---
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).