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Bill	Prisons: employment of inmates.	The California Constitution prohibits involuntary servitude, but exempts from this provision any servitude that is a punishment for a crime. Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to require each able-bodied inmate, including a condemned inmate, to work as prescribed by CDCR regulations. Existing CDCR regulations require each inmate to participate in 8 hours a day of programming, including labor, education, counseling, physical fitness, and other programs, 5 days per week. Under existing CDCR regulations, an inmate who fails to participate as required is subject to a loss of privileges, including the earning of good conduct credit.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 628	California AB 628 (20232024)	bill	Prisons employment of inmates	enacted	Wilson	6	33	8	2023-02-09	2024-07-02	openstates	ocd-bill/0e73d1ec-80e0-4ed0-b1f1-8f7654fac910	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB628	cd3b826ca706da30dce2b660c69088cea89a5cb4667d1d18abd9d2e52e5fcd44	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 628 (20232024) — Prisons: employment of inmates.

The California Constitution prohibits involuntary servitude, but exempts from this provision any servitude that is a punishment for a crime. Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to require each able-bodied inmate, including a condemned inmate, to work as prescribed by CDCR regulations. Existing CDCR regulations require each inmate to participate in 8 hours a day of programming, including labor, education, counseling, physical fitness, and other programs, 5 days per week. Under existing CDCR regulations, an inmate who fails to participate as required is subject to a loss of privileges, including the earning of good conduct credit.

Version chain

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

1. 02/09/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/10/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/20/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/02/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB628 (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/27/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB628 Wilson By Bradford — 33–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• AB 628 WILSON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 67–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 628 Wilson Consent Calendar Second Day — 74–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Wilson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-09 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-10 From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
• 2023-02-17 Referred to Com. on J., E.D., & E. referral-committee
• 2023-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-05-10 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 10). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-11 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-18 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1595.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-18 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-05-31 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. referral-committee
• 2023-06-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-06-26 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2023-06-27 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-06-29 From Consent Calendar.
• 2023-06-29 Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Roth.
• 2024-06-10 From inactive file.
• 2024-06-10 Ordered to second reading.
• 2024-06-10 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-06-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-06-13 Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). referral-committee
• 2024-06-13 Re-referred to Com. on PUB S. referral-committee
• 2024-06-20 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. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-06-24 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 30. Noes 6. Page 4666.)
• 2024-06-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-06-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-06-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 2.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-06-27 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2024-06-27 Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
• 2024-06-27 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 6083.)
• 2024-06-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 6088.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-27 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2024-07-02 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-07-02 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 54, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0e73d1ec-80e0-4ed0-b1f1-8f7654fac910. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).