Lori Wilson
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 11
Author
The California Constitution prohibits involuntary servitude, but exempts from this provision any servitude that is a punishment for a crime. Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to require each able-bodied inmate, including a condemned inmate, to work as prescribed by CDCR regulations. Existing CDCR regulations require each inmate to participate in 8 hours a day of programming, including labor, education, counseling, physical fitness, and other programs, 5 days per week. Under existing CDCR regulations, an inmate who fails to participate as required is subject to a loss of privileges, including the earning of good conduct credit. Existing law also authorizes a board of supervisors or city council, through an order, to require all persons confined in a county or city jail, industrial farm, or road camp, as specified, to perform labor on the public works or ways in the county or city, respectively, and to engage in the prevention and suppression of forest, brush, and grass fires upon lands within the county or city, respectively. This bill, contingent upon the passage and approval by the voters of a constitutional amendment that prohibits all involuntary servitude, would require CDCR to develop a voluntary work program and to prescribe rules and regulations regarding work and programming assignments for CDCR inmates, including the wages for work assignments, and would require wages for work assignments in county and city jail programs to be set by local ordinance.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 54, Statutes of 2024.
Approved by the Governor.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 67. Noes 0.).
Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 2.).
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 26).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 30. Noes 6.)
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB S.
Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
From inactive file.
Ordered to second reading.
Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Roth.
From Consent Calendar.
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1595.)
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 10).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB628 | HTML |
| 02/09/23 - Introduced | |
| 06/10/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/20/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/27/24 - Enrolled | |
| 07/02/24 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/24/23- Assembly Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy | |
| 05/08/23- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 06/08/23- Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development | |
| 06/28/23- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/24/24- Senate Public Safety | PDF PDF |
| 06/26/24- Senate Appropriations | |
| 06/26/24- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/27/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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