republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-256.md

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Bill	Criminal procedure: discrimination.	Existing law prohibits the state from seeking a criminal conviction or sentence on the basis of race, ethnicity, or national origin, as specified, and, in a case in which judgment has not been entered prior to January 1, 2021, allows a petition to be filed alleging a violation of that prohibition. Existing law authorizes a court that finds a violation of that prohibition to impose specified remedies, including, among other things, vacating the conviction or sentence and ordering new proceedings.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 256	California AB 256 (20212022)	bill	Criminal procedure: discrimination.	enacted	Kalra	8	30	9	2021-01-14	2022-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/8f169a32-8e95-4a2e-9926-ac9054b581be	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB256	7441a4bdfcf05c3bd095b8696499d2938c315ca0266ed7ea949406475f76f4ee	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 256 (20212022) — Criminal procedure: discrimination.

Existing law prohibits the state from seeking a criminal conviction or sentence on the basis of race, ethnicity, or national origin, as specified, and, in a case in which judgment has not been entered prior to January 1, 2021, allows a petition to be filed alleging a violation of that prohibition. Existing law authorizes a court that finds a violation of that prohibition to impose specified remedies, including, among other things, vacating the conviction or sentence and ordering new proceedings.

Version chain

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

1. 01/14/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/16/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/24/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/11/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/24/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/29/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB256 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/02/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB256 Kalra et al. By Kamlager — 30–10 (pass) · upper
• AB 256 Kalra Assembly Third Reading — 45–21 (pass) · lower
• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 256 Kalra Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 46–25 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kalra — primary (person)
• Bradford — principal coauthor (person)
• Bryan — coauthor (person)
• Carrillo — coauthor (person)
• Durazo — coauthor (person)
• Friedman — coauthor (person)
• Gonzalez — principal coauthor (person)
• Haney — coauthor (person)
• Kamlager — author (person)
• Laird — coauthor (person)
• Lee — coauthor (person)
• Levine — coauthor (person)
• McCarty — principal coauthor (person)
• McKinnor — coauthor (person)
• Mia Bonta — coauthor (person)
• Robert Rivas — author (person)
• Santiago — author (person)
• Skinner — coauthor (person)
• Stone — coauthor (person)
• Ting — coauthor (person)
• Wiener — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2021-01-15 From printer. May be heard in committee February 14.
• 2021-01-28 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2021-03-16 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
• 2021-03-17 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2021-03-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (March 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-04-14 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-05-20 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 20). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2021-05-24 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-06-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 21. Page 1752.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-06-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-06-09 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2021-06-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 1720.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-07-15 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-08-26 In committee: Held under submission.
• 2022-08-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2022-08-11 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-24 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 5207.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-29 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2022-08-30 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2022-08-30 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended.
• 2022-08-30 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 30). committee-passage
• 2022-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 46. Noes 25.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2022-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 739, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8f169a32-8e95-4a2e-9926-ac9054b581be. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).