BILL NUMBER: AB 2258	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bass

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act relating to sentencing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2258, as introduced, Bass. California Public Safety Commission.

   Existing law prescribes various penalties for criminal offenses.
   This bill would create the California Public Safety Commission, an
independent, multijurisdictional body to provide a nonpartisan forum
for statewide policy development, information development, research,
and planning concerning criminal sentences and their effects.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  There is hereby established the California Public
Safety Commission, an independent, multijurisdictional body to
provide a nonpartisan forum for statewide policy development,
information development, research, and planning concerning criminal
sentences and their effects.