---
type: "Bill"
title: "Deaths while in law enforcement custody: reporting."
description: "Existing law establishes a system of state prisons under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Existing law also establishes a system of county and city jails under the jurisdiction of the sheriff or chief of police."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2761"
citation: "California AB 2761 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Deaths while in law enforcement custody: reporting."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCarty"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-02-18"
last_action: "2022-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4620ae44-4f7f-4009-9abe-5aa3371d0020"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2761"
source_hash: "6ae950f109f9380b2f59843486fb0ae982c9f28b6d5f4ede5ebd37a5b0bde373"
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 2761 (20212022) — Deaths while in law enforcement custody: reporting.

Existing law establishes a system of state prisons under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Existing law also establishes a system of county and city jails under the jurisdiction of the sheriff or chief of police.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2761&version=20210AB276199INT)
2. **03/24/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2761&version=20210AB276198AMD)
3. **04/07/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2761&version=20210AB276197AMD)
4. **04/21/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2761&version=20210AB276196AMD)
5. **08/11/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2761&version=20210AB276195AMD)
6. **08/24/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2761&version=20210AB276194AMD)
7. **09/29/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2761&version=20210AB276192CHP)
8. **AB2761** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2761)
9. **09/01/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2761&version=20210AB276193ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB2761 McCarty By Durazo — **30–10** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2761 McCarty Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **57–8** (pass) · lower
- AB 2761 McCarty Assembly Third Reading — **48–9** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **13–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McCarty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-18** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2022-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2022-03-24** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-24** 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`
- **2022-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07** 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`
- **2022-04-18** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 19). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-21** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 9.) `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`
- **2022-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-08** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-08-11** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 5197.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2022-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 57. Noes 8.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 802, 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/4620ae44-4f7f-4009-9abe-5aa3371d0020`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).