AB 247

  • California Assembly Bill
  • 2025-2026 Regular Session
  • Introduced in Assembly
  • Passed Assembly Jun 05, 2025
  • Passed Senate Sep 10, 2025
  • Became Law Oct 13, 2025

Incarcerated individual hand crew members: wages.

Abstract

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.

Bill Sponsors (23)

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Oct 13, 2025

California State Legislature

Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 681, Statutes of 2025.

California State Legislature

Approved by the Governor.

Sep 23, 2025

California State Legislature

Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

Sep 11, 2025

Assembly

Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3301.).

Sep 10, 2025

Senate

Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2825.).

Assembly

In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

Sep 08, 2025

Senate

Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Sep 05, 2025

Senate

Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

Aug 29, 2025

Senate

Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Senate

From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).

Aug 18, 2025

Senate

In committee: Referred to suspense file.

  • Referral-Committee
suspense file.

Jul 08, 2025

Senate

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
Com. on APPR.

Jun 27, 2025

Senate

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
Com. on PUB. S.

Jun 18, 2025

Senate

Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  • Referral-Committee
Com. on PUB. S.

Jun 09, 2025

Senate

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

Jun 05, 2025

Assembly

Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2113.)

Jun 04, 2025

Assembly

Measure version as amended on May 28 corrected.

Assembly

Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Jun 03, 2025

Assembly

From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 3).

Assembly

Coauthors revised.

Jun 02, 2025

Assembly

Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 55. Noes 6. Page 1871.)

Assembly

Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.

  • Referral-Committee
Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.

May 28, 2025

Assembly

Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1756.)

May 27, 2025

Assembly

Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

May 23, 2025

Assembly

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

Assembly

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

Assembly

From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (May 23).

Apr 30, 2025

Assembly

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

  • Referral-Committee
suspense file.

Mar 11, 2025

Assembly

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
Com. on APPR.

Assembly

Coauthors revised.

Mar 06, 2025

Assembly

Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  • Referral-Committee
Com. on PUB. S.

Mar 05, 2025

Assembly

From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended.

Mar 04, 2025

Assembly

In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

Feb 10, 2025

Assembly

Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  • Referral-Committee
Com. on PUB. S.

Jan 16, 2025

Assembly

From printer. May be heard in committee February 15.

Jan 15, 2025

Assembly

Read first time. To print.

Bill Text

Bill Text Versions Format
AB247 HTML
01/15/25 - Introduced PDF
03/05/25 - Amended Assembly PDF
05/23/25 - Amended Assembly PDF
05/28/25 - Amended Assembly PDF
06/27/25 - Amended Senate PDF
09/05/25 - Amended Senate PDF
09/15/25 - Enrolled PDF
10/13/25 - Chaptered PDF

Related Documents

Document Format
03/10/25- Assembly Public Safety PDF
04/28/25- Assembly Appropriations PDF
05/28/25- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS PDF
06/03/25- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS PDF
06/03/25- Assembly Appropriations PDF
07/06/25- Senate Public Safety PDF
08/15/25- Senate Appropriations PDF
08/29/25- Sen. Floor Analyses PDF
09/08/25- Sen. Floor Analyses PDF
09/10/25- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS PDF

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