republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-2169.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal procedure."
description: "Existing law allows a person who was arrested or convicted of a nonviolent offense while they were a victim of human trafficking, intimate partner violence, or sexual violence, to petition the court for vacatur relief. Existing law requires, to receive that relief, that the person establish, by clear and convincing evidence, that the arrest or conviction was the direct result of being a victim of human trafficking, intimate partner violence, or sexual violence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2169"
citation: "California AB 2169 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal procedure."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gipson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-02-15"
last_action: "2022-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/555d2fac-2595-48c4-97c2-1567e06e7f30"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2169"
source_hash: "03c30a8d6535a859e674dc989b216415f20ffe6997583824725d688208aad940"
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 2169 (20212022) — Criminal procedure.

Existing law allows a person who was arrested or convicted of a nonviolent offense while they were a victim of human trafficking, intimate partner violence, or sexual violence, to petition the court for vacatur relief. Existing law requires, to receive that relief, that the person establish, by clear and convincing evidence, that the arrest or conviction was the direct result of being a victim of human trafficking, intimate partner violence, or sexual violence.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2169&version=20210AB216999INT)
2. **03/17/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2169&version=20210AB216998AMD)
3. **09/29/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2169&version=20210AB216996CHP)
4. **AB2169** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2169)
5. **08/25/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2169&version=20210AB216997ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent AB2169 — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2169 Gipson Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gipson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2022-02-24** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **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. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (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: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4929.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-01** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-27** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-22** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2022-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 4979.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-23** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2022-08-30** 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 776, 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/555d2fac-2595-48c4-97c2-1567e06e7f30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).