Bill Text: CA SB1267 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Crimes: notification of release.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-16 - May 16 hearing: Held in committee and under submission. [SB1267 Detail]
Download: California-2023-SB1267-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
March 18, 2024 |
Introduced by Senator Dahle |
February 15, 2024 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing law, as amended by Proposition 9, the Victim’s Bill of Rights Act of 2008: Marsy’s Law, at the November 4, 2008, statewide general election, establishes procedures at all parole suitability hearings for the purpose of reviewing a prisoner’s parole suitability, or the setting, postponing, or rescinding of parole dates, and provides inmates and victims specified rights at parole suitability hearings.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would ensure Marsy’s Law is fully recognized, as specified.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 679.03 of the Penal Code is amended to read:679.03.
(a) With respect to the conviction of a defendant involving a violent offense, as defined in Section 29905, the county district attorney, probation department, and victim-witness coordinator shall confer and establish an annual policy within existing resources to decide which one of their agencies shall inform each witness involved in the conviction who was threatened by the defendant following the defendant’s arrest and each victim or next of kin of the victim of that offense of the right to request and receive a notice pursuant to Section 3058.8 or 3605. If no agreement is reached, the presiding judge shall designate the appropriate county agency or department to provide this notification.(c)
(d)
SEC. 2.
If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would ensure Marsy’s Law is fully recognized through an updated notification process that reflects the changing criminal justice landscape. This update would include, but is not limited to, post-conviction changes, resentencing considerations, retroactive state policy decisions, and cases that predate Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation form 1707.