---
type: "Bill"
title: "Private detention facilities."
description: "Existing law requires the operator of a private detention facility, as defined, to comply with, and adhere to, the detention standards of care and confinement agreed upon in the facility's contract for operations, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 263"
citation: "California AB 263 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Private detention facilities."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arambula"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-15"
last_action: "2021-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29a5f3b6-a263-46e7-a0c5-cadadf3f745c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB263"
source_hash: "3cd3209bb6c45b46f0dc8eebcc28de81e217095b36d106f60af939d719135f00"
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 263 (20212022) — Private detention facilities.

Existing law requires the operator of a private detention facility, as defined, to comply with, and adhere to, the detention standards of care and confinement agreed upon in the facility's contract for operations, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/15/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB263&version=20210AB26399INT)
2. **03/17/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB263&version=20210AB26398AMD)
3. **04/15/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB263&version=20210AB26397AMD)
4. **08/18/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB263&version=20210AB26396AMD)
5. **09/24/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB263&version=20210AB26394CHP)
6. **AB263** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB263)
7. **09/03/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB263&version=20210AB26395ENR)

## Votes

- AB 263 Arambula Third Reading Urgency — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent AB263 Arambula et al. By Durazo Urgency Clause — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 263 Arambula Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arambula — primary (person)
- Durazo — principal coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Santiago — coauthor (person)
- Waldron — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-16** From printer. May be heard in committee February 15.
- **2021-01-28** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-18** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Coauthors revised.
- **2021-03-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-15** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1029.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-04-29** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1248.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-12** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-18** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-23** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2021-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2245.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2021-09-01** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 58. Noes 17. Page 2625.)
- **2021-09-01** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2627.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2021-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 294, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29a5f3b6-a263-46e7-a0c5-cadadf3f745c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).