AB 1483 Summary: Public Safety Realignment

• Shifts low-level felony sentencing from state prison to county jail for defendants without serious/violent felony priors or sex offender registration requirements, allowing sentences of 16 months to 3 years to be served in county facilities instead of state prison.

• Creates mandatory supervision as a county-supervised period replacing part of county jail sentences, with revocation procedures following probation rules rather than parole authority processes.

• Establishes postrelease community supervision for certain released prisoners, replacing state parole for non-serious/non-violent offenders, with local county agencies providing supervision instead of the Department of Corrections.

• Reallocates law enforcement funding from state accounts to county-based "Enhancing Law Enforcement Activities Subaccount," distributing funds for local law enforcement, juvenile justice, gang suppression, and specialized crime prevention programs.

• Modifies parole procedures to transition parole revocation hearings from the Board of Parole Hearings to courts under probation revocation standards, effective July 1, 2013, and requires earlier discharge from parole for certain offenders.