AB 2766: Prisons: parole calculations and inmate release credits.

Session Year: 2023-2024
House: Assembly

Current Status:

Failed

(2024-08-15: In committee: Held under submission.)

Introduced

First Committee Review

First Chamber

Second Committee Review

Second Chamber

Enacted

Version:

Existing law, the California Public Records Act, requires state and local agencies to make their records available for inspection by the public, subject to specified criteria and with specified exceptions. Existing law exempts from disclosure any investigatory or security file compiled by any other state or local police agency, or any investigatory or security files compiled by any other state or local agency for correctional, law enforcement, or licensing purposes.

Under existing law, criminal offenders sentenced to imprisonment in the state prison are sentenced for either a determinate term or an indeterminate life sentence, and a person sentenced to an indeterminate life sentence is held until release by the Board of Parole Hearings. Under existing law, a person sentenced to a determinate sentence is released after serving the term of their sentence, minus any credits earned, and is required to serve a period of time after release under parole supervision.

Existing constitutional provisions, enacted by Proposition 57 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, make an inmate sentenced to state prison for a conviction of a nonviolent felony offense eligible for early parole consideration after completing the full term for their primary offense, as defined.

This bill would provide that Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation records pertaining to an inmates release date and their early release credits are public records and are subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act, with specified exceptions. The bill would require the department, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, by March 1, 2026, and by March 1 of each year thereafter, to compile an annual report for each department facility that awards sentence credits, as specified, and post that report on its internet website.

Discussed in Hearing