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Bill Criminal records: automatic conviction record relief. Existing law, commencing July 1, 2022, requires the Department of Justice, on a monthly basis, to review the records in the statewide criminal justice databases and identify persons who are eligible for specified automatic conviction record relief. Existing law, commencing July 1, 2022, requires the department to inform the superior court having jurisdiction over criminal matters of all cases for which a complaint was filed in that jurisdiction and for which relief was granted pursuant to this section. Existing law permits a prosecuting attorney or probation department to file a petition to prohibit the department from granting automatic relief upon showing that the relief would pose a substantial threat to public safety. Existing law requires a court, upon noticed motion, whenever a person is released on probation or mandatory superior court, to transfer the case to the court in the county where the person permanently resides, except as specified. us/states/ca California Legislature 20212022 AB 898 California AB 898 (20212022)
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California AB 898 (20212022) — Criminal records: automatic conviction record relief.

Existing law, commencing July 1, 2022, requires the Department of Justice, on a monthly basis, to review the records in the statewide criminal justice databases and identify persons who are eligible for specified automatic conviction record relief. Existing law, commencing July 1, 2022, requires the department to inform the superior court having jurisdiction over criminal matters of all cases for which a complaint was filed in that jurisdiction and for which relief was granted pursuant to this section. Existing law permits a prosecuting attorney or probation department to file a petition to prohibit the department from granting automatic relief upon showing that the relief would pose a substantial threat to public safety. Existing law requires a court, upon noticed motion, whenever a person is released on probation or mandatory superior court, to transfer the case to the court in the county where the person permanently resides, except as specified.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/17/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 04/05/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  3. 09/03/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  4. 09/22/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  5. AB898 (committee substitute) — source
  6. 09/13/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • AB 898 Lee Assembly Third Reading — 760 (pass) · lower
  • 3rd Reading AB898 Lee et al. By Laird — 380 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass — 70 (pass) · upper
  • Placed on suspense file — 70 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 50 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 80 (pass) · lower
  • AB 898 Lee Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 496 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass. — 160 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Lee — primary (person)
  • Bonta — coauthor (person)
  • Ting — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2021-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
  • 2021-02-25 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
  • 2021-04-05 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
  • 2021-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
  • 2021-04-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 6). 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 16. Noes 0.) (May 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2021-05-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1651.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2021-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2021-06-09 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
  • 2021-07-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2021-08-16 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
  • 2021-08-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2021-08-31 Ordered to special consent calendar.
  • 2021-09-02 From special consent calendar.
  • 2021-09-02 Ordered to third reading.
  • 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
  • 2021-09-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2499.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2021-09-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
  • 2021-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 49. Noes 6. Page 3062.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
  • 2021-09-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2021-09-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 202, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/56f6f5e4-3924-42d1-b290-056bf1ba2aa6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).