---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prosecuting attorneys: charging defendants for the prosecution costs of criminal violations of local ordinances."
description: "Existing law establishes various procedures applicable to criminal prosecutions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2495"
citation: "California AB 2495 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Prosecuting attorneys: charging defendants for the prosecution costs of criminal violations of local ordinances."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mayes"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-14"
last_action: "2018-09-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/acec1fc1-282a-4d32-8897-f9c3f5cbfae2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2495"
source_hash: "fcdb4bb9d735eb91e0b228961cd31310a40ef1c1cc8dc5a7c23b2f6839500d39"
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 2495 (20172018) — Prosecuting attorneys: charging defendants for the prosecution costs of criminal violations of local ordinances.

Existing law establishes various procedures applicable to criminal prosecutions.

## 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=201720180AB2495&version=20170AB249599INT)
2. **06/07/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2495&version=20170AB249598AMD)
3. **06/28/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2495&version=20170AB249597AMD)
4. **09/05/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2495&version=20170AB249595CHP)
5. **AB2495** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2495)
6. **08/22/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2495&version=20170AB249596ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2495 MAYES Consent Calendar Second Day — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2495 MAYES Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **69–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2495 Mayes et al. By Wiener — **36–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mayes — primary (person)
- Eduardo Garcia — author (person)
- Wiener — 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.
- **2018-03-05** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-04** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-05** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 4643.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-04-25** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-06-28** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-07-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-01** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2018-08-09** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 1. Page 5289.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 69. Noes 2. Page 6373.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 264, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/acec1fc1-282a-4d32-8897-f9c3f5cbfae2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).