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CA SB1446

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/19/2026

Primary Sponsor

Public Safety

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Exempts Governor-requested reviews of parole decisions from the standard requiring the Board of Parole Hearings to find errors of law, errors of fact, or new information before overturning a panel's decision
  • Makes each commissioner's vote and decision in en banc parole reviews a public record
  • Expands sexually violent predator evaluation criteria to include inmates serving indeterminate sentences, not just determinate sentences
  • Allows the Department of Corrections to refer inmates for sexually violent predator evaluation when their release date is less than 6 months after a parole grant decision
  • Requires state reimbursement to local agencies if the Commission on State Mandates determines the bill imposes state-mandated costs on counties

Legislative Description

Incarcerated persons: release and parole.

Last Action

Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

4/27/2026

Committee Referrals

Appropriations4/23/2026
Public Safety4/8/2026
Rules3/19/2026

Full Bill Text

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