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Bill	Criminal procedure: factual innocence.	Existing law authorizes a person who is unlawfully imprisoned under specified circumstances, including, without limitation, conviction on the basis of false evidence or the existence of new exculpatory evidence, to prosecute a writ of habeas corpus ordering their release. Existing law also authorizes such a person who is no longer in custody to prosecute a motion to vacate a judgment.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SB 78	California SB 78 (20232024)	bill	Criminal procedure factual innocence	enacted	Glazer	5	26	6	2023-01-12	2023-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/f96607da-4528-47b2-aeae-9df655f9e0b3	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB78	c275f85a09fb9937b9ec988488d54b8c55ffe437dc0bcd5a3c897a255d1b4c19	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 78 (20232024) — Criminal procedure: factual innocence.

Existing law authorizes a person who is unlawfully imprisoned under specified circumstances, including, without limitation, conviction on the basis of false evidence or the existence of new exculpatory evidence, to prosecute a writ of habeas corpus ordering their release. Existing law also authorizes such a person who is no longer in custody to prosecute a motion to vacate a judgment.

Version chain

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

1. 01/12/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/06/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 10/10/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. SB78 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/11/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Consent Calendar SB78 Glazer et al. — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 78 Glazer Consent Calendar Second Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent SB78 Glazer et al. — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Glazer — primary (person)
• Becker — principal coauthor (person)
• Caballero — coauthor (person)
• Lackey — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-12 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2023-01-13 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 12.
• 2023-01-25 Referred to Com. on PUB S. referral-committee
• 2023-03-01 Set for hearing March 28.
• 2023-03-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 578.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-04-03 Set for hearing April 10.
• 2023-04-05 April 10 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2023-04-14 Set for hearing April 24.
• 2023-04-19 April 24 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2023-04-21 Set for hearing May 1.
• 2023-05-01 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2023-05-02 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-04 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1003.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-04 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2023-05-11 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2023-06-06 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-06-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-08-23 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-08-24 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-08-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2865.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-08-31 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2023-09-05 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2023-09-07 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2477.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2023-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 702, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f96607da-4528-47b2-aeae-9df655f9e0b3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).