---
type: "Bill"
title: "California MAT Re-Entry Incentive Program."
description: "Existing law makes specified persons subject to parole supervision by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, including a person who has been released from a state prison after conviction for a serious or violent felony or a crime for which the person is classified as a high-risk sex offender, and specifies the length of time the person is required to be supervised on parole."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 1304"
citation: "California AB 1304 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California MAT Re-Entry Incentive Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waldron"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 33
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2020-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/785b5e1c-b634-444f-ab99-bd5c4df3dd2f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1304"
source_hash: "8364a7366f213da2a1264ac3388d3141f180d6bfaec611f9cf4870cf31e22c43"
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 1304 (20192020) — California MAT Re-Entry Incentive Program.

Existing law makes specified persons subject to parole supervision by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, including a person who has been released from a state prison after conviction for a serious or violent felony or a crime for which the person is classified as a high-risk sex offender, and specifies the length of time the person is required to be supervised on parole.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1304&version=20190AB130499INT)
2. **04/22/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1304&version=20190AB130498AMD)
3. **04/22/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1304&version=20190AB130496AMD)
4. **05/06/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1304&version=20190AB130497AMD)
5. **06/03/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1304&version=20190AB130495AMD)
6. **07/02/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1304&version=20190AB130494AMD)
7. **08/20/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1304&version=20190AB130493AMD)
8. **09/30/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1304&version=20190AB130491CHP)
9. **AB1304** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1304)
10. **09/04/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1304&version=20190AB130492ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1304 Waldron et al. By Umberg — **36–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 1304 WALDRON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1304 Waldron Assembly Third Reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Waldron — primary (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Skinner — coauthor (person)
- Umberg — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2019-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2019-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-11** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 1). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-06** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1722.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-29** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-13** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2020-04-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-05-11** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2020-05-11** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-07-01** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-02** 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. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 31). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-13** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 20). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-08-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 1. Page 4433.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2020-08-30** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-31** Action rescinded whereby the bill was re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-31** Ordered to the unfinished business file.
- **2020-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5488.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-09-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2020-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 325, Statutes of 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/785b5e1c-b634-444f-ab99-bd5c4df3dd2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).