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Bill	Corrections: inmates.	Existing law requires the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to implement a literacy program in every state prison. In implementing these programs, existing law requires the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to give strong consideration to computer-assisted training and other innovations that have proven to be effective in reducing illiteracy among disadvantaged adults.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 343	California SB 343 (20152016)	bill	Corrections: inmates.	enacted	Hancock	6	26	7	2015-02-24	2015-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/4a7149e8-987c-4e94-887c-af135f659648	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB343	b2bd18b10a34a4081c8571f3889b9e1b66a1ff4a6e65654f0f3825bb207f68ca	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 343 (20152016) — Corrections: inmates.

Existing law requires the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to implement a literacy program in every state prison. In implementing these programs, existing law requires the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to give strong consideration to computer-assisted training and other innovations that have proven to be effective in reducing illiteracy among disadvantaged adults.

Version chain

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

1. 02/24/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/09/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/01/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/11/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB343 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/04/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–1 (pass) · upper
• SB 343 Hancock Senate Third Reading By SANTIAGO — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 16–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 39–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hancock — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-24 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2015-02-25 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
• 2015-03-05 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2015-03-10 Set for hearing April 7.
• 2015-03-16 April 7 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2015-03-18 Set for hearing April 21.
• 2015-04-09 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 729.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-24 Set for hearing May 4.
• 2015-05-04 May 4 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2015-05-23 Set for hearing May 28.
• 2015-05-28 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1152.) (May 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-06-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 1. Page 1253.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2015-06-15 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2015-07-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-07-08 July 8 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2015-08-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (August 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-03 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2853.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-03 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
• 2015-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2015-09-09 (Corrected September 8)
• 2015-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 798, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4a7149e8-987c-4e94-887c-af135f659648. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).