CA AB 2286

enacted

Criminal procedure: attorney visits: medical settings.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Existing law requires a person arrested to be taken before a magistrate without delay and, in any event, within 48 hours after arrest, not including weekends and holidays, as specified. Existing law allows an attorney to visit a prisoner after their arrest, as specified. Under existing law, an officer in charge of the prisoner who willfully refuses or neglects to allow an attorney to visit that prisoner is liable for criminal and civil penalties, as provided. This bill would clarify that the above provisions regarding criminal and civil penalties for officers apply if a prisoner is in a jail, prison, or medical setting. The bill would make other technical changes, as provided.

Introduced: —
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-06-30 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 48, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2026-02-19
Read first time. To print.
reading-1
2026-02-20
From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2026-03-09
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
referral-committee
2026-04-08
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 7).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-04-09
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
reading-1,reading-2
2026-04-16
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 4681.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-04-16
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-05-06
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
referral-committee
2026-06-09
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 9).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-06-10
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
reading-1,reading-2
2026-06-15
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-06-15
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
committee-passage
2026-06-18
Enrolled measure version corrected.
executive-receipt
2026-06-24
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
executive-receipt
2026-06-30
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-06-30
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 48, Statutes of 2026.
became-law

Versions

02/19/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-19Compare
06/17/26 - Enrolled — 2026-06-17Compare
06/30/26 - Chaptered — 2026-06-30Compare
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Documents

Votes

Do pass. To Consent Calendar.
2026-04-07 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Schultz: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Haney: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Mark González: yes
AB 2286 Bryan Consent Calendar Second Day
2026-04-16 · pass · 68-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Patel: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Ta: yes
- Lee: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Fong: yes
- Addis: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Haney: yes
- Wilson: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Chen: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Solache: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Ward: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Soria: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Krell: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Davies: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Bains: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Flora: other
- Berman: other
- Hart: other
- Papan: other
- Arambula: other
- Dixon: other
- Bonta: other
- Schiavo: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Irwin: other
- Hoover: other
- Harabedian: other
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar
2026-06-09 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (6)
- Pérez: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Wiener: yes
Consent Calendar 2nd
2026-06-15 · pass · 38-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Seyarto: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Becker: yes
- Padilla: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Jones: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Choi: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Laird: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Limón: yes
- Allen: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Stern: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Niello: yes
- Grove: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Ashby: other
- McNerney: other

Related bills

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Official source

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2286

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