AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 15, 2022

AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 9, 2022

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

95

CHAPTER 104

Statutes of 2022

[ Approved by Governor July 19, 2022. Filed with Secretary of State July 19, 2022. ]

Introduced by Assembly Member Maienschein

January 12, 2022

An act to add Section 6608.1 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to sexually violent predators.

Vote: majority   Appropriation: no   Fiscal committee: yes   Local program: no

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

Existing law provides for the civil commitment of a person who is determined to be a sexually violent predator.

Existing law establishes a procedure by which a person committed as a sexually violent predator may petition for conditional release and requires the court, if it makes a specified determination, to place the person on conditional release for one year. Existing law authorizes the committed person, after a minimum of one year on conditional release, to petition the court for unconditional release, with or without the recommendation or concurrence of the Director of State Hospitals.

This bill would require a person on conditional release or outpatient status to be monitored by a global positioning system until the person is unconditionally discharged.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 6608.1 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:

6608.1.

A person who is released on outpatient status or granted conditional release pursuant to this article shall be monitored by a global positioning system (GPS) until the person is unconditionally discharged.