republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-2595.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wards: confinement."
description: "Existing law prohibits a ward committed to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities from being held in physical confinement for a period of time in excess of the maximum period of imprisonment that could be imposed upon an adult convicted of the offense that brought or continued the minor under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, or in excess of the maximum term of physical confinement set by the court, as specified. Existing law states that those provisions do not limit the power of the Board of Juvenile Hearings to retain the ward on parole status for the period permitted by specified provisions governing discharge of the person from the division."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2595"
citation: "California AB 2595 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Wards: confinement."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Obernolte"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9223a796-c991-4753-bea9-7121f72dcb65"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2595"
source_hash: "2199d799d5e013daa0e107c907c48c95f838baccfdd1b30b55e37f48333b8edb"
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 2595 (20172018) — Wards: confinement.

Existing law prohibits a ward committed to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities from being held in physical confinement for a period of time in excess of the maximum period of imprisonment that could be imposed upon an adult convicted of the offense that brought or continued the minor under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, or in excess of the maximum term of physical confinement set by the court, as specified. Existing law states that those provisions do not limit the power of the Board of Juvenile Hearings to retain the ward on parole status for the period permitted by specified provisions governing discharge of the person from the division.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2595&version=20170AB259599INT)
2. **04/09/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2595&version=20170AB259598AMD)
3. **06/19/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2595&version=20170AB259597AMD)
4. **09/26/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2595&version=20170AB259595CHP)
5. **AB2595** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2595)
6. **08/22/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2595&version=20170AB259596ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent AB2595 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2595 OBERNOLTE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2595 OBERNOLTE Assembly Third Reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Obernolte — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2018-03-08** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-09** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-04-10** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-12** From Consent Calendar.
- **2018-04-12** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-04-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4784.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-03** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-08-01** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2018-08-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5284.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6357.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 766, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9223a796-c991-4753-bea9-7121f72dcb65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).