republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-1118.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. Existing law authorizes a defendant to file a motion in the trial court or, if judgment has been imposed, to file a petition for writ of habeas corpus to allege a violation of this prohibition.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 1118	California AB 1118 (20232024)	bill	Criminal procedure discrimination	enacted	Kalra	6	19	5	2023-02-15	2023-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/b8729679-81f2-4eab-8cc2-9da6e4b54ee1	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1118	8cb1725417113dbbeb65d5291f6919a28cbb2347d8097b035fe3c9fe414e817b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1118 (20232024) — Criminal procedure: discrimination.

Existing law prohibits the state from seeking a criminal conviction or sentence on the basis of race, ethnicity, or national origin. Existing law authorizes a defendant to file a motion in the trial court or, if judgment has been imposed, to file a petition for writ of habeas corpus to allege a violation of this prohibition.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/15/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/18/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/08/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB1118 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/11/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1118 Kalra Consent Calendar Second Day — 65–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1118 Kalra Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1118 Kalra By Bradford — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kalra — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
• 2023-03-02 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2023-03-15 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
• 2023-03-16 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2023-03-28 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 28). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-29 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-04-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 1079.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-04-10 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-05-03 Referred to Com. on PUB S. referral-committee
• 2023-05-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB S. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-06-06 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 6). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2350.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-05 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2023-09-07 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3028.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-14 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2023-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 464, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b8729679-81f2-4eab-8cc2-9da6e4b54ee1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).