California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 293 — Prisons: inmate threats.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 195, Statutes of 2015.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 11, 2015. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law establishes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to oversee the state prison system. Existing law makes it a crime to willfully threaten to commit a crime that will result in death or great bodily injury to another person, with the specific intent that the statement is to be taken as a threat and which, on its face and under the circumstances in which it is made, is so unequivocal, unconditional, immediate, and specific as to convey to the person threatened a gravity of purpose and an immediate prospect of execution of the threat, and thereby causes that person reasonably to be in sustained fear for his or her own safety or for his or her immediate family's safety. This bill would require the department to establish a statewide policy on operational procedures for the handling of threats made by inmates or wards, and threats made by family members of inmates or wards, against department staff. The bill would require that the policy include methods to ensure that department staff members are advised of threats made against them by inmates, wards, or family members of inmates or wards, and that all threats against department staff made by inmates or wards, and their family members, are thoroughly investigated. The bill would require an individual institution within the department that has a more detailed policy to make the policy accessible to every member of the staff of the institution. The bill would require the department to provide training on the policy developed pursuant to these provisions as part of its existing training programs and would require the policy to be fully implemented by July 1, 2016. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 195, Statutes of 2015.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

  4. Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2311.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  6. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1786.).

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  10. From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

  11. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  12. 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.

  13. Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  14. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  15. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 856.)

  16. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  17. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (March 25).

  18. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  19. Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  20. From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.

  21. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Anderson · Cosponsor
  • Levine · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 120 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Levine

Co-sponsors (1)

  • Anderson

Not signed on (120)

120 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 293 LEVINE Concurrence - Urgency Added

Passed 79 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 70000
Democratic 4000
Republican 5001
Total 79001
% of votes cast 99%0%0%1%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Perea — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Salas — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Harper — Yea
Campos — Yea
Holden — Yea
Kim — Yea
Gray — Yea
Linder — Yea
Low — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Chang — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Medina — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Williams — Yea
Wood — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Not Voting
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

Official roll call →

3rd Reading AB293 Levine By Vidak Urgency Clause

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 36001
Democratic 3000
Total 39001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Block — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Runner — Not Voting
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Beall — Yea
Huff — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

AB 293 LEVINE Consent Calendar Second Day

Passed 78 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 69001
Democratic 3001
Republican 6000
Total 78002
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Alejo — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Harper — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Williams — Yea
Chang — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Brown — Yea
Linder — Yea
Low — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Weber — Yea
Salas — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Perea — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Achadjian — Yea
Wilk — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Burke — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Kim — Yea
Levine — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Gray — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Medina — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Campos — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Lopez — Yea
O'Donnell — Not Voting
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wood — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

Passed 16 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
Democratic 2000
Republican 1001
Total 16001
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Chang — Yea
Daly — Yea
Holden — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Not Voting

Official roll call →

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 293 do?
Existing law establishes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to oversee the state prison system. Existing law makes it a crime to willfully threaten to commit a crime that will result in death or great bodily injury to another person, with the specific intent that the statement is to be taken as a threat and which, on its face and under the circumstances in which it is made, is so unequivocal, unconditional, immediate, and specific as to convey to the person threatened a gravity of purpose and an immediate prospect of execution of the threat, and thereby causes that person reasonably to be in sustained fear for his or her own safety or for his or her immediate family's safety. This bill would require the department to establish a statewide policy on operational procedures for the handling of threats made by inmates or wards, and threats made by family members of inmates or wards, against department staff. The bill would require that the policy include methods to ensure that department staff members are advised of threats made against them by inmates, wards, or family members of inmates or wards, and that all threats against department staff made by inmates or wards, and their family members, are thoroughly investigated. The bill would require an individual institution within the department that has a more detailed policy to make the policy accessible to every member of the staff of the institution. The bill would require the department to provide training on the policy developed pursuant to these provisions as part of its existing training programs and would require the policy to be fully implemented by July 1, 2016. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Who sponsors AB 293?
AB 293 is sponsored by Anderson and Levine.
What is the current status of AB 293?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 11, 2015. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 293?
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