Bills

AB 2699: State prisons: Office of the Inspector General.

Session Year: 2021-2022
House: Assembly
Latest Version Date: 2022-02-18

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Existing law establishes the Office of the Inspector General that is responsible, among other things, for contemporaneous public oversight of internal affairs investigations and staff grievance inquiries conducted by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitations Office of Internal Affairs. Existing law requires the Office of the Inspector General to issue regular reports, no less than annually, to the Governor and the Legislature summarizing its recommendations concerning its oversight of the department allegations of internal misconduct and use of force and, no less than semiannually, summarizing its oversight of Office of Internal Affairs investigations. Existing law requires these reports to be posted on the Inspector Generals internet website and otherwise made available to the public upon release to the Governor and Legislature.

This bill, instead, would require the Office of the Inspector Generals reports to be posted to the Inspector Generals internet website and be made available to the public within 5 days of their release to the Governor and Legislature.

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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1.Section 6133 of the Penal Code is amended to read:6133.

(a)The Office of the Inspector General shall be responsible for contemporaneous public oversight of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation investigations and staff grievance inquiries conducted by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitations Office of Internal Affairs. To facilitate oversight of the departments internal affairs investigations, the Office of the Inspector General shall have staff physically colocated with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitations Office of Internal Affairs, within a reasonable timeframe and without any undue delays. The Office of the Inspector General shall also be responsible for advising the public regarding the adequacy of each investigation, and whether discipline of the subject of the investigation is warranted. The Office of the Inspector General shall have discretion to provide public oversight of other Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation personnel investigations as needed.

(b)(1)The Office of the Inspector General shall issue regular reports, no less than annually, to the Governor and the Legislature summarizing its recommendations concerning its oversight of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation allegations of internal misconduct and use of force. The Office of the Inspector General shall also issue regular reports, no less than semiannually, summarizing its oversight of Office of Internal Affairs investigations pursuant to subdivision (a). The reports shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

(A)Data on the number, type, and disposition of complaints made against correctional officers and staff.

(B)A synopsis of each matter reviewed by the Office of the Inspector General.

(C)An assessment of the quality of the investigation, the appropriateness of any disciplinary charges, the Office of the Inspector Generals recommendations regarding the disposition in the case and and, when founded, the level of discipline afforded, and the degree to which the agencys authorities agreed with the Office of the Inspector General recommendations regarding disposition and level of discipline.

(D)The report of any settlement and whether the Office of the Inspector General concurred with the settlement.

(E)The extent to which any discipline was modified after imposition.

(2)The reports shall be in a form that does not identify the agency employees involved in the alleged misconduct.

(3)The reports shall be posted on the Inspector Generals internet website and otherwise made available to the public upon within five days of their release to the Governor and the Legislature.

Date	Status
Jun 16, 2022	From Consent Calendar.
Jun 15, 2022	Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
Jun 14, 2022	From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 14).
May 25, 2022	Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
May 12, 2022	In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
May 12, 2022	Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 4657.)
May 9, 2022	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
May 5, 2022	Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Page 4560.)
Apr 27, 2022	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Mar 10, 2022	Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Feb 19, 2022	From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
Feb 18, 2022	Introduced. To print.

Date	Description	Location	Votes
May 12, 2022	AB 2699 Ting Assembly Third Reading	Assembly Floor	65 0 13 Passed

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Introduced (2/18/2022)