---
type: "Bill"
title: "Offenders: home detention programs."
description: "Existing law, subject to exceptions, generally makes persons convicted of a felony subject to incarceration in a county jail."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2499"
citation: "California AB 2499 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Offenders: home detention programs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonilla"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/817220dd-817b-4d9e-8207-9b670c74996e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2499"
source_hash: "329a80d35feed1dff8d245ff6df8f5e2a1e1d7fbabe6d95326fd2040ac00db12"
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 2499 (20132014) — Offenders: home detention programs.

Existing law, subject to exceptions, generally makes persons convicted of a felony subject to incarceration in a county jail.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2499&version=20130AB249999INT)
2. **04/21/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2499&version=20130AB249998AMD)
3. **07/01/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2499&version=20130AB249997AMD)
4. **07/03/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2499&version=20130AB249996AMD)
5. **09/26/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2499&version=20130AB249994CHP)
6. **AB2499** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2499)
7. **08/20/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2499&version=20130AB249995ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2499 BONILLA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **53–17** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2499 Bonilla By DeSaulnier — **27–8** (pass) · upper
- AB 2499 BONILLA Assembly Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bonilla — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2014-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2014-03-13** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 0. Page 4763.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-15** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-03** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2014-06-30** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-07-01** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-07-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 8. Page 4408.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 53. Noes 17. Page 6092.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2014-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 612, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/817220dd-817b-4d9e-8207-9b670c74996e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).