---
type: "Bill"
title: "Inmates."
description: "Inmates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 659"
citation: "California AB 659 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Inmates."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Correa"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2001-02-22"
last_action: "2001-09-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22a7fcbf-ff6a-414a-873d-e6bd2e17593c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB659"
source_hash: "d799e9b61aee3a366a4104a3aec09997c5d53912309f4ba473bccd53e65b0c4a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 659 (20012002) — Inmates.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/22/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB659&version=20010AB65999INT)
2. **04/05/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB659&version=20010AB65998AMD)
3. **05/25/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB659&version=20010AB65997AMD)
4. **07/03/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB659&version=20010AB65996AMD)
5. **09/05/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB659&version=20010AB65994CHP)
6. **AB659** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB659)
7. **08/20/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB659&version=20010AB65995ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 659 Correa Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB659 Correa By Alpert — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 659 Correa Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Correa — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2001-09-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 248, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-09-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2001-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 3058.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-07-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 1. Page 2118.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-03** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 0. Page 1858.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-25** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2001-05-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2001-02-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22a7fcbf-ff6a-414a-873d-e6bd2e17593c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).