Bill Text: CA AB2357 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Parole: consideration of an inmate's military service.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-07-23 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 184, Statutes of 2014. [AB2357 Detail]
Download: California-2013-AB2357-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 2357 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 184
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE JULY 23, 2014
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR JULY 23, 2014
PASSED THE SENATE JULY 3, 2014
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY MAY 8, 2014
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Skinner
FEBRUARY 21, 2014
An act to amend Section 3020 of the Penal Code, relating to
parole.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2357, Skinner. Parole: consideration of an inmate's military
service.
Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation to conduct assessments of all inmates that include,
but are not limited to, data regarding the inmate's history of
substance abuse, medical and mental health, education, family
background, criminal activity, and social functioning, which are
required to be used to place the inmate in programs that will aid in
his or her reentry to society and that will most likely reduce the
inmate's chances of reoffending.
This bill would additionally require the department to include in
that assessment data regarding the inmate's service in the United
States military.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 3020 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
3020. The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall
conduct assessments of all inmates that include, but are not limited
to, data regarding the inmate's history of substance abuse, medical
and mental health, education, family background, criminal activity,
service in the United States military, and social functioning. The
assessments shall be used to place the inmate in programs that will
aid in his or her reentry to society and that will most likely reduce
the inmate's chances of reoffending.
