republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-1115.md

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Bill	Convictions: expungement.	Existing law authorizes a court to allow a defendant sentenced to county jail for a felony to withdraw his or her plea of guilty or plea of nolo contendere and enter a plea of not guilty, after the lapse of one or 2 years following the defendant's completion of the sentence, as specified, provided that the defendant is not under supervision as specified, and is not serving a sentence for, on probation for, or charged with the commission of any offense. Existing law requires the defendant to be released from all penalties and disabilities resulting from the offense of which he or she was convicted, except as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 1115	California AB 1115 (20172018)	bill	Convictions: expungement.	enacted	Jones-Sawyer	4	15	4	2017-02-17	2017-09-01	openstates	ocd-bill/2ad841c8-a8e3-410f-9d25-e1f56073eaae	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1115	962cdf49ad5bdc61769dc2338e1cd6df19d68712d234bd6b6e27dde67b0f106c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1115 (20172018) — Convictions: expungement.

Existing law authorizes a court to allow a defendant sentenced to county jail for a felony to withdraw his or her plea of guilty or plea of nolo contendere and enter a plea of not guilty, after the lapse of one or 2 years following the defendant's completion of the sentence, as specified, provided that the defendant is not under supervision as specified, and is not serving a sentence for, on probation for, or charged with the commission of any offense. Existing law requires the defendant to be released from all penalties and disabilities resulting from the offense of which he or she was convicted, except as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 09/01/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB1115 (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/23/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB1115 Jones-Sawyer By Bradford — 26–11 (pass) · upper
• AB 1115 JONES-SAWYER Assembly Third Reading — 41–28 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jones-Sawyer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
• 2017-03-06 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2017-04-04 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 4). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-04-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 41. Noes 28. Page 1381.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-05-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-05-18 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2017-06-13 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-06-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-08-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 2173.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-08-22 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2017-08-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2017-09-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-09-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 207, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2ad841c8-a8e3-410f-9d25-e1f56073eaae. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).