Files
2026-07-06 17:28:36 -04:00

86 lines
5.3 KiB
Markdown
Raw Permalink Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters
This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.
---
type: "Bill"
title: "County jails: wages."
description: "Existing law provides that a county jail is kept by the sheriff of the county in which the jail is situated and is to be used for specified purposes, including for the confinement of persons sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail upon a criminal conviction. Existing law authorizes the board of supervisors to credit each prisoner confined in or committed to county jail up to $2 for each 8 hours of work performed in jail."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 248"
citation: "California AB 248 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Countyjails", "wages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-15"
last_action: "2025-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73abcbe9-26d8-47d8-910d-d6076872cde3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB248"
source_hash: "88adc847f4f01d338d04d936538c8c8d172841be519616755000307b960aec2a"
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 248 (20252026) — County jails: wages.
Existing law provides that a county jail is kept by the sheriff of the county in which the jail is situated and is to be used for specified purposes, including for the confinement of persons sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail upon a criminal conviction. Existing law authorizes the board of supervisors to credit each prisoner confined in or committed to county jail up to $2 for each 8 hours of work performed in jail.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **01/15/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB248&version=20250AB24899INT)
2. **06/11/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB248&version=20250AB24898AMD)
3. **06/27/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB248&version=20250AB24897AMD)
4. **10/03/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB248&version=20250AB24895CHP)
5. **AB248** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB248)
6. **09/10/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB248&version=20250AB24896ENR)
## Votes
- AB 248 Bryan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **5712** (pass) · lower
- AB 248 Bryan Assembly Third Reading — **5112** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **50** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB248 Bryan et al. By Becker — **304** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **60** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bryan — primary (person)
- Becker — principal coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-16** From printer. May be heard in committee February 15.
- **2025-02-10** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2025-03-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 12. Page 712.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-03-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-07** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 10). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2025-06-11** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-06-27** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-06-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 4. Page 2428.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2025-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 57. Noes 12. Page 3014.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2025-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 252, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73abcbe9-26d8-47d8-910d-d6076872cde3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).