republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-208.md

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Bill	Deferred entry of judgment: pretrial diversion.	Existing law allows individuals charged with specified crimes to qualify for deferred entry of judgment. A defendant qualifies if he or she has no conviction for any offense involving controlled substances, the charged offense did not involve violence, there is no evidence of a violation relating to narcotics or restricted dangerous drugs other than a violation that qualifies for the program, the defendant's record does not indicate that probation or parole has ever been revoked without being completed, and the defendant's record does not indicate that he or she has been granted diversion, deferred entry of judgment, or was convicted of a felony within 5 years prior to the alleged commission of the charged offense.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 208	California AB 208 (20172018)	bill	Deferred entry of judgment: pretrial diversion.	enacted	Eggman	7	27	7	2017-01-23	2017-10-14	openstates	ocd-bill/e3b20672-e7f0-42d9-a8d0-9a3501de25ad	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB208	60df61e8a7731533ffe8311b6ec368f8061f9c10554d13f5de7eec2c95174e5e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 208 (20172018) — Deferred entry of judgment: pretrial diversion.

Existing law allows individuals charged with specified crimes to qualify for deferred entry of judgment. A defendant qualifies if he or she has no conviction for any offense involving controlled substances, the charged offense did not involve violence, there is no evidence of a violation relating to narcotics or restricted dangerous drugs other than a violation that qualifies for the program, the defendant's record does not indicate that probation or parole has ever been revoked without being completed, and the defendant's record does not indicate that he or she has been granted diversion, deferred entry of judgment, or was convicted of a felony within 5 years prior to the alleged commission of the charged offense.

Version chain

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

1. 01/23/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/08/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/01/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/08/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/14/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB208 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/15/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 208 EGGMAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 45–29 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–2 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB208 Eggman By Lara — 24–15 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• AB 208 EGGMAN Assembly Third Reading — 46–27 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Eggman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-23 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-01-24 From printer. May be heard in committee February 23.
• 2017-02-06 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2017-02-28 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2017-03-08 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-03-09 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2017-03-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (March 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-04-05 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2017-05-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-05-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-06-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 27. Page 2055.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-06-05 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-06-14 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2017-07-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-08-21 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2017-09-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-08 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2017-09-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 15. Page 2776.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-13 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2017-09-13 Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page 3255.)
• 2017-09-14 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 45. Noes 29. Page 3372.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
• 2017-10-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 778, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e3b20672-e7f0-42d9-a8d0-9a3501de25ad. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).