Plain English Breakdown
The bill text confirms reimbursement is conditional on a future determination by the Commission on State Mandates; it does not guarantee payment will happen automatically.
Sharing Victim Contact Info with Prisons
This law requires courts and prosecutors to share contact details for victims and their next of kin with the state prison system at sentencing, if that information is reasonably available.
What This Bill Does
- Requires courts to ensure victim and next-of-kin contact info goes to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation at sentencing.
- Requires district attorneys or other prosecutors to share this same contact data with prisons.
- Applies only when a sentence results in time served in state prison.
- States that agencies must provide this information only if it is reasonably available.
Who It Names or Affects
- Courts handling criminal sentencing
- District attorneys and other prosecuting offices
- The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Terms To Know
- Next of kin
- A victim's closest living relative.
- State-mandated local program
- A rule that forces local agencies to do new work, which may cost them money and require state reimbursement.
Limits and Unknowns
- Agencies only need to share contact info if they can reasonably find it.
- Reimbursement for local costs depends on a future decision by the Commission on State Mandates determining that costs exist.