republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-3092.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Attorney General: law enforcement agencies: reporting requirements: deaths."
description: "Existing law requires a law enforcement agency or agency in charge of a correctional facility, if a person dies while in the custody of that law enforcement agency or agency in charge of the correctional facility, to report in writing to the Attorney General, within 10 days after the death, all the facts in the agency's possession concerning the death. Existing law provides that these writings are public records and open to public inspection, except with respect to confidential medical information, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 3092"
citation: "California AB 3092 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General", "deaths", "law enforcement agencies", "reporting requirements"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ortega"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-02-16"
last_action: "2024-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7849d8b-6c3f-42f7-917b-77ceca0a9223"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3092"
source_hash: "ff58f26097cc38136edff261ceb09c2d8af142e285bb0c2057a85435ac7f111c"
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 3092 (20232024) — Attorney General: law enforcement agencies: reporting requirements: deaths.

Existing law requires a law enforcement agency or agency in charge of a correctional facility, if a person dies while in the custody of that law enforcement agency or agency in charge of the correctional facility, to report in writing to the Attorney General, within 10 days after the death, all the facts in the agency's possession concerning the death. Existing law provides that these writings are public records and open to public inspection, except with respect to confidential medical information, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3092&version=20230AB309299INT)
2. **07/02/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3092&version=20230AB309297CHP)
3. **AB3092** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3092)
4. **06/18/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3092&version=20230AB309298ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 3092 Ortega Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ortega — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2024-03-11** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 24). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5090.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-15** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (May 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-10** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-06-11** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-06-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4492.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-07-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 69, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7849d8b-6c3f-42f7-917b-77ceca0a9223`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).