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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Criminal procedure: sentencing."
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description: "Prior law, in effect until January 1, 2020, required a sentencing court to impose an additional one-year term for each prior separate prison term or county jail felony term served by the defendant for a nonviolent felony, as specified. Prior law, in effect until January 1, 2018, also required a sentencing court to impose on a defendant convicted of specified crimes relating to controlled substances, an additional 3-year term for each prior conviction of specified controlled substances crimes. Existing law limits the imposition of these sentencing enhancements to certain specified circumstances."
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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 285"
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citation: "California SB 285 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Criminal procedure", "sentencing"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Allen"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2023-02-01"
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last_action: "2024-09-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47f9dc32-8677-4a6e-9f46-fb2c56b87e0a"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB285"
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source_hash: "666abe80a02338e96e59859b31fd2f0df605ea09f0d601b354ffc1b430778397"
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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 285 (20232024) — Criminal procedure: sentencing.
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Prior law, in effect until January 1, 2020, required a sentencing court to impose an additional one-year term for each prior separate prison term or county jail felony term served by the defendant for a nonviolent felony, as specified. Prior law, in effect until January 1, 2018, also required a sentencing court to impose on a defendant convicted of specified crimes relating to controlled substances, an additional 3-year term for each prior conviction of specified controlled substances crimes. Existing law limits the imposition of these sentencing enhancements to certain specified circumstances.
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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. **02/01/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB285&version=20230SB28599INT)
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2. **04/11/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB285&version=20230SB28598AMD)
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3. **06/04/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB285&version=20230SB28597AMD)
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4. **07/03/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB285&version=20230SB28596AMD)
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5. **08/19/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB285&version=20230SB28595AMD)
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6. **09/29/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB285&version=20230SB28593CHP)
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7. **SB285** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB285)
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8. **09/03/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB285&version=20230SB28594ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading — **33–3** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Unfinished Business SB285 Allen Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Governmental Organization] — **15–2** (pass) · lower
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- SB 285 Allen Senate Third Reading By McCarty — **71–1** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **12–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Allen — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-01** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-02-02** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 4.
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- **2023-02-09** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-06** Set for hearing April 17.
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- **2023-04-11** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 1. Page 746.) (April 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-05-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 3. Page 1072.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-05-15** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2023-05-26** Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and G.O. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on G.O. (Ayes 15. Noes 2.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-04** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-06** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-07-03** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 2). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-07-03** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2024-08-07** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-08-08** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-08-15** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member McCarty.
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- **2024-08-15** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2024-08-19** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-19** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2024-08-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 1. Page 6511.) 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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- **2024-08-26** Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). `referral-committee`
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- **2024-08-26** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on PUB S. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 5416.) Re-referred to Com. on PUB S. `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2024-08-28** Set for hearing August 28.
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- **2024-08-28** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 5622.) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-08-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5633.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2024-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 979, 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/47f9dc32-8677-4a6e-9f46-fb2c56b87e0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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