California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California SB1342: Criminal records: relief.
Status: Chaptered, September 27, 2026
What the bill says
An act to amend, repeal, and add Sections 851.93 and 1203.425 of the Penal Code, relating to criminal records. criminal records Criminal records: relief. Existing law, subject to an appropriation, requires the Department of Justice, on a monthly basis, to review the records in the statewide criminal justice databases and identify persons who are eligible for arrest record relief and automatic conviction record relief. Commencing on October 1, 2024, existing law makes arrest record relief available to an eligible person if the arrest occurred on or after January 1, 1973…
From the chaptered text, September 27, 2026:
An act to amend, repeal, and add Sections 851.93 and 1203.425 of the Penal Code, relating to criminal records. criminal records Criminal records: relief. Existing law, subject to an appropriation, requires the Department of Justice, on a monthly basis, to review the records in the statewide criminal justice databases and identify persons who are eligible for arrest record relief and automatic conviction record relief. Commencing on October 1, 2024, existing law makes arrest record relief available to an eligible person if the arrest occurred on or after January 1, 1973. Under existing law, a person is eligible for arrest record relief under these provisions if, among other things, the arrest was for a misdemeanor offense and the charge was dismissed. This bill, on and after October 1, 2029, additionally makes a person eligible for that relief if the arrest was for a felony offense, all charges arising from the arrest were dismissed, one year has elapsed since the date on which the most recent charge arising from the arrest was dismissed, and no charge arising from the arrest was refiled or is pending during that period. Under existing law, a person is eligible for automatic conviction record relief if the person meets certain requirements, including that it does not appear, based upon information available in the Department of Justice’s record, …
Sponsors
- (D, SD26) · primary sponsor