---
type: "Bill"
title: "Convictions: expungement: licenses."
description: "Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law authorizes a board to deny, suspend, or revoke a license on various grounds, including, but not limited to, conviction of a crime if the crime is substantially related to the qualifications, functions, or duties of the business or profession for which the license was issued. Existing law prohibits a board from denying a license on the ground that the applicant has committed a crime if the applicant shows that he or she obtained a certificate of rehabilitation in the case of a felony, or that he or she has met all applicable requirements of the criteria of rehabilitation developed by the board, as specified, in the case of a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2396"
citation: "California AB 2396 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Convictions: expungement: licenses."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonta"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f194dc5-bf7e-49eb-b1e5-5749ca4f297f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2396"
source_hash: "a239d90f8b795c48a15392959d15d47cea5deb4095aa9d2d2c53482ad2d92c28"
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 2396 (20132014) — Convictions: expungement: licenses.

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law authorizes a board to deny, suspend, or revoke a license on various grounds, including, but not limited to, conviction of a crime if the crime is substantially related to the qualifications, functions, or duties of the business or profession for which the license was issued. Existing law prohibits a board from denying a license on the ground that the applicant has committed a crime if the applicant shows that he or she obtained a certificate of rehabilitation in the case of a felony, or that he or she has met all applicable requirements of the criteria of rehabilitation developed by the board, as specified, in the case of a misdemeanor.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2396&version=20130AB239699INT)
2. **03/28/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2396&version=20130AB239698AMD)
3. **04/21/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2396&version=20130AB239697AMD)
4. **05/15/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2396&version=20130AB239696AMD)
5. **08/19/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2396&version=20130AB239695AMD)
6. **09/28/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2396&version=20130AB239693CHP)
7. **AB2396** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2396)
8. **08/29/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2396&version=20130AB239694ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–3** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2396 Bonta By Corbett — **24–10** (pass) · upper
- AB 2396 BONTA Assembly Third Reading — **55–17** (pass) · lower
- AB 2396 BONTA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **62–15** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **11–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bonta — primary (person)
- Skinner — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2014-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2014-03-28** Referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-22** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-04-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-15** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4952.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 17. Page 5095.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-05** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-06-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-04** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2014-08-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-19** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 10. Page 4711.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-21** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 23 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 15. Page 6445.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2014-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 737, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f194dc5-bf7e-49eb-b1e5-5749ca4f297f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).