republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-898.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Parole suitability: notice."
description: "Existing law requires the Board of Parole Hearings to provide written notice at least 30 days before it meets to review or consider the parole suitability of any inmate sentenced to a life sentence to the judge of the superior court before whom the inmate was tried and convicted, the attorney who represented the defendant at trial, the district attorney of the county in which the offense was committed, and the law enforcement agency that investigated the case. If the inmate was convicted of the murder of a peace officer, existing law also requires notice to be provided to the law enforcement agency that employed the peace officer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 898"
citation: "California AB 898 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Parole suitability: notice."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gonzalez"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2015-02-26"
last_action: "2016-08-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b270fd46-98a1-41be-ad78-9a20c6cda1d6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB898"
source_hash: "269e63471d2983e844a8e7359736886af9dc7d29bffbd002f4ae698879398349"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 898 (20152016) — Parole suitability: notice.

Existing law requires the Board of Parole Hearings to provide written notice at least 30 days before it meets to review or consider the parole suitability of any inmate sentenced to a life sentence to the judge of the superior court before whom the inmate was tried and convicted, the attorney who represented the defendant at trial, the district attorney of the county in which the offense was committed, and the law enforcement agency that investigated the case. If the inmate was convicted of the murder of a peace officer, existing law also requires notice to be provided to the law enforcement agency that employed the peace officer.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/26/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB898&version=20150AB89899INT)
2. **01/04/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB898&version=20150AB89898AMD)
3. **01/13/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB898&version=20150AB89897AMD)
4. **06/21/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB898&version=20150AB89896AMD)
5. **08/22/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB898&version=20150AB89894CHP)
6. **AB898** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB898)
7. **08/05/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB898&version=20150AB89895ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 898 GONZALEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB898 Gonzalez By Hertzberg — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 898 GONZALEZ Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gonzalez — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2015-02-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
- **2015-12-09** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-01-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-01-04** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-01-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (January 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-01-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-01-14** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2016-01-21** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (January 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-01-21** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-01-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3508.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-01-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-04** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-20** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-21** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4727.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-04** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5700.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2016-08-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 161, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b270fd46-98a1-41be-ad78-9a20c6cda1d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).