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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Identification cards."
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description: "(1) Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Department of Motor Vehicles to ensure that any eligible inmate released from state prison has a valid identification card. Existing law defines \"eligible inmate,\" in part, as a person who has previously held a California driver's license or identification card, who has a usable photo on file with the Department of Motor Vehicles that is not more than 10 years old, who has no outstanding fees due for a prior identification card, and who meets certain requirements, including that they have provided, and the Department of Motor Vehicles has verified, specified information, such as the inmate's true full name."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20212022"
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identifier: "SB 629"
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citation: "California SB 629 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Identification cards."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Roth"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2021-02-19"
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last_action: "2021-10-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ae069e6-41f5-4675-a5c1-52221762d985"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB629"
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source_hash: "cdd348d2a86ba5baff2a1b6f8ad5585f5cfae415041a5cf363ec9677f75ff7a9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 629 (20212022) — Identification cards.
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(1) Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Department of Motor Vehicles to ensure that any eligible inmate released from state prison has a valid identification card. Existing law defines "eligible inmate," in part, as a person who has previously held a California driver's license or identification card, who has a usable photo on file with the Department of Motor Vehicles that is not more than 10 years old, who has no outstanding fees due for a prior identification card, and who meets certain requirements, including that they have provided, and the Department of Motor Vehicles has verified, specified information, such as the inmate's true full name.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/19/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB629&version=20210SB62999INT)
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2. **08/17/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB629&version=20210SB62998AMD)
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3. **10/07/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB629&version=20210SB62996CHP)
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4. **SB629** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB629)
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5. **09/07/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB629&version=20210SB62997ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass. — **15–1** (pass) · lower
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- SB 629 Roth Senate Third Reading By Stone — **76–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **14–1** (pass) · lower
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- Unfinished Business SB629 Roth et al. Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Consent Calendar SB629 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Roth — primary (person)
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- Gipson — coauthor (person)
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- Medina — coauthor (person)
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- Stone — principal coauthor (person)
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- Villapudua — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-19** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
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- **2021-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
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- **2021-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
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- **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
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- **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
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- **2021-03-03** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and TRANS. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-09** Set for hearing April 6.
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- **2021-04-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 690.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-16** Set for hearing April 27.
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- **2021-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0. Page 943.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-30** Set for hearing May 10.
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- **2021-05-10** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2021-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-05-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1093.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-05-13** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2021-05-20** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and TRANS. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-07-06** Coauthors revised.
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- **2021-07-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-08-16** August 19 hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2021-08-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2021-08-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 1.) (August 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-09-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2693.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-09-02** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2021-09-03** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2386.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
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- **2021-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 645, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ae069e6-41f5-4675-a5c1-52221762d985`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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