---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal procedure: arrests."
description: "Existing law requires that a person arrested without a warrant be taken before a magistrate without unnecessary delay. Existing law also provides certain circumstances under which a person arrested without a warrant may be released from custody before being taken before a magistrate, including, among others, when the arresting officer believes that insufficient grounds exist to make a criminal complaint against the person arrested or when the person is arrested for intoxication only and no further proceedings are desirable. Existing law requires the record of arrest of a person released pursuant to specified circumstances to include a record of release and that the arrest be deemed a detention."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2215"
citation: "California AB 2215 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal procedure", "arrests"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-07"
last_action: "2024-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/edcdb169-6743-4dab-a3b3-90b7f855f126"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2215"
source_hash: "47250eeb460d7de2f0e126568784640395722093dbeb5bacc5e3ded45b0c9513"
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 2215 (20232024) — Criminal procedure: arrests.

Existing law requires that a person arrested without a warrant be taken before a magistrate without unnecessary delay. Existing law also provides certain circumstances under which a person arrested without a warrant may be released from custody before being taken before a magistrate, including, among others, when the arresting officer believes that insufficient grounds exist to make a criminal complaint against the person arrested or when the person is arrested for intoxication only and no further proceedings are desirable. Existing law requires the record of arrest of a person released pursuant to specified circumstances to include a record of release and that the arrest be deemed a detention.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/07/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2215&version=20230AB221599INT)
2. **05/28/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2215&version=20230AB221598AMD)
3. **09/29/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2215&version=20230AB221596CHP)
4. **AB2215** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2215)
5. **08/26/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2215&version=20230AB221597ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB2215 Bryan et al. By Umberg — **31–9** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2215 Bryan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **56–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2215 Bryan Assembly Third Reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **4–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bryan — primary (person)
- Alanis — coauthor (person)
- Lackey — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-07** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-08** From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
- **2024-02-26** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** Coauthors revised.
- **2024-04-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 4744.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-04-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-01** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2024-05-28** 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-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 5225.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 56. Noes 0. Page 6430.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 954, 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/edcdb169-6743-4dab-a3b3-90b7f855f126`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).