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California SB 268 (20232024) — Crimes: serious and violent felonies.

Existing law classifies certain criminal offenses as a "violent felony" for the purposes of various provisions of the Penal Code, including sentencing enhancements for prior convictions, as well as numerous other provisions.

Version chain

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

1. 01/31/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/10/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/25/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/06/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/28/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB268 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/05/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 268 Alvarado-Gil Senate Third Reading By Alanis — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 13–1 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB268 Alvarado-Gil et al. Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent SB268 Alvarado-Gil et al. — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Alvarado-Gil — primary (person)
• Alanis — coauthor (person)
• Bains — coauthor (person)
• Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
• Cervantes — principal coauthor (person)
• Chen — coauthor (person)
• Davies — coauthor (person)
• Dixon — coauthor (person)
• Flora — coauthor (person)
• Grove — coauthor (person)
• Hoover — coauthor (person)
• Juan Carrillo — coauthor (person)
• Lackey — coauthor (person)
• Mathis — coauthor (person)
• Megan Dahle — coauthor (person)
• Newman — coauthor (person)
• Nguyen — coauthor (person)
• Niello — coauthor (person)
• Ochoa Bogh — coauthor (person)
• Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)
• Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
• Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
• Schiavo — coauthor (person)
• Seyarto — coauthor (person)
• Villapudua — coauthor (person)
• Waldron — coauthor (person)
• Wallis — coauthor (person)
• Wilk — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-31 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2023-02-01 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 3.
• 2023-02-09 Referred to Com. on PUB S. referral-committee
• 2023-03-21 Set for hearing April 18.
• 2023-04-10 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB S. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-04-24 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 802.) (April 18). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-25 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-05-01 Set for hearing May 8.
• 2023-05-08 May 8 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2023-05-12 Set for hearing May 18.
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1163.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-23 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2023-05-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1297.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-25 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2023-06-08 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2023-06-27 June 27 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2024-06-04 June 4 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2024-06-06 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-07-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-08-07 August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2024-08-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (August 15). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6514.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-26 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2024-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5766.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2024-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 855, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c5cc8698-73f3-4b81-9ac3-9a4f5f24475a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).