Bill Text: CA AB1677 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Inmate release: notice to victims.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2022-10-24 - From committee: Without further action pursuant to Joint Rule 62(a). [AB1677 Detail]
Download: California-2021-AB1677-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1677
Introduced by Assembly Member Lackey |
January 20, 2022 |
An act to amend Section 646.92 of the Penal Code, relating to crimes.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1677, as introduced, Lackey.
Inmate release: notice to victims.
Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, county sheriff, or director of the local department of corrections to give notice not less than 15 days prior to the release from the state prison or a county jail of any person who is convicted of specified crimes, including a felony offense involving domestic violence, or of any change in the parole status or relevant change in the parole location of the convicted person or if the convicted person absconds from supervision while on parole, to any person the court identifies as a victim of the offense, a family member of the victim, or a witness to the offense.
This bill would require notice not less than 20 days prior to the release instead of 15 days.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 646.92 of the Penal Code is amended to read:646.92.
(a) (1) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, county sheriff, or director of the local department of corrections shall give notice not less than(2) Following notification by the department pursuant to Section 3058.61, in the event the victim had not originally requested notification under this section, the sheriff or the chief of police, as appropriate, shall make an attempt to advise the victim or, if the victim is a minor, the parent or guardian of the victim, of the victim’s right to notification under this section.
(b) All information relating to any person who receives notice under this section shall remain confidential and shall not be made available to the person convicted of violating this section.
(c) For
purposes of this section, “release” includes a release from the state prison or a county jail because time has been served, a release from the state prison or a county jail to parole or probation supervision, or an escape from an institution or reentry facility.
(d) The department or county sheriff shall give notice of an escape from an institution or reentry facility of any person convicted of violating Section 646.9 or convicted of a felony offense involving domestic violence, as defined in Section 6211 of the Family Code, to the notice recipients described in subdivision (a).
(e) Substantial compliance satisfies the notification requirements of subdivision (a).