republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-1015.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Inmates."
description: "Existing law authorizes the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to authorize the temporary removal of any inmate from prison or any other institution for the detention of adults under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, including removal for the purpose of attending college classes or permitting the inmate to participate in or assist with the gathering of evidence relating to crimes. Existing law also authorizes the secretary to require, except when the removal is for medical treatment or to assist with the gathering of evidence related to crimes, the inmate to reimburse the state, in whole or in part, for expenses incurred by the state in connection with the temporary removal. Existing law makes the provisions that specifically refer to removal for the purpose of permitting the inmate to participate in or assist with the gathering of evidence relating to crimes operative only until January 1, 2015."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 1015"
citation: "California SB 1015 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Inmates."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Galgiani"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2014-02-13"
last_action: "2014-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a7a4249-9cd9-49db-ba8c-7e6cab5de0d0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1015"
source_hash: "9a2b5078d75b19a6372ef60c2aa930b163b9bad136ab55dfed4aa0f4c091cf4a"
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 1015 (20132014) — Inmates.

Existing law authorizes the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to authorize the temporary removal of any inmate from prison or any other institution for the detention of adults under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, including removal for the purpose of attending college classes or permitting the inmate to participate in or assist with the gathering of evidence relating to crimes. Existing law also authorizes the secretary to require, except when the removal is for medical treatment or to assist with the gathering of evidence related to crimes, the inmate to reimburse the state, in whole or in part, for expenses incurred by the state in connection with the temporary removal. Existing law makes the provisions that specifically refer to removal for the purpose of permitting the inmate to participate in or assist with the gathering of evidence relating to crimes operative only until January 1, 2015.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1015&version=20130SB101599INT)
2. **04/02/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1015&version=20130SB101598AMD)
3. **05/28/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1015&version=20130SB101597AMD)
4. **08/15/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1015&version=20130SB101595CHP)
5. **SB1015** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1015)
6. **08/05/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1015&version=20130SB101596ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB1015 Galgiani Urgency Clause Concurrence — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1015 Galgiani Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Galgiani — primary (person)
- Gaines — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-13** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2014-02-14** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
- **2014-02-27** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-02** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-04-10** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-17** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2014-04-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3217.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-24** Set for hearing April 28.
- **2014-04-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3277.) (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-01** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 3325.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-12** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-18** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-19** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-06-26** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5705.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-06-26** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-08-04** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4292.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2014-08-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 193, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a7a4249-9cd9-49db-ba8c-7e6cab5de0d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).