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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the State of California should enact legislation to make the State's indeterminate sentencing system applicable to all serious violent…

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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the State of California should enact legislation to make the State's indeterminate sentencing system applicable to all serious violent crimes, while continuing to provide and maintain any current minimum sentences for such crimes.

Introduced: March 17, 1994 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
May 24, 1994
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice.
Mar 17, 1994
Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
Mar 17, 1994
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the State of California should enact legislation requiring that all criminals convicted in California State courts of serious violent crimes be imprisoned under the State's indeterminate sentencing system, which links a convicted criminal's release date to the severity of the offense and the prospects for a crime-free life after release.

What's happening now May 24, 1994

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice.

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Calvert, Ken
California · Mar 17, 1994
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 391: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the State of California should enact legislation to make the State's indeterminate sentencing system applicable to all serious violent crimes, while continuing to provide and maintain any current minimum sentences for such crimes.. 103rd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HRES-391/
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"H. Res. 391: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the State of California should enact legislation to make the State's indeterminate sentencing system applicable to all serious violent crimes, while continuing to provide and maintain any current minimum sentences for such crimes.." 103rd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HRES-391/.
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H. Res. 391, 103rd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HRES-391/.
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[H. Res. 391: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the State of California should enact legislation to make the State's indeterminate sentencing system applicable to all serious violent crimes, while continuing to provide and maintain any current minimum sentences for such crimes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HRES-391/)
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