California Assembly Bill AB2295 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 2295AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 28, 2010 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 6, 2010 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Members De La Torre and Fletcher FEBRUARY 18, 2010 An act to add Section 3001.5 to the Penal Code, relating to parole. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2295, as amended, De La Torre. Parole: retention of records. Existing law generally regulates parole. This bill would require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to permanently retain all files prepared by the Division of Adult Parole Operations regarding any person who was paroled  who has been imprisoned for committing a serious felony or a violent felony, as defined, or  who is required to register as a sex offender, as specified. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 3001.5 is added to the Penal Code, to read: 3001.5. The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall permanently retain all files, including handwritten or typed field files, prepared by the Division of Adult Parole Operations regarding any person who has been released on parole from the state prison  who was imprisoned for committing a serious felony, as defined in Sections 1192.7 and 1192.8, or a violent felony, as defined in Section 667.5, or  who is required to register pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act.