republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-1104.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Corrections and rehabilitation: sentencing."
description: "Under existing law, the Legislature finds and declares that the purpose of sentencing is public safety achieved through punishment, rehabilitation, and restorative justice, and that programs should be available for incarcerated persons, including educational, rehabilitative, and restorative justice programs that are designed to promote behavior change and to prepare all eligible offenders for successful reentry into the community."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1104"
citation: "California AB 1104 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections and rehabilitation", "sentencing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonta"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fcd743c5-4fe4-4d67-bcd9-97f350057ea5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1104"
source_hash: "59a533fedd37ad4fea7efe1d605c2b890af0646ada3e16afdd17f2953de5d4d7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1104 (20232024) — Corrections and rehabilitation: sentencing.

Under existing law, the Legislature finds and declares that the purpose of sentencing is public safety achieved through punishment, rehabilitation, and restorative justice, and that programs should be available for incarcerated persons, including educational, rehabilitative, and restorative justice programs that are designed to promote behavior change and to prepare all eligible offenders for successful reentry into the community.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1104&version=20230AB110499INT)
2. **06/13/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1104&version=20230AB110498AMD)
3. **08/30/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1104&version=20230AB110497AMD)
4. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1104&version=20230AB110495CHP)
5. **AB1104** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1104)
6. **09/11/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1104&version=20230AB110496ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1104 Bonta Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **61–14** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1104 Bonta By Durazo — **28–9** (pass) · upper
- AB 1104 Bonta Assembly Third Reading — **54–15** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bonta — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 15. Page 1482.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-17** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** Re-referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-07-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-14** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-08-30** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-08-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 9. Page 2370.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2023-09-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 14. Page 3032.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 560, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fcd743c5-4fe4-4d67-bcd9-97f350057ea5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).