Bill Text: CA SB141 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Senate Bill 141 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Parole: sexually violent offenses: validated risk assessment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-09-05 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 242, Statutes of 2019. [SB141 Detail]

Download: California-2019-SB141-Chaptered.html

Senate Bill No. 141

CHAPTER 242

An act to add Section 3053.9 to the Penal Code, relating to parole.

[ Approved by Governor September 05, 2019. Filed with Secretary of State September 05, 2019. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 141, Bates. Parole: sexually violent offenses: validated risk assessment.

Existing law grants the Board of Parole Hearings the power to grant parole to prisoners.

This bill would, if an inmate has a prior conviction for a sexually violent offense, as defined, require the board to consider the results of a comprehensive risk assessment for sex offenders in considering parole.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 3053.9 is added to the Penal Code, to read:

3053.9.

If an inmate has a prior conviction for a sexually violent offense, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 6600 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, the board shall consider the results of a comprehensive risk assessment for sex offenders in considering parole.