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AB 1269

Authors

Bryan
Coauthors: Bains Schultz

Subject

County and city jails: incarcerated person contacts.

Relating To

relating to county and city jails.

Title

An act to add Section 4032.5 to the Penal Code, relating to county and city jails, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

Last Action Dt

2025-10-13

State

Chaptered

Status

Chaptered

Active?

Vote Required

Two Thirds

Appropriation

Fiscal Committee

Yes

Local Program

Yes

Substantive Changes

None

Urgency

Yes

Tax Levy

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Actions

2025-10-13		Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 726, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-13		Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-16		Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2025-09-09		Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3118.).
2025-09-08		In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-08		Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2620.).
2025-09-03		Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-02		Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2025-08-20		Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-19		From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
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.
2025-06-18		Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2025-06-04		In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-06-03		Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2017.)
2025-05-28		Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1756.)
2025-05-27		Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23		Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)
2025-05-23		From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23).
2025-05-23		Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
2025-04-23		In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
2025-04-09		From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-09		Coauthors revised.
2025-04-01		Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2025-03-28		From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-10		Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2025-02-24		Read first time.
2025-02-22		From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2025-02-21		Introduced. To print.

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Chaptered		2025-10-13
Enrolled		2025-09-11
Amended Senate		2025-09-02
Amended Assembly		2025-05-28
Amended Assembly		2025-05-23
Amended Assembly		2025-03-28
Introduced		2025-02-21

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