Existing law, the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, enacted by Proposition 47, as approved by the voters at the November 4, 2014, statewide general election, reduced the penalties for various crimes. Under the provisions of the act, a person who, on November 5, 2014, was serving a sentence for a conviction of a felony or felonies who would have been guilty of a misdemeanor under the act if the act had been in effect at the time of the conviction may petition or apply to have the sentence reduced in accordance with the act. Existing law requires those petitions to be filed on or before November 4, 2022, or at a later date upon showing of good cause.
California SB 749 (20232024) — Criminal procedure: sentencing.
Existing law, the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, enacted by Proposition 47, as approved by the voters at the November 4, 2014, statewide general election, reduced the penalties for various crimes. Under the provisions of the act, a person who, on November 5, 2014, was serving a sentence for a conviction of a felony or felonies who would have been guilty of a misdemeanor under the act if the act had been in effect at the time of the conviction may petition or apply to have the sentence reduced in accordance with the act. Existing law requires those petitions to be filed on or before November 4, 2022, or at a later date upon showing of good cause.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–1 (pass) · upper
SB 749 Smallwood-Cuevas Third Reading Urgency By Ting — 54–18 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Smallwood-Cuevas — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2023-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
2023-03-01 Referred to Com. on PUB S. referral-committee
2023-03-13 Set for hearing April 11.
2023-04-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 660.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-04-14 Set for hearing April 24.
2023-04-24 April 24 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2023-05-12 Set for hearing May 18.
2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1182.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-30 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 11. Page 1349.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-31 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2023-06-08 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2023-07-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-08-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-08-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-14 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 54. Noes 18. Page 3583.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-14 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2023-09-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2023-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 633, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4e07486a-08b3-4c7d-b07b-c425fde1d3d2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).