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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Individuals with disabilities: The Dignity for All Act."
+description: "Existing law includes the terms \"mentally retarded persons,\" \"mentally retarded children,\" \"retardation,\" and \"handicap.\""
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20232024"
+identifier: "AB 248"
+citation: "California AB 248 (20232024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Individuals with disabilities", "The Dignity for All Act"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mathis"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2023-01-18"
+last_action: "2023-10-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e4cb465-6bb9-43ab-a9a4-393fb3ccf829"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB248"
+source_hash: "fde56abffa917533a42bf1f3d7e04625804093f98e6e152d810b9ff8e8a39ada"
+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 248 (20232024) — Individuals with disabilities: The Dignity for All Act.
+
+Existing law includes the terms "mentally retarded persons," "mentally retarded children," "retardation," and "handicap."
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **01/18/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB248&version=20230AB24899INT)
+2. **02/23/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB248&version=20230AB24898AMD)
+3. **03/07/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB248&version=20230AB24897AMD)
+4. **05/17/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB248&version=20230AB24896AMD)
+5. **10/13/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB248&version=20230AB24894CHP)
+6. **AB248** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB248)
+7. **09/14/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB248&version=20230AB24895ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading AB248 Mathis et al. By Limón — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- AB 248 Mathis Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
+- AB 248 Mathis Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mathis — primary (person)
+- Arambula — coauthor (person)
+- Becker — coauthor (person)
+- Bryan — author (person)
+- Grayson — author (person)
+- Limón — coauthor (person)
+- McCarty — coauthor (person)
+- Mike Fong — coauthor (person)
+- Niello — coauthor (person)
+- Ochoa Bogh — coauthor (person)
+- Stephanie Nguyen — coauthor (person)
+- Weber — author (person)
+- Wicks — author (person)
+- Wiener — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2023-01-19** From printer. May be heard in committee February 18.
+- **2023-02-02** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-02-27** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-03-08** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-14** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-15** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-03-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 741.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2023-03-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2023-05-03** Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-09-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2548.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2023-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
+- **2023-09-12** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3228.)
+- **2023-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3277.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
+- **2023-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2023-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 797, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e4cb465-6bb9-43ab-a9a4-393fb3ccf829`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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