BREAKING: Legislature Sends SB 9 (Yee) to the Governor

A few minutes ago SB 9 (Yee), the bill to allow for a petition for re-sentencing for people sentenced to life without parole as juveniles after serving 15 years of their sentence, was just passed by the Legislature with a vote of 21-16.

This "concurrence" vote was the final obstacle the bill faced before heading to governor for signature. The "concurrence" vote is a vote in which the house of origin, in this case the Senate, approves the amendments that were taken in the other house, in this case the Assembly. SB 9 had been amended to prohibit people whose victim was a law enforcement official and would also prohibit people who tortured their victim from filing the re-sentencing petition.

Governor Jerry Brown has until September 30th to sign or veto legislation.