republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-285.md

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Bill	Criminal procedure: sentencing.	Prior law, in effect until January 1, 2020, required a sentencing court to impose an additional one-year term for each prior separate prison term or county jail felony term served by the defendant for a nonviolent felony, as specified. Prior law, in effect until January 1, 2018, also required a sentencing court to impose on a defendant convicted of specified crimes relating to controlled substances, an additional 3-year term for each prior conviction of specified controlled substances crimes. Existing law limits the imposition of these sentencing enhancements to certain specified circumstances.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SB 285	California SB 285 (20232024)	bill	Criminal procedure sentencing	enacted	Allen	8	31	8	2023-02-01	2024-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/47f9dc32-8677-4a6e-9f46-fb2c56b87e0a	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB285	666abe80a02338e96e59859b31fd2f0df605ea09f0d601b354ffc1b430778397	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 285 (20232024) — Criminal procedure: sentencing.

Prior law, in effect until January 1, 2020, required a sentencing court to impose an additional one-year term for each prior separate prison term or county jail felony term served by the defendant for a nonviolent felony, as specified. Prior law, in effect until January 1, 2018, also required a sentencing court to impose on a defendant convicted of specified crimes relating to controlled substances, an additional 3-year term for each prior conviction of specified controlled substances crimes. Existing law limits the imposition of these sentencing enhancements to certain specified circumstances.

Version chain

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

1. 02/01/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/11/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/04/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/03/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/19/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/29/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB285 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/03/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 33–3 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB285 Allen Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Governmental Organization] — 15–2 (pass) · lower
• SB 285 Allen Senate Third Reading By McCarty — 71–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 12–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Allen — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-01 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2023-02-02 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 4.
• 2023-02-09 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. referral-committee
• 2023-03-06 Set for hearing April 17.
• 2023-04-11 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-04-17 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 1. Page 746.) (April 17). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-15 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 3. Page 1072.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-15 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2023-05-26 Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and G.O. referral-committee
• 2023-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on G.O. (Ayes 15. Noes 2.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on G.O. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-06-04 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-06-06 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2024-07-03 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 2). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-07-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-08-07 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 7). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-08-08 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-15 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member McCarty.
• 2024-08-15 Ordered to third reading.
• 2024-08-19 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-19 Ordered to third reading.
• 2024-08-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 1. Page 6511.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-26 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2024-08-26 Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). referral-committee
• 2024-08-26 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on PUB S. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 5416.) Re-referred to Com. on PUB S. committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-08-28 Set for hearing August 28.
• 2024-08-28 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 5622.) committee-passage
• 2024-08-29 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5633.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2024-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 979, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/47f9dc32-8677-4a6e-9f46-fb2c56b87e0a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).