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AB-622 • 2026

Parole: minimum eligible date.

Parole: minimum eligible date.

Crime
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Kalra
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 bill summary and digest do not provide specific details on how these changes will affect current inmates' eligibility for parole or when the bill will take effect.

Parole: Minimum Eligible Date

AB-622 requires the Secretary of Corrections to apply all possible credits for good behavior and achievements to reduce the minimum time people with life sentences must serve before being eligible for parole, and mandates that probation officer reports be considered by the Board of Parole Hearings.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the Secretary of Corrections to apply all applicable credits under constitutional provisions to reduce the minimum term or period of confinement for individuals serving one or more life sentences.
  • Adds probation officer reports as a consideration when the Board of Parole Hearings decides on parole eligibility.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People serving life sentences in state prison with the possibility of parole.
  • The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
  • The Board of Parole Hearings.

Terms To Know

credits
Reduction in time served for good behavior or achievements while incarcerated.
Board of Parole Hearings
The group that decides if someone is ready to be released on parole.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify when the bill will take effect.
  • Does not address how these changes will impact current inmates' eligibility for parole.

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. 2025-05-22 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.

  4. 2025-05-22 California Legislative Information

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1638.)

  5. 2025-04-24 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  6. 2025-04-23 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (April 23).

  7. 2025-04-09 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  8. 2025-03-18 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  9. 2025-03-17 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. 2025-03-17 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  11. 2025-02-14 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.

  12. 2025-02-13 California Legislative Information

    Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 622, as amended, Kalra.
Parole: minimum eligible date.
Existing law punishes specified crimes, including, among others, some forms of murder and rape, with imprisonment in the state prison for life with the possibility of parole. Existing law states that an inmate imprisoned under a life sentence shall not be paroled until they have served the greater of either 7 years or the minimum term set in their sentence. Existing law, for defendants sentenced for murder, states that specified statutory provisions granting credits to reduce the term of imprisonment shall not apply to reduce the minimum term of imprisonment before the defendant may be paroled. Existing constitutional provisions grant the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation authority to award credits for good behavior and approved rehabilitative or educational achievements.
This bill would require the Secretary of the Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation to apply all applicable credits under those constitutional provisions to reduce the minimum term or minimum period of confinement of a person imprisoned under one or more life sentences.
Existing law requires the Board of Parole Hearings, when considering a parole for an inmate, to consider, among other things, all statements and recommendations that may have been submitted by the judge, district attorney, and sheriff, as specified.
This bill would additionally require the Board of Parole Hearings to consider any reports filed by the probation officer.

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