Crimes: supervised release.

Senator Archuleta proposes comprehensive changes to California's supervised release system through amendments that expand information sharing requirements and modify enforcement protocols for supervision violations. The legislation revises how the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DCR) and county agencies manage parolees and individuals under postrelease community supervision.

The bill requires DCR to provide local law enforcement with detailed records of prior parole supervision periods and mandates counties to share complete supervision records with the department upon request. These provisions aim to maintain accurate, comprehensive oversight data through the Law Enforcement Automated Data System. County probation departments must now notify courts, public defenders, district attorneys, and sheriffs when imposing flash incarceration—defined as brief detention periods of one to ten days for supervision violations.

Under the amended framework, county agencies must petition courts to modify or revoke supervision when individuals violate release terms for a third time while committing a new felony or misdemeanor. The legislation also expands peace officers' authority to arrest without a warrant those who fail to appear at supervision modification hearings. These changes preserve existing supervision duration limits of three years from initial release, except when tolled under specific circumstances.

The measure creates additional administrative responsibilities for county agencies without dedicated state funding. While the bill acknowledges potential cost increases for local jurisdictions under 2011 Realignment Legislation, it specifies that new programs or enhanced service levels will receive state funding only to the extent annual appropriations are provided.