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Measure AB 247
Authors Bryan  
Principle Coauthors: Flora   Reyes  
Coauthors: Haney   Kalra   Addis   Alanis   Bonta   Connolly   Elhawary   Fong   Harabedian   Jackson   Lee   Lowenthal   McKinnor   Pellerin   Celeste Rodriguez   Rogers   Schultz   Sharp-Collins   Solache   Cortese  
Subject Incarcerated individual hand crew members: wages.
Relating To relating to inmate firefighters.
Title An act to amend Section 4019.2 of, and to add Section 2714 to, the Penal Code, and to add Section 1760.46 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to inmate firefighters, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.
Last Action Dt 2025-10-13
State Chaptered
Status Chaptered
Active? Y
Vote Required Two Thirds
Appropriation No
Fiscal Committee Yes
Local Program No
Substantive Changes None
Urgency Yes
Tax Levy No
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Actions
2025-10-13     Approved by the Governor.
2025-10-13     Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 681, Statutes of 2025.
2025-09-23     Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2025-09-11     Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3301.).
2025-09-10     Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2825.).
2025-09-10     In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-08     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-05     Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2025-08-29     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
2025-08-29     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-18     In committee: Referred to suspense file.
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.
2025-06-27     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.
2025-06-18     Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2025-06-09     In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-06-05     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2113.)
2025-06-04     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-06-04     Measure version as amended on May 28 corrected.
2025-06-03     Coauthors revised.
2025-06-03     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 3).
2025-06-02     Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 55. Noes 6. Page 1871.)
2025-06-02     Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
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     Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
2025-05-23     From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (May 23).
2025-05-23     Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)
2025-04-30     In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
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.
2025-03-11     Coauthors revised.
2025-03-06     Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2025-03-05     From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-04     In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-02-10     Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2025-01-16     From printer. May be heard in committee February 15.
2025-01-15     Read first time. To print.
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Chaptered     2025-10-13
Enrolled     2025-09-15
Amended Senate     2025-09-05
Amended Senate     2025-06-27
Amended Assembly     2025-05-28
Amended Assembly     2025-05-23
Amended Assembly     2025-03-05
Introduced     2025-01-15
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		<ns0:Title>An act to amend Section 4019.2 of, and to add Section 2714 to, the Penal Code, and to add Section 1760.46 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to inmate firefighters, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.</ns0:Title>
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			<html:p>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.</html:p>
			<html:p>Existing law authorizes a juvenile court to order placement of a ward at the Pine Grove Youth Conservation Camp if specified
			 criteria are met, including if the county has entered into a contract with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the department has found the ward amenable. Existing law authorizes the department to enter into contracts with counties to operate the Pine Grove Youth Conservation Camp through a state-local partnership, or other management arrangement, to train justice-involved youth, as specified, in wildland firefighting skills.</html:p>
			<html:p>This bill would require an incarcerated individual hand crew member, in addition to receiving credits, and a ward or youth hand crew member placed at the Pine Grove Youth Conservation Camp to be paid an hourly wage equal to $7.25 while assigned to an active fire incident. The bill would require that wage rate to be
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			<html:p>This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.</html:p>
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				Section 2714 is added to the 
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							<html:p>In addition to the credits received pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 2933.3, incarcerated individual hand crew members shall be paid an hourly wage equal to seven dollars and twenty-five cents ($7.25) while assigned to an active fire incident. The wage rate shall be reviewed annually.</html:p>
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								Notwithstanding any other law, any inmate sentenced to county jail assigned to a conservation camp by a sheriff and who is eligible to earn one day of credit for every one day of incarceration pursuant to Section 4019 shall instead earn two days of credit for every one day of service.
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								Notwithstanding any other law, any inmate who has completed training for assignment to a conservation camp or to a state or county facility as an inmate firefighter or who is assigned to a county or state correctional institution as an inmate firefighter and who is eligible to earn one day of credit for every one day of incarceration pursuant to Section 4019 shall instead earn two days of
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								(1)
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								In addition to the credits received pursuant to subdivision (b), incarcerated individual hand crew members shall be paid an hourly wage equal to seven dollars and twenty-five cents ($7.25) while assigned to an active fire incident. The wage rate shall be reviewed annually.
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								The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall
						maintain regulations regarding an administrative adjudication and remedy process for any dispute over sums owed pursuant to this section for incarcerated individual hand crew members assigned to a state conservation camp, facility, or institution.
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								(3)
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								A county shall maintain regulations regarding an administrative adjudication and remedy process for any disputes over sums owed pursuant to this section for incarcerated individual hand crew members assigned to that county’s conservation camp, facility, or institution.
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								(d)
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								In addition to credits granted pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b), inmates who have successfully completed training for firefighter assignments shall receive a credit reduction from their term of
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								(e)
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								The credits authorized in subdivisions (b) and (d) shall only apply to inmates who are eligible after October 1, 2011.
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				Section 1760.46 is added to the 
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								(a)
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								A ward or youth hand crew member placed at the Pine Grove Youth Conservation Camp pursuant to Section 730, Section 875, or Section 1760.45 shall be paid an hourly wage equal to seven dollars and twenty-five cents ($7.25) while assigned to an active fire incident. The wage rate shall be
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								(b)
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								The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall maintain regulations regarding an administrative adjudication and remedy process for any disputes over sums owed pursuant to this section.
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				<html:p>This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the California Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:</html:p>
				<html:p>To ensure that resources are ready and available to combat California’s wildfires, it is necessary that this act take effect immediately.</html:p>
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Last Version Text Digest 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. Existing law authorizes a juvenile court to order placement of a ward at the Pine Grove Youth Conservation Camp if specified criteria are met, including if the county has entered into a contract with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the department has found the ward amenable. Existing law authorizes the department to enter into contracts with counties to operate the Pine Grove Youth Conservation Camp through a state-local partnership, or other management arrangement, to train justice-involved youth, as specified, in wildland firefighting skills. This bill would require an incarcerated individual hand crew member, in addition to receiving credits, and a ward or youth hand crew member placed at the Pine Grove Youth Conservation Camp to be paid an hourly wage equal to $7.25 while assigned to an active fire incident. The bill would require that wage rate to be reviewed annually. The bill would require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and counties to maintain regulations regarding an administrative adjudication and remedy process for any disputes over sums owned pursuant to these provisions. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.