Files
2026-07-06 17:28:36 -04:00

106 lines
8.3 KiB
Markdown
Raw Permalink Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters
This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.
---
type: "Bill"
title: "Arrests: sealing."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 393"
citation: "California SB 393 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Arrests: sealing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lara"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-15"
last_action: "2017-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c1a5cba-03b5-471c-97f8-41ed4fe49092"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB393"
source_hash: "2bd39a1e79827926d5717f7a2c3813d81b59099243ca15bf12bd5785a1003991"
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 393 (20172018) — Arrests: sealing.
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.
1. **02/15/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB393&version=20170SB39399INT)
2. **03/20/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB393&version=20170SB39398AMD)
3. **04/17/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB393&version=20170SB39397AMD)
4. **05/03/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB393&version=20170SB39396AMD)
5. **06/28/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB393&version=20170SB39395AMD)
6. **07/17/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB393&version=20170SB39394AMD)
7. **09/05/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB393&version=20170SB39393AMD)
8. **09/08/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB393&version=20170SB39392AMD)
9. **10/11/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB393&version=20170SB39390CHP)
10. **SB393** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB393)
11. **09/19/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB393&version=20170SB39391ENR)
## Votes
- Unfinished Business SB393 Lara et al. Concurrence — **354** (pass) · upper
- SB 393 Lara Senate Third Reading By WEBER — **698** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **133** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **110** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c1a5cba-03b5-471c-97f8-41ed4fe49092`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).