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California bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

California AB 2257

Corrections: jail administrators.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To Governor
  6. Became law

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Summary

Official abstract published by the California legislature· summary

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, as specified. The bill would also revise the provision requiring the sheriff to take charge of and be the sole and exclusive authority to keep the county jail and the incarcerated persons to state that the provision does not apply in counties that have appointed a jail administrator pursuant to the authority described above. The bill would also specify that "sheriff" includes a jail administrator for the purposes of requirements and duties imposed on sheriffs for the keeping of jails, as specified.

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Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 4:08 AM.

DateVoteResultYour legislators
Aug 26, 2026
House		AB 2257 Hart Concurrence in Senate AmendmentspassSet your home in California to see
Aug 24, 2026
Senate		3rd Reading AB2257 Hart By LairdpassSet your home in California to see
Jul 1, 2026
Senate		Do pass as amendedpassSet your home in California to see
Jun 23, 2026
Senate		Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]passSet your home in California to see
May 28, 2026
House		AB 2257 Hart Assembly Third ReadingpassSet your home in California to see
Apr 21, 2026
House		Do pass.passSet your home in California to see

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