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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Criminal procedure: pardons."
+description: "The general authority to grant reprieves, pardons, and commutations of sentence is conferred upon the Governor by Section 8 of Article V of the Constitution of the State of California. Existing law establishes the procedure for application for a pardon. Existing law authorizes the Board of Parole Hearings to recommend to the Governor persons imprisoned in the state prison system who, in their judgment, ought to be pardoned."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20172018"
+identifier: "AB 2845"
+citation: "California AB 2845 (20172018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Criminal procedure: pardons."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bonta"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2018-02-16"
+last_action: "2018-09-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89fd41c4-0c8a-4bac-8250-300ec5b30618"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2845"
+source_hash: "1f31239fbeaed1ff1e139e1b751d55d98e7b82671ab3dd29df0223f1bfd4dd16"
+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 2845 (20172018) — Criminal procedure: pardons.
+
+The general authority to grant reprieves, pardons, and commutations of sentence is conferred upon the Governor by Section 8 of Article V of the Constitution of the State of California. Existing law establishes the procedure for application for a pardon. Existing law authorizes the Board of Parole Hearings to recommend to the Governor persons imprisoned in the state prison system who, in their judgment, ought to be pardoned.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2845&version=20170AB284599INT)
+2. **04/03/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2845&version=20170AB284598AMD)
+3. **04/12/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2845&version=20170AB284597AMD)
+4. **08/17/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2845&version=20170AB284596AMD)
+5. **08/24/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2845&version=20170AB284595AMD)
+6. **09/27/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2845&version=20170AB284593CHP)
+7. **AB2845** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2845)
+8. **09/04/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2845&version=20170AB284594ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AB 2845 BONTA Assembly Third Reading — **46–29** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–2** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading AB2845 Bonta By Pan — **25–12** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
+- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · lower
+- AB 2845 BONTA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **45–30** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bonta — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
+- **2018-04-02** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-04-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2018-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-04-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2018-04-16** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-04-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2018-05-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2018-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2018-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 29. Page 5563.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2018-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2018-06-07** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2018-08-06** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-08-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
+- **2018-08-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
+- **2018-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2018-08-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
+- **2018-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2018-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 12. Page 5950.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2018-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
+- **2018-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 45. Noes 30. Page 7022.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
+- **2018-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
+- **2018-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2018-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 824, Statutes of 2018.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89fd41c4-0c8a-4bac-8250-300ec5b30618`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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