Bill Text: CA AB2715 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Sentencing: three strikes: Legislative Analyst report.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-28 - In committee: Set, second hearing. Held under submission. [AB2715 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB2715-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2715	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bass

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act relating to sentencing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2715, as introduced, Bass. Sentencing: three strikes:
Legislative Analyst report.
   Existing law establishes the Legislative Analyst's Office.
Existing law, commonly known as the "3 strikes" law, provides that if
a defendant has been convicted of any felony, and it has been pled
and proved that the defendant has one or more prior serious or
violent felony convictions, as defined, then the court must sentence
the defendant to an enhanced prison term, as specified. These
provisions, one set of which was added by initiative, may be amended
by the Legislature only by a statute passed by a 2/3vote of each
house.
   This bill would require that the Legislative Analyst shall, no
later than January 1, 2012, examine the "3 strikes" statutes, and
report its findings to the Legislature on the fiscal costs, the state
of public safety due to its enforcement, any benefits or
repercussions of those statutes, and other specified findings. The
bill would require the Judicial Council, the Attorney General, and
the University of California, upon approval by the Board of Regents,
to assist the Legislative Analyst in conducting the study.
   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.  (a) The Legislative Analyst shall, no later than
January 1, 2012, examine the "three strikes" statutes, and report its
findings to the Legislature on the fiscal costs, the state of public
safety due to its enforcement, and any benefits or repercussions of
those statutes. The Judicial Council, the Attorney General, and the
University of California, upon approval by the Board of Regents,
shall assist the Legislative Analyst in conducting the study.
   (b) The report shall examine, at a minimum, the extent to which
reductions in serious crime can be attributed to the mandatory
incarceration policies and shall compare any ascertainable benefits
from crime prevention through incapacitation of various types of
offenders. Additionally, the Legislative Analyst shall identify the
current and projected costs of the mandatory incarceration,
especially in light of the aging inmate population, the federally
appointed receiver, and the federal three judge panel addressing
inmate issues.
   (c) The study shall include an assessment of the costs to victims
as a result of being victimized and the consequent costs to state and
local governments. The study shall also assess the manner in which
the three strikes statutes are implemented in representative urban,
rural, and mixed urban-rural counties. The study shall utilize
existing resources of the participating agencies.