California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill
AB 2428: Criminal fees.
Enacted Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
AB 2428 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on February 20, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Criminal fees. Primary sponsor: Celeste Rodriguez (D). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (September 20, 2026): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 398, Statutes of 2026.
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Official summary
Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.
Existing law imposes various fees, contingent upon a criminal arrest, prosecution, or conviction, for the cost of administering the criminal justice system, including traffic violator school fees, costs for when a minor is adjudged a ward of the court, as specified, or costs incurred by a state or local agency for the disposal of various substances if the person is convicted of the sale, possession, or transportation of a controlled substance, as specified.
This bill would repeal the authority to collect many of those fees, among others. The bill would make the unpaid balance of most court-imposed costs unenforceable and uncollectible and would require any portion of a judgment imposed by those costs to be vacated. The bill would relieve a person who is sentenced to state prison or confined in a county jail from being required to pay any trial court filing fees or costs related to the person’s underlying criminal conviction.
The bill would make related findings and declarations.
The bill would also make various conforming changes.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celeste Rodriguez | Primary sponsor | Democratic | Assembly | 43 |
| Chris Rogers | Co-sponsor | Democratic | Assembly | 2 |
| Nick Schultz | Co-sponsor | Democratic | Assembly | 44 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 398, Statutes of 2026.
- Approved by the Governor.
- Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
- Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 11.).
- Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
- From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 13).
- In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
- From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
- Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
- In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
- Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 18. Page 5383.)