---
type: "Bill"
title: "Corrections: confidential calls."
description: "Existing law provides that an inmate in state prison has specified civil rights, including, among others, the right to confidentially correspond with a member of the State Bar of California. Existing regulations adopted by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation permit an inmate to make a confidential call, as defined, with the inmate's attorney only as approved on a case-by-case basis by the institution head or their designee, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 3043"
citation: "California AB 3043 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections: confidential calls."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones-Sawyer"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-02-21"
last_action: "2020-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f28bdd0a-6e5f-480e-bc5e-4235a84b5b04"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3043"
source_hash: "dc1c9e8ea89dbaab76b53f23426398a2666a689accbae472723000df4081936f"
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 3043 (20192020) — Corrections: confidential calls.

Existing law provides that an inmate in state prison has specified civil rights, including, among others, the right to confidentially correspond with a member of the State Bar of California. Existing regulations adopted by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation permit an inmate to make a confidential call, as defined, with the inmate's attorney only as approved on a case-by-case basis by the institution head or their designee, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3043&version=20190AB304399INT)
2. **05/11/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3043&version=20190AB304398AMD)
3. **06/30/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3043&version=20190AB304397AMD)
4. **08/04/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3043&version=20190AB304396AMD)
5. **09/30/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3043&version=20190AB304394CHP)
6. **AB3043** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3043)
7. **09/01/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3043&version=20190AB304395ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent AB3043 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 3043 Jones-Sawyer Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 3043 Jones-Sawyer Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jones-Sawyer — primary (person)
- Kamlager — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2020-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2020-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-05** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-05-12** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-20** Coauthors revised.
- **2020-05-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-02** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-06-03** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-06-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4729.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-06-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2020-06-23** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-30** 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. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-08-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 31). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-08-13** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-25** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2020-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4383.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2020-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5317.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2020-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 333, Statutes of 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f28bdd0a-6e5f-480e-bc5e-4235a84b5b04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).