republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-567.md

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Bill	Criminal procedure: sentencing.	Existing law generally defines various actions and omissions as criminal offenses and makes those offenses punishable as either an infraction, misdemeanor, or felony, and provides for the imposition of various enhancements. Existing law provides the punishment for many felonies as imprisonment for one of 3 prescribed terms in the state prison or in a county jail, as specified, and provides for the imposition of an additional term of imprisonment of one of 3 prescribed terms for many enhancements. Under existing law, until January 1, 2022, when the statute specifies 3 possible terms, the choice of the appropriate term rests within the sound discretion of the court.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	SB 567	California SB 567 (20212022)	bill	Criminal procedure: sentencing.	enacted	Bradford	9	33	8	2021-02-18	2021-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/59377a7b-9d72-49dc-8dd4-b85694695b1b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB567	441354165519ac43849063910d74c9d7fdd38ed75c8e7f904a9ccf4a28976d01	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 567 (20212022) — Criminal procedure: sentencing.

Existing law generally defines various actions and omissions as criminal offenses and makes those offenses punishable as either an infraction, misdemeanor, or felony, and provides for the imposition of various enhancements. Existing law provides the punishment for many felonies as imprisonment for one of 3 prescribed terms in the state prison or in a county jail, as specified, and provides for the imposition of an additional term of imprisonment of one of 3 prescribed terms for many enhancements. Under existing law, until January 1, 2022, when the statute specifies 3 possible terms, the choice of the appropriate term 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. 02/18/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/09/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/27/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/20/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/01/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/03/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/08/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB567 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/13/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 30–7 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB567 Bradford Concurrence — 28–10 (pass) · upper
• SB 567 Bradford Senate Third Reading By Kalra — 41–23 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bradford — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-18 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-19 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
• 2021-02-22 Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
• 2021-02-22 (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
• 2021-02-22 Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
• 2021-03-03 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2021-03-09 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-03-18 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2021-03-23 Set for hearing April 13.
• 2021-04-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 778.) (April 13). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-04-29 Set for hearing May 3.
• 2021-05-04 May 3 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2021-05-14 Set for hearing May 20.
• 2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1197.) (May 20). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-06-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 7. Page 1381.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2021-06-10 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2021-06-30 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 29). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-07-01 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-08-19 August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2021-08-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-03 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-03 Ordered to third reading.
• 2021-09-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 41. Noes 23. Page 2931.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-08 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2021-09-09 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 2559.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
• 2021-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 731, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/59377a7b-9d72-49dc-8dd4-b85694695b1b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).