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CA SB 672

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The Youth Rehabilitation and Opportunity Act.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Existing law requires the Board of Parole Hearings to conduct a youth offender parole hearing for offenders sentenced to state prison who committed specified crimes when they were under 25 years of age. Existing law makes a person who was convicted of a controlling offense that was committed when the person was under 18 years of age and for which the sentence is life without the possibility of parole eligible for release on parole at a youth offender hearing by the board during the person's 25th year of incarceration. Existing law specifies that these provisions do not alter the rights of a victim at a parole hearing. Under existing law, a murder perpetrated by specified means or under certain circumstances is defined as murder of the first degree. Existing law, as added by Proposition 7, an initiative measure approved by the voters at the November 7, 1978, statewide general election, requires that a person convicted of first-degree murder be subject to death or confinement in prison for a term of life without the possibility of parole in any case in which specified special circumstances are charged and found to be true. Proposition 7 does not provide for amendment by the Legislature. This bill, the Youth Rehabilitation and Opportunity Act, would instead make a person who was convicted of a controlling offense that was committed when the person was 25 years of age or younger and for which they were sentenced to life without the possibility of parole eligible for parole after their 25th year of incarceration, except as specified. The bill would require the board to complete, by January 1, 2028, all hearings for individuals who are or will be entitled to have their parole suitability considered at a youth offender parole hearing by these provisions, as specified.

Introduced
2025-02-21
Status date
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Latest action
2026-06-03 — June 9 set for final hearing canceled at the request of author.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Rubioauthor
  • Beckercoauthor
  • Durazocoauthor
  • Menjivarcoauthor
  • Pérezcoauthor
  • Weber Piersoncoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-21

    Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-24

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.

  3. 2025-02-24

    Read first time.

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  4. 2025-03-05

    Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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  5. 2025-04-09

    Set for hearing April 22.

  6. 2025-04-10

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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  7. 2025-04-23

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 842.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  8. 2025-04-25

    Set for hearing May 5.

  9. 2025-05-05

    May 5 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  10. 2025-05-16

    Set for hearing May 23.

  11. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1209.) (May 23).

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  12. 2025-05-23

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  13. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  14. 2025-06-03

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 11. Page 1450.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  15. 2025-06-04

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  16. 2025-06-09

    Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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  17. 2025-06-11

    June 17 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.

  18. 2025-06-13

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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  19. 2025-07-01

    July 1 set for second hearing canceled at the request of author.

  20. 2026-06-03

    June 9 set for final hearing canceled at the request of author.

Versions

  • 02/21/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-21Compare
  • 04/10/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-04-10Compare
  • 05/23/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-23Compare
  • 06/13/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-06-13Compare
  • SB672Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-04-22 · pass · 5-1

    Member-level votes (6)
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Seyarto: no

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-05-05 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Wahab: yes

  • Do pass as amended

    2025-05-23 · pass · 5-1

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Caballero: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Seyarto: no
    • Dahle: other

  • 3rd Reading SB672 Rubio et al.

    2025-06-03 · pass · 24-11

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Valladares: no
    • Choi: no
    • Seyarto: no
    • Niello: no
    • Hurtado: no
    • Strickland: no
    • Ochoa Bogh: no
    • Alvarado-Gil: no
    • Grove: no
    • Dahle: no
    • Jones: no
    • Reyes: other
    • Limón: other
    • Cabaldon: other
    • Blakespear: other
    • Umberg: other

Related bills

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Official source

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