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Bill	Corrections: confidential calls.	Existing law provides that an inmate in state prison has specified civil rights, including, among others, the right to confidentially correspond with a member of the State Bar of California. Existing regulations adopted by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation permit an inmate to make a confidential call, as defined, with the inmate's attorney only as approved on a case-by-case basis by the institution head or their designee, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 3043	California AB 3043 (20192020)	bill	Corrections: confidential calls.	enacted	Jones-Sawyer	7	26	8	2020-02-21	2020-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/f28bdd0a-6e5f-480e-bc5e-4235a84b5b04	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3043	dc1c9e8ea89dbaab76b53f23426398a2666a689accbae472723000df4081936f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 3043 (20192020) — Corrections: confidential calls.

Existing law provides that an inmate in state prison has specified civil rights, including, among others, the right to confidentially correspond with a member of the State Bar of California. Existing regulations adopted by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation permit an inmate to make a confidential call, as defined, with the inmate's attorney only as approved on a case-by-case basis by the institution head or their designee, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/20 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/11/20 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/30/20 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/04/20 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/30/20 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB3043 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/01/20 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent AB3043 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 3043 Jones-Sawyer Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 3043 Jones-Sawyer Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 75–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jones-Sawyer — primary (person)
• Kamlager — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-02-21 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2020-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
• 2020-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
• 2020-03-05 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2020-05-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2020-05-12 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2020-05-20 Coauthors revised.
• 2020-05-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-06-02 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2020-06-03 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-06-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4729.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-06-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2020-06-23 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2020-06-30 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2020-08-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 31). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-08-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2020-08-13 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2020-08-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 20). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2020-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-08-25 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2020-08-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4383.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-08-28 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2020-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5317.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2020-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2020-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 333, Statutes of 2020.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f28bdd0a-6e5f-480e-bc5e-4235a84b5b04. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).