Bill > AB2648

This bill, AB 2648, makes a technical, nonsubstantive change to existing California law regarding criminal case dispositions. Specifically, it amends Section 17.2 of the Penal Code, which outlines the Legislature's intent that criminal cases be resolved using the "least restrictive means available." The bill's primary effect is to change the wording from "any criminal case" to "a criminal case," without altering the underlying principle that courts should consider alternatives to incarceration, such as collaborative justice court programs, diversion, restorative justice, and probation, and should use the least restrictive approach possible when sentencing.

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