CA AB1924

Allows persons convicted of a felony (other than registrable sex offenses) to file a petition for a certificate of rehabilitation and pardon without requiring dismissal of the accusatory pleading or proof of no incarceration since dismissal.

Retains existing stricter requirements for persons convicted of misdemeanor or felony violations of registrable sex offenses under Section 290, including that the accusatory pleading must be dismissed, the person has not been incarcerated since dismissal, and presents five years' residence in California.

Maintains existing prohibitions preventing application of this chapter to persons serving mandatory life parole, under death sentences, or convicted of specified violent sex offenses including violations of Sections 269, 286(c), 287(c), 288, 288.5, 288.7, 289(j), or former 288a(c).

Preserves the Governor's authority to pardon persons convicted of the excepted violent sex offenses if extraordinary circumstances exist.

Approved by Governor and filed with Secretary of State on September 29, 2022.