Asm. Marie Waldron

Existing law makes specified persons subject to parole supervision by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, including a person who has been released from a state prison after conviction for a serious or violent felony or a crime for which the person is classified as a high-risk sex offender, and specifies the length of time the person is required to be supervised on parole. Existing law, contingent upon the appropriation of specified federal grant funds to the State Department of Health Care Services, establishes the California MAT Re-Entry Incentive Program, which makes a person released from prison on parole, with specified exceptions, eligible for a 30-day reduction in the period of parole for every six months of treatment, up to a maximum 90-day reduction. To receive the reduction to the period of parole, existing law requires that the parolee successfully participate in a substance abuse treatment program that employs a multifaceted approach to treatment, including medically assisted therapy (MAT) , as specified, and to have been enrolled in, or successfully participated in, an institutional substance abuse program. This bill would, instead of requiring the person to have participated in an institutional substance abuse program, require the person to have been enrolled in, or successfully participated in, a post-release substance abuse program.

Existing federal law recognizes the sovereignty of federally recognized Indian tribes and provides for financial, developmental, and operational support of tribal justice systems. Existing law, the Tribal Court Civil Money Judgment Act, governs the procedure by which the superior courts of the state recognize and enter tribal court money judgments of any federally recognized Indian tribe. Under the act, an applicant may apply for recognition and entry of a judgment based on a tribal court money judgment by filing an application, as specified. If granted, the act requires the court to enter a judgment that has the same terms and provisions as the tribal court money judgment and that has the same effect and is enforceable as a civil money judgment, order, or decree of a state court. The act does not apply to tribal court money judgment orders for which federal law requires that states grant full faith and credit recognition or for which state law otherwise provides for recognition. This bill would establish a procedure pursuant to which one or both of the parties to a tribal court proceeding may file an application for recognition of a tribal court order that establishes a right to child support, spousal support payments, or marital property rights to a spouse, former spouse, child, or other dependent of a participant in a retirement plan or other plan of deferred compensation, and that assigns all or a portion of the benefits payable with respect to the plan participant to an alternate payee. The bill would prescribe a filing fee for the application and require the Judicial Council to develop forms for the application. The bill would make conforming changes. Existing law establishes domestic relations laws, including laws governing the dissolution of domestic relationships. Existing law requires a court in a marital dissolution or legal separation proceeding to divide the community estate of the parties equally if the parties have not agreed otherwise. Existing law requires a court to make orders necessary and appropriate to ensure that each party receives the party's full community share in any retirement plan, as specified. This bill would provide that a tribal court order that is recognized pursuant to the application process described above that would be established by this bill shall be recognized as an order made pursuant to the domestic relations laws of the state.

This measure would declare the week of May 10 to May 16, 2021, inclusive, as Food Allergy Awareness Week and request that the Governor issue a proclamation to observe the week with appropriate understanding and awareness of food allergies and anaphylaxis.

This measure would honor the service members who have served and are serving in our nation's military, and would recognize the month of May 2021 as National Military Appreciation Month.

This measure would proclaim the month of April 2021 as Arab American Heritage Month.

This measure would proclaim June 2021 as California Grown Flower Month to recognize and honor the people who comprise the California grown flower industry for their dedication, productivity, and economic value to the state.

This measure would recognize and proclaim June 24, 2021, as Cystinuria Awareness Day to promote awareness of Cystinuria and to show support for California medical research centers that take an active role in the fight against the disease.

This measure would recognize the month of June 2021 as Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month and Sunday, June 20, 2021, as The Longest Day, and would urge all Californians to commemorate the month of June 2021 as Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month.

This measure would proclaim April 8, 2021, as California Holocaust Memorial Day, and would urge all Californians to observe this day of remembrance for the victims of the Holocaust in an appropriate manner.