April 17, 2026: Los Angeles County District Attorney Calls for Passage of AB 2727 to Limit Elder Parole for Violent Sex Offenders

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman today announced support for state Assembly Bill 2727, bipartisan legislation authored by Assemblymember Stephanie Nguyen (D-10), to restrict elder parole for violent sex offenders and ensure all sex offenders granted parole are screened under the Sexually Violent Predator Act for potential civil commitment before they are released from prison. Read the Office's letter in support of AB 2727 here.

"Violent sex offenders and child sex predators should not be released into our communities to retraumatize victims and put our children at risk," District Attorney Hochman said. "Victims who face unimaginable trauma from these heinous crimes are often caught off guard when their abuser or their child's abuser is released under elder parole laws before their sentence is served. This is unjust, unsafe and must change today.

"I thank Assemblymember Stephanie Nguyen for her leadership in introducing this important public safety legislation, which is backed by the California District Attorneys Association for its needed reforms to our dangerous elder parole laws. I call on the state legislature to pass this bill and the governor to sign it without hesitation before more innocent people become victims."

Under existing law, violent child sex predators have been granted parole under the elder parole program despite being denied parole under California's general parole process.

As amended on April 7, 2026, AB 2727 provides that an inmate sentenced for a one-strike sex offense, as a habitual sex offender, for aggravated sexual assault of a child, or for sex offenses on a child 10 years of age or younger, is ineligible for elder parole until the person has reached 65 years of age and has served a minimum of 25 years of continuous incarceration for their current sentence. Current law allows these inmates to be eligible for elder parole at age 50 and after 20 years of incarceration.

AB 2727 also closes a dangerous loophole by requiring all sex offenders granted elder parole - including those sentenced to life terms - to be screened under the Sexually Violent Predator Act to determine if they should be civilly committed to a secure state hospital instead of released directly into communities.