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CA AB2642
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/20/2026
Primary Sponsor
Sade Elhawary
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AI Summary
- Makes technical, nonsubstantive changes to Penal Code Section 2700 regarding the employment of able-bodied prisoners in state prisons
- Clarifies existing language requiring prisoners "to work as" many hours of faithful labor as prescribed by Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation rules (minor grammatical correction)
- Adds a comma after "programs" and inserts the article "a" before "like manner" in provisions about prisoner compensation
- Removes the word "such" from language about funds available for prisoner compensation
- Requires no appropriation, has no fiscal impact, and needs only a majority vote to pass
Legislative Description
Prisons: employment of inmates.
Last Action
From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2/21/2026
Full Bill Text
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