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Bill	Convictions: expungement: licenses.	Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law authorizes a board to deny, suspend, or revoke a license on various grounds, including, but not limited to, conviction of a crime if the crime is substantially related to the qualifications, functions, or duties of the business or profession for which the license was issued. Existing law prohibits a board from denying a license on the ground that the applicant has committed a crime if the applicant shows that he or she obtained a certificate of rehabilitation in the case of a felony, or that he or she has met all applicable requirements of the criteria of rehabilitation developed by the board, as specified, in the case of a misdemeanor.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 2396	California AB 2396 (20132014)	bill	Convictions: expungement: licenses.	enacted	Bonta	8	29	8	2014-02-21	2014-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/1f194dc5-bf7e-49eb-b1e5-5749ca4f297f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2396	a239d90f8b795c48a15392959d15d47cea5deb4095aa9d2d2c53482ad2d92c28	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2396 (20132014) — Convictions: expungement: licenses.

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law authorizes a board to deny, suspend, or revoke a license on various grounds, including, but not limited to, conviction of a crime if the crime is substantially related to the qualifications, functions, or duties of the business or profession for which the license was issued. Existing law prohibits a board from denying a license on the ground that the applicant has committed a crime if the applicant shows that he or she obtained a certificate of rehabilitation in the case of a felony, or that he or she has met all applicable requirements of the criteria of rehabilitation developed by the board, as specified, in the case of a misdemeanor.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/14 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/28/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/21/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/15/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/19/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/28/14 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB2396 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/29/14 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–3 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB2396 Bonta By Corbett — 24–10 (pass) · upper
• AB 2396 BONTA Assembly Third Reading — 55–17 (pass) · lower
• AB 2396 BONTA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 62–15 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 11–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bonta — primary (person)
• Skinner — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-21 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2014-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2014-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
• 2014-03-28 Referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2014-03-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2014-04-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-04-22 Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2014-04-22 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2014-04-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2014-05-07 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 7). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2014-05-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-05-15 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4952.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2014-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 17. Page 5095.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2014-06-05 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2014-06-16 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2014-06-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2014-08-04 In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2014-08-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2014-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-08-19 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2014-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-08-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 10. Page 4711.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-08-21 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 23 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2014-08-26 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 15. Page 6445.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2014-09-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2014-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2014-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 737, Statutes of 2014.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1f194dc5-bf7e-49eb-b1e5-5749ca4f297f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).