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type: "Bill"
title: "Court records: sealing."
description: "Existing law authorizes a person to petition the court for an order sealing the record of conviction and other official records in a case in which that person was under 18 years of age at the time of commission of a misdemeanor and is eligible for, or has previously received, specified relief. Existing law authorizes that person to be required to reimburse the court, the county, or any city for the actual cost of services rendered, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 504"
citation: "California SB 504 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Court records: sealing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lara"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2015-02-26"
last_action: "2015-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24b418ad-6232-426a-a34d-a9da8a88f2e8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB504"
source_hash: "e13f81a7b62cecb5c94b03f04fdae7549a91bce5636db315f671440d05e25baf"
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 SB 504 (20152016) — Court records: sealing.
Existing law authorizes a person to petition the court for an order sealing the record of conviction and other official records in a case in which that person was under 18 years of age at the time of commission of a misdemeanor and is eligible for, or has previously received, specified relief. Existing law authorizes that person to be required to reimburse the court, the county, or any city for the actual cost of services rendered, 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB504&version=20150SB50499INT)
2. **04/06/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB504&version=20150SB50498AMD)
3. **06/01/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB504&version=20150SB50497AMD)
4. **07/14/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB504&version=20150SB50496AMD)
5. **09/30/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB504&version=20150SB50494CHP)
6. **SB504** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB504)
7. **09/02/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB504&version=20150SB50495ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **42** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB504 Lara Concurrence — **2614** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **52** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **114** (pass) · lower
- SB 504 Lara Senate Third Reading By BLOOM — **5819** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **52** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **2513** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Lara — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-26** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2015-02-27** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 29.
- **2015-03-12** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-10** Set for hearing April 21.
- **2015-04-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 730.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-24** Set for hearing May 4.
- **2015-05-04** May 4 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2015-05-23** Set for hearing May 28.
- **2015-05-28** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1155.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-06-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 13. Page 1257.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-18** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-15** July 15 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2015-08-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 19. Page 2684.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2015-09-01** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 14. Page 2370.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:45 p.m.
- **2015-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 388, Statutes of 2015.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24b418ad-6232-426a-a34d-a9da8a88f2e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).