republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-1843.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Applicants for employment: criminal history."
description: "Existing law prohibits an employer, whether a public agency or private individual or corporation, from asking an applicant for employment to disclose, or from utilizing as a factor in determining any condition of employment, information concerning an arrest or detention that did not result in a conviction, or information concerning a referral or participation in, any pretrial or posttrial diversion program, except as specified. Existing law also prohibits an employer, as specified, from asking an applicant to disclose, or from utilizing as a factor in determining any condition of employment, information concerning a conviction that has been judicially dismissed or ordered sealed, except in specified circumstances. Existing law specifies that these provisions do not prohibit an employer at a health facility, as defined, from asking an applicant for a specific type of employment about arrests for certain crimes. Existing law makes it a crime to intentionally violate these provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1843"
citation: "California AB 1843 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Applicants for employment: criminal history."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark Stone"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2016-02-09"
last_action: "2016-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2026cbf-fb70-4189-acc2-4d10f7a04c93"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1843"
source_hash: "12621cd29f9124ee6a96cdf4f7f68c2924a3a061c4b1ab759dbba9745731eb6e"
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 1843 (20152016) — Applicants for employment: criminal history.

Existing law prohibits an employer, whether a public agency or private individual or corporation, from asking an applicant for employment to disclose, or from utilizing as a factor in determining any condition of employment, information concerning an arrest or detention that did not result in a conviction, or information concerning a referral or participation in, any pretrial or posttrial diversion program, except as specified. Existing law also prohibits an employer, as specified, from asking an applicant to disclose, or from utilizing as a factor in determining any condition of employment, information concerning a conviction that has been judicially dismissed or ordered sealed, except in specified circumstances. Existing law specifies that these provisions do not prohibit an employer at a health facility, as defined, from asking an applicant for a specific type of employment about arrests for certain crimes. Existing law makes it a crime to intentionally violate these provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/09/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1843&version=20150AB184399INT)
2. **05/12/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1843&version=20150AB184398AMD)
3. **05/27/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1843&version=20150AB184397AMD)
4. **08/11/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1843&version=20150AB184396AMD)
5. **09/27/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1843&version=20150AB184394CHP)
6. **AB1843** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1843)
7. **08/29/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1843&version=20150AB184395ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1843 Mark Stone By Leno Reconsider — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1843 STONE Assembly Third Reading — **48–28** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **14–6** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1843 Mark Stone By Leno — **21–14** (pass) · upper
- AB 1843 STONE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **41–36** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1843 Mark Stone By Leno — **17–13** (fail) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mark Stone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-10** From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
- **2016-02-25** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 6.) (April 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 28. Page 4497.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-26** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-05-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-11** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-18** Read third time. Refused passage. (Ayes 17. Noes 13. Page 5133.). `reading-3, failure, reading-1`
- **2016-08-18** Motion to reconsider made by Senator Leno.
- **2016-08-18** Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5133.)
- **2016-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 14. Page 5243.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 41. Noes 36. Page 6309.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
- **2016-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 686, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2026cbf-fb70-4189-acc2-4d10f7a04c93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).