AB 420

Under current law, a person who was sentenced for a felony prior to December

31, 1999, or a misdemeanor prior to February 1, 2003, may be released from prison

after serving a portion of his or her sentence and placed in the community on parole

for the remainder of his or her sentence. A person sentenced for a felony on or after

December 31, 1999, or a misdemeanor on or after February 1, 2003, is sentenced to

a bifurcated sentence, which requires the person to serve a portion of his or her

sentence in prison and the remainder of the sentence in the community under

extended supervision.

A person who is on parole or under extended supervision must comply with

certain conditions; a person who fails to comply with the conditions of his or her

parole or extended supervision may have his or her parole or extended supervision

revoked and may be returned to prison for a period of time not to exceed the time

remaining on his or her original sentence.

Under current law, the time remaining on his or her original sentence equals

the length of the original sentence minus the amount of time the person was

incarcerated. If a person is returned to prison for less than the entire amount of time

remaining on his or her original sentence, he or she may be released again on parole

or under extended supervision for the remainder of his or her sentence, unless the

Department of Corrections determines that he or she may be discharged earlier.

Under current law, the remainder of his or her sentence equals the length of the

original sentence minus the amount of time the person was incarcerated.

Under this bill, if a person is returned to prison after his or her parole or

extended supervision is revoked, the remainder of his or her sentence equals the

length of the original sentence minus amount of time he or she served in prison and

minus the amount of time he or she served on parole or under extended supervision

prior to the revocation.