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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "County jails: veterans."
+description: "Existing law authorizes county jails to be used for specified purposes, including the detention of persons charged with crimes and committed for trial. Existing law authorizes a court to place defendants who are current or former members of the United States military and suffering from specified conditions in a pretrial diversion program."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20172018"
+identifier: "AB 2568"
+citation: "California AB 2568 (20172018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["County jails: veterans."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Reyes"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2018-02-15"
+last_action: "2018-09-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d6d1e56-f1e4-4ad4-bd4d-23ead03f491d"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2568"
+source_hash: "a62a99acb2ab181817e343dc4d3ae36d516425a81c08b8cbec0c980b273951c9"
+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 2568 (20172018) — County jails: veterans.
+
+Existing law authorizes county jails to be used for specified purposes, including the detention of persons charged with crimes and committed for trial. Existing law authorizes a court to place defendants who are current or former members of the United States military and suffering from specified conditions in a pretrial diversion program.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/15/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2568&version=20170AB256899INT)
+2. **03/22/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2568&version=20170AB256898AMD)
+3. **05/25/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2568&version=20170AB256897AMD)
+4. **09/06/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2568&version=20170AB256895CHP)
+5. **AB2568** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2568)
+6. **08/22/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2568&version=20170AB256896ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass as amended. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
+- AB 2568 REYES Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
+- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading AB2568 Reyes et al. By Roth — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Reyes — primary (person)
+- Gonzalez Fletcher — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
+- **2018-03-22** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-22** 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-2, reading-1`
+- **2018-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-04-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2018-05-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-05-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
+- **2018-05-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
+- **2018-05-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2018-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5561.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2018-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2018-06-07** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2018-08-06** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-08-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2018-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2018-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5459.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2018-08-20** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
+- **2018-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
+- **2018-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2018-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 281, Statutes of 2018.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d6d1e56-f1e4-4ad4-bd4d-23ead03f491d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
+