republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-750.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Deferred entry of judgment."
description: "Existing law provides that entry of judgment may be deferred with respect to defendants who are charged with certain enumerated crimes and meet certain criteria including that they have no prior convictions for any offense involving controlled substances and have had no prior felony convictions within the 5 years prior, as specified. Existing law provides that if the prosecuting attorney determines that a defendant may qualify for a deferred entry of judgment, the prosecuting attorney must advise the defendant and his or her attorney in writing, as specified. Existing law provides that, upon successful completion of a deferred entry of judgment program, the arrest upon which the judgment was deferred shall be deemed to have never occurred and allows for the sealing of court and arrest records where the interests of justice would be served, as specified. Existing law similarly establishes a preguilty plea drug court program wherein criminal proceedings are suspended without a plea of guilty for designated defendants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 750"
citation: "California AB 750 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Deferred entry of judgment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bass"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2009-02-26"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93872912-ebaa-4474-97ad-d7dfbf2a59de"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB750"
source_hash: "d3cd1f891a88266fee30eb768f87bed1b5666b6075ad538b407621de3dd7d6b4"
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 750 (20092010) — Deferred entry of judgment.

Existing law provides that entry of judgment may be deferred with respect to defendants who are charged with certain enumerated crimes and meet certain criteria including that they have no prior convictions for any offense involving controlled substances and have had no prior felony convictions within the 5 years prior, as specified. Existing law provides that if the prosecuting attorney determines that a defendant may qualify for a deferred entry of judgment, the prosecuting attorney must advise the defendant and his or her attorney in writing, as specified. Existing law provides that, upon successful completion of a deferred entry of judgment program, the arrest upon which the judgment was deferred shall be deemed to have never occurred and allows for the sealing of court and arrest records where the interests of justice would be served, as specified. Existing law similarly establishes a preguilty plea drug court program wherein criminal proceedings are suspended without a plea of guilty for designated defendants.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/26/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB750&version=20090AB75099INT)
2. **09/01/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB750&version=20090AB75098AMD)
3. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB750&version=20090AB75096CHP)
4. **AB750** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB750)
5. **09/11/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB750&version=20090AB75097ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 750 BASS Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 750 BASS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB750 Bass By Leno — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bass — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2009-03-23** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 24. Page 1932.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-18** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-23** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
- **2009-07-23** (Page 1804.)
- **2009-07-23** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2009-08-31** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 5.) (August 27). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-04** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 16. Page 2211.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2009-09-09** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 50. Noes 26. Page 3191.)
- **2009-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 51. Noes 25. Page 3198.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-09-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 372, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93872912-ebaa-4474-97ad-d7dfbf2a59de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).