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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Incarcerated individual hand crew members: wages."
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description: "Under existing law, a prisoner can reduce their term of imprisonment by earning credit for, among other things, continuous incarceration, good behavior, and participation in approved rehabilitative programming. Existing law makes an inmate of a county jail or state prison who has completed training for assignment to a conservation camp, state or county facility, or a correctional institution as an inmate firefighter, or who is assigned to a state or county facility or a correctional institution as an inmate firefighter, and who is eligible to earn one day of credit for every one day of incarceration, instead eligible to earn 2 days of credit for every one day served in that assignment or after completing that training."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "AB 247"
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citation: "California AB 247 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Incarceratedindividualhandcrewmembers", "wages"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryan"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2025-01-15"
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last_action: "2025-10-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb5d78f3-c356-4b2f-8516-dbde9452b61d"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB247"
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source_hash: "9f15700228a15aa5ffe9e201299db8e4135f461411be8183c5a536b7a71443ea"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 247 (20252026) — Incarcerated individual hand crew members: wages.
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Under existing law, a prisoner can reduce their term of imprisonment by earning credit for, among other things, continuous incarceration, good behavior, and participation in approved rehabilitative programming. Existing law makes an inmate of a county jail or state prison who has completed training for assignment to a conservation camp, state or county facility, or a correctional institution as an inmate firefighter, or who is assigned to a state or county facility or a correctional institution as an inmate firefighter, and who is eligible to earn one day of credit for every one day of incarceration, instead eligible to earn 2 days of credit for every one day served in that assignment or after completing that training.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **01/15/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB247&version=20250AB24799INT)
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2. **03/05/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB247&version=20250AB24798AMD)
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3. **05/23/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB247&version=20250AB24797AMD)
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4. **05/28/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB247&version=20250AB24796AMD)
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5. **06/27/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB247&version=20250AB24795AMD)
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6. **09/05/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB247&version=20250AB24794AMD)
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7. **10/13/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB247&version=20250AB24792CHP)
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8. **AB247** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB247)
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9. **09/15/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB247&version=20250AB24793ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 247 Bryan Concurrence - Urgency Added — **78–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 247 Bryan Assembly Third Reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB247 Bryan et al. By Pérez Urgency Clause — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended. — **12–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan — primary (person)
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- Addis — coauthor (person)
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- Alanis — coauthor (person)
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- Bonta — coauthor (person)
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- Celeste Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
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- Connolly — coauthor (person)
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- Cortese — coauthor (person)
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- Elhawary — coauthor (person)
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- Flora — principal coauthor (person)
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- Fong — coauthor (person)
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- Haney — coauthor (person)
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- Harabedian — coauthor (person)
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- Jackson — coauthor (person)
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- Kalra — coauthor (person)
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- Lee — coauthor (person)
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- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
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- McKinnor — coauthor (person)
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- Pellerin — coauthor (person)
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- Reyes — principal coauthor (person)
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- Rogers — coauthor (person)
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- Schultz — coauthor (person)
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- Sharp-Collins — coauthor (person)
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- Solache — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-16** From printer. May be heard in committee February 15.
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- **2025-02-10** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2025-03-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-03-06** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-11** Coauthors revised.
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- **2025-03-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-23** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)
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- **2025-05-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (May 23). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2025-05-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-28** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1756.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-06-02** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-02** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 55. Noes 6. Page 1871.)
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- **2025-06-03** Coauthors revised.
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- **2025-06-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-04** Measure version as amended on May 28 corrected. `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-06-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-06-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2113.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-06-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-18** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-18** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-05** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-10** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2825.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-11** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3301.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2025-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 681, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb5d78f3-c356-4b2f-8516-dbde9452b61d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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