---
type: "Bill"
title: "Work release."
description: "Existing law authorizes the board of supervisors of any county to authorize the sheriff or other official in charge of county correctional facilities to offer a voluntary program under which any person committed to the facility may participate in a work release program in which one day of participation will be in lieu of one day of confinement. Existing law requires that the program be under the direction of a responsible person appointed by the sheriff or other official in charge and that the hours of labor to be performed be uniform for all persons committed to a facility in a county. Existing law authorizes the sheriff or other official to permit a participant in a work release program to receive work release credit for participation in education, vocational training, or substance abuse programs in lieu of performing labor in a work release program on an hour-for-hour basis, but limits credit for that participation to 12 of the hours established for participation in a work release program, and requires that the remaining hours consist of manual labor, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2127"
citation: "California AB 2127 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Work release."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2012-02-23"
last_action: "2012-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c6ac02d-e0bd-446a-918f-e59fc34c97a6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2127"
source_hash: "ff82f1c870aec3a2d81704e5bacea6f512a3140e8fa528411c98e6440a90a609"
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 2127 (20112012) — Work release.

Existing law authorizes the board of supervisors of any county to authorize the sheriff or other official in charge of county correctional facilities to offer a voluntary program under which any person committed to the facility may participate in a work release program in which one day of participation will be in lieu of one day of confinement. Existing law requires that the program be under the direction of a responsible person appointed by the sheriff or other official in charge and that the hours of labor to be performed be uniform for all persons committed to a facility in a county. Existing law authorizes the sheriff or other official to permit a participant in a work release program to receive work release credit for participation in education, vocational training, or substance abuse programs in lieu of performing labor in a work release program on an hour-for-hour basis, but limits credit for that participation to 12 of the hours established for participation in a work release program, and requires that the remaining hours consist of manual labor, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2127&version=20110AB212799INT)
2. **06/07/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2127&version=20110AB212798AMD)
3. **09/29/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2127&version=20110AB212796CHP)
4. **AB2127** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2127)
5. **08/27/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2127&version=20110AB212797ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2127 CARTER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **48–30** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2127 Carter By Negrete McLeod — **21–14** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **4–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 2127 HERNÁNDEZ Assembly Third Reading — **48–24** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **5–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2012-03-08** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (March 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-04-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 24. Page 4339.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-04-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-04-19** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (May 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-06-07** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-06-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 14. Page 3908.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-06-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 48. Noes 30. Page 6208.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 749, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c6ac02d-e0bd-446a-918f-e59fc34c97a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).