BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 999
Author: Skinner (D), et al
Amended: 8/20/10 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE : 5-2, 6/23/09
AYES: Leno, Cedillo, Hancock, Steinberg, Wright
NOES: Benoit, Huff
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 7-5, 7/13/09
AYES: Kehoe, Corbett, Hancock, Leno, Price, Wolk, Yee
NOES: Cox, Denham, Runner, Walters, Wyland
NO VOTE RECORDED: Oropeza
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 45-30, 5/21/09 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Division of Juvenile Facilities
SOURCE : Books Not Bars
DIGEST : This bill prohibits the Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation (DCR) from extending a wards
parole consideration date, and would require the department
to promulgate regulations to establish a process for
granting a ward whose parole consideration hearing date was
delayed due to disciplinary sanctions prior to January 1,
2011, a reduction of up to 100 percent of any time acquired
for disciplinary matters.
Senate Floor Amendments of 8/20/10 narrow the scope of this
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bill to provide only that the Division of Juvenile
Facilities (DJF) shall not extend a ward's parole
consideration date. This provision was in the bill when it
was heard by both policy and fiscal committees; the
amendments delete other provisions in the bill. These
amendments additionally include conforming changes to
provide that existing statutory language authorizing a
system of time credits for DJF wards would apply to wards
for whom a parole consideration hearing date was delayed
due to a disciplinary sanction prior to January 1, 2011.
ANALYSIS : Existing law sets forth the powers and duties
of DJF in the DCR with respect to wards in its custody,
including, but not limited to, the return of persons to the
court of commitment for redisposition by the court,
determination of offense category, and setting of parole
consideration dates.
Existing law requires DCR to promulgate policies and
regulations implementing a department wide system of
graduated sanctions for addressing ward disciplinary
matters, including extending a ward's parole consideration
date, subject to appeal, from one to not more than 12
months, for a sustained serious misconduct violation, as
specified. DCR is also authorized to promulgate
regulations to establish a process for granting wards who
have successfully responded to disciplinary sanctions a
reduction of up to 50 percent of any time acquired for
disciplinary matters.
This bill prohibits DCR from extending a ward's parole
consideration date, and would require the department to
promulgate regulations to establish a process for granting
a ward whose parole consideration hearing date was delayed
due to disciplinary sanctions prior to January 1, 2011, a
reduction of up to 100 percent of any time acquired for
disciplinary matters.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/22/10 - unable to reverify)
Books Not Bars (source)
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Asian Americans for Civil Rights and Equality
California Catholic Conference of Bishops
California Public Defenders Association
California State NAACP
California State PTA
National Center for Lesbian Rights
National Council on Crime and Delinquency
Taxpayers for Improving Public Safety
OPPOSITION : (Verified 11/30/09)
California Correctional Peace Officers Association
California District Attorneys Association
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Ammiano, Arambula, Beall, Block, Blumenfield,
Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Carter, Chesbro, Coto,
Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fong,
Fuentes, Furutani, Hall, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huber,
Huffman, Jones, Krekorian, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza,
Monning, John A. Perez, Portantino, Price, Ruskin, Salas,
Skinner, Solorio, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico,
Yamada, Bass
NOES: Adams, Anderson, Bill Berryhill, Tom Berryhill,
Blakeslee, Conway, Cook, DeVore, Duvall, Emmerson,
Fletcher, Fuller, Gaines, Garrick, Gilmore, Hagman,
Harkey, Jeffries, Knight, Lieu, Logue, Miller, Nestande,
Niello, Nielsen, Silva, Smyth, Audra Strickland, Tran,
Villines
NO VOTE RECORDED: Charles Calderon, Galgiani, Nava, V.
Manuel Perez, Saldana
RJG:nl 8/23/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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