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type: "Bill"
title: "Probation: environmental crimes."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 508"
citation: "California AB 508 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Probation", "environmental crimes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Petrie-Norris"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-07"
last_action: "2023-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e382be2-c3d1-44ff-9da5-17b828d6a286"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB508"
source_hash: "feea4e792f687b4552ff9819cb1fff39a20c2152f6bd3fc01d2a6f3a6afc37b1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB508&version=20230AB50899INT)
2. **03/07/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB508&version=20230AB50898AMD)
3. **09/30/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB508&version=20230AB50896CHP)
4. **AB508** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB508)
5. **09/08/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB508&version=20230AB50897ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **40** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB508 Petrie-Norris et al. By Newman — **400** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **80** (pass) · lower
- AB 508 Petrie-Norris Assembly Third Reading — **800** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **150** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e382be2-c3d1-44ff-9da5-17b828d6a286`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).