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Bill	Prisons: wireless communication devices.	Existing law prohibits unauthorized communication with inmates in state prison. A person who violates that provision is guilty of a misdemeanor. Existing law further prohibits a person in a local correctional facility from possessing a wireless communication device, except as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	SB 26	California SB 26 (20112012)	bill	Prisons: wireless communication devices.	enacted	Padilla	10	34	8	2010-12-06	2011-10-06	openstates	ocd-bill/cf07a00e-7990-44c3-84d0-a0187351578a	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB26	bc730f7ea0187cb8a21c6b1890c5b09718c1393a5e75c16478c061ebdc1704be	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 26 (20112012) — Prisons: wireless communication devices.

Existing law prohibits unauthorized communication with inmates in state prison. A person who violates that provision is guilty of a misdemeanor. Existing law further prohibits a person in a local correctional facility from possessing a wireless communication device, except as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 12/06/10 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 02/01/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/30/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/14/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/13/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/16/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/31/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 10/06/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. SB26 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/12/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 26 Padilla Third Reading Urgency By PEREA — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB26 Padilla Urgency Clause Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Padilla — primary (person)
• Anderson — coauthor (person)
• Bonnie Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
• Calderon — coauthor (person)
• Fuller — coauthor (person)
• Harman — coauthor (person)
• Solorio — coauthor (person)
• Walters — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-12-06 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2010-12-07 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 6.
• 2011-01-20 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2011-02-01 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-02-10 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2011-03-15 Set for hearing March 22.
• 2011-03-29 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 417.) (March 22). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-03-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-04-01 Set for hearing April 11.
• 2011-04-11 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2011-05-20 Set for hearing May 26.
• 2011-05-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 1111.) (May 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-05-31 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2011-06-01 From special consent calendar.
• 2011-06-01 Ordered to third reading.
• 2011-06-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1278.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2011-06-13 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2011-06-14 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-07-12 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 5). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-07-13 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-08-16 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-08-17 Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2011-08-30 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-08-31 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-09-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-09-07 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3015.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-09-07 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2011-09-08 Urgency clause adopted.
• 2011-09-08 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2405.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2011-09-14 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
• 2011-10-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2011-10-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 500, Statutes of 2011.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cf07a00e-7990-44c3-84d0-a0187351578a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).