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Bill	Criminal procedure: postconviction relief.	Under existing law, although persons not presently restrained of liberty may seek certain types of relief from the disabilities of a conviction, the writ of habeas corpus is generally not available to them. Existing law creates an explicit right for a person no longer unlawfully imprisoned or restrained to prosecute a motion to vacate a judgment based on newly obtained evidence of fraud or misconduct by a government official, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 813	California AB 813 (20152016)	bill	Criminal procedure: postconviction relief.	enacted	Gonzalez	8	32	9	2015-02-26	2016-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/6719c6ea-d704-43e6-8750-a1b0e0404162	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB813	e1a3daefc36de9655243754699e7d7c3b7b8efb435e8bd22c70486e549691bb0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 813 (20152016) — Criminal procedure: postconviction relief.

Under existing law, although persons not presently restrained of liberty may seek certain types of relief from the disabilities of a conviction, the writ of habeas corpus is generally not available to them. Existing law creates an explicit right for a person no longer unlawfully imprisoned or restrained to prosecute a motion to vacate a judgment based on newly obtained evidence of fraud or misconduct by a government official, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/26/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/26/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/07/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/14/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/22/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/28/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB813 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/02/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB813 Gonzalez By Leno — 26–11 (pass) · upper
• AB 813 GONZALEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 59–14 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Rules] — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 5–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 813 GONZALEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 61–15 (pass) · lower
• AB 813 GONZALEZ Assembly Third Reading — 65–11 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gonzalez — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-26 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-27 From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
• 2015-03-26 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2015-03-26 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2015-04-22 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 21). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-07 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1331.) reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-14 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1429.) reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-18 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 11. Page 1476.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-18 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-28 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2015-06-10 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2015-06-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-23 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2015-07-07 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2016-05-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (May 10). Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-05-19 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2016-06-20 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2016-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-16 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 5022.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-24 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2016-08-29 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2016-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-29 Action rescinded whereby the Assembly concurred in Senate amendments.
• 2016-08-30 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6469.)
• 2016-08-30 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 30). committee-passage
• 2016-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 15. Page 6527.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
• 2016-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 739, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6719c6ea-d704-43e6-8750-a1b0e0404162. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).