What is SENATE BILL 620 (SB 620)?

SB 620 amended existing California law related to mandatory firearm enhancements, allowing judges to strike, dismiss, or tailor the duration of a firearm enhancement depending on each individual’s circumstances.[334] Before this change, judges were required to impose specific firearm enhancements every time a gun was used in the commission of a felony.[335]

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    Cal. State Senator Steven Bradford, “Governor Signs SB 620 Allowing Judges to Strike Unwarranted Sentence Enhancements” (Oct. 11, 2017), available at http://sd35.senate.ca.gov/news/2017-10-11-governor-signs-sb-620-allowing-judges-strike-unwarranted-sentence-enhancements. ↑

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    Legislative Counsel’s Digest, Senate Bill No. 620 (Oct. 10, 2017), available at https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB620. ↑