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California 20252026

AB 2434

Inmates: visitation.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-12 13:12:55 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
California
Session
20252026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Inmates, visitation
Introduced / first action
2026-02-20 00:00:00

Alternate titles

  • Elderly Parole Program.

Source-supplied abstracts

Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, when amending or adopting regulations that may impact the visitation of inmates, to recognize and consider the value of visiting as a means to improve prison safety, the important role of inmate visitation in maintaining connection with family and community, and the role of inmate visitation in preparing for successful release. This bill would require each facility, as defined, to establish at least 3 days of visitation per week. The bill would require a facility, if it will not be open for visitation, to provide notice to the impacted population as soon as possible. The bill would authorize a facility to deny contact visits only for specified reasons, including, among others, possession of contraband or pending or sustained rules violations that result in a restricted housing unit term. The bill would require facility staff to take specified actions with regard to correctable issues with a visitation, including, among other things, allowing the visitor a reasonable opportunity to correct the issue and return to visiting up to one hour before the end of the visiting period. The bill would prohibit denial of visitation if a visitor has traveled more than 170 miles to attend a visit and has not visited within 30 days, unless there has been a finding of a credible and documented security threat. The bill would prohibit a facility from searching visitors without their voluntary, informed, and written consent. The bill would authorize a facility to respond to refusal of that search only with denial of contact visiting for that day, and would require the facility to offer a noncontact visit on the same day, if space is available. The bill would authorize other restrictions and procedures for searches of visitors, as specified.

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Source-supplied history

Actions

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

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  2. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 16.).

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  3. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  4. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 9.).

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  5. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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

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  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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

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  9. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 13).

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  10. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  11. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  12. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  13. Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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

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  15. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 16.)

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  16. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  17. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  18. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (May 14).

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  19. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  20. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  21. Coauthors revised.

  22. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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  23. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended.

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  24. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  25. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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  26. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended.

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  27. Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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  28. From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  29. Read first time. To print.

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