Existing law provides that a judgment that a criminal defendant pay a fine, other than a restitution fine or order, may also direct that he or she be imprisoned until the fine is satisfied. Existing law requires the judgment to specify the term of imprisonment for nonpayment of the fine, and prohibits that term from exceeding one day for each $30 of the fine, or exceeding the term for which the defendant may be sentenced for the offense of which he or she has been convicted.
California AB 1375 (20152016) — Criminal penalties: nonpayment of fines.
Existing law provides that a judgment that a criminal defendant pay a fine, other than a restitution fine or order, may also direct that he or she be imprisoned until the fine is satisfied. Existing law requires the judgment to specify the term of imprisonment for nonpayment of the fine, and prohibits that term from exceeding one day for each $30 of the fine, or exceeding the term for which the defendant may be sentenced for the offense of which he or she has been convicted.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1375 THURMOND Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB1375 Thurmond By Hall — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Thurmond — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-27 Introduced. To print. introduction
2015-03-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
2015-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
2015-03-23 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2015-04-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-04-22 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 22). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-04-23 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2015-04-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1226.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-04-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2015-05-14 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2015-06-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-06-29 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
2015-06-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-07-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1789.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-07-06 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2015-08-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2015-08-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2015-08-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 209, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2bbcc9e5-05bd-4d27-a368-3e72eb4f12bc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).