republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1318.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Deferred entry of judgment pilot program."
description: "Existing law authorizes, until January 1, 2022, the Counties of Alameda, Butte, Napa, Nevada, Santa Clara, and Ventura to establish a pilot program to operate a deferred entry of judgment program for eligible defendants. Existing law authorizes a defendant to participate in the program within the county's juvenile hall if that person is charged with committing a felony offense, except as specified, pleads guilty to the charge or charges, and the probation department determines that the person meets prescribed requirements, including that the defendant meets the age requirements. Existing law requires each participating county to establish a multidisciplinary team to meet periodically to review and discuss the implementation, practices, and impact of the program, and to submit data on the pilot program to the Board of State and Community Corrections. Existing law requires the board to conduct an evaluation of the pilot program's impact and effectiveness, as specified, and would require, no later than December 31, 2020, the evaluation to be combined into a comprehensive report and submitted to the Assembly and Senate Committees on Public Safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1318"
citation: "California AB 1318 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Deferred entry of judgment pilot program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stone"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-19"
last_action: "2021-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c822085-9ba6-4aed-b30b-733730fcedb1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1318"
source_hash: "5e9a3e9f58ceeaba04f8898e35fd229b2a87b42188874c7e38cc76983748e55b"
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 1318 (20212022) — Deferred entry of judgment pilot program.

Existing law authorizes, until January 1, 2022, the Counties of Alameda, Butte, Napa, Nevada, Santa Clara, and Ventura to establish a pilot program to operate a deferred entry of judgment program for eligible defendants. Existing law authorizes a defendant to participate in the program within the county's juvenile hall if that person is charged with committing a felony offense, except as specified, pleads guilty to the charge or charges, and the probation department determines that the person meets prescribed requirements, including that the defendant meets the age requirements. Existing law requires each participating county to establish a multidisciplinary team to meet periodically to review and discuss the implementation, practices, and impact of the program, and to submit data on the pilot program to the Board of State and Community Corrections. Existing law requires the board to conduct an evaluation of the pilot program's impact and effectiveness, as specified, and would require, no later than December 31, 2020, the evaluation to be combined into a comprehensive report and submitted to the Assembly and Senate Committees on Public Safety.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1318&version=20210AB131899INT)
2. **03/11/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1318&version=20210AB131898AMD)
3. **06/18/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1318&version=20210AB131897AMD)
4. **07/15/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1318&version=20210AB131896AMD)
5. **09/22/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1318&version=20210AB131894CHP)
6. **AB1318** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1318)
7. **09/03/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1318&version=20210AB131895ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1318 Stone By Cortese — **30–7** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1318 Stone Assembly Third Reading — **57–7** (pass) · lower
- AB 1318 Stone Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **60–13** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2021-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2021-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-15** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 7. Page 962.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-04-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-12** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-21** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2021-06-21** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-24** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2021-07-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 13). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-15** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-08-16** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 7. Page 2222.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2021-09-01** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 58. Noes 17. Page 2625.)
- **2021-09-01** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 13. Page 2654.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2021-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 210, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c822085-9ba6-4aed-b30b-733730fcedb1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).