Existing law establishes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to oversee the state prison system. Existing law authorizes Security Housing Units for segregation of certain prisoners for disciplinary or security purposes, and because of gang membership or association. Existing law requires a prisoner of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to be awarded credit reductions from his or her term of confinement of 6 months for every 6 months of continuous confinement, as specified. Existing law provides for up to 6 weeks of additional credit in a 12-month period for the successful completion of certain rehabilitative programs, for certain inmates, as specified. Existing law makes a person who is placed in a Security Housing Unit, Psychiatric Services Unit, Behavioral Management Unit, or an Administrative Segregation Unit for specified misconduct, or upon validation as a prison gang member or associate, ineligible to earn credits pursuant to these provisions.
California SB 759 (20152016) — Prisoners: segregation housing.
Existing law establishes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to oversee the state prison system. Existing law authorizes Security Housing Units for segregation of certain prisoners for disciplinary or security purposes, and because of gang membership or association. Existing law requires a prisoner of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to be awarded credit reductions from his or her term of confinement of 6 months for every 6 months of continuous confinement, as specified. Existing law provides for up to 6 weeks of additional credit in a 12-month period for the successful completion of certain rehabilitative programs, for certain inmates, as specified. Existing law makes a person who is placed in a Security Housing Unit, Psychiatric Services Unit, Behavioral Management Unit, or an Administrative Segregation Unit for specified misconduct, or upon validation as a prison gang member or associate, ineligible to earn credits pursuant to these provisions.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 759 Anderson Senate Third Reading By QUIRK — 41–31 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 12–6 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–1 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB759 Anderson Concurrence — 32–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended — 5–1 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Anderson — primary (person)
Hancock — author (person)
Jones-Sawyer — coauthor (person)
Leno — coauthor (person)
Liu — coauthor (person)
Mitchell — coauthor (person)
Quirk — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-27 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2015-03-02 From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 1.
2015-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
2015-03-19 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2015-04-14 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2015-04-16 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2015-04-17 Set for hearing April 28.
2015-05-04 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 824.) (April 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-05-05 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-05-08 Set for hearing May 18.
2015-05-18 May 18 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2015-05-23 Set for hearing May 28.
2015-06-01 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1159.) (May 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-06-02 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2015-06-03 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 7. Page 1306.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-06-04 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2015-06-18 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2015-07-14 July 14 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2016-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-06-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 6.) (June 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-06-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-01 Read third time and amended. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-08-01 Ordered to third reading.
2016-08-04 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 41. Noes 31. Page 5717.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-04 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2016-08-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 2. Page 4862.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-08-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
2016-08-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-08-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 191, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a2431499-f73c-41ea-9204-bf39d003427d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).