---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juveniles: rights: computing technology."
description: "Existing law, the Youth Bill of Rights, enumerates various rights for youth confined in a facility of the Division of Juvenile Justice, including, among others, the right to maintain frequent and continuing contact with family members and the right to receive a quality education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2448"
citation: "California AB 2448 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juveniles: rights: computing technology."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gipson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2018-02-14"
last_action: "2018-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61b244f9-546d-4a65-a32a-b7674ffdb940"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2448"
source_hash: "f721896fdb2e388b323bea2e10a3099974d2e53ba13a36fdd295ac4a4bcb9e4a"
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 2448 (20172018) — Juveniles: rights: computing technology.

Existing law, the Youth Bill of Rights, enumerates various rights for youth confined in a facility of the Division of Juvenile Justice, including, among others, the right to maintain frequent and continuing contact with family members and the right to receive a quality education.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2448&version=20170AB244899INT)
2. **08/17/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2448&version=20170AB244898AMD)
3. **09/30/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2448&version=20170AB244896CHP)
4. **AB2448** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2448)
5. **08/31/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2448&version=20170AB244897ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB2448 Gipson et al. By Mitchell — **34–5** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2448 GIPSON Assembly Third Reading — **50–24** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 2448 GIPSON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **59–21** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gipson — primary (person)
- Acosta — coauthor (person)
- Bonta — coauthor (person)
- Kamlager-Dove — coauthor (person)
- Reyes — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2018-03-12** Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-11** Coauthors revised.
- **2018-04-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-25** Coauthors revised.
- **2018-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 24. Page 5484.) `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 Coms. on HUMAN S. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 26). 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: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-08-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 5. Page 5763.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 21. Page 6853.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 997, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61b244f9-546d-4a65-a32a-b7674ffdb940`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).