republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-1276.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Youth offenders: security placement."
description: "Existing law begins the term of imprisonment upon the actual delivery of a defendant into the custody of the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and requires the place of reception to be an institution under the direction of the Secretary. Existing regulations require that an inmate be assigned to a facility with a security level that corresponds to specified placement score ranges and establishes classification committees for making these determinations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1276"
citation: "California AB 1276 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Youth offenders: security placement."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bloom"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2014-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d8505dc-bc0d-476b-8122-d55eb404e4eb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1276"
source_hash: "bfd22b8d560788bd84711f3b428d24a176ef20568b08ea1e5a7de11ac4969f9b"
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 1276 (20132014) — Youth offenders: security placement.

Existing law begins the term of imprisonment upon the actual delivery of a defendant into the custody of the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and requires the place of reception to be an institution under the direction of the Secretary. Existing regulations require that an inmate be assigned to a facility with a security level that corresponds to specified placement score ranges and establishes classification committees for making these determinations.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1276&version=20130AB127699INT)
2. **04/16/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1276&version=20130AB127698AMD)
3. **05/13/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1276&version=20130AB127696AMD)
4. **05/24/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1276&version=20130AB127697AMD)
5. **08/18/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1276&version=20130AB127695AMD)
6. **09/26/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1276&version=20130AB127693CHP)
7. **AB1276** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1276)
8. **08/29/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1276&version=20130AB127694ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- amendments be concurred in. — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1276 Bloom By Lara — **22–10** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **4–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 1276 BLOOM Assembly Third Reading — **47–27** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- AB 1276 BLOOM Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **59–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bloom — primary (person)
- Hancock — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-16** 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-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-17** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-24** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 27. Page 1824.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-13** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-07-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-05-13** 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-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-23** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2014-08-14** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 10. Page 4651.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-21** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2014-08-25** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6379.)
- **2014-08-26** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (August 26). `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 16. Page 6536.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2014-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 590, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d8505dc-bc0d-476b-8122-d55eb404e4eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).