republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1744.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Probation and mandatory supervision: flash incarceration."
description: "Existing law authorizes probation and mandatory supervision, which in each case is a period of time when a person is released from incarceration and is subject to specified conditions and supervision by county probation authorities. Existing law, until January 1, 2023, allows a court to authorize the use of flash incarceration, as defined, to detain a person in county jail for not more than 10 days for a violation of the conditions of that person's probation or mandatory supervision, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1744"
citation: "California AB 1744 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Probation and mandatory supervision: flash incarceration."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Levine"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbb578fa-013c-423b-b4b2-8b8f3bd20104"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1744"
source_hash: "26eebca825ea9594501e15ff72ae73d4e39c1f78227651872841743ce7c1f765"
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 1744 (20212022) — Probation and mandatory supervision: flash incarceration.

Existing law authorizes probation and mandatory supervision, which in each case is a period of time when a person is released from incarceration and is subject to specified conditions and supervision by county probation authorities. Existing law, until January 1, 2023, allows a court to authorize the use of flash incarceration, as defined, to detain a person in county jail for not more than 10 days for a violation of the conditions of that person's probation or mandatory supervision, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/31/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1744&version=20210AB174499INT)
2. **03/02/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1744&version=20210AB174498AMD)
3. **08/02/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1744&version=20210AB174497AMD)
4. **09/29/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1744&version=20210AB174495CHP)
5. **AB1744** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1744)
6. **08/25/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1744&version=20210AB174496ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1744 Levine By Wiener — **37–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **2–0** (fail) · upper
- [First] hearing set for [05-31-2022]: Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1744 Levine Assembly Third Reading — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1744 Levine Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Levine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.
- **2022-02-10** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-03** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 3876.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-03-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-04** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-31** In committee: Set, first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2022-06-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 3. Noes 0.) (June 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-02** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 3. Page 4952.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-08-23** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Ayes 60. Noes 16. Page 6056.)
- **2022-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6076.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 756, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bbb578fa-013c-423b-b4b2-8b8f3bd20104`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).