republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-608.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prison Industry Authority: nonprofit organizations: prison-made goods."
description: "Existing law establishes the Prison Industry Authority and authorizes it to operate industrial, agricultural, and service enterprises which will provide products and services needed by the state, or any political subdivision of the state, or by the federal government, or any department, agency, or corporation of the federal government, or for any other public use. Existing law provides that all things authorized to be produced by the authority shall be purchased by the state, and may be purchased by local governments, to offer for sale to persons residing in state-operated institutions, at the prices fixed by the authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 608"
citation: "California SB 608 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Prison Industry Authority: nonprofit organizations: prison-made goods."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeSaulnier"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2011-02-17"
last_action: "2011-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5de3e55-17e4-43cf-9bb2-b6ac7767b99d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB608"
source_hash: "951c5d2d4977fc1a8d450d669eb3dee7344fef3eb3348d8ab43453fd5a0498e7"
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 SB 608 (20112012) — Prison Industry Authority: nonprofit organizations: prison-made goods.

Existing law establishes the Prison Industry Authority and authorizes it to operate industrial, agricultural, and service enterprises which will provide products and services needed by the state, or any political subdivision of the state, or by the federal government, or any department, agency, or corporation of the federal government, or for any other public use. Existing law provides that all things authorized to be produced by the authority shall be purchased by the state, and may be purchased by local governments, to offer for sale to persons residing in state-operated institutions, at the prices fixed by the authority.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB608&version=20110SB60899INT)
2. **06/07/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB608&version=20110SB60898AMD)
3. **06/09/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB608&version=20110SB60897AMD)
4. **09/21/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB608&version=20110SB60895CHP)
5. **SB608** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB608)
6. **09/01/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB608&version=20110SB60896ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB608 DeSaulnier Concurrence — **33–4** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **26–8** (pass) · upper
- SB 608 DeSaulnier Senate Third Reading By SKINNER — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- DeSaulnier — primary (person)
- Hancock — coauthor (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 PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-15** Set for hearing April 12.
- **2011-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 621.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-13** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2011-05-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 3. Page 846.) (May 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 8. Page 895.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-09** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-19** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-07** 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`
- **2011-06-09** 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`
- **2011-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-06** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-07** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-14** From consent calendar.
- **2011-07-14** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-08-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2508.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-22** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 4. Page 2145.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2011-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 307, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5de3e55-17e4-43cf-9bb2-b6ac7767b99d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).