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Bill	Private detention facilities.	Existing law requires the operator of a private detention facility, as defined, to comply with, and adhere to, the detention standards of care and confinement agreed upon in the facility's contract for operations, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 263	California AB 263 (20212022)	bill	Private detention facilities.	enacted	Arambula	7	25	6	2021-01-15	2021-09-24	openstates	ocd-bill/29a5f3b6-a263-46e7-a0c5-cadadf3f745c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB263	3cd3209bb6c45b46f0dc8eebcc28de81e217095b36d106f60af939d719135f00	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 263 (20212022) — Private detention facilities.

Existing law requires the operator of a private detention facility, as defined, to comply with, and adhere to, the detention standards of care and confinement agreed upon in the facility's contract for operations, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 01/15/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/17/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/15/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/18/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/24/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB263 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/03/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 263 Arambula Third Reading Urgency — 71–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent AB263 Arambula et al. By Durazo Urgency Clause — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 263 Arambula Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 74–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Arambula — primary (person)
• Durazo — principal coauthor (person)
• Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
• Santiago — coauthor (person)
• Waldron — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2021-01-16 From printer. May be heard in committee February 15.
• 2021-01-28 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2021-03-17 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
• 2021-03-18 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2021-03-24 Coauthors revised.
• 2021-03-24 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-04-15 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1029.) amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-04-29 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1248.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-05-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-05-12 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2021-06-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-07-07 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 6). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-07-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-08-18 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-08-23 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2021-08-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2245.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2021-09-01 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 58. Noes 17. Page 2625.)
• 2021-09-01 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2627.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2021-09-24 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-09-24 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 294, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/29a5f3b6-a263-46e7-a0c5-cadadf3f745c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).