-22 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-04-26 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2021-05-12 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-06-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 24. Page 1893.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-06-07 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-06-16 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2022-05-27 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-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-07-13 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2022-08-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-08-08 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2022-08-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-16 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 5130.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-25 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2022-08-25 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2022-08-29 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 29). committee-passage
• 2022-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 46. Noes 21.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-09-07 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2022-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 744, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4b85faae-6bef-4ea7-a8f5-6bac922475ce. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).