Bill Text: CA SB132 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Corrections.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-09-26 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 182, Statutes of 2020. [SB132 Detail]

Download: California-2019-SB132-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 132

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Introduced by Senator Wiener

January 14, 2019

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An act relating to corrections.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 132, as introduced, Wiener. Corrections.

Existing law establishes the state prisons under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Existing law authorizes a person sentenced to imprisonment in the state prison or a county jail for a felony to be, during the period of confinement, deprived of those rights, and only those rights, as is reasonably related to legitimate penological interests.

This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to ensure that transgender people in custody have equal rights and protections and to help protect the human dignity and safety of all people in custody.

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 to ensure that transgender people in custody have equal rights and protections and to help protect the human dignity and safety of all people in custody.