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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Prostitution: human trafficking: expungement."
+description: "Existing law authorizes the court, upon petition from a person who has reached 18 years of age, to seal all records relating to the person's case in the custody of a juvenile court if the person has not been subsequently convicted of a felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, and if rehabilitation has been attained to the satisfaction of the court."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20112012"
+identifier: "AB 2040"
+citation: "California AB 2040 (20112012)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Prostitution: human trafficking: expungement."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Swanson"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2012-02-23"
+last_action: "2012-08-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e32e01c2-4990-4a43-866c-531dbdc73f7d"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2040"
+source_hash: "3f32825d3258de470cc21be70147b6328129836306b9beac0e073abcd910cbd5"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California AB 2040 (20112012) — Prostitution: human trafficking: expungement.
+
+Existing law authorizes the court, upon petition from a person who has reached 18 years of age, to seal all records relating to the person's case in the custody of a juvenile court if the person has not been subsequently convicted of a felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, and if rehabilitation has been attained to the satisfaction of the court.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/23/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2040&version=20110AB204099INT)
+2. **05/25/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2040&version=20110AB204098AMD)
+3. **08/27/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2040&version=20110AB204096CHP)
+4. **AB2040** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2040)
+5. **08/13/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2040&version=20110AB204097ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass as amended. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
+- AB 2040 SWANSON Assembly Third Reading — **49–21** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading AB2040 Swanson By Wright — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **4–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Swanson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2012-02-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2012-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
+- **2012-03-08** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
+- **2012-03-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (March 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2012-04-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
+- **2012-05-25** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2012-05-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
+- **2012-05-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2012-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 21. Page 5188.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
+- **2012-06-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2012-06-14** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and APPR. `referral-committee`
+- **2012-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2012-07-03** Withdrawn from committee.
+- **2012-07-03** Ordered to second reading.
+- **2012-07-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2012-08-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4441.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
+- **2012-08-09** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
+- **2012-08-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:10 p.m.
+- **2012-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2012-08-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 197, Statutes of 2012.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e32e01c2-4990-4a43-866c-531dbdc73f7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
+