--- type: "Bill" title: "Rehabilitative program providers." description: "Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to conduct rehabilitative programming in a manner that meets specified requirements, including minimizing program wait times and offering a variety of program opportunities to inmates regardless of security level or sentence length." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20232024" identifier: "AB 581" citation: "California AB 581 (20232024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Rehabilitative program providers"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Wendy Carrillo"] version_count: 8 action_count: 28 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2023-02-09" last_action: "2023-10-07" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d3f26e9-fa32-4846-92f4-2f7f07a7452f" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB581" source_hash: "b64f50b8da8379971dea6db15c10ed5c42e098a0b55346aa60412d2359c8971b" 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 581 (20232024) — Rehabilitative program providers. Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to conduct rehabilitative programming in a manner that meets specified requirements, including minimizing program wait times and offering a variety of program opportunities to inmates regardless of security level or sentence length. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/09/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB581&version=20230AB58199INT) 2. **03/16/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB581&version=20230AB58198AMD) 3. **05/18/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB581&version=20230AB58197AMD) 4. **06/27/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB581&version=20230AB58196AMD) 5. **09/06/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB581&version=20230AB58195AMD) 6. **10/07/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB581&version=20230AB58193CHP) 7. **AB581** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB581) 8. **09/14/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB581&version=20230AB58194ENR) ## Votes - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **4–0** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading AB581 Wendy Carrillo By Bradford — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · lower - AB 581 Wendy Carrillo Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower - AB 581 Wendy Carrillo Assembly Third Reading — **79–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Wendy Carrillo — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-02-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2023-02-10** From printer. May be heard in committee March 12. - **2023-03-16** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2023-03-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2023-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2023-05-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee` - **2023-05-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 18). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage` - **2023-05-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-05-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1989.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2023-06-14** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee` - **2023-06-27** 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. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2023-07-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2023-08-14** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2023-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-08-17** From Consent Calendar. - **2023-08-17** Ordered to third reading. - **2023-09-06** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-09-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-09-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2584.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2023-09-12** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3228.) - **2023-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3313.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2023-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2023-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 335, Statutes of 2023. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d3f26e9-fa32-4846-92f4-2f7f07a7452f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).