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type: "Bill"
title: "Felony murder: resentencing."
description: "Existing law authorizes a person who has been convicted of felony murder or murder under the natural and probable consequences theory to file a petition for the court to vacate the person's sentence and resentence them when specified conditions apply, including that the complaint, information, or indictment was filed against the petitioner that allowed the prosecution to proceed under a theory of felony murder or murder under the natural and probable consequences doctrine."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 775"
citation: "California SB 775 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Felony murder: resentencing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Becker"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-02-19"
last_action: "2021-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84f42214-a410-4750-af60-5764fc490eb6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB775"
source_hash: "5dfda7dfd04ece497b30e47fc046f47a19caea529e62902d11339e6b1863c0ac"
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 775 (20212022) — Felony murder: resentencing.
Existing law authorizes a person who has been convicted of felony murder or murder under the natural and probable consequences theory to file a petition for the court to vacate the person's sentence and resentence them when specified conditions apply, including that the complaint, information, or indictment was filed against the petitioner that allowed the prosecution to proceed under a theory of felony murder or murder under the natural and probable consequences doctrine.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/19/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB775&version=20210SB77599INT)
2. **05/20/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB775&version=20210SB77598AMD)
3. **07/06/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB775&version=20210SB77597AMD)
4. **08/30/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB775&version=20210SB77596AMD)
5. **09/01/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB775&version=20210SB77595AMD)
6. **10/05/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB775&version=20210SB77593CHP)
7. **SB775** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB775)
8. **09/14/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB775&version=20210SB77594ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **41** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **60** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB775 Becker Concurrence — **2710** (pass) · upper
- SB 775 Becker Senate Third Reading By Bauer-Kahan — **4132** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **308** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **52** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **114** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **62** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Becker — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-19** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2021-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2021-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
- **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
- **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
- **2021-03-03** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19** Set for hearing April 13.
- **2021-04-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 778.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Set for hearing May 3.
- **2021-05-04** May 3 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2021-05-14** Set for hearing May 20.
- **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1203.) (May 20). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-06-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 1394.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-10** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2021-07-06** 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`
- **2021-07-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (July 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-08-19** August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2021-08-26** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-01** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-01** Ordered to third reading.
- **2021-09-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 41. Noes 32. Page 3160.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-10** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2021-09-10** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 2643.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 551, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84f42214-a410-4750-af60-5764fc490eb6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).