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CA AB1940

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/25/2018

Primary Sponsor

Kevin McCarty

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Origin

State Assembly

2017-2018 Session

AI Summary

  • Creates a reintegration credits program allowing parolees to reduce their parole term by completing education, training, treatment programs, or volunteer service while maintaining parole conditions.

  • Awards credits at specified rates: 12 months for high school diploma, associate's degree, or bachelor's degree; 6 weeks for individual academic courses; 6 months for certified career/technical training; 2 months for cognitive behavioral treatment; 3 months for substance abuse treatment; and 10 days per month for 12+ volunteer hours monthly.

  • Prohibits the program for persons required to register as sex offenders under Section 290.

  • Increases the standard 50-mile travel restriction by 25 miles after each annual review where credits are awarded, up to a maximum 125-mile radius, with exclusions for victim and witness locations.

  • Caps credits earned in any 12-month period at 12 months total; allows revocation of earned credits only if parolee is arrested or violates parole during that period.

Legislative Description

Parole: reintegration credits.

Last Action

Read third time. Refused passage. (Ayes 35. Noes 35. Page 5664.).

5/31/2018

Committee Referrals

Appropriations3/12/2018
Public Safety2/5/2018

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