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Bill	Employment applications: criminal history.	Existing law prohibits both public and private employers from asking an applicant for employment to disclose, either in writing or verbally, any information concerning an arrest or detention that did not result in a conviction.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 218	California AB 218 (20132014)	bill	Employment applications: criminal history.	enacted	Dickinson	6	26	10	2013-02-04	2013-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/b1481432-8678-4417-a002-3da551d335dd	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB218	fbff9ac5290a56cca37ecd784cbc8982896bd0eb76d54ae5d9532ac41331c3c7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 218 (20132014) — Employment applications: criminal history.

Existing law prohibits both public and private employers from asking an applicant for employment to disclose, either in writing or verbally, any information concerning an arrest or detention that did not result in a conviction.

Version chain

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

1. 02/04/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/10/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/24/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/10/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB218 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/19/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB218 Dickinson By De León Reconsider — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 4–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — 3–1 (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB218 Dickinson By De León — 21–16 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB218 Dickinson By De León — 20–16 (fail) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• AB 218 DICKINSON Assembly Third Reading — 48–29 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dickinson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-04 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2013-02-05 From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
• 2013-02-21 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2013-04-09 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (April 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-04-10 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-04-11 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2013-05-01 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2013-05-24 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-05-24 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-05-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 29. Page 1802.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2013-06-13 Referred to Coms. on L. & I.R. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2013-06-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-07-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-08-12 In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2013-08-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-09-11 Read third time. Refused passage. (Ayes 20. Noes 16. Page 2385.). reading-3, failure, reading-1
• 2013-09-11 Motion to reconsider made by Senator De León.
• 2013-09-11 Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2386.)
• 2013-09-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 16. Page 2397.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-09-12 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2013-09-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2013-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 699, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b1481432-8678-4417-a002-3da551d335dd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).