Existing law authorizes a court to sentence a person convicted of an infraction to perform community service in lieu of the total fine, as defined, that would otherwise be imposed, upon a showing that payment of the total fine would pose a hardship on the defendant or his or her family. Existing law requires the defendant to perform community service at the hourly rate applicable to community service work performed by criminal defendants.
California AB 2532 (20172018) — Infractions: community service.
Existing law authorizes a court to sentence a person convicted of an infraction to perform community service in lieu of the total fine, as defined, that would otherwise be imposed, upon a showing that payment of the total fine would pose a hardship on the defendant or his or her family. Existing law requires the defendant to perform community service at the hourly rate applicable to community service work performed by criminal defendants.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2018-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
2018-03-05 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2018-04-04 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-04-18 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 18). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-04-19 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2018-04-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4900.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-04-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2018-05-10 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2018-06-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-07-02 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2018-07-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5437.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-20 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2018-08-24 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2018-09-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-09-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 280, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/449822f3-94d6-44b5-8039-aee6ecc19442. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).