20250AB__109494CHP INTRODUCED 2025-02-20 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2025-04-03 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2025-05-23 AMENDED_SENATE 2025-08-29 PASSED_ASSEMBLY 2025-09-10 PASSED_SENATE 2025-09-09 ENROLLED 2025-09-12 CHAPTERED 2025-10-11 APPROVED 2025-10-11 FILED 2025-10-11 2025 AB CHP CHP 0 Introduced by Assembly Member Bains (Coauthor: Assembly Member Alanis) LEAD_AUTHOR ASSEMBLY Bains COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Alanis

An act to amend

Section 206.1 of the Penal Code, relating to crimes. crimes Crimes: torture of a minor: parole. Existing law makes a person who, with the intent to cause cruel or extreme pain and suffering for the purpose of revenge, extortion, persuasion, or for any sadistic purpose, inflicts great bodily injury upon the person of another guilty of torture, and makes the crime punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for a term of life.

Existing law specifies that an inmate imprisoned under a life sentence shall not be paroled until they have served a term of at least years or as established pursuant to a law that establishes a minimum term. This bill would prohibit a person imprisoned for committing the crime of torture from being eligible for parole until they have served at least years, if the defendant is an adult who had care or custody of the victim and the victim was years of age or younger at the time of the crime. By creating a new sentencing enhancement, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. MAJORITY NO YES YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION

Section 206.1 of the Penal Code is amended to read: 206.1. (

a) Torture is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for a term of life. (b)

(1) Except as described in paragraph (2), a defendant imprisoned for torture shall not be eligible for parole until they have served at least seven years, pursuant to

Section 3046.

(2) For a crime of torture committed on or after January 1, 2026, if the defendant is an adult who had care or custody of the victim and the victim was years of age or younger at the time of the crime, the defendant shall not be eligible for parole until they have served at least years.

SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to

Section of

Article XIII B of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of

Section of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of

Section of

Article XIII B of the California Constitution.