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

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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-Amended.html

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Amended  IN  Senate  March 13, 2023

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 359

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Introduced by Senator Umberg

February 08, 2023

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An act to amend Section 2936 of add Section 2940 to the Penal Code, relating to prisons.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 359, as amended, Umberg. Prisons: credits. credits: recidivism report.

Existing law prescribes incarceration in the state prison as punishment for certain crimes. Existing constitutional provisions, enacted by Proposition 57 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, authorize the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to award credits to prisoners that are earned for good behavior and approved rehabilitative or educational achievements.

This bill would require the department to compile data regarding the relationship between the awarding of credits and the recidivism rates of inmates who were awarded credits for good behavior and approved rehabilitative or educational achievements and to submit an annual report to the Legislature commencing on or before January 1, 2025.

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.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NOYES   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 require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to compile and analyze data and report that data to the Legislature for the purpose of understanding how credits awarded to inmates during incarceration for participation and achievement in activities and programs, including, but not limited to, firefighting, library services, and postsecondary education relate to postrelease recidivism.

SEC. 2.

 Section 2940 is added to the Penal Code, to read:

2940.

 On or before January 1, 2025, and annually thereafter, the department shall compile data related to credits awarded to inmates pursuant to this article or paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 32 of Article I of the Constitution and the relationship between the award of each category of credits and the recidivism rates of inmates who received those credits, and shall prepare a report on its findings to the Assembly and Senate Committees on Public Safety. The report shall be submitted to the Legislature pursuant to Section 9795 of the Government Code.

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 by subdivision (a) shall include both of the following:

(1)An explanation of the rationale for each proposed 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.