---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes: alternatives to incarceration."
description: "Existing law prescribes punishments, including incarceration, for various criminal offenses. Existing law provides guidelines for sentencing based on these prescribed punishments, including allowing a court to impose the highest term specified when a statute prescribes 3 possible terms of incarceration only if there are circumstances in aggravation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2167"
citation: "California AB 2167 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes: alternatives to incarceration."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kalra"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-15"
last_action: "2022-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/475b167d-7080-40af-8e1c-c62d92f85f24"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2167"
source_hash: "d5505f3f111a77a4e98f291268adabd66336761a2c7f743d8099c1afc47a800b"
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 2167 (20212022) — Crimes: alternatives to incarceration.

Existing law prescribes punishments, including incarceration, for various criminal offenses. Existing law provides guidelines for sentencing based on these prescribed punishments, including allowing a court to impose the highest term specified when a statute prescribes 3 possible terms of incarceration only if there are circumstances in aggravation.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2167&version=20210AB216799INT)
2. **03/17/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2167&version=20210AB216798AMD)
3. **04/18/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2167&version=20210AB216797AMD)
4. **05/19/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2167&version=20210AB216796AMD)
5. **09/29/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2167&version=20210AB216794CHP)
6. **AB2167** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2167)
7. **08/24/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2167&version=20210AB216795ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB2167 Kalra et al. By Becker — **27–9** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 2167 Kalra Assembly Third Reading — **42–23** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **5–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kalra — primary (person)
- Becker — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2022-03-17** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17** 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`
- **2022-03-21** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-18** 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`
- **2022-04-19** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-19** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4737.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 42. Noes 23.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-08** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 9. Page 4939.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-22** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2022-08-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2022-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 775, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/475b167d-7080-40af-8e1c-c62d92f85f24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).