Bill Text: CA AB884 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Probation and parole.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-02 - Died at Desk. [AB884 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB884-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 884	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Swanson

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2009

   An act relating to criminal procedure.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 884, as introduced, Swanson. Probation and parole.
   Existing law provides for the granting of probation and parole to
specified offenders under specified circumstances.
   This bill would provide that it is the intent of the Legislature
to craft legislation that will amend the Penal Code to reduce
unnecessary probation, parole, and jail time arising from certain
probation and parole violations by nonviolent offenders.
   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.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (1) The Penal Code of this state mandates the granting of
probation and parole in far more instances than do the laws of other
states.
   (2) Probation and parole violations in this state result in jail
time in far more instances than is common in other states.
   (3) In order to reduce unnecessary incarceration and recidivism,
the Penal Code should be revised to minimize the granting of
probation and parole and to reduce the jail time imposed for
specified probation and parole violations, particularly for
nonviolent offenses.
   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to craft legislation that
will amend the Penal Code to reduce unnecessary probation, parole,
and jail time arising from certain probation and parole violations by
nonviolent offenders.