republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-2015.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal procedure: telephone calls: arrested custodial parents."
description: "Under existing law, immediately upon being booked and, except where physically impossible, no later than three hours after arrest, an arrested person has the right to make at least three completed telephone calls, as specified. Existing law requires that a sign informing the arrestee of this right be posted in a conspicuous place. Under existing law, if the arrested person is identified as a custodial parent with responsibility for a minor child, the arrested person is entitled to make 2 additional calls for the purpose of arranging for the care of the minor child or children in the parent's absence, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2015"
citation: "California AB 2015 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal procedure: telephone calls: arrested custodial parents."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mitchell"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2012-02-23"
last_action: "2012-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4cee575-7b3f-4d54-9399-f3158111d9c2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2015"
source_hash: "b67e172bd594c2fd9bd42db65dd528ed5092f9394f900e8b4f56fb42d47718e3"
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 2015 (20112012) — Criminal procedure: telephone calls: arrested custodial parents.

Under existing law, immediately upon being booked and, except where physically impossible, no later than three hours after arrest, an arrested person has the right to make at least three completed telephone calls, as specified. Existing law requires that a sign informing the arrestee of this right be posted in a conspicuous place. Under existing law, if the arrested person is identified as a custodial parent with responsibility for a minor child, the arrested person is entitled to make 2 additional calls for the purpose of arranging for the care of the minor child or children in the parent's absence, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2015&version=20110AB201599INT)
2. **03/29/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2015&version=20110AB201598AMD)
3. **04/11/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2015&version=20110AB201597AMD)
4. **05/25/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2015&version=20110AB201596AMD)
5. **08/21/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2015&version=20110AB201595AMD)
6. **09/30/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2015&version=20110AB201593CHP)
7. **AB2015** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2015)
8. **09/11/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2015&version=20110AB201594ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2015 Mitchell By De León — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2015 MITCHELL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2015 MITCHELL Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mitchell — primary (person)
- Alejo — coauthor (person)
- De León — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2012-03-29** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-12** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-25** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-25** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5123.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-14** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-07-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-06** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-20** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-21** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4865.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6488.)
- **2012-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6511.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:40 p.m.
- **2012-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 816, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4cee575-7b3f-4d54-9399-f3158111d9c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).