Existing law allows a defendant who successfully participated in the California Conservation Camp program as an incarcerated individual hand crew member, successfully participated as a member of a county incarcerated individual hand crew, or participated in an institutional firehouse program, except as specified, to petition the court to have the pleading dismissed, as described, thus releasing the person of any penalties and disabilities of conviction, except as otherwise provided. Existing law requires the court to provide a copy of the petition to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or the appropriate county authority. Under existing regulations of the Emergency Medical Services Authority, specified public safety personnel, including peace officers and firefighters, are required to have specified emergency medical services training, which may be satisfied by certification as an emergency medical technician.
California SB 245 (20252026) — Criminal procedure.
Existing law allows a defendant who successfully participated in the California Conservation Camp program as an incarcerated individual hand crew member, successfully participated as a member of a county incarcerated individual hand crew, or participated in an institutional firehouse program, except as specified, to petition the court to have the pleading dismissed, as described, thus releasing the person of any penalties and disabilities of conviction, except as otherwise provided. Existing law requires the court to provide a copy of the petition to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or the appropriate county authority. Under existing regulations of the Emergency Medical Services Authority, specified public safety personnel, including peace officers and firefighters, are required to have specified emergency medical services training, which may be satisfied by certification as an emergency medical technician.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-01-30 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2025-02-03 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 2.
2025-02-14 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2025-03-26 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2025-04-10 Set for hearing April 22.
2025-04-21 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
2025-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 840.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-04-25 Set for hearing May 5.
2025-05-05 May 5 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-16 Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1192.) (May 23). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-23 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-06-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 1400.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-06-03 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2025-06-09 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2025-07-01 July 1 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-07-08 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
2025-07-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-08-20 August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-04 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-04 Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-12 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 65. Noes 5. Page 3411.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-13 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-13 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 7. Page 3030.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2025-10-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 746, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8d443707-eea8-4fa2-bcce-f7928da2978b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).