CA SB498 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session

California Senate Bill 498

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5)
Status: Engrossed on June 4 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2026-06-24 - June 24 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
Pending: Assembly Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

An act to amend Section 2084.5 of the Penal Code, relating to corrections.

Incarcerated persons: communications.

2026-06-09 - Assembly - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-06-04 - Senate - Senate 3rd Reading SB498 Becker (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-05-23 - Senate - Do pass as amended (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-04-07 - Senate - Placed on suspense file (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-03-25 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-06-24	Assembly	June 24 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2026-06-09	Assembly	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-06-09	Assembly	Coauthors revised.
2026-04-06	Assembly	From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2025-06-16	Assembly	Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2025-06-05	Assembly	In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2025-06-04	Senate	Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1504.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2025-05-27	Senate	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23	Senate	Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2025-05-23	Senate	From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1202.) (May 23).
2025-05-16	Senate	Set for hearing May 23.
2025-04-07	Senate	April 7 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-03-28	Senate	Set for hearing April 7.
2025-03-25	Senate	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 533.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-03-07	Senate	Set for hearing March 25.
2025-02-26	Senate	Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2025-02-20	Senate	From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
2025-02-19	Senate	Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Chapter	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Penal Code	2084.5	Amended Code	Citation Text

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Roll Call	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billVotesClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB498