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 04/15/26 - Amended Assembly
 02/19/26 - Introduced

 AB-2257 Corrections: jail administrators.(2025-2026)

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 Date Published: 05/22/2026 09:00 PM

AB2257:v96#DOCUMENTBill Start

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 May 22, 2026

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 May 19, 2026

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 April 15, 2026

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill

No. 2257

Introduced by Assembly Member Hart

February 19, 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. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2257, as amended, Hart.
 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, 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.

Digest Key

 Vote:
 MAJORITY 
 Appropriation:
 NO 
 Fiscal Committee:
 NO 
 Local Program:
 NO 

Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 23016 is added to the Government Code, to read:

23016.

 (a) A board of supervisors may, by resolution, establish the position of jail administrator.

(b) If the board establishes the position of jail administrator, the sheriff of the county shall nominate a candidate to fill the position and submit that nomination to the board within 90 days of the establishment of the position.

(c) (1) The board shall confirm or deny the appointment of the candidate submitted pursuant to subdivision (b) by resolution within 60 days of the submission.

(2) In determining whether to confirm or deny the
 appointment pursuant to paragraph (1), the board may consider any relevant factor, including, but not limited to, any of the following:

(A) Professional experience in corrections management.

(B) Experience managing public budgets.

(C) Extensive familiarity with Title 15 of the California Code of Regulations and national standards for jail accreditation.

(D) Extensive familiarity with the requirements for appropriate medical and mental health care within a correctional setting.

(E) Demonstrated commitment to
 protecting the civil and human rights of incarcerated individuals.

(F) Knowledge of best practices and evidence-based approaches to rehabilitation.

(d) (1) If the board denies the candidate pursuant to subdivision (c), the sheriff shall nominate a different candidate to fill the position and submit that nomination to the board within 60 days of the denial.

(2) The board shall confirm or deny the appointment of the new candidate pursuant to the procedures described in subdivision (c).

(e) A candidate that is nominated for the
 a jail administrator pos