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Bill	Prostitution: human trafficking: expungement.	Existing law authorizes the court, upon petition from a person who has reached 18 years of age, to seal all records relating to the person's case in the custody of a juvenile court if the person has not been subsequently convicted of a felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, and if rehabilitation has been attained to the satisfaction of the court.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 2040	California AB 2040 (20112012)	bill	Prostitution: human trafficking: expungement.	enacted	Swanson	5	20	5	2012-02-23	2012-08-27	openstates	ocd-bill/e32e01c2-4990-4a43-866c-531dbdc73f7d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2040	3f32825d3258de470cc21be70147b6328129836306b9beac0e073abcd910cbd5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2040 (20112012) — Prostitution: human trafficking: expungement.

Existing law authorizes the court, upon petition from a person who has reached 18 years of age, to seal all records relating to the person's case in the custody of a juvenile court if the person has not been subsequently convicted of a felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, and if rehabilitation has been attained to the satisfaction of the court.

Version chain

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

1. 02/23/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/25/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/27/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB2040 (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/13/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• AB 2040 SWANSON Assembly Third Reading — 49–21 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2040 Swanson By Wright — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 4–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Swanson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-23 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2012-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2012-03-08 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2012-03-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (March 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-04-18 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2012-05-25 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-05-25 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-05-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 21. Page 5188.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-06-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2012-06-14 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and APPR. referral-committee
• 2012-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-07-03 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2012-07-03 Ordered to second reading.
• 2012-07-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4441.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-09 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2012-08-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:10 p.m.
• 2012-08-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-08-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 197, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e32e01c2-4990-4a43-866c-531dbdc73f7d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).