BILL NUMBER: AB 966	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 6, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bonta

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

    An act relating to local government.   An
act to add Chapter 10.9 (commencing with Section 6500) to Title 7 of
Part 3 of the Penal Code, relating to prison inmates. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 966, as amended, Bonta.  Local government. 
 Prisoner Protections for Family and Community Health Act. 

   Under existing law, the Secretary of the Department of Corrections
and Rehabilitation is responsible for the administration of the
state prisons. Existing law makes it a crime to engage in sodomy
while incarcerated in a state prison and existing regulation
prohibits inmates from participating in illegal sexual acts. 

   This bill would require the department to develop a 5-year plan to
extend the availability of condoms in all California prisons. 

   Existing law generally regulates the governance of cities,
counties, and cities and counties.  
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would amend the Government Code. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    This act shall be known, and may be
cited, as the Prisoner Protections for Family and Community Health
Act. 
   SEC. 2.    Chapter 10.9 (commencing with Section
6500) is added to Title 7 of Part 3 of the   Penal Code
  , to read:  
      CHAPTER 10.9.  PRISONER PROTECTIONS FOR FAMILY AND COMMUNITY
HEALTH ACT


   6500.  Based on the recommendations contained in the "Evaluation
of a Prisoner Condom Access Pilot Program Conducted in One California
State Prison Facility" report, and in light of the successful pilot
project conducted at California State Prison, Solano, the Department
of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall develop a five-year plan to
expand the availability of condoms in all California prisons. 

  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact subsequent legislation to amend the Government Code,
relating to local government.