Criminal procedure: diversion for primary caregivers of minor children.
Existing law allows individuals charged with a specified crime to qualify for a pretrial diversion program based upon various circumstances and qualifications, including mental health disorders, military service, or drug addiction. Existing law generally requires, if the defendant performs satisfactorily in one of these diversion programs, that the court dismiss the defendant's criminal charges and seal the record of arrest, as specified.
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California Legislature
20192020
SB 394
California SB 394 (20192020)
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Criminal procedure: diversion for primary caregivers of minor children.
California SB 394 (20192020) — Criminal procedure: diversion for primary caregivers of minor children.
Existing law allows individuals charged with a specified crime to qualify for a pretrial diversion program based upon various circumstances and qualifications, including mental health disorders, military service, or drug addiction. Existing law generally requires, if the defendant performs satisfactorily in one of these diversion programs, that the court dismiss the defendant's criminal charges and seal the record of arrest, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 394 Skinner Senate Third Reading By Wicks — 46–14 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB394 Skinner et al. Concurrence — 29–8 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Skinner — primary (person)
Wicks — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-20 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2019-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2019-02-28 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2019-03-21 Set for hearing April 9.
2019-04-03 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-09 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 624.) (April 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-04-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 2. Page 916.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2019-05-16 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2019-06-06 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-06-11 June 11 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2019-06-26 Coauthors revised.
2019-06-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-06-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-08-22 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-08-22 Ordered to third reading.
2019-09-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 46. Noes 14. Page 3433.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-09-11 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2019-09-12 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 2890.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2019-09-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2019-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 593, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cbac5a70-08da-41f1-9ad3-e24174a654e5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).