Donate
Bills

SB 356: Elderly parole program.

  • Session Year: 2025-2026
  • House: Senate
  • Latest Version Date: 2026-03-05

Current Status:

In Progress

(2026-03-05: From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.)

Introduced

First Committee Review

First Chamber

Second Committee Review

Second Chamber

Enacted

Version:

Existing law establishes the Elderly Parole Program for the purpose of reviewing the parole suitability of inmates who are 50 years of age or older and who have served a minimum of 20 years of continuous incarceration on their sentence.

This bill would raise the minimum age limitation for that program to 60 years of age and instead require the inmate to have served a minimum of 25 years of continuous incarceration in order to be eligible for that program.

Existing law punishes specified crimes, including, among others, some forms of murder and rape, with imprisonment in the state prison for life with the possibility of parole. Existing law states that an inmate imprisoned under a life sentence shall not be paroled until they have served the greater of either 7 years or the minimum term set in their sentence. Existing law requires the Board of Parole Hearings to, in considering a parole for an inmate, consider all statements and recommendations which may have been submitted by the judge, district attorney, and sheriff, as specified, and recommendations of other persons interested in the granting or denying of parole.This bill would require the board to consider in a parole suitability hearing for an inmate imprisoned under a life sentence specified photographs.

Discussed in Hearing

Senate Floor4MIN
Jun 4, 2025

Senate Floor

Senate Standing Committee on Public Safety22MIN
Apr 8, 2025

Senate Standing Committee on Public Safety

View Older Hearings

News Coverage:

SB 356: Elderly parole program. | Digital Democracy