County and city jails: incarcerated person contacts.
- Establishes Wakiesha’s Law requiring jail death notifications within 24 hours.
- Requires notification to designated contacts on medical release and next-of-kin forms.
- Creates a state-mandated local program with potential reimbursement, subject to mandate findings.
- Takes effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Assembly Member Bryan, along with coauthors Bains and Schultz, advances Wakiesha’s Law to require county and city jails to notify within 24 hours the individuals designated on an incarcerated person’s medical release of information form and next of kin form when that person dies in custody, with the measure taking immediate effect as an urgency statute.
The core change establishes a new duty for local facilities: upon the death of an incarcerated person in a county or city jail, the jail must notify all persons identified on the current medical release of information form and the next of kin form within 24 hours. The measure explicitly extends a notification framework already in place for state prisons to the local jail context, while noting that the content, method, and precise maintenance of the designated forms are not defined within the bill text. The act is intended to apply to deaths in county or city jails, not to deaths in state prisons.
Implementation considerations highlighted by the bill include the creation of a state-mandated local program, potential costs to local agencies, and a framework for reimbursement if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the act imposes costs mandated by the state. The text does not specify enforcement mechanisms or penalties for noncompliance, nor does it prescribe notification procedures, content, or formats beyond the 24-hour deadline. The timeline indicates immediate effect with no stated sunset or review date.
In the broader policy context, the measure aligns with the prior state-prison notification framework by extending a 24-hour notification requirement to local jail deaths, thereby standardizing the timing of family and designated-contact communications across custody settings. The urgency designation underscores the aim of timely communication, while implementation would rely on existing designations and local record practices, with fiscal and administrative effects contingent on mandate determinations and potential reimbursement.
 Isaac BryanD Assemblymember | Bill Author |  Not Contacted | |
 Jasmeet BainsD Assemblymember | Bill Author | Not Contacted | |
 Nick SchultzD Assemblymember | Bill Author | Not Contacted |
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Introduced By
Latest Voting History
| Ayes | Noes | NVR | Total | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78 | 0 | 2 | 80 | PASS |
- Establishes Wakiesha’s Law requiring jail death notifications within 24 hours.
- Requires notification to designated contacts on medical release and next-of-kin forms.
- Creates a state-mandated local program with potential reimbursement, subject to mandate findings.
- Takes effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Email the authors or create an email template to send to all relevant legislators.
Introduced By
Assembly Member Bryan, along with coauthors Bains and Schultz, advances Wakiesha’s Law to require county and city jails to notify within 24 hours the individuals designated on an incarcerated person’s medical release of information form and next of kin form when that person dies in custody, with the measure taking immediate effect as an urgency statute.
The core change establishes a new duty for local facilities: upon the death of an incarcerated person in a county or city jail, the jail must notify all persons identified on the current medical release of information form and the next of kin form within 24 hours. The measure explicitly extends a notification framework already in place for state prisons to the local jail context, while noting that the content, method, and precise maintenance of the designated forms are not defined within the bill text. The act is intended to apply to deaths in county or city jails, not to deaths in state prisons.
Implementation considerations highlighted by the bill include the creation of a state-mandated local program, potential costs to local agencies, and a framework for reimbursement if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the act imposes costs mandated by the state. The text does not specify enforcement mechanisms or penalties for noncompliance, nor does it prescribe notification procedures, content, or formats beyond the 24-hour deadline. The timeline indicates immediate effect with no stated sunset or review date.
In the broader policy context, the measure aligns with the prior state-prison notification framework by extending a 24-hour notification requirement to local jail deaths, thereby standardizing the timing of family and designated-contact communications across custody settings. The urgency designation underscores the aim of timely communication, while implementation would rely on existing designations and local record practices, with fiscal and administrative effects contingent on mandate determinations and potential reimbursement.
Latest Voting History
| Ayes | Noes | NVR | Total | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78 | 0 | 2 | 80 | PASS |
Isaac BryanD Assemblymember | Bill Author | Not Contacted | |
Jasmeet BainsD Assemblymember | Bill Author | Not Contacted | |
Nick SchultzD Assemblymember | Bill Author | Not Contacted |