republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1924.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal law: certificate of rehabilitation."
description: "Existing law allows a person convicted of a felony or a person who is convicted of a misdemeanor violation of a registrable sex offense to file a petition for a certificate of rehabilitation and pardon if, among other requirements, the accusatory pleading has since been dismissed and the person has not been incarcerated since the dismissal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1924"
citation: "California AB 1924 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal law: certificate of rehabilitation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gipson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-02-09"
last_action: "2022-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7ec45af-c96b-419a-98e3-fd3537a1864b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1924"
source_hash: "63db3b2a5719592f8fcc81e331d3d4741072a3825ffdd24fe75ff22bbb59c2f0"
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 1924 (20212022) — Criminal law: certificate of rehabilitation.

Existing law allows a person convicted of a felony or a person who is convicted of a misdemeanor violation of a registrable sex offense to file a petition for a certificate of rehabilitation and pardon if, among other requirements, the accusatory pleading has since been dismissed and the person has not been incarcerated since the dismissal.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/09/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1924&version=20210AB192499INT)
2. **03/17/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1924&version=20210AB192498AMD)
3. **05/19/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1924&version=20210AB192497AMD)
4. **09/29/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1924&version=20210AB192495CHP)
5. **AB1924** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1924)
6. **08/29/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1924&version=20210AB192496ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
- AB 1924 Gipson Assembly Third Reading — **48–20** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1924 Gipson By Skinner — **30–10** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gipson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-10** From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
- **2022-02-18** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2022-03-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-21** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 19). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-05-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 20.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-08** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-02** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 5121.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-25** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2022-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 766, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7ec45af-c96b-419a-98e3-fd3537a1864b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).