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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Criminal procedure: discrimination."
+description: "Existing law prohibits the state from seeking a criminal conviction or sentence on the basis of race, ethnicity, or national origin. Existing law authorizes a defendant to file a motion in the trial court or, if judgment has been imposed, to file a petition for writ of habeas corpus to allege a violation of this prohibition."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20232024"
+identifier: "AB 1118"
+citation: "California AB 1118 (20232024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Criminal procedure", "discrimination"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kalra"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2023-02-15"
+last_action: "2023-10-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8729679-81f2-4eab-8cc2-9da6e4b54ee1"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1118"
+source_hash: "8cb1725417113dbbeb65d5291f6919a28cbb2347d8097b035fe3c9fe414e817b"
+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 1118 (20232024) — Criminal procedure: discrimination.
+
+Existing law prohibits the state from seeking a criminal conviction or sentence on the basis of race, ethnicity, or national origin. Existing law authorizes a defendant to file a motion in the trial court or, if judgment has been imposed, to file a petition for writ of habeas corpus to allege a violation of this prohibition.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/15/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1118&version=20230AB111899INT)
+2. **03/15/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1118&version=20230AB111898AMD)
+3. **05/18/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1118&version=20230AB111897AMD)
+4. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1118&version=20230AB111895CHP)
+5. **AB1118** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1118)
+6. **09/11/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1118&version=20230AB111896ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AB 1118 Kalra Consent Calendar Second Day — **65–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- AB 1118 Kalra Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading AB1118 Kalra By Bradford — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kalra — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
+- **2023-03-02** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-15** 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-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-03-16** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-28** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-29** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-04-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 1079.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2023-05-03** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB S. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-09-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2350.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2023-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
+- **2023-09-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3028.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-09-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
+- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 464, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8729679-81f2-4eab-8cc2-9da6e4b54ee1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
+