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Bill	Convictions: expungement.	Existing law permits a defendant to withdraw his or her plea of guilty or plea of nolo contendere and enter a plea of not guilty in any case in which a defendant has fulfilled the conditions of probation for the entire period of probation, or has been discharged prior to the termination of the period of probation, or in any other case in which a court, in its discretion and the interests of justice, determines that a defendant should be granted this or other specified relief.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 651	California AB 651 (20132014)	bill	Convictions: expungement.	enacted	Bradford	5	24	7	2013-02-21	2013-10-13	openstates	ocd-bill/699a9f28-ce86-462d-b8f9-671974308441	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB651	557b75156326084b9dad3a811dbcf8c31d4f8dbfd2777200a08bc78fd6d4863c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 651 (20132014) — Convictions: expungement.

Existing law permits a defendant to withdraw his or her plea of guilty or plea of nolo contendere and enter a plea of not guilty in any case in which a defendant has fulfilled the conditions of probation for the entire period of probation, or has been discharged prior to the termination of the period of probation, or in any other case in which a court, in its discretion and the interests of justice, determines that a defendant should be granted this or other specified relief.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 09/03/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 10/13/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB651 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/16/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 4–2 (pass) · lower
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB651 Bradford By Wright — 21–16 (pass) · upper
• AB 651 BRADFORD Assembly Third Reading — 42–32 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• AB 651 BRADFORD Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 46–32 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 5–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bradford — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-21 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2013-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
• 2013-03-04 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2013-04-03 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (April 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-04-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-05-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 42. Noes 32. Page 1320.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-05-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2013-05-23 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2013-05-30 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2013-05-30 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2013-05-30 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2013-06-06 Re-referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and APPR. referral-committee
• 2013-06-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-06-24 In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2013-08-30 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-03 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 16. Page 2266.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2013-09-10 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)
• 2013-09-10 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)
• 2013-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 46. Noes 32. Page 3108.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2013-10-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 787, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/699a9f28-ce86-462d-b8f9-671974308441. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).