BILL NUMBER: AB 257INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Galgiani FEBRUARY 3, 2011 An act relating to inmate release. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 257, as introduced, Galgiani. Inmate release: notification. Existing law requires the Board of Parole Hearings or the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, as specified, to notify certain persons who have requested notification when an inmate who has committed a violent felony is scheduled to be released. This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to streamline the notification process regarding inmate release in order to make that process more accessible. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to streamline the notification process regarding inmate release in order to make that process more accessible.