BILL ANALYSIS Ó SB 875 Page 1 SENATE THIRD READING SB 875 (Budget and Fiscal Review Committee) As Amended August 13, 2014 Majority vote SENATE VOTE : Vote not relevant BUDGET 16-10 -------------------------------- |Ayes:|Skinner, Bloom, Campos, | | |Chesbro, Daly, Dickinson, | | |Gordon, | | |Jones-Sawyer, Mullin, | | |Muratsuchi, Nazarian, | | |Rodriguez, Stone, Ting, | | |Weber, Dababneh | | | | |-----+--------------------------| |Nays:|Gorell, Chávez, Grove, | | |Harkey, Mansoor, | | |Melendez, Allen, | | |Nestande, Patterson, | | |Wagner | | | | -------------------------------- SUMMARY : Makes various technical adjustments to the Public Safety 2014 budget actions. Specifically, this bill : 1)Authorizes the Board of Parole Hearings, upon request, to notify a victim, or next of kin of a victim of any hearing to review or consider the parole suitability or the setting of a parole date for that prisoner using United States Postal Services mail. (Existing law requires any such notice be given by telephone, certified mail, or electronic mail, using the method of communication selected by the requesting party, if that method is available.) 2)Requires the Board of Parole Hearings to send written notice of a parole hearing to the judge of the superior court before whom a prisoner was tried. (Existing law requires the board to send notice by certified mail.) 3)Appropriates $5 million from the Recidivism Reduction Fund to SB 875 Page 2 the Board of State and Community Corrections for the establishment of a social innovation financing program for counties. 4)Contains an appropriation allowing this bill to take effect immediately upon enactment. FISCAL EFFECT : This bill does not result in any substantive changes to the Budget Act or related budget actions. COMMENTS : This bill provides necessary statutory changes to enact the 2014-15 budget. Analysis Prepared by : Marvin Deon / BUDGET / (916) 319-2099 FN: 0004834