BILL NUMBER: AB 1678	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Lieu and Huber

                        JANUARY 25, 2010

   An act relating to prisoners.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1678, as introduced, Lieu. Prisoners: release and recidivism.
   Existing law provides generally for the release of prisoners from
the state's prison system.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to later amend
this bill to enact provisions that would prohibit the California
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) from releasing
prisoners who have committed, or intend to commit, certain specified
crimes; to require the CDCR to notify local law enforcement with
certain specified information regarding released prisoners; and to
require the CDCR to provide a list of crimes committed by prisoners
being released early on the CDCR's Internet Web site.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enhance public
safety and reduce recidivism by later amending into this bill
reasonable, common sense provisions that would mitigate the effects
of releasing thousands of convicted felons early without parole
supervision by doing all of the following:
   (a) Prohibiting the California Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation (CDCR) from releasing prisoners who have committed, or
intend to commit, serious, violent, or sexual crimes.
   (b) Enabling local law enforcement agencies to object to the early
release of a convicted felon without parole supervision.
   (c) Requiring the CDCR to notify local law enforcement agencies
within a reasonable time period prior to the release of prisoners
into a county with critical information about the identity, location,
and criminal history of the prisoners to be released.
   (d) Requiring the CDCR to notify local law enforcement agencies
whenever a parolee does any of the following:
   (1) Absconds.
   (2) Tampers with a GPS or other tracking device.
   (3) Undertakes efforts to subvert a parole officers' ability to
monitor the parolee.
   (4) Requests and receives permission to relocate outside of the
community into which he or she was released.
   (e) Requiring felons to provide identification to any law
enforcement officer upon request.
   (f) Requiring the CDCR to provide a list of the crimes committed
by prisoners being released early without parole supervision on the
department's Internet Web site.