Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to contract with a private nonprofit agency or agencies to establish and operate a visitor center outside each state adult prison in California that has a population of more than 300 inmates. Under existing law, those visitor centers are required to provide minimum services to prison visitors, including, among other services, assistance with transportation between public transit terminals and prisons, child care for visitors' children, and referral to other agencies and services.
California AB 683 (20172018) — Prisoners: support services.
Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to contract with a private nonprofit agency or agencies to establish and operate a visitor center outside each state adult prison in California that has a population of more than 300 inmates. Under existing law, those visitor centers are required to provide minimum services to prison visitors, including, among other services, assistance with transportation between public transit terminals and prisons, child care for visitors' children, and referral to other agencies and services.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2017-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
2017-03-02 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2017-03-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-04-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2017-04-18 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2017-04-20 Withdrawn from committee.
2017-04-20 Ordered to second reading.
2017-04-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-04-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1265.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-04-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2017-05-10 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2017-06-13 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-06-14 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2017-06-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1611.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-06-20 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2017-06-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
2017-07-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-07-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 45, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7bc4c3f3-5fb1-4c92-ae5a-52fe23866add. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).