republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-1986.md

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Bill	State prisons: banned books.	Existing law grants a person sentenced to imprisonment the right to purchase, receive, and read any and all newspapers, periodicals, and books, as specified, subject to restrictions reasonably related to legitimate penological interests. Existing law authorizes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to prescribe and amend rules and regulations for the administration of state prisons, including determining which materials are a threat to legitimate penological interests. Existing law creates the Office of the Inspector General and grants the Inspector General responsibility for oversight of the department, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 1986	California AB 1986 (20232024)	bill	State prisons banned books	enacted	Bryan	8	28	6	2024-01-30	2024-09-26	openstates	ocd-bill/d6f45edc-05c4-4dd1-8ad1-bfcb087d4f0a	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1986	1f690f3e698f3a27e93b30f735b5b28f09de32f107262ace7c8b2b488d03c44b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1986 (20232024) — State prisons: banned books.

Existing law grants a person sentenced to imprisonment the right to purchase, receive, and read any and all newspapers, periodicals, and books, as specified, subject to restrictions reasonably related to legitimate penological interests. Existing law authorizes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to prescribe and amend rules and regulations for the administration of state prisons, including determining which materials are a threat to legitimate penological interests. Existing law creates the Office of the Inspector General and grants the Inspector General responsibility for oversight of the department, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 01/30/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/07/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/04/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/06/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/23/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/26/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1986 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/31/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1986 Bryan Assembly Third Reading — 71–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1986 Bryan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1986 Bryan et al. By Smallwood-Cuevas — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 4–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bryan — primary (person)
• Berman — coauthor (person)
• Bonta — author (person)
• Bradford — principal coauthor (person)
• Gabriel — coauthor (person)
• Gipson — author (person)
• Holden — author (person)
• Jackson — author (person)
• Jones-Sawyer — author (person)
• McCarty — author (person)
• McKinnor — author (person)
• Smallwood-Cuevas — principal coauthor (person)
• Weber — author (person)
• Wilson — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-30 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-01-31 From printer. May be heard in committee March 1.
• 2024-02-12 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2024-03-07 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-03-11 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2024-03-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-04-10 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 10). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-04-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 4796.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-04-15 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-05-01 Referred to Com. on PUB S. referral-committee
• 2024-05-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (May 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-06-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-06-10 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2024-06-11 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-06-13 From Consent Calendar.
• 2024-06-13 Ordered to third reading.
• 2024-08-06 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-23 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-28 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2024-08-28 Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
• 2024-08-28 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2024-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 620, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d6f45edc-05c4-4dd1-8ad1-bfcb087d4f0a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).