Existing law sets the period of parole for a person sentenced to prison for first- or 2nd-degree murder pursuant to specified provisions to be the remainder of the person's life. Existing law requires a person subject to those provisions who is on parole and who violates the law or the conditions of their parole to be remanded to the custody of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the jurisdiction of the Board of Parole Hearings for the purpose of future parole consideration. Existing law also sets the parole period for a person released on parole from state prison on or after July 1, 2020, and who was sentenced to life, to no more than 3 years.
This bill would require a person sentenced to prison for first- or 2nd-degree murder pursuant to specified provisions who, while on parole, violates the law or the conditions of their parole to be remanded to the custody of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the jurisdiction of the Board of Parole Hearings for the purpose of future parole consideration. The bill would state that these changes are declarative of, and clarifying, existing law.

Statutes affected:
SB 537: 3000.01 PEN
02/20/25 - Introduced: 3000.01 PEN
04/10/25 - Amended Senate: 3000.01 PEN, 3000.01 PEN, 3000.01 PEN