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CA AB1986

Bill

Status

Passed

9/14/2012

Primary Sponsor

Mike Davis

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Origin

State Assembly

2011-2012 Session

AI Summary

  • Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to exclude inmates without a determinable California last known place of residence and inmates in federal custody from information provided to the Citizens Redistricting Commission.

  • Directs the Citizens Redistricting Commission to treat incarcerated individuals as residing at their last known place of residence rather than their place of incarceration for redistricting purposes.

  • Requests the commission refrain from publishing information about specific inmates' last known places of residence and to exclude inmates with unknown residency from district population counts.

  • Requires the commission to adjust race and ethnicity data in districts containing prisons to account for inmates counted in their last known residence district.

  • Establishes that "last known place of residence" means the address where an inmate was domiciled before their current incarceration, determined from county court records where they were sentenced.

Legislative Description

Redistricting.

Last Action

Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 318, Statutes of 2012.

9/14/2012

Committee Referrals

Appropriations6/20/2012
Rules5/7/2012
Appropriations4/18/2012
Elections and Redistricting3/29/2012

Full Bill Text

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