BILL NUMBER: SB 519	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 10, 2015
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 8, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 4, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 16, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 2, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 6, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hancock
   (Coauthor: Senator Leno)

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act to add Section 3051.1 to the Penal Code, relating to
parole.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 519, Hancock. Youth offender parole hearings.
   Existing law generally requires the Board of Parole Hearings to
conduct youth offender parole hearings to consider the release of
offenders who committed specified crimes when they were under 18
years of age and who were sentenced to state prison.
   This bill would change the dates by which the board is required to
complete certain youth offender parole hearings. The bill would
become operative only if SB 261 is enacted and takes effect on or
before January 1, 2016.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 3051.1 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   3051.1.  (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (i) of Section 3051, the
board shall complete all youth offender parole hearings for
individuals who were sentenced to indeterminate life terms and who
become entitled to have their parole suitability considered at a
youth offender parole hearing on the effective date of the act that
added subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (i) of Section
3051 by January 1, 2018.
   (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (i) of Section 3051, the board
shall complete all youth offender parole hearings for individuals who
were sentenced to determinate terms and who become entitled to have
their parole suitability considered at a youth offender parole
hearing on the effective date of the act that added subparagraph (B)
of paragraph (2) of subdivision (i) of Section 3051 by December 31,
2021. The board shall, for all individuals described in this
subdivision, conduct the consultation described in subdivision (a) of
Section 3041 before January 1, 2018.
  SEC. 2.  This act shall become operative only if Senate Bill 261 is
enacted and takes effect on or before January 1, 2016.