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Bill	Local law enforcement agencies: federal immigration policy enforcement: ICE access.	Existing federal law authorizes issuance of an immigration detainer that serves to advise another law enforcement agency that the federal department seeks custody of an alien presently in the custody of that agency, for the purpose of arresting and removing the alien. Existing federal law provides that the detainer is a request that the agency advise the department, prior to release of the alien, in order for the department to arrange to assume custody in situations when gaining immediate physical custody is either impracticable or impossible.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 2792	California AB 2792 (20152016)	bill	Local law enforcement agencies: federal immigration policy enforcement: ICE access.	enacted	Bonta	10	30	8	2016-02-19	2016-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/cd6034c1-ed4e-4c39-98b8-99dfe5a9efe7	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2792	3a5a29c53b1a4206e7a03d9f84a2de2b722fe63b0e94f5077d9c4bc4c936b102	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2792 (20152016) — Local law enforcement agencies: federal immigration policy enforcement: ICE access.

Existing federal law authorizes issuance of an immigration detainer that serves to advise another law enforcement agency that the federal department seeks custody of an alien presently in the custody of that agency, for the purpose of arresting and removing the alien. Existing federal law provides that the detainer is a request that the agency advise the department, prior to release of the alien, in order for the department to arrange to assume custody in situations when gaining immediate physical custody is either impracticable or impossible.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/17/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/07/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/22/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/03/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/15/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/19/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/28/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB2792 (committee substitute) — source
10. 08/31/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2792 BONTA Assembly Third Reading — 44–29 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2792 Bonta By Leno — 26–10 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• AB 2792 BONTA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 46–29 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 13–5 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bonta — primary (person)
• Alejo — principal coauthor (person)
• Leno — principal coauthor (person)
• Lopez — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-19 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2016-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
• 2016-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
• 2016-03-17 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2016-03-17 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, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2016-04-07 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, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-04-11 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2016-04-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-04-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (April 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-04-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 44. Noes 29. Page 4890.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2016-06-09 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2016-06-22 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. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-08-01 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2016-08-03 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-08 Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2016-08-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-19 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 10. Page 5418.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-30 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2016-08-30 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 6474.)
• 2016-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 46. Noes 29. Page 6491.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
• 2016-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 768, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cd6034c1-ed4e-4c39-98b8-99dfe5a9efe7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).