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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Wrongful convictions."
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description: "Existing law provides that any person who, having been convicted of any crime against the state amounting to a felony and imprisoned in the state prison for that conviction, is granted a pardon by the Governor for specified reasons, and having served the term or any part thereof for which he or she was imprisoned, may present a claim against the state to the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board for the pecuniary injury sustained by him or her through the erroneous conviction and imprisonment, as specified."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20132014"
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identifier: "SB 618"
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citation: "California SB 618 (20132014)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Wrongful convictions."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Leno"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2013-02-22"
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last_action: "2013-10-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68b47dc9-364b-4157-b3f7-191ee6b5ab37"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB618"
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source_hash: "e01236c59722d4c4257d25c74610f03bc51e7e0b6baa8f18303ff1c53478930a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 618 (20132014) — Wrongful convictions.
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Existing law provides that any person who, having been convicted of any crime against the state amounting to a felony and imprisoned in the state prison for that conviction, is granted a pardon by the Governor for specified reasons, and having served the term or any part thereof for which he or she was imprisoned, may present a claim against the state to the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board for the pecuniary injury sustained by him or her through the erroneous conviction and imprisonment, as specified.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB618&version=20130SB61899INT)
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2. **04/15/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB618&version=20130SB61898AMD)
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3. **06/27/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB618&version=20130SB61897AMD)
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4. **09/03/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB618&version=20130SB61896AMD)
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5. **10/13/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB618&version=20130SB61894CHP)
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6. **SB618** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB618)
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7. **09/19/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB618&version=20130SB61895ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–1** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading — **28–10** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 618 Leno Senate Third Reading By DONNELLY — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- Unfinished Business SB618 Leno Concurrence — **30–3** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Leno — primary (person)
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- Steinberg — principal coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
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- **2013-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
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- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2013-03-11** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2013-03-15** Set for hearing April 23.
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- **2013-04-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2013-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 666.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
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- **2013-05-03** Set for hearing May 13.
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- **2013-05-13** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2013-05-17** Set for hearing May 23.
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- **2013-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1018.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2013-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2013-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 1157.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2013-05-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2013-06-17** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2013-06-27** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2013-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
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- **2013-08-14** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2013-08-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2013-09-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2013-09-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2013-09-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3194.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2013-09-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2013-09-12** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 3. Page 2425.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2013-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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- **2013-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2013-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 800, Statutes of 2013.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68b47dc9-364b-4157-b3f7-191ee6b5ab37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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