AB 2232 California Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Parole advancement hearings: reporting.

Summary

Existing law, as amended by Proposition 9, the Victim's Bill of Rights Act of 2008: Marsy's Law, at the November 4, 2008, statewide general election, requires the Board of Parole Hearings, following a decision denying parole, to schedule the next hearing 3, 5, 7, 10, or 15 years from the date of the last hearing, as specified. Existing law also authorizes the board, in its discretion and after considering the views and interests of the victim, to advance a hearing to an earlier date, when a change in circumstances or new information establishes a reasonable likelihood that consideration of the public and victim's safety does not require additional incarceration. Existing law authorizes an inmate to request that the board exercise its discretion to advance a hearing and provides the procedure for an inmate to make that request. This bill would require the board, in coordination with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, to collect and publish annual data regarding requests to advance parole consideration hearing dates and the board's review of those requests, as specified. The bill would require the board to submit the report to the Legislature by March 1, 2027, and annually thereafter. Following submission of the report to the Legislature, the bill would also require the board to make the report publicly available on its internet website on that date and annually thereafter. This bill, for each request to advance a parole consideration hearing date, would require the board to maintain a written summary of the decision, including the basis for approval or denial and the primary factors considered. The bill would require the summaries to be made available to certain entities, including the incarcerated person or their counsel. This bill would repeal these provisions as of January 1, 2032.

Issues: ✓ Criminal Justice

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Aug 2026

Assembly Passage

May 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 19, 2026 Last action Aug 13, 2026

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What changed between versions

02/19/26 - Introduced → 04/23/26 - Amended Assembly · 6 edits · Apr 23, 2026

MODERATE

The amended version of AB 2232 makes two major substantive changes from the introduced version: it removes the statutory right of inmates to request advancement of their parole consideration hearing date (subdivision (d) of Section 3041.5), and it adds an entirely new section (3069.6) requiring the Board of Parole Hearings to collect, report, and publish annual data on parole hearing advancement decisions. The net effect shifts the bill from expanding inmate procedural rights toward creating a transparency and oversight framework for how the board handles advancement of hearings.

Scope change

The bill's scope shifted from expanding procedural rights for incarcerated persons (by adding a statutory mechanism for requesting advanced parole hearings) to creating a data collection and public reporting framework focused on transparency and legislative oversight of how the board handles hearing advancement decisions. The new reporting section applies to all advancement requests and decisions, not just those in the Elderly Parole Program.

ELIGIBILITY

Removed subdivision (d) of Section 3041.5, which had given inmates the right to submit a written request asking the Board of Parole Hearings to advance their next parole hearing date based on changed circumstances or new information. This included the board's sole jurisdiction over such requests and a limit of one request per three-year period.

REQUIREMENT

Added new Section 3069.6 to the Penal Code requiring the Board of Parole Hearings, in coordination with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, to collect and publish annual data on parole hearing advancement requests and decisions. The report must be submitted to the Legislature by March 1, 2027, and annually thereafter, and made publicly available on the board's website.

The new reporting requirement specifies detailed data categories including: total volume and outcomes of advancement requests; average denial period duration; timing of grants within a denial period; frequency of repeat requests; criteria and factors relied upon (rehabilitation evidence, institutional behavior, psychological evaluations, offense severity); rehabilitation programming metrics (types considered, completion rates, correlation with decisions, wait times for program admission); victim notification and input data; and outcomes comparing advanced hearings to regularly scheduled hearings including grant rates and recidivism data.

ENFORCEMENT

Added a requirement that the board maintain a written summary of each advancement decision, including the basis for approval or denial and primary factors considered. These summaries must be made available to the incarcerated person or their counsel, the victim or next of kin upon request, and the district attorney's office.

TIMELINE

The new Section 3069.6 includes a sunset provision repealing the section as of January 1, 2032, making the reporting requirement temporary rather than permanent.

TECHNICAL

Removed references to subdivision (d) of Section 3041.5 from the Elderly Parole Program (Section 3055), since that subdivision no longer exists after the amendment. Also made gender-neutral language changes throughout, replacing 'his or her' with 'their' and similar updates.

Floor votes · Assembly May 22, 2026

How they voted

64–0

Passed · 15 other

Total votes 79

May 22, 2026

D Democratic59

46 Yea 13

77% Yea

R Republican20

18 Yea 2

90% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Aug 13, 2026

Upper · Passed

In committee: Held under submission.

upper

Aug 3, 2026

Committee

In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

upper

Jul 2, 2026

Upper · Passed

Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

upper

Jul 1, 2026

Introduced

From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 30).

upper

Jun 17, 2026

Upper · Passed

In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

upper

Jun 9, 2026

Upper · Passed

In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

upper

Jun 3, 2026

Committee

Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

upper

May 22, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 5266.)

lower

May 14, 2026

Lower · Passed

From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).

lower

May 13, 2026

Committee

In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

lower

Apr 27, 2026

Committee

Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

lower

Apr 23, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read second time and amended.

lower

Apr 22, 2026

Introduced

From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 21).

lower

Apr 14, 2026

Lower · Passed

In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

lower

Apr 7, 2026

Lower · Passed

In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

lower

Mar 9, 2026

Committee

Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

lower

Feb 20, 2026

Lower · Passed

From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors