Existing law allows a person who is no longer in criminal custody to file a motion to vacate a conviction or sentence based on a prejudicial error damaging to the moving party's ability to meaningfully understand, defend against, or knowingly accept the actual or potential adverse immigration consequences of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere.
This bill would instead authorize a person to make that motion based on a prejudicial error damaging to the moving party's ability to meaningfully understand, defend against, or knowingly accept the actual or potential adverse immigration consequences of a conviction or sentence.

Statutes affected:
AB1259: 1473.7 PEN
02/19/21 - Introduced: 1473.7 PEN
09/14/21 - Enrolled: 1473.7 PEN
09/30/21 - Chaptered: 1473.7 PEN
AB 1259: 1473.7 PEN