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AB 1490 California Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Inmate release: notice to victims.

Summary
Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, county sheriff, or director of the local department of corrections to give notice not less than 15 days prior to the release from the state prison or a county jail of any person who is convicted of specified crimes, including a felony offense involving domestic violence, or of any change in the parole status or relevant change in the parole location of the convicted person or if the convicted person absconds from supervision while on parole, to any person the court identifies as a victim of the offense, a family member of the victim, or a witness to the offense. This bill would require notice not less than 20 days prior to the release instead of 15 days.
Issues: ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeMandates victim notification prior to inmate release for domestic violence offenses, supporting victim rights and transparency in criminal justice.85% confidence
Bill status failed 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 21, 2025 Last action Feb 2, 2026
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02/21/25 - Introduced → AB1490 · 3 edits
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The diff compares two presentations of the same introduced version of AB 1490: a formatted legislative document (with line numbers and page headers) versus a web page scrape from the California legislature site (including navigation elements). The bill text content is identical in both versions. The bill itself would extend victim notification from 15 days to 20 days before an inmate's release and update gendered pronouns to gender-neutral language.
REQUIREMENT

The bill extends the advance notice period for victims of specified crimes (including domestic violence felonies) from at least 15 days to at least 20 days before an inmate's release from state prison or county jail, parole status change, or absconding.

TECHNICAL

Gendered language changed from 'his or her' to 'the person's' and 'his or her their' in the notification provisions regarding contact information.

Web page navigation elements (skip to content, home, accessibility, FAQ, feedback, sitemap, login, search, bill tracking links) were added in the web version compared to the clean document format.

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Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
7
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Feb 2, 2026
Lower · Passed
From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
lower
Mar 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Committee
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
lower
Feb 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
lower
Feb 21, 2025
Introduced
Introduced. To print.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
BE
Bill Essayli
RRepublican
CA
63