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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1479
Author: Assembly Budget Committee
Amended: 8/11/14 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE BUDGET & FISCAL REVIEW COMMITTEE : 12-1, 8/14/14
AYES: Leno, Nielsen, Berryhill, Block, Corbett, Jackson, Liu,
Mitchell, Monning, Morrell, Roth, Torres
NOES: Anderson
NO VOTE RECORDED: Beall, Hancock, Wyland
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : Not relevant
SUBJECT : Public Safety Trailer Bill cleanup
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill provides technical adjustments to AB 1468
(Assembly Budget Committee, Chapter 26, Statutes of 2014) the
public safety Trailer Bill.
ANALYSIS : This bill contains the following clean up
provisions:
1.Corrects a section reference error made in the public safety
Trailer Bill that allows for the development of emergency
regulations to expand CalFresh and CalWORKs to individuals
formerly convicted of drug felonies.
2.Clarifies that the Board of Parole Hearings may send
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notifications to victims and the courts through the United
States mail.
3.Shifts a $5 million appropriation contained in the budget for
social innovation financing from the Office of Planning and
Research to the Board of State and Community Corrections
(BSCC).
Background
The Legislature passed the public safety Trailer Bill (AB 1468)
on June 15, 2014. The bill was signed by Governor Brown on June
20, 2014. This bill provides for certain technical adjustments
to that Trailer Bill.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: Yes Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee, this
bill contains a $5 million appropriation to the BSCC for the
creation of a social innovation bond program.
JA:k 8/14/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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