Bill Text: CA AB2590 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 2590 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: State prisons and county jails: realignment.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-24 - Read first time. [AB2590 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB2590-Introduced.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 2590	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Cooley

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act relating to prisons.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2590, as introduced, Cooley. State prisons and county jails:
realignment.
   Under existing law, certain specified felonies are punishable by
imprisonment in a county jail for 16 months, or 2 or 3 years or,
where the term is specified, for the term described in the underlying
offense. Notwithstanding these provisions, existing law requires
that a sentence be served in state prison where the defendant has a
prior or current conviction for a serious or violent felony, has a
prior felony conviction in another jurisdiction that has all of the
elements of a serious or violent felony, is required to register as a
sex offender, or has an aggravated white collar crime enhancement
imposed as part of the sentence.
   Existing law requires that all persons released from prison after
serving a prison term for a felony be subject to postrelease
community supervision provided by a county agency for a period of 3
years immediately following release, except for persons released
after serving a term for a serious felony, a violent felony, an
offense for which the person was sentenced pursuant to the 3 strikes
law, a crime where the person is classified as a high-risk sex
offender, or a crime where the person is required to undergo
treatment by the State Department of State Hospitals because the
person has a severe mental disorder. Existing law requires these
persons to be subject to parole supervision by the Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation following release from state prison.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would make specified changes to these provisions,
including placing a 3-year limit on the time an offender could be
sentenced to county jail and requiring all offenders released from
state prison to be subject to parole supervision by the department.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would do all of the following:
   (a) Place a three-year limit on the time an offender could be
sentenced to county jail.
   (b) Retain current county obligations under the 2011 realignment
until 2019.
   (c) Have offenders released from county jail subject to
postrelease community supervision, but require all offenders released
from state prison to be subject to parole supervision by the
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
   (d) Maintain the current realignment funding levels, but
reallocate all future growth money to the state.