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CA AB 812

enacted

Recall and resentencing: incarcerated firefighters.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 812 pass?

Yes. CA AB 812 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-13. Latest recorded action (2025-10-13): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 712, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 812 about?

Existing law authorizes a court, on its own motion within 120 days of the date of the defendant's commitment, or at any time if the applicable sentencing laws have changed or upon a recommendation from the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the Board of Parole Hearings, or the district attorney, to recall a defendant's sentence and resentence that defendant to a lesser sentence. Existing law establishes the California Conservation Camps for the purpose of having incarcerated persons work on projects supervised by the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Existing law requires the department to utilize incarcerated persons assigned to conservation camps in performing fire prevention, fire control, and other work at the department. This bill would require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, no later than July 1, 2027, to promulgate regulations, as specified, regarding the referral of participants in the California Conservation Camp program and incarcerated persons working at institutional firehouses for resentencing.

Who sponsors CA AB 812?

Lowenthal is the primary sponsor of CA AB 812, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law authorizes a court, on its own motion within 120 days of the date of the defendant's commitment, or at any time if the applicable sentencing laws have changed or upon a recommendation from the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the Board of Parole Hearings, or the district attorney, to recall a defendant's sentence and resentence that defendant to a lesser sentence. Existing law establishes the California Conservation Camps for the purpose of having incarcerated persons work on projects supervised by the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Existing law requires the department to utilize incarcerated persons assigned to conservation camps in performing fire prevention, fire control, and other work at the department. This bill would require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, no later than July 1, 2027, to promulgate regulations, as specified, regarding the referral of participants in the California Conservation Camp program and incarcerated persons working at institutional firehouses for resentencing.

Introduced
2025-03-26
Latest action
2025-10-13 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 712, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Lowenthalauthor
  • Elhawaryauthor
  • Sharp-Collinscoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-19

    Read first time. To print.

    reading-1

  2. 2025-02-20

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

  3. 2025-03-03

    Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-26

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 25).

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  5. 2025-03-27

    Read second time and amended.

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  6. 2025-03-28

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  7. 2025-04-23

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.

    referral-committee

  8. 2025-05-23

    Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)

  9. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (May 23).

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  10. 2025-05-23

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  11. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  12. 2025-06-04

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 4. Page 2058.)

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  13. 2025-06-05

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  14. 2025-06-18

    Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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  15. 2025-07-09

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 8).

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  16. 2025-07-10

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  17. 2025-08-18

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

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  18. 2025-08-29

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  19. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29).

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  20. 2025-09-02

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  21. 2025-09-05

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  22. 2025-09-08

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  23. 2025-09-09

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 2655.).

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  24. 2025-09-09

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  25. 2025-09-10

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 57. Noes 5. Page 3215.).

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  26. 2025-09-22

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

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  27. 2025-10-13

    Approved by the Governor.

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  28. 2025-10-13

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 712, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/19/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-19Compare
  • 03/27/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-27Compare
  • 05/23/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-23Compare
  • 07/10/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-10Compare
  • 08/29/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-08-29Compare
  • 09/05/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-09-05Compare
  • 09/12/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-12Compare
  • 10/13/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-13Compare
  • AB812Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-03-25 · pass · 8-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Ramos: other

  • Do pass as amended.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 11-1

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Dixon: no
    • Ta: other
    • Sanchez: other
    • Tangipa: other

  • AB 812 Lowenthal Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-04 · pass · 57-4

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • DeMaio: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Ramos: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Lackey: other
    • Michelle Rodriguez: other
    • Dixon: other
    • Patterson: other
    • Schiavo: other
    • Ta: other
    • Sanchez: other
    • Pacheco: other
    • Chen: other
    • Gallagher: other
    • Hadwick: other
    • Bains: other
    • Castillo: other
    • Krell: other
    • Tangipa: other
    • Irwin: other
    • Hoover: other
    • Jeff Gonzalez: other

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-07-08 · pass · 5-1

    Member-level votes (6)
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Seyarto: no

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Grayson: yes

  • Do pass as amended

    2025-08-29 · pass · 5-2

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: no
    • Seyarto: no

  • 3rd Reading AB812 Lowenthal et al. By Arreguín

    2025-09-09 · pass · 30-10

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Niello: no
    • Ochoa Bogh: no
    • Dahle: no
    • Grove: no
    • Jones: no
    • Valladares: no
    • Seyarto: no
    • Strickland: no
    • Choi: no
    • Alvarado-Gil: no

  • AB 812 Lowenthal Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-11 · pass · 57-5

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Johnson: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Castillo: no
    • Ellis: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Dixon: other
    • Hoover: other
    • Hadwick: other
    • Irwin: other
    • Tangipa: other
    • Lackey: other
    • Patterson: other
    • Patel: other
    • Ramos: other
    • Schiavo: other
    • Soria: other
    • Gallagher: other
    • Jeff Gonzalez: other
    • Pacheco: other
    • Sanchez: other
    • Chen: other
    • Bains: other
    • Ta: other

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