republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-44.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Inmates: release: notification."
description: "Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, when releasing prisoners on parole who have been convicted of a violent felony, as defined, or certain other felonies, as specified, to notify the law enforcement agency and the district attorney having jurisdiction over the community in which the person was convicted and also the law enforcement agency and district attorney having jurisdiction over the community in which the person is scheduled to be released."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 44"
citation: "California AB 44 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Inmates: release: notification."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Logue"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2010-12-06"
last_action: "2011-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43844fec-ccc0-4eca-b57a-ebe34f2adf64"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB44"
source_hash: "4c9b248a538ec468b9849c96dc99597d57d7568b9b0903a063e67ea3a23151f1"
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 44 (20112012) — Inmates: release: notification.

Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, when releasing prisoners on parole who have been convicted of a violent felony, as defined, or certain other felonies, as specified, to notify the law enforcement agency and the district attorney having jurisdiction over the community in which the person was convicted and also the law enforcement agency and district attorney having jurisdiction over the community in which the person is scheduled to be released.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/06/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB44&version=20110AB4499INT)
2. **01/27/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB44&version=20110AB4498AMD)
3. **03/24/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB44&version=20110AB4497AMD)
4. **07/12/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB44&version=20110AB4496AMD)
5. **09/29/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB44&version=20110AB4494CHP)
6. **AB44** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB44)
7. **08/29/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB44&version=20110AB4495ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #8 AB44 Logue By Gaines — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 44 LOGUE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 44 LOGUE Assembly Third Reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Logue — primary (person)
- Beth Gaines — principal coauthor (person)
- Galgiani — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-12-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-12-07** From printer. May be heard in committee January 6.
- **2011-01-24** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-01-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-01-31** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-23** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 15). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-24** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-25** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-04-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1037.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-04-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-12** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-07-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-12** 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-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-15** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2011-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-17** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2011-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 2018.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2548.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2011-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 355, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43844fec-ccc0-4eca-b57a-ebe34f2adf64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).