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Bill	Inmates: wrongful convictions: assistance upon release.	Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Department of Motor Vehicles to ensure that all eligible inmates released from the state prison have valid identification cards. Existing law establishes certain criteria to be met in order for an inmate to be considered "eligible" for these purposes.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 672	California AB 672 (20152016)	bill	Inmates: wrongful convictions: assistance upon release.	enacted	Jones-Sawyer	7	24	9	2015-02-25	2015-10-01	openstates	ocd-bill/e4a31736-b3cf-49e8-ab12-92b66e8ca6d7	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB672	99abe82352fc7d2918e36ab6d59217f3f1eab0daaddff498ca30a36c83289181	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 672 (20152016) — Inmates: wrongful convictions: assistance upon release.

Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Department of Motor Vehicles to ensure that all eligible inmates released from the state prison have valid identification cards. Existing law establishes certain criteria to be met in order for an inmate to be considered "eligible" for these purposes.

Version chain

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

1. 02/25/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/01/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/01/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/04/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/01/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB672 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/16/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 672 JONES-SAWYER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 672 JONES-SAWYER Assembly Third Reading — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB672 Jones-Sawyer By Mitchell — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jones-Sawyer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-25 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-26 From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
• 2015-03-09 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2015-04-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-22 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2015-05-28 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 28). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-06-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1869.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-06-18 Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2015-07-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-07-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-17 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2015-08-31 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 27). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-04 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2703.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2015-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3143.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 403, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e4a31736-b3cf-49e8-ab12-92b66e8ca6d7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).