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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 2308
Author: Stone (D), et al.
Amended: 8/19/14 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE : 7-0, 6/24/14
AYES: Hancock, Anderson, De León, Knight, Liu, Mitchell,
Steinberg
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 5-0, 8/14/14
AYES: De León, Hill, Lara, Padilla, Steinberg
NO VOTE RECORDED: Walters, Gaines
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-1, 5/28/14 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Prisoners: identification cards
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill requires the California Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and Department of Motor
Vehicles (DMV) to ensure that all inmates released from state
prisons have valid identification cards (ID).
ANALYSIS : Existing law:
1.Authorizes DMV to issue an ID to any person attesting to the
true full name, correct age, and other identifying data as
certified by the applicant for the ID. Every application for
an ID shall be signed and verified by the applicant before a
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person authorized to administer oaths and shall be supported
by bona fide documentary evidence of the age and identity of
the applicant as DMV may require, and shall include a legible
print of the thumb or finger of the applicant.
2.Provides that upon application for an original or duplicate
license DMV may require the applicant to produce any
identification that it determines is necessary in order to
ensure that the name of the applicant stated in the
application is his or her true, full name and that his or her
residence address as set forth in the application is his or
her true residence address.
3.States that DMV, notwithstanding any other law, shall require
an application for a driver's license to contain the
applicant's social security account number and any other
number or identifier determined to be appropriate by the
department.
4.Provides, notwithstanding the above provision, an applicant
who provides satisfactory proof that his or her presence in
the United States is authorized under federal law, but who is
not eligible for a social security account number, is eligible
to receive an original driver's license if he/she meets all
other qualifications for licensure.
5.Requires DMV to issue an original driver's license to a person
who is unable to submit satisfactory proof that the
applicant's presence in the United States is authorized under
federal law if he/she meets all other qualifications for
licensure and provides satisfactory proof to the department of
his/her identity and California residency. (Operative date of
January 1, 2015, or on the date the director of DMV executes a
specified declaration, whichever is sooner.)
6.States the finding of the Legislature that the period
immediately following incarceration is critical to successful
reintegration of the offender into society and to positive
citizenship. It is in the interest of public safety for the
state to provide for the effective supervision of and
surveillance of parolees, including the judicious use of
revocation actions, and to provide educational, vocational,
family and personal counseling necessary to assist parolees in
the transition between imprisonment and discharge.
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This bill:
1.Requires CDCR and DMV to ensure that all eligible inmates
released from state prisons have valid ID, as specified.
2.Defines "eligible inmate" to mean an inmate who meets all of
the following requirements:
A. The inmate has previously held a California driver's
license or ID.
B. The inmate has a usable photo on file with DMV that is
not more than 10 years old.
C. The inmate has no outstanding fees due for a prior
California driver's license or ID.
D. The inmate has provided, and the DMV has verified all of
the following information:
The inmate's true full name.
The inmate's date of birth.
The inmate's social security number.
The inmate's legal presence in the United States.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee, first-year
costs of $2.2 million (Special Fund*) in 2014-15, and ongoing
costs of $2.2 million (General Fund) to the CDCR to expand the
existing Cal-ID Program to all eligible inmates, as defined.
Annual costs include additional staffing at CDCR, staffing at
DMV funded by CDCR through an existing MOU, and costs to produce
the ID cards.
*Inmate Welfare Fund
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/13/14)
American Civil Liberties Union
American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees,
AFL-CIO
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Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs
California Attorneys for Criminal Justice
California Catholic Conference, Inc.
California Coalition for Women Prisoners
California Correctional Peace Officers Association
California CURE
California Workforce Association
Californians United for a Responsible Budget
Chief Probation Officers of California
Crime Victims United of California
Dignity and Power Now
FACTS Education Fund
Friends Committee on Legislation in California
Legal Services for Prisoners with Children
Life Support Alliance
Los Angeles County Probation Officers Union
Los Angeles Police Protective League
National Alliance on Mental Illness - California
Presbyterian Urban Ministries
Riverside Sheriffs' Association
San Diego District Attorney
San Diego Reentry Roundtable
Taxpayers for Improving Public Safety
Williams James Association
Youth Justice Coalition
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author:
Inmates leaving prison without a valid state-issued
identification (ID) card are at a distinct disadvantage in
their efforts to reintegrate into the community
post-incarceration.
People coming out of prison are released without any
official state ID and are unable to obtain a job, a place
to live, public benefits including Medi-Cal or Cal Fresh,
or other necessities in the community. Moreover, the
process of obtaining important documents such as birth
certificates, social security cards, and state ID cards,
especially for those individuals who have been incarcerated
for many years, can be daunting. Failure to do so quickly
can doom their chances of successfully reintegrating into
the community and ultimately make it more difficult for
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them to avoid recidivating.
While some individuals enter prison with current
state-issued IDs, regular ID cards issued by the Department
of Motor Vehicles (DMV) expire after 6 years and senior ID
cards expire after 10 years. The process and cost to apply
for or renew a DMV ID card is an unnecessary hurdle for
people recently released from prison who often have no
assets or means of traveling to a DMV office.
There is currently no statutory requirement for CDCR to
ensure that inmates released from state prisons have a
valid ID card.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-1, 5/28/14
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian
Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley,
Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Beth
Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gorell, Gray,
Grove, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hernández, Holden, Jones,
Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Logue, Lowenthal, Maienschein, Mansoor,
Medina, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan,
Patterson, Perea, John A. Pérez, V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk,
Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner,
Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk,
Williams, Yamada, Atkins
NOES: Fox
NO VOTE RECORDED: Frazier, Linder, Melendez, Vacancy
JG:nl 8/19/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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