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Sentencing: resentencing to remove sentencing enhancements.

It became law on Oct 8, 2021.

CA SB 483 · Senate Bill · 2021–2022

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Became law
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Latest action
Oct 8, 2021

What it does

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, 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, including possession for sale of opiates, opium derivatives, and hallucinogenic substances, as specified. Existing law limits the imposition of these sentencing enhancements to certain specified…

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Where it stands

This bill passed and is now law.

  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Done)

  3. Floor (Done)

  4. Law (Done)

    Oct 8, 2021

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Where it goes next

Once a bill is decided, the questions are about what is done with it in California.

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