---
type: "Bill"
title: "Jails: inmate welfare funds."
description: "Jails: inmate welfare funds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2574"
citation: "California AB 2574 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Jails: inmate welfare funds."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emmerson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2008-02-22"
last_action: "2008-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6437998-39e1-4c63-ae20-bea681b445a4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2574"
source_hash: "d366e08fe3b6f5bdc996b72ea57c294668bae0b40b86454fff99b202b1911026"
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 2574 (20072008) — Jails: inmate welfare funds.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/22/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2574&version=20070AB257499INT)
2. **04/22/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2574&version=20070AB257498AMD)
3. **05/16/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2574&version=20070AB257496CHP)
4. **AB2574** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2574)
5. **05/06/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2574&version=20070AB257497ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #24 AB2574 Emmerson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2574 EMMERSON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2574 EMMERSON Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Emmerson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2008-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2008-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2008-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2008-03-10** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-28** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (March 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-04-01** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-04-03** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4453.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-04-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-04-10** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-04-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-01** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 3642.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after May 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-05-05** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 4969.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-07** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:15 p.m.
- **2008-05-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-05-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 16, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6437998-39e1-4c63-ae20-bea681b445a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).