republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-2582.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Infractions: dismissal of charge."
description: "Existing law provides that every defendant convicted of specified misdemeanors and not granted probation shall, under specified conditions, be permitted by the court to withdraw his or her plea of guilty or nolo contendere and enter a plea of not guilty and the court shall dismiss the accusatory pleading against the defendant. Existing law also authorizes the court to set aside any guilty verdict after trial against the defendant, under those same conditions. In either case, existing law releases the defendant, except as specified, from all penalties and disabilities resulting from the offense of which he or she has been convicted."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2582"
citation: "California AB 2582 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Infractions: dismissal of charge."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2010-02-19"
last_action: "2010-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1553f816-8a3e-444b-8cbe-cc0d1fc6dc4a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2582"
source_hash: "1a6da8295d0d38d5c8335a5d1228b55325bbcba7b74298c82fcc4218cde32d20"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 2582 (20092010) — Infractions: dismissal of charge.

Existing law provides that every defendant convicted of specified misdemeanors and not granted probation shall, under specified conditions, be permitted by the court to withdraw his or her plea of guilty or nolo contendere and enter a plea of not guilty and the court shall dismiss the accusatory pleading against the defendant. Existing law also authorizes the court to set aside any guilty verdict after trial against the defendant, under those same conditions. In either case, existing law releases the defendant, except as specified, from all penalties and disabilities resulting from the offense of which he or she has been convicted.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2582&version=20090AB258299INT)
2. **03/25/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2582&version=20090AB258298AMD)
3. **05/05/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2582&version=20090AB258297AMD)
4. **07/15/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2582&version=20090AB258295CHP)
5. **AB2582** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2582)
6. **07/02/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2582&version=20090AB258296ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2582 Adams By Leno — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2582 ADAMS Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2010-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2010-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2010-03-18** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-05** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-04** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (May 4). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-06** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-13** From Consent Calendar.
- **2010-05-13** Ordered to third reading.
- **2010-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 2. Page 5193.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-05-27** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-07-01** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4197.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-07-01** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2010-07-07** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2010-07-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 99, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1553f816-8a3e-444b-8cbe-cc0d1fc6dc4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).