---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal offenders: rehabilitation."
description: "Existing law prohibits an employer, whether a public agency or private individual or corporation, from asking an applicant for employment to disclose, or from utilizing as a factor in determining any condition of employment, information concerning an arrest or detention that did not result in a conviction, or information concerning a referral or participation in, any pretrial or posttrial diversion program, except as specified. Existing law makes it a crime to intentionally violate these provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 530"
citation: "California SB 530 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal offenders: rehabilitation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wright"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf61ba4a-d3ed-4ab9-a5ed-97d99522f3f6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB530"
source_hash: "b7aadc403e1978a65205ba3c1969c92b62aac88d8aa8653940de598a6f0096d9"
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 SB 530 (20132014) — Criminal offenders: rehabilitation.

Existing law prohibits an employer, whether a public agency or private individual or corporation, from asking an applicant for employment to disclose, or from utilizing as a factor in determining any condition of employment, information concerning an arrest or detention that did not result in a conviction, or information concerning a referral or participation in, any pretrial or posttrial diversion program, except as specified. Existing law makes it a crime to intentionally violate these provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB530&version=20130SB53099INT)
2. **04/15/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB530&version=20130SB53098AMD)
3. **05/28/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB530&version=20130SB53097AMD)
4. **06/19/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB530&version=20130SB53096AMD)
5. **06/25/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB530&version=20130SB53095AMD)
6. **08/30/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB530&version=20130SB53094AMD)
7. **10/10/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB530&version=20130SB53092CHP)
8. **SB530** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB530)
9. **09/09/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB530&version=20130SB53093ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB530 Wright Concurrence — **22–13** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- SB 530 Wright Senate Third Reading By BRADFORD — **50–27** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **26–10** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **5–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wright — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-21** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-22** Set for hearing April 9.
- **2013-03-27** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-03-28** Set for hearing April 23.
- **2013-04-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 666.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-26** Set for hearing May 6.
- **2013-05-06** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2013-05-17** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2013-05-24** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1016.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-28** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 10. Page 1175.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-17** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-07-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (July 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-30** Read third time and amended. (Page 2793.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-30** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-09-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 50. Noes 27. Page 2863.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-05** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-09-06** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 22. Noes 13. Page 2168.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2013-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 721, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf61ba4a-d3ed-4ab9-a5ed-97d99522f3f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).