Bill Commons

CA AB 1140

in committee

Single-Occupancy Cell Pilot Program.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 1140 pass?

Not yet. CA AB 1140 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-08-29): In committee: Held under submission.

What is CA AB 1140 about?

Existing law establishes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and sets forth its powers and duties regarding the administration of correctional facilities and the care and custody of inmates. Existing law vests in the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation the supervision, management, and control of the state prisons, and the responsibility for the care, custody, treatment, training, discipline, and employment of persons confined in the state prisons. This bill, the Single-Occupancy Cell Pilot Program of 2026, would require the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to develop and implement a pilot program to house people who are incarcerated at 4 adult prison facilities in single-occupancy cells by January 1, 2027. The bill would require the secretary to select the 4 facilities and establish criteria to determine who will be housed in single-occupancy cells. The bill would require the pilot program to apply to 10% of the population housed at each of the 4 facilities. The bill would require that participation in the program be voluntary, as specified. The bill would require the secretary, by March 15, 2028, to transmit a publicly available report to the Governor and the Legislature detailing specified information pertaining to the pilot program, including the number of incarcerated persons housed in single-cell occupancy cells under the pilot program and participating in education assignments by facility, as specified.

Who sponsors CA AB 1140?

Connolly is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1140.

Description

Existing law establishes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and sets forth its powers and duties regarding the administration of correctional facilities and the care and custody of inmates. Existing law vests in the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation the supervision, management, and control of the state prisons, and the responsibility for the care, custody, treatment, training, discipline, and employment of persons confined in the state prisons. This bill, the Single-Occupancy Cell Pilot Program of 2026, would require the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to develop and implement a pilot program to house people who are incarcerated at 4 adult prison facilities in single-occupancy cells by January 1, 2027. The bill would require the secretary to select the 4 facilities and establish criteria to determine who will be housed in single-occupancy cells. The bill would require the pilot program to apply to 10% of the population housed at each of the 4 facilities. The bill would require that participation in the program be voluntary, as specified. The bill would require the secretary, by March 15, 2028, to transmit a publicly available report to the Governor and the Legislature detailing specified information pertaining to the pilot program, including the number of incarcerated persons housed in single-cell occupancy cells under the pilot program and participating in education assignments by facility, as specified.

Introduced
2025-07-02
Latest action
2025-08-29 — In committee: Held under submission.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Connollyauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-08-29

    In committee: Held under submission.

  2. 2025-08-18

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

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  3. 2025-07-03

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  4. 2025-07-02

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 1).

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  5. 2025-06-11

    Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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  6. 2025-06-03

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  7. 2025-06-02

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 1879.)

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  8. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  9. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).

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  10. 2025-04-30

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.

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  11. 2025-04-09

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  12. 2025-03-26

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  13. 2025-03-10

    Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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  14. 2025-02-21

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  15. 2025-02-20

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-04-08 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Mark González: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Alanis: yes

  • Do pass.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Sanchez: other

  • AB 1140 Connolly Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-02 · pass · 77-1

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Rivas: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • DeMaio: no
    • Gallagher: other

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-07-01 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (6)
    • Wiener: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Pérez: yes

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Grayson: yes

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