California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB2257: Corrections: jail administrators.
Status: Chaptered, September 30, 2026
What the bill says
An act to amend Section 26605 of, and to add Section 23016 to, the Government Code, and to add Section 4034 to the Penal Code, relating to corrections. corrections Corrections: jail administrators…
From the chaptered text, September 30, 2026:
An act to amend Section 26605 of, and to add Section 23016 to, the Government Code, and to add Section 4034 to the Penal Code, relating to corrections. corrections Corrections: jail administrators. Existing law authorizes a board of supervisors of any county to, by resolution, establish a department of corrections, to be headed by an officer appointed by the board, which has jurisdiction over all county functions, personnel, and facilities, or so many as the board names in its resolution, relating to institutional punishment, care, treatment, and rehabilitation of prisoners, including, but not limited to, the county jail and industrial farms and road camps, their functions and personnel. Existing law, except as specified, requires the sheriff to take charge of and be the sole and exclusive authority to keep the county jail and the prisoners in it, as specified, and generally imposes requirements and duties on sheriffs for the keeping of jails. This bill would authorize a board of supervisors to, by resolution, establish the position of jail administrator and impose procedures for the nomination and confirmation or denial of a candidate for the position. The bill would prescribe the powers and duties of jail administrators. The bill would provide that the sheriff retains specified authority with respect to the jail administrator, including the authority to remove the jail administrator, …
Sponsors
- Gregg Hart (D, AD37) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 929, Statutes of 2026.
- : Approved by the Governor.
- : Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- : Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 41. Noes 24. Page 6618.).
- : Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 41. Noes 24.).
- : In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- : Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 11.).
- : Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
- : From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 1).
- : From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
Votes
- AB 2257 Hart Concurrence in Senate Amendments (August 26, 2026): 41 yea, 24 nay, passed
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2257 Hart By Laird (August 24, 2026): 24 yea, 12 nay, passed
- Do pass as amended (July 1, 2026): 5 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] (June 23, 2026): 5 yea, 1 nay, passed
- AB 2257 Hart Assembly Third Reading (May 28, 2026): 41 yea, 25 nay, passed
- Do pass. (April 21, 2026): 5 yea, 3 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is AB2257?
- AB2257 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Corrections: jail administrators.
- What does AB2257 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend Section 26605 of, and to add Section 23016 to, the Government Code, and to add Section 4034 to the Penal Code, relating to corrections. corrections Corrections: jail administrators…
- What is the status of AB2257?
- Chaptered as of September 30, 2026. Latest action: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 929, Statutes of 2026. (September 30, 2026).
- Who sponsored AB2257?
- Gregg Hart (D, AD37).
- Where is the official record for AB2257?
- On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2257
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