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.

Statutes affected:
AB2428: 6157 GOV, 68635 GOV, 71386 GOV, 11374.5 HSC, 11470.2 HSC, 597.3 PEN, 1205.3 PEN, 1209.5 PEN, 4011.1 PEN, 4018.6 PEN, 42007 VEH, 42008.8 VEH, 730.5 WIC
02/20/26 - Introduced: 6157 GOV, 68635 GOV, 71386 GOV, 11374.5 HSC, 11470.2 HSC, 597.3 PEN, 1205.3 PEN, 1209.5 PEN, 4011.1 PEN, 4018.6 PEN, 42007 VEH, 42008.8 VEH, 730.5 WIC
04/20/26 - Amended Assembly: 6157 GOV, 68635 GOV, 71386 GOV, 11374.5 HSC, 11470.2 HSC, 597.3 PEN, 1205.3 PEN, 1209.5 PEN, 4011.1 PEN, 4018.6 PEN, 42007 VEH, 42008.8 VEH, 730.5 WIC
05/18/26 - Amended Assembly: 6157 GOV, 68635 GOV, 71386 GOV, 11374.5 HSC, 597.3 PEN, 1205.3 PEN, 1209.5 PEN, 4011.1 PEN, 4018.6 PEN, 42007 VEH, 42008.8 VEH, 730.5 WIC
AB 2428: 6157 GOV, 68635 GOV, 71386 GOV, 11374.5 HSC, 11470.2 HSC, 597.3 PEN, 1205.3 PEN, 1209.5 PEN, 4011.1 PEN, 4018.6 PEN, 42007 VEH, 42008.8 VEH, 730.5 WIC