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Bill	Criminal procedure.	(1) Existing law allows a person who was arrested or convicted of a nonviolent offense while they were a victim of human trafficking to petition the court, under penalty of perjury, for vacatur relief. Existing law requires, to receive that relief, that the person establish, by clear and convincing evidence, that the arrest or conviction was the direct result of being a victim of human trafficking.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 124	California AB 124 (20212022)	bill	Criminal procedure.	enacted	Kamlager	8	32	10	2020-12-18	2021-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/d46419ad-7429-4096-80a7-789681932731	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB124	a7d0841278088ce61729864ef49916a2265417f78c0761392048136ddf77287d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 124 (20212022) — Criminal procedure.

(1) Existing law allows a person who was arrested or convicted of a nonviolent offense while they were a victim of human trafficking to petition the court, under penalty of perjury, for vacatur relief. Existing law requires, to receive that relief, that the person establish, by clear and convincing evidence, that the arrest or conviction was the direct result of being a victim of human trafficking.

Version chain

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

1. 12/18/20 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/15/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/14/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/26/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/03/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/08/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB124 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/15/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–2 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 124 Kamlager Concurrence in Senate Amendments By GARCIA, C. — 55–16 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB124 Kamlager et al. By Kamlager — 23–9 (pass) · upper
• AB 124 Kamlager Assembly Third Reading By GARCIA, C. — 54–12 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB124 Kamlager et al. — 28–8 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB124 Kamlager et al. Reconsider — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kamlager — primary (person)
• Bauer-Kahan — coauthor (person)
• Burke — coauthor (person)
• Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
• Luz Rivas — coauthor (person)
• Quirk — coauthor (person)
• Wicks — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-12-18 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2020-12-19 From printer. May be heard in committee January 18.
• 2021-01-11 Read first time. reading-1
• 2021-01-11 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2021-04-06 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2021-04-15 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-1, reading-2
• 2021-04-19 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2021-04-21 Coauthors revised.
• 2021-04-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-05-05 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-06-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 12. Page 1831.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-06-16 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2021-07-13 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 6). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-07-14 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-08-16 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-08-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 26). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2021-08-26 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 2345.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-02 Motion to reconsider made by Senator Kamlager.
• 2021-09-02 Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2346.)
• 2021-09-03 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 9. Page 2617.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2021-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 55. Noes 16. Page 3146.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2021-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 695, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d46419ad-7429-4096-80a7-789681932731. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).