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AB 26422025–2026 SessionINTRODUCEDDEMOCRAT

Prisons: employment of inmates.

Introduced Feb 20, 2026Sade Elhawary (D-CA)

Summary

Existing law requires every able-bodied prisoner imprisoned in a state prison to work as many hours of faithful labor in each day and every day during their term of imprisonment as prescribed by the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation in departmental rules and regulations. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision.

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Legislative Journey

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Floor
  4. Passed Chamber 1
  5. Passed Chamber 2
  6. Signed
Feb 20, 2026

Read first time. To print.

House
Feb 21, 2026

From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

House