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AB 2204STATE · CaliforniaIntroduced

Prisons: organized sports programming.

Voted 9/30/2026View source

Summary

Existing law establishes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to administer the state prison system under the direction of the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Existing California constitutional provisions grant the department the authority to award credits earned for good behavior and approved rehabilitative or educational achievements in order to enhance public safety, improve rehabilitation, and avoid the release of prisoners by federal court order. This bill, the Second Chance Sports Act, would, until January 1, 2036, require the department to formalize, in consultation with specified individuals and organizations, a policy on organized sports programming. The bill would authorize the department to solicit and accept proposals and negotiate and enter into agreements with specified entities for the purposes of expanding access to sports programming as described above. The bill would establish the Second Chance Sports Fund within the State Treasury. The bill would require the department to seek advisement from the Legislature on the priorities for utilizing the moneys in the fund. The bill would make funds available, upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act, for the above-described purposes. The bill would require the Controller, on or before January 1, 2029, and annually thereafter, to provide a report to the Legislature on the amounts deposited into the fund. The bill would make related findings and declarations.

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Roll-call record

How representatives voted

116 yea·0 nay

Docket history

Action history

  1. 9/15/2026Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
  2. 8/31/2026Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 7006.).
  3. 8/31/2026In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
  4. 8/31/2026Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).
  5. 8/25/2026Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  6. 8/24/2026Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
  7. 8/24/2026Joint Rule 61(b)(16) suspended.
  8. 8/17/2026Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  9. 8/13/2026Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
  10. 8/13/2026From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).