republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-1121.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Inmates: assessments."
description: "Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to conduct assessments of all inmates that include, but are not limited to, data regarding the inmate's history of substance abuse, medical and mental health, education, family background, criminal activity, and social functioning. Existing law requires these assessments to be used to place inmates in programs that will aid reentry to society and will most likely reduce the inmate's chances of reoffending."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1121"
citation: "California SB 1121 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Inmates: assessments."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hancock"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2012-02-17"
last_action: "2012-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f30d42c7-a32a-444c-bd6e-f7a161fe87ed"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1121"
source_hash: "ee7fa99186a3505dadd2e5f1d64afbe42722aeaa087f814ab0a586b1d213c02b"
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 SB 1121 (20112012) — Inmates: assessments.

Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to conduct assessments of all inmates that include, but are not limited to, data regarding the inmate's history of substance abuse, medical and mental health, education, family background, criminal activity, and social functioning. Existing law requires these assessments to be used to place inmates in programs that will aid reentry to society and will most likely reduce the inmate's chances of reoffending.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1121&version=20110SB112199INT)
2. **04/09/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1121&version=20110SB112198AMD)
3. **05/25/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1121&version=20110SB112197AMD)
4. **08/16/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1121&version=20110SB112196AMD)
5. **09/29/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1121&version=20110SB112194CHP)
6. **SB1121** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1121)
7. **08/23/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1121&version=20110SB112195ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- SB 1121 Hancock Senate Third Reading By AMMIANO — **62–14** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1121 Hancock Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hancock — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2012-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
- **2012-03-01** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-30** Set for hearing April 17.
- **2012-04-09** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-04-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3208.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-20** Set for hearing April 30.
- **2012-04-30** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2012-05-18** Set for hearing May 24.
- **2012-05-24** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3591.) (May 24). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3651.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-07** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-16** Read third time and amended. (Page 5942.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-16** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 62. Noes 14. Page 6016.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-21** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-22** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4686.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 761, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f30d42c7-a32a-444c-bd6e-f7a161fe87ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).