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Bill	Probation: environmental crimes.	Existing law authorizes courts generally to suspend a criminal sentence and make and enforce terms of probation for a period not to exceed 2 years. Existing law authorizes courts in misdemeanor cases to suspend a sentence and make and enforce terms of probation for a period not to exceed one year.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 508	California AB 508 (20232024)	bill	Probation environmental crimes	enacted	Petrie-Norris	5	21	5	2023-02-07	2023-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/4e382be2-c3d1-44ff-9da5-17b828d6a286	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB508	feea4e792f687b4552ff9819cb1fff39a20c2152f6bd3fc01d2a6f3a6afc37b1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 508 (20232024) — Probation: environmental crimes.

Existing law authorizes courts generally to suspend a criminal sentence and make and enforce terms of probation for a period not to exceed 2 years. Existing law authorizes courts in misdemeanor cases to suspend a sentence and make and enforce terms of probation for a period not to exceed one year.

Version chain

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

1. 02/07/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/07/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/30/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB508 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/08/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB508 Petrie-Norris et al. By Newman — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 508 Petrie-Norris Assembly Third Reading — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Petrie-Norris — primary (person)
• Chen — coauthor (person)
• Davies — principal coauthor (person)
• Min — principal coauthor (person)
• Newman — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-07 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-08 From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
• 2023-02-17 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2023-03-07 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
• 2023-03-08 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2023-03-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-04-26 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2023-05-03 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2007.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-06-14 Referred to Com. on PUB S. referral-committee
• 2023-07-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-08-14 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2023-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2393.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-06 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2023-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2023-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 264, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4e382be2-c3d1-44ff-9da5-17b828d6a286. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).