republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-749.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal procedure: sentencing."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 749"
citation: "California SB 749 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal procedure", "sentencing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smallwood-Cuevas"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e07486a-08b3-4c7d-b07b-c425fde1d3d2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB749"
source_hash: "da053a6e2c1fcb8180ba5f4e0ac1db19937f20d139f229a9071585f26cd23849"
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 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.

1. **02/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB749&version=20230SB74999INT)
2. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB749&version=20230SB74997CHP)
3. **SB749** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB749)
4. **09/19/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB749&version=20230SB74998ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **11–4** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB749 Smallwood-Cuevas Urgency Clause — **28–11** (pass) · upper
- 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e07486a-08b3-4c7d-b07b-c425fde1d3d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).