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type: "Bill"
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title: "Crimes: serious and violent felonies."
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description: "Existing law classifies certain criminal offenses as a \"violent felony\" for the purposes of various provisions of the Penal Code, including sentencing enhancements for prior convictions, as well as numerous other provisions."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "SB 268"
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citation: "California SB 268 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Crimes", "serious and violent felonies"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado-Gil"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2023-01-31"
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last_action: "2024-09-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5cc8698-73f3-4b81-9ac3-9a4f5f24475a"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB268"
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source_hash: "eb9a8c4801eebcc040f46bd6e69b8bffdc4bfb4166c105a9620250da0244839c"
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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 SB 268 (20232024) — Crimes: serious and violent felonies.
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Existing law classifies certain criminal offenses as a "violent felony" for the purposes of various provisions of the Penal Code, including sentencing enhancements for prior convictions, as well as numerous other provisions.
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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. **01/31/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB268&version=20230SB26899INT)
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2. **04/10/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB268&version=20230SB26898AMD)
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3. **04/25/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB268&version=20230SB26897AMD)
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4. **06/06/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB268&version=20230SB26896AMD)
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5. **09/28/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB268&version=20230SB26894CHP)
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6. **SB268** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB268)
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7. **09/05/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB268&version=20230SB26895ENR)
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## Votes
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- SB 268 Alvarado-Gil Senate Third Reading By Alanis — **74–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **13–1** (pass) · lower
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- Unfinished Business SB268 Alvarado-Gil et al. Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Special Consent SB268 Alvarado-Gil et al. — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Alvarado-Gil — primary (person)
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- Alanis — coauthor (person)
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- Bains — coauthor (person)
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- Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
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- Cervantes — principal coauthor (person)
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- Chen — coauthor (person)
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- Davies — coauthor (person)
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- Dixon — coauthor (person)
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- Flora — coauthor (person)
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- Grove — coauthor (person)
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- Hoover — coauthor (person)
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- Juan Carrillo — coauthor (person)
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- Lackey — coauthor (person)
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- Mathis — coauthor (person)
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- Megan Dahle — coauthor (person)
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- Newman — coauthor (person)
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- Nguyen — coauthor (person)
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- Niello — coauthor (person)
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- Ochoa Bogh — coauthor (person)
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- Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)
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- Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
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- Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
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- Schiavo — coauthor (person)
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- Seyarto — coauthor (person)
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- Villapudua — coauthor (person)
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- Waldron — coauthor (person)
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- Wallis — coauthor (person)
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- Wilk — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-31** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-02-01** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 3.
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- **2023-02-09** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-21** Set for hearing April 18.
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- **2023-04-10** 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`
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- **2023-04-24** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 802.) (April 18). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-25** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-01** Set for hearing May 8.
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- **2023-05-08** May 8 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
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- **2023-05-12** Set for hearing May 18.
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- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1163.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-05-23** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2023-05-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1297.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-05-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2023-06-08** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-27** June 27 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2024-06-04** June 4 hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2024-06-06** 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`
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- **2024-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2024-08-07** August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
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- **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (August 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-08-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6514.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-26** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2024-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5766.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2024-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 855, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`
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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/c5cc8698-73f3-4b81-9ac3-9a4f5f24475a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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