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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: "Probation: environmental crimes."
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description: "Existing law authorizes courts generally to suspend a criminal sentence and make and enforce terms of probation for a period not to exceed 2 years. Existing law authorizes courts in misdemeanor cases to suspend a sentence and make and enforce terms of probation for a period not to exceed one year."
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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: "AB 508"
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citation: "California AB 508 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Probation", "environmental crimes"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Petrie-Norris"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2023-02-07"
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last_action: "2023-09-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e382be2-c3d1-44ff-9da5-17b828d6a286"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB508"
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source_hash: "feea4e792f687b4552ff9819cb1fff39a20c2152f6bd3fc01d2a6f3a6afc37b1"
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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 508 (20232024) — Probation: environmental crimes.
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Existing law authorizes courts generally to suspend a criminal sentence and make and enforce terms of probation for a period not to exceed 2 years. Existing law authorizes courts in misdemeanor cases to suspend a sentence and make and enforce terms of probation for a period not to exceed one year.
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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. **02/07/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB508&version=20230AB50899INT)
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2. **03/07/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB508&version=20230AB50898AMD)
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3. **09/30/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB508&version=20230AB50896CHP)
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4. **AB508** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB508)
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5. **09/08/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB508&version=20230AB50897ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading AB508 Petrie-Norris et al. By Newman — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 508 Petrie-Norris Assembly Third Reading — **80–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Petrie-Norris — primary (person)
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- Chen — coauthor (person)
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- Davies — principal coauthor (person)
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- Min — principal coauthor (person)
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- Newman — principal coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-07** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-08** From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
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- **2023-02-17** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-03-08** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-26** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2023-05-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (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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- **2023-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2007.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2023-06-14** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-07-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2023-08-14** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2023-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-09-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2393.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-09-06** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2023-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2023-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2023-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 264, Statutes of 2023. `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/4e382be2-c3d1-44ff-9da5-17b828d6a286`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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