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AB-1464 • 2026

Housing preferences.

Housing preferences.

Crime Housing
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Macedo
Last action
2026-02-02
Official status
From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on how the department will handle cases without clear evidence of specific crimes or when anatomy and gender identity are unclear.

Housing Preferences for Prisoners

This law changes housing preferences in California prisons for transgender, nonbinary, or intersex individuals who have been convicted of certain crimes against victims with a different gender.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the way some people in prison can choose where to live based on their gender identity if they are transgender, nonbinary, or intersex.
  • Requires these individuals to be placed in facilities that match their anatomy if they have been convicted of specific crimes against victims with a different gender.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who are transgender, nonbinary, or intersex in California prisons.
  • The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation which runs the state prisons.

Terms To Know

Transgender
A person whose gender identity does not match their sex assigned at birth.
Nonbinary
A term for people who do not identify strictly as male or female.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify how the department will handle cases where there is no clear evidence of a crime against victims with a different gender.
  • The bill does not mention what happens if someone's anatomy and gender identity are unclear.
  • It only applies to people in California state prisons.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-02 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

  2. 2026-01-31 California Legislative Information

    Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution.

  3. 2025-03-13 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  4. 2025-02-24 California Legislative Information

    Read first time.

  5. 2025-02-22 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.

  6. 2025-02-21 California Legislative Information

    Introduced. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1464, as introduced, Macedo.
Housing preferences.
Existing law establishes the state prisons under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Existing law requires an individual incarcerated by the department who is transgender, nonbinary, or intersex, regardless of anatomy, to be housed at a correctional facility designated for men or women based on the individual’s preference, except as specified for management or security concerns.
This bill would require the department to deny a housing preference by an individual who is transgender, nonbinary, or intersex, regardless of anatomy, and require an individual to be housed in a facility consistent with the individual’s anatomy, if the individual has been convicted of, or the department has credible evidence that the individual has committed, specific offenses, including, among others, rape or human trafficking, against
one or more victims with a gender opposite to that of the individual, as determined by the individual’s anatomy.

Current Bill Text

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