Patricia C. Bates
- Republican
Author
Existing law provides for the civil commitment of criminal offenders who have been determined to be sexually violent predators for treatment in a secure state hospital facility, as specified. Existing law requires the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, within 6 months prior to the inmate's scheduled release date, to refer an inmate who is in custody under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and is either serving a determinate sentence or whose parole has been revoked, for screening by the department and the Board of Parole Hearings based on whether the person has committed a sexually violent predatory offense and on a review of the person's social, criminal, and institutional history. Under existing law, if this screening determines that the person is likely to be a sexually violent predator, the department is required to refer the person to the State Department of State Hospitals for a full evaluation. This bill, for an individual who is in custody under the jurisdiction of the department for the commission of a new offense committed while the individual was serving an indeterminate term in a state hospital as a sexually violent predator, would require the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to refer the person directly to the State Department of State Hospitals for full evaluation as to whether the person still meets the criteria as a sexually violent predator. The bill would, if the evaluators concur that the requirements are still met, require the Director of State Hospitals to petition the court to either return the person to the State Department of State Hospitals to continue serving the remainder of the individual's original indeterminate commitment as a sexually violent predator if the original petition has not been dismissed, or to forward a request for a new petition to be filed if the original petition has been dismissed.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 383, Statutes of 2021.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 2819.) Ordered to the Senate.
In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 26).
August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1343.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Ordered to special consent calendar.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1185.) (May 20).
Set for hearing May 20.
April 5 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing April 5.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 521.) (March 16).
Set for hearing March 16.
Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
(Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 24.
Read first time.
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB248 | HTML |
| 01/22/21 - Introduced | |
| 03/23/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/08/21 - Enrolled | |
| 09/28/21 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/15/21- Senate Public Safety | |
| 04/02/21- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/22/21- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 07/12/21- Assembly Public Safety | |
| 08/16/21- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 08/31/21- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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