CaliforniaIncarcerated individual hand crew members: wages.
What it does
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.
More detail
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.
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Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Oct 13Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 681, Statutes of 2025.Latest
- Oct 13Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Sep 23Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.To Governor
- Sep 11Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3301.).Major
- Vote recorded AB 247 Bryan Concurrence - Urgency Added. Result: pass.Lower
- Sep 10In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading AB247 Bryan et al. By Pérez Urgency Clause. Result: pass.Upper
- Sep 10Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2825.).Passed Senate
- Sep 8Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Sep 5Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- Aug 29Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 29From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).Minor
- Aug 18In committee: Referred to suspense file.Minor
- Vote recorded Placed on suspense file. Result: pass.Upper
- Jul 8From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 27From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.Major
- Jun 18Referred to Com. on PUB. S.Minor
- Jun 9In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.Minor
- Jun 6
- Vote recorded AB 247 Bryan Assembly Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 5Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2113.)Passed Assembly
- Jun 4Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Jun 4Measure version as amended on May 28 corrected.Major
- Jun 3From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 3).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 3Coauthors revised.
- Jun 2Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 55. Noes 6. Page 1871.)
- Jun 2Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.Minor
- May 28Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1756.)Major
- May 27Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- May 23Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended. Result: pass.Lower
- May 23From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (May 23).Major
- May 23Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)
- Apr 30In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.Minor
- Mar 11From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 11Coauthors revised.
- Mar 6Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.Minor
- Mar 5From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended.Major
- Mar 4In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- Feb 10Referred to Com. on PUB. S.Minor
- Jan 16From printer. May be heard in committee February 15.
- Jan 15Read first time. To print.Introduced