Text of CA SB 337 (2025)

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 337 Introduced by Senator Menjivar February 12, 2025 An act relating to prisons. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 337, as introduced, Menjivar. Prisons: sexual assault. Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to ensure that specified procedures are performed in the investigation and prosecution of sexual abuse incidents, including, among others, that an employee must be terminated if an investigation confirms that the employee sexually abused an inmate. Existing law requires administrators to report criminal sexual abuse by staff to law enforcement authorities. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to address sexual assault against incarcerated persons in prison. Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill Text The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to address sexual assault against incarcerated persons in prison.