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Bill	Individuals with disabilities: The Dignity for All Act.	Existing law includes the terms "mentally retarded persons," "mentally retarded children," "retardation," and "handicap."	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 248	California AB 248 (20232024)	bill	Individuals with disabilities The Dignity for All Act	enacted	Mathis	7	22	5	2023-01-18	2023-10-13	openstates	ocd-bill/9e4cb465-6bb9-43ab-a9a4-393fb3ccf829	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB248	fde56abffa917533a42bf1f3d7e04625804093f98e6e152d810b9ff8e8a39ada	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 248 (20232024) — Individuals with disabilities: The Dignity for All Act.

Existing law includes the terms "mentally retarded persons," "mentally retarded children," "retardation," and "handicap."

Version chain

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

1. 01/18/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 02/23/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/07/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/17/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/13/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB248 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/14/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB248 Mathis et al. By Limón — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 248 Mathis Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 248 Mathis Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mathis — primary (person)
• Arambula — coauthor (person)
• Becker — coauthor (person)
• Bryan — author (person)
• Grayson — author (person)
• Limón — coauthor (person)
• McCarty — coauthor (person)
• Mike Fong — coauthor (person)
• Niello — coauthor (person)
• Ochoa Bogh — coauthor (person)
• Stephanie Nguyen — coauthor (person)
• Weber — author (person)
• Wicks — author (person)
• Wiener — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-01-19 From printer. May be heard in committee February 18.
• 2023-02-02 Referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
• 2023-02-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-02-27 Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
• 2023-03-07 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-03-08 Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
• 2023-03-14 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 14). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-15 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-03-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 741.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-03-20 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-05-03 Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee
• 2023-05-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-06-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2548.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-11 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2023-09-12 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3228.)
• 2023-09-12 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3277.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2023-10-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 797, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9e4cb465-6bb9-43ab-a9a4-393fb3ccf829. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).