---
type: "Bill"
title: "Misdemeanor offenses: deferral of sentencing: pilot program."
description: "Existing law authorizes a county to establish a pretrial diversion program for defendants who have been charged with a misdemeanor offense and authorizes other diversion programs, including for defendants with cognitive developmental disabilities, defendants in nonviolent drug cases, and traffic violations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2124"
citation: "California AB 2124 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Misdemeanor offenses: deferral of sentencing: pilot program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowenthal"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2014-02-20"
last_action: "2014-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5afe8724-c755-4310-a9ae-016dbfb7087f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2124"
source_hash: "b2db89ba6ebdc067f50bde15e104af70b33fbf843ce48ab3dd49ebb87268dd00"
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 2124 (20132014) — Misdemeanor offenses: deferral of sentencing: pilot program.

Existing law authorizes a county to establish a pretrial diversion program for defendants who have been charged with a misdemeanor offense and authorizes other diversion programs, including for defendants with cognitive developmental disabilities, defendants in nonviolent drug cases, and traffic violations.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/20/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2124&version=20130AB212499INT)
2. **03/28/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2124&version=20130AB212498AMD)
3. **05/23/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2124&version=20130AB212497AMD)
4. **08/22/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2124&version=20130AB212496AMD)
5. **09/28/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2124&version=20130AB212494CHP)
6. **AB2124** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2124)
7. **09/04/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2124&version=20130AB212495ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2124 Lowenthal By Mitchell — **23–13** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- AB 2124 LOWENTHAL Assembly Third Reading — **48–25** (pass) · lower
- AB 2124 LOWENTHAL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **46–31** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lowenthal — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2014-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2014-03-28** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-28** 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`
- **2014-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5088.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 25. Page 5223.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-11** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 4953.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 23. Page 6692.)
- **2014-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 46. Noes 31. Page 6695.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2014-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 732, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5afe8724-c755-4310-a9ae-016dbfb7087f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).