Bill Text: CA SB359 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Senate Bill 359

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Bill Title: Automobile dismantling: enforcement.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-08-15 - August 15 hearing: Held in committee and under submission. [SB359 Detail]

Download: California-2023-SB359-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 359

Introduced by Senator Umberg

February 08, 2023

An act to amend Section 2936 of the Penal Code, relating to prisons.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 359, as introduced, Umberg. Prisons: credits.

Existing law prescribes incarceration in the state prison as punishment for certain crimes. The California Constitution grants the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) the authority to award credits earned for good behavior and approved rehabilitative or educational achievements. Existing statutory law requires CDCR to submit a report to the Legislature and the Legislative Analyst’s Office whenever CDCR proposes regulatory changes affecting the earning of credits by inmates.

This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that requirement.

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

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

SECTION 1.

Section 2936 of the Penal Code is amended to read:

2936.

(a) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall submit a report to the relevant fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature and the Legislative Analyst’s Office whenever the department proposes regulatory changes pursuant to Section 32 of Article I of the California Constitution that would affect inmate credit earning.

(b) A report required ~~pursuant to~~ by subdivision (a) shall include both of the following:

(1) An explanation of the rationale for each ~~of the~~ proposed ~~changes~~ change to credit earning.

(2) An estimate of the impact of the proposed changes to credit earning on the size of inmate and parolee populations.

(c) Reports required pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted on or before the day that the regulatory changes are first submitted to the Office of Administrative Law.