Existing law authorizes a person who was arrested and has successfully completed a prefiling diversion program, a person who has successfully completed a specified drug diversion program, and a person who has successfully completed a specified deferred entry of judgment program to petition the court to seal his or her arrest records. Existing law also specifies that, with regards to arrests that resulted in the defendant participating in certain other deferred entry of judgment programs, the arrest upon which the judgment was deferred shall be deemed not to have occurred.
Existing law authorizes a person who was arrested and has successfully completed a prefiling diversion program, a person who has successfully completed a specified drug diversion program, and a person who has successfully completed a specified deferred entry of judgment program to petition the court to seal his or her arrest records. Existing law also specifies that, with regards to arrests that resulted in the defendant participating in certain other deferred entry of judgment programs, the arrest upon which the judgment was deferred shall be deemed not to have occurred.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Unfinished Business SB393 Lara et al. Concurrence — 35–4 (pass) · upper
SB 393 Lara Senate Third Reading By WEBER — 69–8 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 13–3 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Lara — primary (person)
Mitchell — author (person)
Skinner — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-15 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2017-02-16 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
2017-02-23 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD. referral-committee
2017-03-15 Set for hearing March 28.
2017-03-20 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2017-04-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 514.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-04-13 Set for hearing April 25.
2017-04-17 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2017-05-02 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 852.) (April 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2017-05-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
2017-05-05 Set for hearing May 15.
2017-05-15 May 15 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2017-05-19 Set for hearing May 25.
2017-05-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1183.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-05-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 6. Page 1276.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-05-31 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2017-06-08 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD. referral-committee
2017-06-27 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2017-06-28 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
2017-07-13 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2017-07-17 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
2017-08-23 August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2017-09-01 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 3.) (September 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2017-09-05 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2017-09-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-09-08 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2017-09-08 Ordered to third reading.
2017-09-13 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 8. Page 3269.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-09-14 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2017-09-14 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 4. Page 2888.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2017-09-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:30 p.m.
2017-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 680, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8c1a5cba-03b5-471c-97f8-41ed4fe49092. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).