---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prisons: alternative custody."
description: "Existing law authorizes the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to offer a program under which female inmates who are committed to state prison may be allowed to participate in a voluntary alternative custody program in lieu of confinement in state prison. Existing law defines an alternative custody program to include confinement to a residential home, a residential drug or treatment program, or a transitional care facility that offers appropriate services. Existing law provides that female inmates sentenced to determinate sentences shall be eligible for participation in the program, subject to certain disqualifying criteria."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 219"
citation: "California SB 219 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Prisons: alternative custody."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liu"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2015-02-12"
last_action: "2015-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/909088d1-e674-4387-961a-61027b7a4a25"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB219"
source_hash: "be762e2cc508bfba8e6b1098aa2b0faa7e141f8ef093bc23bac459ffd7ca4b15"
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 SB 219 (20152016) — Prisons: alternative custody.

Existing law authorizes the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to offer a program under which female inmates who are committed to state prison may be allowed to participate in a voluntary alternative custody program in lieu of confinement in state prison. Existing law defines an alternative custody program to include confinement to a residential home, a residential drug or treatment program, or a transitional care facility that offers appropriate services. Existing law provides that female inmates sentenced to determinate sentences shall be eligible for participation in the program, subject to certain disqualifying criteria.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB219&version=20150SB21999INT)
2. **03/26/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB219&version=20150SB21998AMD)
3. **06/01/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB219&version=20150SB21997AMD)
4. **07/09/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB219&version=20150SB21996AMD)
5. **10/10/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB219&version=20150SB21994CHP)
6. **SB219** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB219)
7. **09/01/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB219&version=20150SB21995ENR)

## Votes

- SB 219 Liu Senate Third Reading By QUIRK — **61–15** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **24–14** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB219 Liu Concurrence — **25–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Liu — primary (person)
- Hancock — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-12** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2015-02-13** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 15.
- **2015-02-26** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-10** Set for hearing April 7.
- **2015-03-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 507.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-10** Set for hearing April 20.
- **2015-04-20** April 20 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2015-05-23** Set for hearing May 28.
- **2015-05-28** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1149.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-06-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 1250.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-11** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-09** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 61. Noes 15. Page 2630.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-27** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2015-09-01** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 25. Noes 14. Page 2367.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2015-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 762, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/909088d1-e674-4387-961a-61027b7a4a25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).