Bill Text: CA AB2845 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Criminal procedure: pardons.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-09-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 824, Statutes of 2018. [AB2845 Detail]

Download: California-2017-AB2845-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2845

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Introduced by Assembly Member Bonta

February 16, 2018

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An act relating to pardons.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2845, as introduced, Bonta. Criminal procedure: pardons.

The general authority to grant reprieves, pardons, and commutations of sentence is conferred upon the Governor by Section 8 of Article V of the Constitution of the State of California. Existing law establishes the procedure for application for a pardon. Existing law also authorizes the Board of Parole Hearings to recommend to the Governor persons imprisoned in the state prison system who, in their judgment, ought to be pardoned. Existing law prescribes the duties of the Supreme Court in the pardon process. Existing law defines the effect of a full pardon.

This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to the pardon process.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to the criminal conviction pardon process.