republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-3228.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Private detention facilities."
description: "Existing law prohibits a city, city and county, or local law enforcement agency from entering into a contract with the federal government or any federal agency to house or detain noncitizens for purposes of civil immigration custody in a locked detention facility. Existing law requires the Attorney General to engage in reviews of county, local, and private locked detention facilities in which noncitizens are being housed or detained for purposes of civil immigration proceedings in California. Existing law requires that review to include a review of the conditions of confinement, a review of the standard of care and due process provided to the detainees, and a review of the circumstances around their apprehension and transfer to the facility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 3228"
citation: "California AB 3228 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Private detention facilities."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonta"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-02-21"
last_action: "2020-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6af129ec-f4d1-4add-8b88-db29cc8e1ae8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3228"
source_hash: "e8a2f562eaa5be796e9ea6287bd5c8a451e0e9d8b198b27002686ab34d4080cf"
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 3228 (20192020) — Private detention facilities.

Existing law prohibits a city, city and county, or local law enforcement agency from entering into a contract with the federal government or any federal agency to house or detain noncitizens for purposes of civil immigration custody in a locked detention facility. Existing law requires the Attorney General to engage in reviews of county, local, and private locked detention facilities in which noncitizens are being housed or detained for purposes of civil immigration proceedings in California. Existing law requires that review to include a review of the conditions of confinement, a review of the standard of care and due process provided to the detainees, and a review of the circumstances around their apprehension and transfer to the facility.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3228&version=20190AB322899INT)
2. **05/07/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3228&version=20190AB322898AMD)
3. **06/04/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3228&version=20190AB322897AMD)
4. **08/06/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3228&version=20190AB322896AMD)
5. **08/10/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3228&version=20190AB322895AMD)
6. **09/27/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3228&version=20190AB322893CHP)
7. **AB3228** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3228)
8. **08/27/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3228&version=20190AB322894ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB3228 Bonta By Durazo — **28–9** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 3228 Bonta Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **57–13** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **14–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 3228 Bonta Assembly Third Reading — **61–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bonta — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2020-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2020-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-09** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-05-11** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (May 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 4.) (June 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-06-04** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-06-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-06-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 14. Page 4795.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-06-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2020-07-01** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-08-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-08-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-08-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 9. Page 4293.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2020-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 57. Noes 13. Page 5227.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2020-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 190, Statutes of 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6af129ec-f4d1-4add-8b88-db29cc8e1ae8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).