republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-248.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Individuals with disabilities: The Dignity for All Act."
description: "Existing law includes the terms \"mentally retarded persons,\" \"mentally retarded children,\" \"retardation,\" and \"handicap.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 248"
citation: "California AB 248 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Individuals with disabilities", "The Dignity for All Act"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mathis"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e4cb465-6bb9-43ab-a9a4-393fb3ccf829"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB248"
source_hash: "fde56abffa917533a42bf1f3d7e04625804093f98e6e152d810b9ff8e8a39ada"
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 (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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB248&version=20230AB24899INT)
2. **02/23/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB248&version=20230AB24898AMD)
3. **03/07/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB248&version=20230AB24897AMD)
4. **05/17/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB248&version=20230AB24896AMD)
5. **10/13/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB248&version=20230AB24894CHP)
6. **AB248** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB248)
7. **09/14/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB248&version=20230AB24895ENR)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e4cb465-6bb9-43ab-a9a4-393fb3ccf829`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).