Pen. Code, § 3000.03 · Article 1. General Provisions
Pen. Code, § 3000.03
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall not return to prison, place a parole hold on pursuant to Section 3056, or report any parole violation to the Board of Parole Hearings or the court, as applicable, regarding any person to whom all of the following criteria apply:
(a) The person is not required to register as a sex offender pursuant to Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 290) of Title 9 of Part 1.
(b) The person was not committed to prison for a serious felony as defined in Sections 1192.7 and 1192.8, or a violent felony, as defined in Section 667.5, and does not have a prior conviction for a serious felony, as defined in Section 1192.7 and 1192.8, or a violent felony, as defined in Section 667.5.
(c) The person was not committed to prison for a sexually violent offense as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 6600 of the Welfare and Institutions Code and does not have a prior conviction for a sexually violent offense as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 6600 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(d) The person was not found guilty of a serious disciplinary offense, as defined in regulation by the department, during his or her current term of imprisonment.
(e) The person is not a validated prison gang member or associate, as defined in regulation by the department.
(f) The person did not refuse to sign any forms, or provide any samples, as required by Section 3060.5.
(g) The person was evaluated by the department using a validated risk assessment tool and was not determined to pose a high risk to reoffend.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 43, Sec. 34. (SB 1023) Effective June 27, 2012.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=3000.03.
- Text hash
- sha256 7e51494a7c51c8ef8984ee1dcda70f7ebe803fc0df2a074deabb1570f3e210f2
- Composed by
- compose_ca.py 2026-10-22: the Legislative Counsel's CAML content files read by a tokenizer (caml_readers.reader_a); an independent xml.etree reading (caml_readers.reader_b) agrees on every section
This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Penal Code
- Pen. Code, pt. 1, tit. 9, ch. 5.5Sex OffendersPrinted as Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 290) of Title 9 of Part 1
- Pen. Code, § 667.5Printed as Section 667.5
- Pen. Code, § 1192.7Printed as Section 1192.7 and 1192.8 | Sections 1192.7 and 1192.8
- Pen. Code, § 1192.8Printed as Section 1192.7 and 1192.8 | Sections 1192.7 and 1192.8
- Pen. Code, § 3056Printed as Section 3056
- Pen. Code, § 3060.5Printed as Section 3060.5
Welfare and Institutions Code
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.