---
type: "Bill"
title: "Probation."
description: "Existing law authorizes courts to suspend the imposition or execution of punishments in misdemeanor cases and instead enforce the terms of probation for a period not to exceed one year, except for offenses for which existing law prescribes specific probation lengths."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2106"
citation: "California AB 2106 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Probation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCarty"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9364d322-9ef6-4dd6-a0c4-94f1a1f8cc72"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2106"
source_hash: "df03fb012ca5755c7a961fc5c1c50838052e244739a785ab781df44c818b6385"
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 2106 (20232024) — Probation.

Existing law authorizes courts to suspend the imposition or execution of punishments in misdemeanor cases and instead enforce the terms of probation for a period not to exceed one year, except for offenses for which existing law prescribes specific probation lengths.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/05/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2106&version=20230AB210699INT)
2. **03/21/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2106&version=20230AB210698AMD)
3. **04/23/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2106&version=20230AB210697AMD)
4. **05/16/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2106&version=20230AB210696AMD)
5. **07/03/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2106&version=20230AB210695AMD)
6. **08/15/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2106&version=20230AB210694AMD)
7. **09/30/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2106&version=20230AB210692CHP)
8. **AB2106** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2106)
9. **09/03/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2106&version=20230AB210693ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2106 McCarty Assembly Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2106 McCarty By Wahab — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2106 McCarty Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McCarty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-05** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-06** From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
- **2024-03-21** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** 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`
- **2024-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 16). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-23** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-24** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-16** Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- **2024-05-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 16). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-05-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 0. Page 5599.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-06-05** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-07-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 2). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-07-03** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-05** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2024-08-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 15). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-08-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2024-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 70. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1007, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9364d322-9ef6-4dd6-a0c4-94f1a1f8cc72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).