Parole advancement hearings: reporting.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not mention any specific impact on victims or their interests, so this claim was removed.

Reporting on Parole Hearings

AB-2232 removes the Board of Parole Hearings' ability to schedule earlier parole hearings and requires them to report annually on requests for such hearings.

What This Bill Does

• Removes the Board of Parole Hearings' authority to advance a parole hearing date.
• Requires the Board of Parole Hearings, along with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, to collect data about requests to advance parole consideration hearing dates.
• Requires the board to submit an annual report on these requests to the Legislature by March 1st each year starting in 2027.
• Makes the annual reports publicly available online after they are submitted to the Legislature.
• Requires written summaries of decisions regarding parole advancement requests, including reasons for approval or denial.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Board of Parole Hearings
• Inmates requesting earlier parole hearings

Terms To Know

Board of Parole Hearings

A state agency that decides whether inmates can be released on parole.

Parole

The supervised release of a prisoner before the end of their sentence, allowing them to serve part of their time outside prison under certain conditions.

Limits and Unknowns

• Does not specify what happens if an inmate requests an earlier parole hearing after January 1, 2032.
• The bill's effectiveness depends on the governor signing it into law and implementing its provisions.

Official Summary Text

AB 2232, as amended, Patterson.
Parole
denial term.
advancement hearings: reporting.
Existing law, as amended by Proposition 9, the Victim’s Bill of Rights Act of 2008: Marsy’s Law, at the November 4, 2008, statewide general election, requires the Board of Parole Hearings, following a decision denying parole, to schedule the next hearing 3, 5, 7, 10, or 15 years from the date of the last hearing, as specified. Existing law also authorizes the board, in its discretion and after considering the views and interests of the victim, to advance a hearing to an earlier date, when a change in circumstances or new information establishes a reasonable likelihood that consideration of the public and victim’s safety does not require additional incarceration. Existing law authorizes an inmate to request that the board exercise its discretion to advance a hearing and provides the procedure for an inmate to make that request.
This bill would
remove the board’s authority to advance a parole hearing to an earlier date and would remove the corresponding provisions authorizing an inmate to request an advancement of their hearing date.
This bill would require the board, in coordination with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, to collect and publish annual data regarding requests to advance parole consideration hearing dates and administrative review processes of those requests, as specified. The bill would require the board to submit the report to the Legislature by March 1, 2027, and annually thereafter. Following submission of the report to the Legislature, the bill would also require the board to make the report publicly available on its internet website on that date and annually thereafter.
This bill, for each request to advance a parole
consideration hearing date, would require the board to maintain a written summary of the decision, including the basis for approval or denial and the primary factors considered. The bill would require the summaries to be made available to certain entities, including the incarcerated person or their counsel.
This bill would repeal these provisions as of January 1, 2032.

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