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type: "Bill"
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title: "Court records: misdemeanors."
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description: "Existing law authorizes the trial court clerk to destroy court records, as defined, after notice of destruction, if there is no request and order for transfer of the records, upon the expiration of specified time periods after final disposition of the case. Existing law generally provides that court records of a criminal proceeding relating to a misdemeanor violation may be destroyed after 5 years, but that court records of a criminal proceeding relating to a misdemeanor violation for speed contests, driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, or driving under the influence and causing bodily injury, may be destroyed after 10 years."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20152016"
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identifier: "AB 2232"
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citation: "California AB 2232 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Court records: misdemeanors."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Obernolte"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2016-02-18"
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last_action: "2016-07-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca6dd9f5-f415-49d1-96ff-28cf5d4e4d3f"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2232"
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source_hash: "a208632ef5274e73fa41f613a50496323becc6b1a8d72e8702e4b813f3bbd66f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 2232 (20152016) — Court records: misdemeanors.
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Existing law authorizes the trial court clerk to destroy court records, as defined, after notice of destruction, if there is no request and order for transfer of the records, upon the expiration of specified time periods after final disposition of the case. Existing law generally provides that court records of a criminal proceeding relating to a misdemeanor violation may be destroyed after 5 years, but that court records of a criminal proceeding relating to a misdemeanor violation for speed contests, driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, or driving under the influence and causing bodily injury, may be destroyed after 10 years.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/18/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2232&version=20150AB223299INT)
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2. **07/22/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2232&version=20150AB223297CHP)
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3. **AB2232** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2232)
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4. **07/07/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2232&version=20150AB223298ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 2232 OBERNOLTE Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Obernolte — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2016-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
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- **2016-03-03** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-04-06** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-04-07** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-04-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4362.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-04-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2016-04-28** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-05-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-06-20** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
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- **2016-06-21** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-06-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4647.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-06-30** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2016-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
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- **2016-07-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2016-07-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 74, Statutes of 2016.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca6dd9f5-f415-49d1-96ff-28cf5d4e4d3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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