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type: "Bill"
title: "Habeas corpus: new evidence: motion to vacate judgment: indemnity."
description: "Existing law allows every person who is unlawfully imprisoned or restrained of his or her liberty to prosecute a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the cause of his or her imprisonment or restraint. Existing law allows a writ of habeas corpus to be prosecuted for, but not limited to, false evidence that is substantially material or probative to the issue of guilt or punishment that was introduced at trial and false physical evidence which was a material factor directly related to the plea of guilty of the person."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 1134"
citation: "California SB 1134 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Habeas corpus: new evidence: motion to vacate judgment: indemnity."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leno"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2016-02-18"
last_action: "2016-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e2122f4-0f30-4397-9d0b-a41d7d876077"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1134"
source_hash: "e076d6e49d3a7c393da8819b2f379ec44120602976c6215260801bbe6105cc3a"
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 SB 1134 (20152016) — Habeas corpus: new evidence: motion to vacate judgment: indemnity.
Existing law allows every person who is unlawfully imprisoned or restrained of his or her liberty to prosecute a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the cause of his or her imprisonment or restraint. Existing law allows a writ of habeas corpus to be prosecuted for, but not limited to, false evidence that is substantially material or probative to the issue of guilt or punishment that was introduced at trial and false physical evidence which was a material factor directly related to the plea of guilty of the person.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/18/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1134&version=20150SB113499INT)
2. **05/31/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1134&version=20150SB113498AMD)
3. **08/01/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1134&version=20150SB113497AMD)
4. **09/28/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1134&version=20150SB113495CHP)
5. **SB1134** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1134)
6. **08/29/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1134&version=20150SB113496ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended — **61** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent — **390** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **200** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **70** (pass) · upper
- SB 1134 Leno Senate Third Reading By LACKEY — **780** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **70** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **390** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Leno — primary (person)
- Anderson — author (person)
- Bonilla — coauthor (person)
- Bonta — coauthor (person)
- Glazer — coauthor (person)
- Hancock — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-02-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2016-03-03** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-15** Set for hearing April 5.
- **2016-04-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3395.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-08** Set for hearing April 18.
- **2016-04-18** April 18 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2016-05-20** Set for hearing May 27.
- **2016-05-27** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 4004.) (May 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-05-31** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4099.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-13** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-03** August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2016-08-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (August 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5908.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-08-23** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2016-08-25** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5430.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2016-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 785, Statutes of 2016.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e2122f4-0f30-4397-9d0b-a41d7d876077`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).