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Bill	Inmate Welfare Fund.	Existing law establishes the Inmate Welfare Fund of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation in the State Treasury. Existing law requires that the money in the fund constitute a trust to be used for the benefit, education, and welfare of inmates of prisons and institutions under the jurisdiction of the department, as specified. Existing law requires the Department of Finance to conduct a biennial audit of the fund and, at the end of each intervening fiscal year, to prepare a statement of operations.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	SB 542	California SB 542 (20112012)	bill appropriation	Inmate Welfare Fund.	enacted	Price	11	37	9	2011-02-17	2012-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/f0348183-d151-43ec-9fbf-a7cb93fb10b1	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB542	1c5b28ee5248993bc494f667deddfdaac8307770f2faa7d3051d49a0e7fbef29	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 542 (20112012) — Inmate Welfare Fund.

Existing law establishes the Inmate Welfare Fund of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation in the State Treasury. Existing law requires that the money in the fund constitute a trust to be used for the benefit, education, and welfare of inmates of prisons and institutions under the jurisdiction of the department, as specified. Existing law requires the Department of Finance to conduct a biennial audit of the fund and, at the end of each intervening fiscal year, to prepare a statement of operations.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/01/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/14/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/05/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/30/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/20/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 06/27/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/20/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/30/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. SB542 (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/05/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading — 34–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 4–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• From committee: That the Assembly Amendments be concurred in. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 542 Price Senate Third Reading By MITCHELL — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Be referred to Committee on Public Safety. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB542 Price Concurrence — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Price — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2011-02-18 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
• 2011-03-03 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2011-04-04 Set for hearing April 25.
• 2011-04-11 Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2011-04-12 Set for hearing May 2.
• 2011-04-14 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-05-04 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 848.) (May 2). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-05 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-05-10 Set for hearing May 16.
• 2011-05-17 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 1014.) (May 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-06-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 1. Page 1243.) 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 B., P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2011-06-20 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-06-23 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2011-06-27 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2011-07-05 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2012-03-01 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
• 2012-05-30 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
• 2012-06-12 Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2012-06-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 19). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-06-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-08-08 Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2012-08-16 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6190.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-24 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2012-08-27 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. referral-committee
• 2012-08-27 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 3. Noes 0. Page 4858.) Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2012-08-29 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4988.) committee-passage
• 2012-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5015.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:45 a.m.
• 2012-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 831, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f0348183-d151-43ec-9fbf-a7cb93fb10b1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).