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type: "Bill"
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title: "Violent felonies: video recording."
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description: "Existing law provides, for many criminal offenses, 3 possible terms of punishment. Existing law authorizes a court, in sentencing a person convicted of such a crime, to select the appropriate term which, in its sound discretion, best serves the interests of justice. Existing law allows the court to consider, in choosing an appropriate punishment, the record of the case, specified reports received by the court, and specified statements in aggravation or mitigation."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20172018"
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identifier: "AB 1542"
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citation: "California AB 1542 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Violent felonies: video recording."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Dababneh"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2017-02-17"
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last_action: "2017-10-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db40af58-9717-4343-9cf4-88a2696a8a3d"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1542"
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source_hash: "114491e177940a86b9a37ff495ea3751502d2a6972be1bae3ebe9cc1a052c629"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 1542 (20172018) — Violent felonies: video recording.
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Existing law provides, for many criminal offenses, 3 possible terms of punishment. Existing law authorizes a court, in sentencing a person convicted of such a crime, to select the appropriate term which, in its sound discretion, best serves the interests of justice. Existing law allows the court to consider, in choosing an appropriate punishment, the record of the case, specified reports received by the court, and specified statements in aggravation or mitigation.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1542&version=20170AB154299INT)
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2. **05/01/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1542&version=20170AB154298AMD)
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3. **09/01/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1542&version=20170AB154297AMD)
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4. **10/11/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1542&version=20170AB154295CHP)
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5. **AB1542** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1542)
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6. **09/15/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1542&version=20170AB154296ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 1542 DABABNEH Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading AB1542 Dababneh et al. By Wiener — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 1542 DABABNEH Assembly Third Reading — **76–1** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **16–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Dababneh — primary (person)
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- Cooper — coauthor (person)
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- Lackey — coauthor (person)
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- Nguyen — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
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- **2017-03-16** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2017-04-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-05-01** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
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- **2017-05-02** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-05-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-05-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (May 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-05-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 1921.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2017-06-14** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-07-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2017-08-21** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-09-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
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- **2017-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-09-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2694.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2017-09-13** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Page 3254.)
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- **2017-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3305.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2017-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2017-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2017-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 668, Statutes of 2017.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db40af58-9717-4343-9cf4-88a2696a8a3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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