{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"1170.125","citation":"Pen. Code, § 1170.125","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681. - 1620.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-2"},{"name":"TITLE 7. OF PROCEEDINGS AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE TRIAL AND BEFORE JUDGMENT [1065. - 1188.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-2/title-7"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4.5. Trial Court Sentencing [1170. - 1172.75.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-2/title-7/chapter-4.5"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1. Initial Sentencing [1170. - 1171.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-2/title-7/chapter-4.5/article-1"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 230, Sec. 3.   (SB 14)   Effective January 1, 2024.   Note: This section was added on March 7, 2000, by initiative Prop. 21.","effective":"2024-01-01","html":"<p>(a) Notwithstanding Section <a href=\"/pen/2\">2</a> of Proposition 184, as adopted at the November 8, 1994, statewide general election, for all offenses committed on or after November 7, 2012, but before January 1, 2024, all references to existing statutes in Sections <a href=\"/pen/1170.12\">1170.12</a> and <a href=\"/pen/1170.126\">1170.126</a> are to those sections as they read on November 7, 2012.</p><p>(b) Notwithstanding Section <a href=\"/pen/2\">2</a> of Proposition 184, as adopted at the November 8, 1994, statewide general election, for all offenses committed on or after January 1, 2024, all references to existing statutes in Sections <a href=\"/pen/1170.12\">1170.12</a> and <a href=\"/pen/1170.126\">1170.126</a> are to those sections as they read on January 1, 2024.</p>","text":"(a) Notwithstanding Section 2 of Proposition 184, as adopted at the November 8, 1994, statewide general election, for all offenses committed on or after November 7, 2012, but before January 1, 2024, all references to existing statutes in Sections 1170.12 and 1170.126 are to those sections as they read on November 7, 2012. (b) Notwithstanding Section 2 of Proposition 184, as adopted at the November 8, 1994, statewide general election, for all offenses committed on or after January 1, 2024, all references to existing statutes in Sections 1170.12 and 1170.126 are to those sections as they read on January 1, 2024.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/initial-sentencing-1170-125","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}