BILL NUMBER: AB 1276	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 24, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 16, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bloom

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to add Section 3051 to the Penal Code, relating to parole.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1276, as amended, Bloom. Parole: juvenile offenders.
   Existing law generally regulates the granting and conditioning of
parole, and places the duty to monitor parolees on the Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Adult Parole Operations.
Existing law specifies the procedures that the Board of Parole
Hearings must follow in granting, denying, or revoking parole.
   This bill would require, except as otherwise provided by law, a
person who was convicted of a nonhomicide offense that was committed
before the person had attained 18 years of age to be eligible for
consideration for parole after serving  20 or  25 years in
state prison  , as specified  . The bill would state that it
is the intent of the Legislature to provide a meaningful opportunity
to obtain release according to the standards set forth by the
California Supreme Court in People v. Caballero.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 3051 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   3051.  (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, a person who was
convicted of a nonhomicide offense that was committed before the
person had attained 18 years of age shall be eligible for
consideration for parole pursuant to this article after serving 25
years in state prison.  However, if the person was sentenced to
less than 40 years of imprisonment, the person shall be eligible for
consideration for parole pursuant to this article after serving 20
years in state prison.  Subsequent parole hearings shall be set
according to Section 3041.5.
   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide a meaningful
opportunity to obtain release according to the standards set forth by
the California Supreme Court in People v. Caballero (2012) 55
Cal.4th 262.
   (c) This section does not prohibit the imposition of a life
sentence for juveniles convicted of homicide and does not prohibit or
modify the parole procedures for adult offenders. This section does
not limit the access of juvenile offenders to other programs and
appeals that they were eligible for prior to the enactment of this
section.