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AB-1483 • 2026

Supervision: violations.

Supervision: violations.

Crime Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Haney
Last action
2026-02-02
Official status
From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not specify the exact duration of confinement beyond the third technical violation, so this detail was removed from the explanation.

Rules for Supervision Violations

This law changes how people on parole or probation are treated when they break rules but do not commit new crimes.

What This Bill Does

  • It stops people from being arrested, detained, or put in jail just because they broke the rules of their supervision unless a judge says it's okay after looking at the case.
  • It defines technical violations as breaking the conditions of supervision without committing a new misdemeanor or felony crime.
  • It requires those who supervise people to give them written notice if they are accused of breaking these rules.
  • It stops using flash incarceration, which is when someone on supervision gets put in jail for one to ten days for breaking rules.
  • It limits how long someone can be confined after their supervision is revoked due to technical violations: 7 days for the first or second time, and 15 days for any third violation.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People on parole or probation who break rules but do not commit new crimes.
  • Local agencies responsible for supervising people on parole or probation.

Terms To Know

Technical Violation
Breaking the conditions of supervision without committing a new misdemeanor or felony crime.
Flash Incarceration
A short period of jail time for people on parole or probation who break rules but do not commit new crimes.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill increases duties for local supervision agents, which may require additional funding from the state.
  • It is unclear how this law will affect existing practices and resources in different counties.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-02 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

  2. 2026-01-31 California Legislative Information

    Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution.

  3. 2025-05-23 California Legislative Information

    In committee: Held under submission.

  4. 2025-05-07 California Legislative Information

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  5. 2025-04-29 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  6. 2025-04-28 California Legislative Information

    Read second time and amended.

  7. 2025-04-24 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 22).

  8. 2025-03-25 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  9. 2025-03-24 California Legislative Information

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended.

  10. 2025-03-24 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  11. 2025-02-24 California Legislative Information

    Read first time.

  12. 2025-02-22 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.

  13. 2025-02-21 California Legislative Information

    Introduced. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1483, as amended, Haney.
Supervision: violations.
Existing law requires prisoners sentenced to imprisonment in the state prison to serve time on parole or community supervision after their release from prison. Existing law authorizes courts to suspend the imposition or execution of punishments in specified criminal cases and instead enforce terms of probation or mandatory supervision. Existing law allows agencies responsible for supervision to determine appropriate responses to alleged violations, which can include, among other things, a one to 10 consecutive day period of flash incarceration.
This bill would prohibit a person on any of those forms of supervision from being arrested, detained, or incarcerated for a technical violation of supervision, as defined, unless the person on supervision has had their supervision revoked by a judge after a revocation petition has been filed, except as
specified. The bill would define a technical violation as any conduct in violation of a person’s conditions of supervision that is not a new misdemeanor or felony. The bill would require a supervision agent to provide a person accused of a technical violation with a written summary of the technical violations alleged against them. The bill would prohibit the use of flash incarceration, and would make conforming changes. The bill would
prohibit confinement pursuant to a revocation of supervision for a technical violation for a first or 2nd violation, and limit it
limit confinement pursuant to a revocation of supervision for a technical violation
to no more than 7 days for the
3rd
first
revocation, 15 days for the
4th
2nd
revocation, and 30 days for the
5th
3rd
or subsequent revocation. By increasing duties on local supervision agents, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines
that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

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