(1) Existing law, subject to an appropriation, 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 arrest record relief and automatic conviction record relief. Commencing on July 1, 2024, existing law makes arrest record relief available to a person who has been arrested for a felony, including a felony punishable in the state prison, as specified. Existing law, commencing July 1, 2024, requires the department to provide confirmation that automatic conviction record relief was granted upon request from the subject of the record. Under existing law, beginning July 1, 2024, conviction record relief is available for a defendant convicted, on or after January 1, 2005, of a felony for which they did not complete probation without revocation if the defendant appears to have completed all terms of incarceration, probation, mandatory supervision, postrelease community supervision, and parole, and a period of 4 years has elapsed during which the defendant was not convicted of a new felony offense, except as specified.
(1) Existing law, subject to an appropriation, 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 arrest record relief and automatic conviction record relief. Commencing on July 1, 2024, existing law makes arrest record relief available to a person who has been arrested for a felony, including a felony punishable in the state prison, as specified. Existing law, commencing July 1, 2024, requires the department to provide confirmation that automatic conviction record relief was granted upon request from the subject of the record. Under existing law, beginning July 1, 2024, conviction record relief is available for a defendant convicted, on or after January 1, 2005, of a felony for which they did not complete probation without revocation if the defendant appears to have completed all terms of incarceration, probation, mandatory supervision, postrelease community supervision, and parole, and a period of 4 years has elapsed during which the defendant was not convicted of a new felony offense, except as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 168 Budget Assembly Third Reading By TING — 60–14 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB168 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Wiener — 31–8 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 13–5 (pass) · upper
AB 168 Budget Concurrence in Senate Amendments By GABRIEL — 67–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Committee on Budget — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-01-09 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2023-01-10 From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
2023-01-26 Referred to Com. on BUDGET. referral-committee
2023-02-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on BUDGET. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-02-02 Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. referral-committee
2023-03-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-03-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 14. Page 862.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-03-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2023-04-12 Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. referral-committee
2024-06-19 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2024-06-20 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2024-06-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-06-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (June 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-06-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-06-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 4770.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-06-26 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2024-07-01 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 67. Noes 1. Page 6111.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-07-01 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2024-07-02 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-07-02 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 49, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/43cabe03-cd69-49e1-960d-b42f5f700e2b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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