--- type: "Bill" title: "Wrongful convictions." description: "Existing law provides that any person who, having been convicted of any crime against the state amounting to a felony and imprisoned in the state prison for that conviction, is granted a pardon by the Governor for specified reasons, and having served the term or any part thereof for which he or she was imprisoned, may present a claim against the state to the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board for the pecuniary injury sustained by him or her through the erroneous conviction and imprisonment, as specified." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20132014" identifier: "SB 618" citation: "California SB 618 (20132014)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Wrongful convictions."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Leno"] version_count: 7 action_count: 27 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2013-02-22" last_action: "2013-10-13" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68b47dc9-364b-4157-b3f7-191ee6b5ab37" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB618" source_hash: "e01236c59722d4c4257d25c74610f03bc51e7e0b6baa8f18303ff1c53478930a" 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 618 (20132014) — Wrongful convictions. Existing law provides that any person who, having been convicted of any crime against the state amounting to a felony and imprisoned in the state prison for that conviction, is granted a pardon by the Governor for specified reasons, and having served the term or any part thereof for which he or she was imprisoned, may present a claim against the state to the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board for the pecuniary injury sustained by him or her through the erroneous conviction and imprisonment, as specified. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB618&version=20130SB61899INT) 2. **04/15/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB618&version=20130SB61898AMD) 3. **06/27/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB618&version=20130SB61897AMD) 4. **09/03/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB618&version=20130SB61896AMD) 5. **10/13/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB618&version=20130SB61894CHP) 6. **SB618** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB618) 7. **09/19/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB618&version=20130SB61895ENR) ## Votes - Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–1** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading — **28–10** (pass) · upper - Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **5–0** (pass) · upper - SB 618 Leno Senate Third Reading By DONNELLY — **77–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended. — **12–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass. — **5–2** (pass) · upper - Unfinished Business SB618 Leno Concurrence — **30–3** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Leno — primary (person) - Steinberg — principal coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2013-02-22** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction` - **2013-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26. - **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1` - **2013-03-11** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2013-03-15** 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 6. Noes 1. Page 666.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage` - **2013-05-03** Set for hearing May 13. - **2013-05-13** Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2013-05-17** Set for hearing May 23. - **2013-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1018.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2013-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2013-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 1157.) 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 PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2013-06-27** 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` - **2013-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage` - **2013-08-14** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee` - **2013-08-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2013-09-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage` - **2013-09-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2013-09-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3194.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2013-09-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2013-09-12** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 3. Page 2425.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2013-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m. - **2013-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2013-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 800, Statutes of 2013. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68b47dc9-364b-4157-b3f7-191ee6b5ab37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).