Nonviolent drug possession: parole.
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SB 519 — Nonviolent drug possession: parole.
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed Senate
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✓Passed Assembly
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2003-2004 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
Bill Text
- Enrolled 08/27/04 - Enrolled Current pdf August 27, 2004
- Amended 08/23/04 - Amended Assembly pdf August 23, 2004
- Amended 08/17/04 - Amended Assembly pdf August 17, 2004
- Amended 06/29/04 - Amended Assembly pdf June 29, 2004
- Amended 06/16/04 - Amended Assembly pdf June 16, 2004
- Amended 07/08/03 - Amended Senate pdf July 08, 2003
- Amended 05/29/03 - Amended Senate pdf May 29, 2003
- Introduced 02/20/03 - Introduced pdf February 20, 2003
- SB519 View text html
Action History
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Died on file.
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In Senate. To unfinished business. (Veto)
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Vetoed by Governor.
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Enrolled. To Governor at 4 p.m.
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Senate concurs in Assembly amendments. (Ayes 24. Noes 11. Page 5501.) To enrollment.
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In Senate. To unfinished business.
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Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 42. Noes 33. Page 7777.) To Senate.
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Read third time. Amended. To third reading.
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Read second time. To third reading.
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Read second time. Amended. To second reading.
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From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.)
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Placed on Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file.
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Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations.
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From committee: Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 2.).
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From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to committee.
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To Standing Committee on Public Safety.
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Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 2518.) To Assembly.
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In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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Read second time. To third reading.
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From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 3. Page 2231.)
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Set for hearing August 29.
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Placed on Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file.
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Set for hearing August 20.
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Hearing postponed by committee.
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Set for hearing August 18.
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Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations.
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From committee: Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1588.).
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Set for hearing July 1.
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From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to committee.
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Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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Set for hearing May 6.
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To Standing Committee on Public Safety.
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From print. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
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Introduced. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. To print.
Sponsors
- Vasconcellos · Primary
- Bowen · Cosponsor
- Goldberg · Cosponsor
- Koretz · Cosponsor
- Lieber · Cosponsor
- Longville · Cosponsor
- Romero · Cosponsor
- Yee · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 7 co-sponsors · 114 not signed on · 4 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Vasconcellos
Co-sponsors (7)
- Bowen
- Goldberg
- Koretz
- Lieber
- Longville
- Romero
- Yee
Not signed on (114)
114 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 114 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 24 | 10 | 0 | 4 |
| Republican | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 24 | 11 | 0 | 4 |
| % of votes cast | 62% | 28% | 0% | 10% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Cedillo | — | Not Voting |
| Alpert | — | Yea |
| Bowen | — | Yea |
| Burton | — | Yea |
| Escutia | — | Yea |
| Figueroa | — | Yea |
| Karnette | — | Yea |
| Kuehl | — | Yea |
| Machado | — | Yea |
| McClintock | — | Yea |
| McPherson | — | Yea |
| Murray | — | Yea |
| Ortiz | — | Yea |
| Perata | — | Yea |
| Scott | — | Yea |
| Sher | — | Yea |
| Soto | — | Yea |
| Speier | — | Yea |
| Vasconcellos | — | Yea |
| Vincent | — | Yea |
| Ackerman | — | Nay |
| Chesbro | — | Yea |
| Battin | — | Nay |
| Brulte | — | Nay |
| Hollingsworth | — | Nay |
| Margett | — | Nay |
| Morrow | — | Nay |
| Oller | — | Nay |
| Poochigian | — | Nay |
| Alarcon | — | Not Voting |
| Dunn | — | Not Voting |
| Ducheny | — | Not Voting |
| Ashburn | — | Nay |
| Romero | — | Yea |
| Aanestad | — | Yea |
| Torlakson | — | Yea |
| Denham | — | Nay |
| Florez | — | Yea |
| Johnson, Natasha | Republican | Nay |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 40 | 34 | 0 | 5 |
| Democratic | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 44 | 36 | 0 | 5 |
| % of votes cast | 52% | 42% | 0% | 6% |
How each member voted (85)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Hancock | — | Yea |
| Chu | — | Yea |
| Cogdill | — | Nay |
| Berg | — | Yea |
| Canciamilla | — | Yea |
| Chan | — | Yea |
| Chavez | — | Yea |
| Cohn | — | Yea |
| Kehoe | — | Yea |
| Diaz | — | Yea |
| Dutra | — | Yea |
| Dymally | — | Yea |
| Firebaugh | — | Yea |
| Goldberg | — | Yea |
| Yee | — | Yea |
| Jerome | — | Yea |
| Horton | — | Yea |
| Lieber | — | Yea |
| Longville | — | Yea |
| Lowenthal | — | Yea |
| Montanez | — | Yea |
| Nation | — | Yea |
| Negrete | — | Yea |
| Richman | — | Yea |
| Salinas | — | Yea |
| Wesson | — | Yea |
| Nunez | — | Yea |
| Aghazarian | — | Nay |
| Corbett | — | Yea |
| Bogh | — | Nay |
| Campbell | — | Nay |
| Leno | — | Yea |
| Liu | — | Yea |
| McLeod | — | Yea |
| Daucher | — | Nay |
| Oropeza | — | Yea |
| Garcia | — | Nay |
| Dutton | — | Nay |
| Pavley | — | Yea |
| Ridley-Thomas | — | Yea |
| Simitian | — | Yea |
| Vargas | — | Yea |
| Wiggins | — | Yea |
| Haynes | — | Nay |
| Shirley | — | Nay |
| Horton | — | Nay |
| Houston | — | Nay |
| Keene | — | Nay |
| La | — | Nay |
| La | — | Nay |
| Suer | — | Nay |
| Maddox | — | Nay |
| Matthews | — | Nay |
| Maze | — | Nay |
| McCarthy | — | Nay |
| Mountjoy | — | Nay |
| Nakanishi | — | Nay |
| Parra | — | Nay |
| Plescia | — | Nay |
| Runner | — | Nay |
| Samuelian | — | Nay |
| Spitzer | — | Nay |
| Bermudez | — | Not Voting |
| Frommer | — | Not Voting |
| Koretz | — | Not Voting |
| Leslie | — | Not Voting |
| Nakano | — | Not Voting |
| Wyland | — | Nay |
| Bates | — | Nay |
| Benoit | — | Nay |
| Harman | — | Nay |
| Levine | — | Yea |
| Maldonado | — | Nay |
| Mullin | — | Yea |
| Steinberg | — | Yea |
| Wolk | — | Yea |
| Correa | — | Nay |
| Cox | — | Nay |
| La Malfa | — | Nay |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Jackson, Corey A. | Democratic | Yea |
| Laird, John | Democratic | Yea |
| Pacheco, Blanca | Democratic | Nay |
| Reyes, Eloise Gómez | Democratic | Yea |
| Strickland, Tony | Republican | Nay |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 11 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 12 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| % of votes cast | 55% | 23% | 0% | 23% |
How each member voted (22)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Haynes | — | Nay |
| Keene | — | Nay |
| Runner | — | Nay |
| Firebaugh | — | Not Voting |
| Negrete | — | Not Voting |
| Levine | — | Not Voting |
| Yee | — | Yea |
| Corbett | — | Yea |
| Berg | — | Yea |
| Goldberg | — | Yea |
| Nation | — | Yea |
| Wesson | — | Yea |
| Daucher | — | Nay |
| Ridley-Thomas | — | Yea |
| Bates | — | Nay |
| Leno | — | Yea |
| McLeod | — | Not Voting |
| Pavley | — | Yea |
| Wiggins | — | Yea |
| Chu | — | Yea |
| Correa | — | Not Voting |
| Laird, John | Democratic | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 57% | 43% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (7)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Dymally | — | Yea |
| Firebaugh | — | Yea |
| Goldberg | — | Yea |
| La | — | Nay |
| Suer | — | Nay |
| Spitzer | — | Nay |
| Leno | — | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 27 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 27 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 71% | 29% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (38)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Cedillo | — | Yea |
| Chesbro | — | Yea |
| Alarcon | — | Yea |
| Alpert | — | Yea |
| Bowen | — | Yea |
| Burton | — | Yea |
| Dunn | — | Yea |
| Escutia | — | Yea |
| Figueroa | — | Yea |
| Ducheny | — | Yea |
| Karnette | — | Yea |
| Kuehl | — | Yea |
| Machado | — | Yea |
| McPherson | — | Yea |
| Murray | — | Yea |
| Ortiz | — | Yea |
| Perata | — | Yea |
| Scott | — | Yea |
| Sher | — | Yea |
| Soto | — | Yea |
| Speier | — | Yea |
| Vasconcellos | — | Yea |
| Vincent | — | Yea |
| Ackerman | — | Nay |
| Battin | — | Nay |
| Brulte | — | Nay |
| Margett | — | Nay |
| Morrow | — | Nay |
| Oller | — | Nay |
| Poochigian | — | Nay |
| Hollingsworth | — | Nay |
| Knight | — | Nay |
| Ashburn | — | Nay |
| Torlakson | — | Yea |
| Aanestad | — | Yea |
| Romero | — | Yea |
| Denham | — | Nay |
| Florez | — | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 70% | 30% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (10)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Alpert | — | Yea |
| Bowen | — | Yea |
| Escutia | — | Yea |
| Karnette | — | Yea |
| Machado | — | Yea |
| Murray | — | Yea |
| Battin | — | Nay |
| Poochigian | — | Nay |
| Aanestad | — | Yea |
| Ashburn | — | Nay |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (11)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Alpert | — | Yea |
| Battin | — | Yea |
| Bowen | — | Yea |
| Burton | — | Yea |
| Escutia | — | Yea |
| Karnette | — | Yea |
| Machado | — | Yea |
| Murray | — | Yea |
| Poochigian | — | Yea |
| Speier | — | Yea |
| Ashburn | — | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (5)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Burton | — | Yea |
| McPherson | — | Yea |
| Sher | — | Yea |
| Vasconcellos | — | Yea |
| Romero | — | Yea |
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Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors SB 519?
- SB 519 is sponsored by Vasconcellos, Bowen, Goldberg, Koretz, Lieber, Longville, Romero, and Yee.
- What is the current status of SB 519?
- This bill died with 2003-2004 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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