Criminal procedure: recall of sentencing.
Summary
Existing law authorizes a court on its own motion and within 120 days after sentencing, or at any time upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or the Board of Parole Hearings in the case of state prison inmates, or the county correctional administrator in the case of county jail inmates, to recall the sentence of a defendant who has been committed to state prison or county jail and resentence that defendant to a lesser sentence, as specified. This bill would allow the court to also recall and resentence a defendant upon the recommendation of the district attorney of the county in which the defendant was sentenced.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2018
Committee Review
Aug 2018
Assembly Passage
May 2018
Senate Passage
Aug 2018
Signed into Law
Sep 2018
Introduced Feb 16, 2018
Signed Sep 30, 2018
Floor votes · Senate Aug 22, 2018 · Assembly May 30, 2018
How they voted
27–5
Passed
Total votes 32
Aug 22, 2018
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican11
54% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
9
Committee
10
Amendments
4
Sep 30, 2018
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
legislature
Aug 27, 2018
Lower · Passed
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 53. Noes 23. Page 6640.).
lower
Aug 22, 2018
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (27-5)
senate
Aug 22, 2018
Introduced
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
lower
Aug 17, 2018
Upper · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (August 16).
upper
Aug 6, 2018
Committee
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
upper
Jun 26, 2018
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
upper
Jun 13, 2018
Committee
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
upper
May 30, 2018
Assembly · Passed
Assembly Vote: pass (40-24-5)
assembly
May 16, 2018
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 16).
lower
May 9, 2018
Committee
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
lower
May 8, 2018
Introduced
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended.
lower
May 3, 2018
Committee
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
lower
May 2, 2018
Introduced
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended.
lower
Apr 25, 2018
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
lower
Mar 8, 2018
Committee
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
lower
Feb 17, 2018
Lower · Passed
From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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