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Bill	Parole.	Existing law provides that the Board of Parole Hearings or its successor in interest shall be the state's parole authority. Existing law generally provides that a prisoner who is found to be permanently medically incapacitated be granted medical parole, if the Board of Parole Hearings determines that the conditions under which the prisoner would be released would not reasonably pose a threat to public safety. Existing law requires a physician employed by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation who is the primary care provider for a prisoner to recommend that the prisoner be referred to the Board of Parole Hearings for consideration for medical parole if the physician believes the prisoner meets the medical criteria for medical parole.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 68	California AB 68 (20132014)	bill	Parole.	enacted	Maienschein	8	27	6	2013-01-09	2013-10-12	openstates	ocd-bill/7e23cf0a-a6b4-4407-88e7-057ad7f4e836	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB68	255f0a10242099a4c16189a5c740c8058c1bba14be915a0211d0b13472675a40	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 68 (20132014) — Parole.

Existing law provides that the Board of Parole Hearings or its successor in interest shall be the state's parole authority. Existing law generally provides that a prisoner who is found to be permanently medically incapacitated be granted medical parole, if the Board of Parole Hearings determines that the conditions under which the prisoner would be released would not reasonably pose a threat to public safety. Existing law requires a physician employed by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation who is the primary care provider for a prisoner to recommend that the prisoner be referred to the Board of Parole Hearings for consideration for medical parole if the physician believes the prisoner meets the medical criteria for medical parole.

Version chain

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

1. 01/09/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 02/26/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/01/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/11/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/20/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/12/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB68 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/12/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 68 MAIENSCHEIN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 68 MAIENSCHEIN Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB68 Maienschein By Wyland — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Maienschein — primary (person)
• Wilk — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-01-09 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2013-01-10 From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
• 2013-01-18 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2013-02-26 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
• 2013-02-27 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2013-03-12 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2013-03-19 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2013-04-01 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
• 2013-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2013-04-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-04-10 From committee: Do pass as amended. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-04-11 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-04-15 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-04-18 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1008.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-04-18 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2013-05-02 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2013-05-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-06-24 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2013-06-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-08-20 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-09-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2181.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-09-06 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2013-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3033.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2013-10-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-10-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 764, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7e23cf0a-a6b4-4407-88e7-057ad7f4e836. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).