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Bill	Criminal procedure: pardons.	The general authority to grant reprieves, pardons, and commutations of sentence is conferred upon the Governor by Section 8 of Article V of the Constitution of the State of California. Existing law establishes the procedure for application for a pardon. Existing law authorizes the Board of Parole Hearings to recommend to the Governor persons imprisoned in the state prison system who, in their judgment, ought to be pardoned.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 2845	California AB 2845 (20172018)	bill	Criminal procedure: pardons.	enacted	Bonta	8	27	8	2018-02-16	2018-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/89fd41c4-0c8a-4bac-8250-300ec5b30618	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2845	1f31239fbeaed1ff1e139e1b751d55d98e7b82671ab3dd29df0223f1bfd4dd16	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2845 (20172018) — Criminal procedure: pardons.

The general authority to grant reprieves, pardons, and commutations of sentence is conferred upon the Governor by Section 8 of Article V of the Constitution of the State of California. Existing law establishes the procedure for application for a pardon. Existing law authorizes the Board of Parole Hearings to recommend to the Governor persons imprisoned in the state prison system who, in their judgment, ought to be pardoned.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/03/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/12/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/17/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/24/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/27/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB2845 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/04/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2845 BONTA Assembly Third Reading — 46–29 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–2 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB2845 Bonta By Pan — 25–12 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• AB 2845 BONTA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 45–30 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bonta — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2018-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
• 2018-04-02 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2018-04-03 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
• 2018-04-04 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2018-04-12 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
• 2018-04-16 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2018-04-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-05-02 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2018-05-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-05-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 29. Page 5563.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-31 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2018-06-07 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2018-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-08-06 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2018-08-17 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2018-08-17 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2018-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-24 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2018-08-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 12. Page 5950.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-29 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2018-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 45. Noes 30. Page 7022.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2018-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 824, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/89fd41c4-0c8a-4bac-8250-300ec5b30618. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).