Week of May 30, 2011
Below is a summary of actions filed on legislation that CALCASA is currently tracking as of May 30th. The list includes bills that CALCASA is supporting and opposing. We included links to each bill, so that you can read the text. Help CALCASA push our legislative agenda by signing up and Taking Action!
AB 12 (Swanson D) Abolition of Child Commerce, Exploitation, and Sexual Slavery Act of 2011.
Status: 6/2/2011-Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Location: 6/2/2011-S. PUB. S.
Summary:
Would enact the Abolition of Child Commerce, Exploitation, and Sexual Slavery Act of 2011, and would require that a person who is convicted of seeking to procure or procuring the sexual services of a prostitute, if the prostitute is under 18 years of age, be ordered to pay an additional fine not to exceed $25,000 to be available upon appropriation by the Legislature to fund programs and services for commercially sexually exploited minors in the counties where the underlying offenses are committed .
AB 13 (Knight R) Public school volunteers.
Status: 6/1/2011-In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Location: 6/1/2011-S. RLS.
Summary:
Would specify that each of these provisions applies to charter schools. The bill would also authorize a school district, county office of education, or charter school to request a local law enforcement agency to conduct an automated records check of a prospective nonteaching volunteer aide in order to ascertain whether that person has been convicted of a felony controlled substance offense that involves a minor or a violent or serious felony, as specified. The bill would additionally prohibit persons who have been convicted of violent or serious felonies, specified sex offenses, or felony controlled substance offenses, as specified, from serving as nonteaching volunteer aides , but would provide that a person would not be prohibited from serving as a nonteaching volunteer aide solely because of a conviction of a controlled substance offense that involves a minor or a violent or serious felony 5 years after the date of that conviction . This bill contains other current laws.
AB 44 (Logue R) Inmates: release: notification.
Status: 5/12/2011-Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Location: 5/12/2011-S. PUB. S.
Summary:
Current law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, when releasing prisoners on parole who have been convicted of a violent felony, as defined, or certain other felonies, as specified, to notify the law enforcement agency and the district attorney having jurisdiction over the community in which the person was convicted and also the law enforcement agency and district attorney having jurisdiction over the community in which the person is scheduled to be released. This bill would require that notification be sent 60 days prior to the scheduled release date of an inmate . The bill would conform the timeline for local comments to the longer notification period, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
AB 90 (Swanson D) Human trafficking: minors.
Status: 6/1/2011-In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Location: 6/1/2011-S. RLS.
Summary:
Would provide that a person who deprives or violates another person’s liberty with the intent to effect or maintain the felony of making available to another person a person under 16 years of age for the purpose of any lewd or lascivious act, or the felony of the procurement of minors in the preparation of material depicting sexual conduct by a minor, is guilty of human trafficking. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
AB 142 (Fuentes D) Criminal procedure: pleas.
Status: 4/14/2011-Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Location: 4/14/2011-S. PUB. S.
Summary:
Current law requires the court, prior to the acceptance of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, to advise the defendant that if he or she is not a citizen, conviction of the crime charged may result in deportation, exclusion from admission to the United States, or denial of naturalization. This bill would additionally require the court to advise the defendant that, if he or she is deported from the United States and returns illegally, he or she could be charged with a separate federal offense. The bill would make other conforming changes.
AB 168 (Gorell R) Local Safety and Protection Account: appropriation.
Status: 5/28/2011-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was PUB. S. on 5/5/2011)
Location: 5/28/2011-A. 2 YEAR
Summary:
Would appropriate $506,400,000 from the General Fund to be deposited in the Local Safety and Protection Account, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions.
AB 175 (Donnelly R) Inmates: transfers.
Status: 5/26/2011-From committee without further action pursuant to Joint Rule 62(a).
Location: 2/3/2011-A. PUB. S.
Summary:
Current law, operative until July 1, 2011, or until the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has replaced temporary beds, as defined, authorizes any court, agency, or officer having power to commit or transfer an inmate, to any institution for confinement, to commit or transfer that inmate to any institution within or without this state if this state has contracted for the confinement of inmates in that institution pursuant to one of 2 specified compacts. Current law provides that at any time more than 5 years after the transfer, the inmate shall be entitled to revoke consent and to transfer to an institution in this state. Current law prohibits the transfer or commitment of an inmate with serious medical or mental health conditions, as determined by the Plata Receiver, or an inmate in the mental health delivery system, as specified, to an institution outside of this state unless he or she has executed a written consent to the transfer. This bill would remove the inmate’s right to revoke his or her consent and make other conforming changes. The bill would delete the sunset date on current law and make the above provision operative indefinitely. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
AB 178 (Gorell R) County jail: release pursuant to federal court order.
Status: 6/1/2011-In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Location: 6/1/2011-S. RLS.
Summary:
Would require a defendant who is being released prior to sentencing by county jail personnel, pursuant to a court order or policy mandating the release of inmates, to sign a release agreement with the same requirements as those pertaining to a defendant who is released under his or her own recognizance, including the defendant’s promise to appear at the time and place he or she is given in writing by the jail personnel at the time of release. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
AB 219 (Portantino D) California Recidivism Goals Development and Achievement Act.
Status: 5/28/2011-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. on 5/11/2011)
Location: 5/28/2011-A. 2 YEAR
Summary:
Would declare the Legislature’s intent regarding the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s role in reducing criminal recidivism. The bill would require the department to develop targets approved by the California Rehabilitation Oversight Board and to implement a plan based on those targets to achieve the goal of a reduction in the statewide criminal recidivism rate from 2010 of 20% by 2015 and 40% by 2020. The bill would provide that success towards meeting that goal would be reviewed as part of the annual budget process for the department’s budget. The bill would require the department to adopt regulations to require the reporting and verification of the statewide recidivism rate, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
AB 220 (Solorio D) Gang and youth violence: prevention.
Status: 6/1/2011-From committee chair, with author’s amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Location: 6/1/2011-S. PUB. S.
Summary:
Would require the Director of the Office of Gang and Youth Violence Policy, subject to statutory limits and directives, to make recommendations to streamline current state agency gang and youth violence grant programs with a goal toward giving priority to grant programs that employ evidence-based practices. It would require the director to create a working group consisting of representatives of state offices and representatives of other specified stakeholders to assist in this effort, with the director serving as the chairperson. The bill would require the working group to advise the office on the task of streamlining grant programs that address gang and youth violence, in accordance with certain procedures. This bill contains other related provisions.
AB 239 (Ammiano D) Crime laboratories: oversight.
Status: 6/1/2011-In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Location: 6/1/2011-S. RLS.
Summary:
Would require the Crime Laboratory Review Task Force force to be reconvened and to submit to the Legislature a supplemental report, on or before July 1, 2013, that includes a proposal regarding the composition of a statewide oversight body to perform tasks relating to crime laboratories, including overseeing investigations into acts of misconduct or negligence committed by any employee or contractor of a crime laboratory, as specified . The bill would include a statement of legislative findings and declarations .
AB 257 (Galgiani D) Inmate release: notification.
Status: 5/28/2011-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 5/5/2011)
Location: 5/28/2011-A. 2 YEAR
Summary:
Current law requires the Board of Parole Hearings or the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, as specified, to notify certain persons who have requested notification when an inmate who has committed a violent felony is scheduled to be released. This bill would require the department to develop a unified statewide electronic mail victim notification system for notifying victims who request that notification of parole hearings or release dates for their offenders be sent to them by e-mail.
AB 288 (Fong D) Public postsecondary education: community colleges: expulsion hearing.
Status: 5/12/2011-Referred to Com. on ED.
Location: 5/12/2011-S. ED.
Summary:
Would authorize the governing board of a district to either deny enrollment, permit enrollment, or permit conditional enrollment to any individual who has been expelled from a community college within the preceding 5 years, or who is, at the time of the application, undergoing expulsion procedures, for certain offenses, as provided, if the board determines that the person continues to pose a risk to the safety of others. This bill would require the board or a delegate to hold a hearing , before taking action to deny enrollment or permit conditional enrollment, before making the determination as to whether the person continues to pose a risk. The bill would authorize a governing board of a district to delegate its authority under these provisions to the superintendent or president of the district, or to his or her designee. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
AB 308 (Ammiano D) Criminal investigations: eyewitness identification: lineups.
Status: 6/2/2011-In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Location: 6/2/2011-S. RLS.
Summary:
Current law does not regulate how law enforcement officials prepare or conduct eyewitness photo or live lineup identifications. This bill would declare the legislative intent that law enforcement officials study and consider adopting the policies and procedures regulating eyewitness lineup identifications that are recommended by the California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice in order to ensure that eyewitness identification procedures in California minimize the chance of misidentification of a suspect. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
AB 321 (Hernández, Roger D) Juvenile offenders: obscene material.
Status: 5/27/2011-In committee: Set, second hearing. Held under submission.
Location: 5/27/2011-A. APPR.
Summary:
Current law requires the adopted course of study for grades 1 to 6, inclusive, and for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to offer courses in specified areas of study. This bill would authorize a school district to provide instruction regarding the potential risks and consequences of creating and sharing sexually suggestive or sexually explicit materials through cellular telephones, social networking Internet Web sites, computer networks, or other digital media. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
AB 322 (Portantino D) Forensic evidence: rape kits.
Status: 6/1/2011-In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Location: 6/1/2011-S. RLS.
Summary:
Would require local law enforcement agencies responsible for taking or collecting rape kit evidence to annually report to the Department of Justice statistical information pertaining to the testing and submission for DNA analysis of rape kits, as specified. The initial report would be due by July 1, 2013. The reports received by the department would be subject to inspection under the California Public Records Act. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
AB 364 (Bonilla D) Restitution: asset seizures: fraud and embezzlement.
Status: 5/12/2011-Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Location: 5/12/2011-S. PUB. S.
Summary:
Current law provides for enhanced penalties in the case of a person who commits 2 or more related felonies, a material element of which is fraud or embezzlement, which involve a pattern of related felony conduct, and the pattern of related felony conduct involves the taking or loss of more than $100,000, and further provides that assets or property may be preserved by the court, as specified, in order to pay restitution and fines imposed in connection with those enhanced penalties. This bill would, in addition, provide for the preservation of assets and property by the court in order to pay all restitution and fines, and would apply those preservation of assets provisions in the case of a person who commits a single felony, a material element of which is fraud or embezzlement, if that conduct involves the taking or loss of more than $100,000. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
AB 434 (Logue R) County penalties: forensic laboratories.
Status: 4/25/2011-Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Location: 4/25/2011-S. PUB. S.
Summary:
Would provide that, if authorized by a resolution of the board of supervisors, a local sheriff or police department, or the district attorney’s office, may use funds remaining in the county’s DNA Identification Fund , either independently or in combination with remaining funds from another county, to provide supplemental funding to a qualif ied local or regional state forensic laboratory , as defined, for expenditures and administrative costs made or incurred in connection with the processing, analysis, and comparison of DNA crime scene samples and forensic identification samples, and testimony related to that analysis, as specified. The bill would declare that its provisions further the initiative act, and are consistent with its purposes.
AB 446 (Carter D) Juveniles: restorative justice program.
Status: 5/26/2011-Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Location: 5/26/2011-S. PUB. S.
Summary:
Would authorize a county to adopt a restorative justice program to address the needs of minors, victims, and the community. The bill would require the restorative justice program to be implemented through a restorative justice protocol developed by the juvenile court in conjunction with the prosecutor, public defender, and other interested groups. The bill would prohibit the use of General Fund moneys to fund the program. The bill would include related findings and declarations.
AB 454 (Silva R) Protective orders: early termination.
Status: 5/27/2011-From committee chair, with author’s amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Location: 5/27/2011-S. JUD.
Summary:
Would require, if an action is filed for the purpose of terminating or modifying specified protective orders prior to their expiration by a party other than the protected party, that the party who is protected by the order be given notice , as specified, of the proceeding to hear that action prior to the hearing, as specified. The bill would require a court to deny the motion to modify or terminate the order without prejudice or continue the hearing if the party cannot be notified prior to the hearing, provided that upon a showing of good cause, the bill would authorize a court to specify another method for service of process that is reasonably designed to afford actual notice to the protected party. The bill would permit the protected person to waive his or right to notice under specified circumstances.
AB 520 (Ammiano D) Sentencing.
Status: 6/2/2011-In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Location: 6/2/2011-S. RLS.
Summary:
Current law, operative until January 1, 2012, provides that when a judgment of imprisonment is to be imposed and the statute specifies 3 possible terms, the choice of the appropriate term shall rest within the sound discretion of the court. Current law, operative January 1, 2012, provides that the court shall order imposition of the middle term, unless there are circumstances in aggravation or mitigation of the crime . This bill would extend the operative date of the current provision allowing the choice of the appropriate term to rest within the sound discretion of the court until January 1, 2013. This bill contains other related provisions.
AB 543 (Torres D) Sex offenders: social networking prohibition.
Status: 5/28/2011-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. on 5/27/2011)
Location: 5/28/2011-A. 2 YEAR
Summary:
Would, in addition, make it a misdemeanor for any person who is granted probation or placed on parole for the conviction of a crime that requires him or her to register as a sex offender to use any Internet social networking Web site, as defined, during that period of probation or parole if the victim of the offense was under 18 years of age at the time of the offense and the Internet was used in the commission of the crime. The bill would authorize the person to seek an exception to the prohibition for legitimate professional purposes by applying through the appropriate parole or probation supervising agency. Approval would be valid for one year, unless revoked. The bill would authorize an annual application for renewal. By creating a new crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
AB 545 (John A. Pérez D) Domestic violence: corporal injury.
Status: 6/1/2011-In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Location: 6/1/2011-S. RLS.
Summary:
Under current law, any person who willfully inflicts corporal injury resulting in a traumatic condition upon a person who is his or her spouse, former spouse, cohabitant, former cohabitant, or the mother or father of his or her child, is guilty of a felony, punishable as specified. This bill would make those provisions apply to the infliction of that type of injury on the fiancé or fiancée of that person or on someone with whom the person has, or previously had, a dating or engagement relationship. By expanding the scope of a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
AB 588 (V. Manuel Pérez D) Tenancy: victims of domestic violence.
Status: 6/1/2011-In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Location: 4/14/2011-S. JUD.
Summary:
Current law authorizes a tenant to notify the landlord in writing that he or she or a household member, as defined, was a victim of an act of domestic violence and intends to terminate the tenancy, and requires that the tenant attach a copy of a temporary restraining order, emergency protective order, or a report by a peace officer to the notice. Current law permits the tenant to quit the premises after notification and limits the tenant’s obligation for payment of rent, as specified. Current law requires the notice to terminate the tenancy to be given within 60 days of the date the order was issued or the report was made, or as specified. This bill instead would require that the notice to terminate the tenancy be given within 180 days of the date the order was issued or the report was made, or as specified. The bill would also make nonsubstantive, technical corrections.
AB 593 (Ma D) Domestic violence: battering: writ of habeas corpus.
Status: 4/26/2011-In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Location: 4/26/2011-A. PUB. S.
Summary:
Current law, operative until January 1, 2020, establishes circumstances under which a writ of habeas corpus may be prosecuted for certain violent felonies on the basis of expert testimony regarding intimate partner battering that was not received in evidence at trial and may be sufficient to undermine confidence in the conviction, as specified. This bill would delete the repeal clause for those provisions and thus extend the operation of those provisions indefinitely.
AB 625 (Ammiano D) Sex offender registration.
Status: 6/2/2011-Ordered to inactive file at the request of Assembly Member Charles Calderon.
Location: 6/2/2011-A. INACTIVE FILE
Summary:
Would establish 3 tiers of registration based on specified criteria, for periods of 10 years, 20 years, and life, respectively, as specified. The bill would require that by January 1, 2017, as specified, a tier level be assigned to every person registered as a sex offender, except a person who has not registered after January 1, 1996, unless that person registers again.
AB 630 (Hueso D) Pupil safety: bullying.
Status: 5/4/2011-In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Location: 4/27/2011-A. ED.
Summary:
Would express the intent of the Legislature to encourage school districts , at their discretion, to establish programs, to be integrated into the regular curriculum during National Bullying Prevention Month and throughout the year , to reduce bullying through training with appropriate activities and best practice methodologies involving collaboration among pupils and school staff. This bill contains other related provisions.
AB 648 (Block D) Clemency.
Status: 4/25/2011-In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Location: 4/25/2011-S. RLS.
Summary:
Would require that, at least 30 days before the Governor acts upon any application for a commutation, the application signed by the person applying be served upon the district attorney of the county where the conviction was had. The bill would authorize the district attorney to submit a written recommendation to the Governor for or against commutation of sentence. The bill would further require the district attorney to notify the victim or victims of the crime or crimes related to the application for commutation of sentence and those persons’ family members, and allow those persons to submit a recommendation to the Governor for or against commutation of sentence. By imposing additional duties on the district attorney, this bill would create a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
AB 653 (Galgiani D) Sex offenders: registration of Internet accounts and identifiers.
Status: 5/10/2011-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was PUB. S. on 3/7/2011)
Location: 5/10/2011-A. 2 YEAR
Summary:
Would require a person required to register under the act to register his or her Internet accounts and Internet identifiers, defined to include e-mail addresses and designations used for the purposes of chatting, instant messaging, social networking, or other similar Internet communication. The bill would also require the person to update this information within 5 days of establishing an Internet account or creating or using an Internet identifier not previously disclosed, and would require that information to be forwarded by local law enforcement agencies to the Department of Justice. By expanding the scope of a crime and by increasing the duties of local agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
AB 694 (Gorell R) Juvenile offenders.
Status: 5/10/2011-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was PUB. S. on 4/5/2011)
Location: 5/10/2011-A. 2 YEAR
Summary:
Would expand the class of persons who may be committed to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities to include a person described above if he or she was previously the subject of a petition in which it was alleged and was subsequently admitted or found to be true by the court that the ward committed a specified serious or violent offense, or a specified sex offense.
AB 701 (Wagner R) Missing persons: mobile telephone location.
Status: 5/10/2011-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was PUB. S. on 3/7/2011)
Location: 5/10/2011-A. 2 YEAR
Summary:
Would authorize a peace officer to require a mobile telephony service carrier to provide the location of a mobile communication device, with a global positioning system, where the subscriber for the mobile telephony service has authorized the carrier to provide the requested information to a peace officer, where a missing person report has been filed for an at risk child or elder. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
AB 755 (Galgiani D) Sex offenders: CAL E-STOP.
Status: 5/10/2011-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was PUB. S. on 4/26/2011)
Location: 5/10/2011-A. 2 YEAR
Summary:
Would require that the registration include a list of all Internet identifiers and service providers, as defined, used by the person. The bill would require the registrant to update this information, as specified. By increasing the scope of a crime, this bill would create a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
AB 757 (Blumenfield D) Sex offenders: public information.
Status: 5/10/2011-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was PUB. S. on 3/7/2011)
Location: 5/10/2011-A. 2 YEAR
Summary:
Would provide that with respect to those persons whose application for exclusion was granted by the department pursuant to the provisions specified above, if at any time after exclusion, any law enforcement agency notifies the department that, based on facts known to the agency about the offender, the agency believes that public safety may be compromised by the continued exclusion of the offender from public posting on the Internet Web site, the department shall, 30 days after notifying the offender, make information about the offender available to the public on the Internet Web site, as specified.
AB 764 (Swanson D) Personal income taxes: voluntary contributions: Child Victims of Human Trafficking Fund.
Status: 6/1/2011-In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Location: 6/1/2011-S. RLS.
Summary:
Current law relating to the administration of personal income taxes authorizes individual taxpayers to contribute amounts in excess of their tax liability for the support of specified funds or accounts. This bill would allow an individual taxpayer to designate on the tax return, that a specified amount in excess of the tax liability be transferred to the Child Victims of Human Trafficking Fund established in the State Treasury . This bill contains other related provisions.
AB 765 (Achadjian R) Crimes: rape.
Status: 5/19/2011-Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Location: 5/19/2011-S. PUB. S.
Summary:
Would provide that this type of rape occurs where the person submits under the belief that the person committing the act is the victim’s cohabitant, as provided. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
AB 799 (Swanson D) Commercially sexually exploited minors.
Status: 5/12/2011-Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Location: 5/12/2011-S. PUB. S.
Summary:
Current law, until January 1, 2012, authorizes the District Attorney of Alameda County to create a pilot project, contingent upon local funding, for the purposes of developing a comprehensive, replicative, multidisciplinary model to address the needs and effective treatment of commercially sexually exploited minors, as specified. This bill would extend the repeal date of these provisions to January 1, 2017. This bill would also require the district attorney to submit, on or before April 1, 2016, a prescribed report to the Legislature, contingent upon specified events.
AB 813 (Fletcher R) Sex offenders: punishment: parole.
Status: 6/2/2011-Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD.
Location: 6/2/2011-S. PUB. S.
Summary:
Would give board members immunity from liability for their good faith conduct. The bill would require that information submitted by a person applying for certification as a sex offender management professional do so under the penalty of perjury. Because the bill would expand the scope of the crime of perjury, it would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
AB 855 (Ma D) County penalties: forensic laboratories.
Status: 5/19/2011-Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Location: 5/19/2011-S. PUB. S.
Summary:
Would provide that, if authorized by a resolution of the board of supervisors, funds remaining in the county’s DNA Identification Fund may be used to reimburse a local sheriff, police, district attorney, or regional state crime laboratory for expenditures and administrative costs made or incurred for utilizing an authorized laboratory for the processing and analysis of forensic identification samples and testimony related to that analysis, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions.
AB 874 (Donnelly R) Prisoners.
Status: 5/13/2011-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(3). (Last location was PRINT on 2/17/2011)
Location: 5/13/2011-A. 2 YEAR
Summary:
Current law establishes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and charges it with various duties and responsibilities. Current law generally regulates the conditions of incarceration and release for prisoners confined in state prisons. This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to prisoners.
AB 881 (Cook R) Mental health: involuntary commitment: transportation.
Status: 5/13/2011-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(3). (Last location was HEALTH on 3/17/2011)
Location: 5/13/2011-A. 2 YEAR
Summary:
Would authorize a provider of ambulance services, as defined, and the employees of those providers to further detain a person in custody for the purpose of transporting him or her to a county-designated facility, whether or not accompanied by a person otherwise authorized. The bill would also exempt from criminal and civil liability individuals transporting a person for 72-hour treatment and evaluation pursuant to this provision.
AB 883 (Cook R) Sex offenders: registration.
Status: 5/10/2011-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was PUB. S. on 3/14/2011)
Location: 5/10/2011-A. 2 YEAR
Summary:
Would require registration for any person who has been convicted in any other court, including any state, federal, or military court, of any offense that, based on the elements of the conviction offense or proven or stipulated facts in the record of conviction, as specified, would have been punishable as one or more of the above-referenced specified sex crimes. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
AB 884 (Cook R) Sexually violent offenders: notification of offender registration by law enforcement.
Status: 5/10/2011-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was PUB. S. on 3/14/2011)
Location: 5/10/2011-A. 2 YEAR
Summary:
Would provide, in addition, that any law enforcement entity that is notified of the registration of a sex offender who was convicted of a sexually violent offense or a sex crime against a child under 14 years of age shall, within 5 days of the offender’s registration, be required to provide, in writing, notice and information, as specified, to all persons living within 1,000 feet of the residence of the convicted sex offender and all schools and day care centers, the services of which are available to the residents of the area where the convicted sex offender resides. By requiring local law enforcement to provide specified notice regarding specified sex offenders to specified persons and entities, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
AB 885 (Cook R) Vehicles: driver’s licenses and identification cards: issuance and renewal: registered sex offenders.
Status: 5/10/2011-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was TRANS. on 4/11/2011)
Location: 5/10/2011-A. 2 YEAR
Summary:
Would require the Department of Motor Vehicles to comply with certain requirements when issuing an original driver’s license or identification card, or a renewal of that driver’s license or identification card, to a person required to be registered as a sex offender, if the person was adjudicated to be a sexually violent predator or was convicted of a sex offense against a minor. The bill would require the metallic strip of the license or identification card to contain that information. In addition to any other requirement, the bill would require the applicant to provide a current photograph and address verification to the department for the original license, identification card, and each renewal. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
AB 886 (Cook R) Victim’s rights: victim impact statement.
Status: 5/12/2011-Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Location: 5/12/2011-S. PUB. S.
Summary:
Current law establishes the rights of crime victims, witnesses, and other specified persons to appear, reasonably express his or her views, and to have the court consider his or her statements. This bill would prohibit the court from releasing the statements to the public prior to being heard in court.
AB 898 (Alejo D) Crime victims: restitution: fine.
Status: 6/1/2011-In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Location: 6/1/2011-S. RLS.
Summary:
Would make the minimum restitution fine not less than $300 , if the person is convicted of a felony, and not less than $150 , if the person is convicted of a misdemeanor, and make other conforming changes. By increasing the amounts deposited into the Restitution Fund, this bill would make an appropriation.
AB 918 (Block D) Crimes: felonies.
Status: 5/27/2011-In committee: Set, second hearing. Held under submission.
Location: 5/27/2011-A. APPR.
Summary:
Would add pimping, pandering, and human trafficking as offenses that may be used to establish a pattern of criminal activity for those purposes. Because this bill would amend Proposition 21 it therefore requires a 2/3 vote. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
AB 996 (Donnelly R) Sex offenders: human trafficking.
Status: 5/26/2011-From committee without further action pursuant to Joint Rule 62(a).
Location: 5/10/2011-A. 2 YEAR
Summary:
Would add human trafficking for the purposes of sexual slavery to the list of offenses requiring registration as a sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration Act. Because this bill would create a new crime, and because additional persons have to be registered as sex offenders by local officials, it would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
AB 1022 (Fletcher R) Sex offenders: registration.
Status: 5/28/2011-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. on 5/27/2011)
Location: 5/28/2011-A. 2 YEAR
Summary:
Would expand the provisions described above relating to community notification regarding a registered sex offender by way of an Internet Web site to include, upon request, e-mail or other electronic notification. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
AB 1060 (Hernández, Roger D) Crimes of violence: crimes at sea.
Status: 6/1/2011-In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Location: 6/1/2011-S. RLS.
Summary:
Would establish special maritime jurisdiction for crimes against persons on board a ship outside of the state under specified circumstances , including when there is a suspect on board a ship who is a citizen or resident of this state or a state which consents to the jurisdiction of this state, when the master of the ship or an official of the flag state, as defined, commits a suspect on board the ship to the custody of a law enforcement officer acting under the authority of this state, when the state where the crime occurred requests the exercise of jurisdiction by this state, when the crime occurs during a voyage on which over 1/2 of the revenue passengers on board the ship originally embarked and plan to finally disembark in this state, or where the victim is a California law enforcement officer on board the ship in connection with his or her official duties. The bill would provide that a crime against the person or property of another that is punishable by law when committed in this state shall be punishable in the same manner when committed within the special maritime criminal jurisdiction of this state, as specified. Because this bill would expand the application of crimes to a new category of people, it would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
AB 1165 (Achadjian R) Domestic violence: probation: terms.
Status: 4/26/2011-In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Location: 4/4/2011-A. PUB. S.
Summary:
Would provide that the probation department shall be immune from liability for good faith conduct taken under these provisions. This bill contains other current laws.
AB 1243 (Fletcher R) Sexually violent predators.
Status: 2/20/2011-From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
Location: 2/18/2011-A. PRINT
Summary:
Would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these provisions. This bill contains other related provisions.
AB 1373 (Fong D) Pupils: healthy relationships promotion and teen dating violence prevention.
Status: 5/28/2011-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. on 5/27/2011)
Location: 5/28/2011-A. 2 YEAR
Summary:
Would authorize school districts to provide education programs that promote healthy relationships and prevent teen dating violence to pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, through curricular, extracurricular, and school climate improvement activities. The bill would authorize school districts to work in partnership with parents, caregivers, and youth, domestic violence, sexual assault, and other appropriate community-based organizations to provide these education programs. The bill would require school districts that choose to provide education programs that promote healthy relationships and prevent teen dating violence to use research-based materials that are appropriate for pupils of all races, genders, sexual orientations, gender identities, and ethnic and cultural backgrounds, and for pupils with disabilities. The bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction to provide information about model education programs that are designed to promote healthy relationships and prevent teen dating violence on the department’s Internet Web site, as specified.
ACA 14 (Silva R) Governor: pardons and commutations.
Status: 4/14/2011-Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Location: 4/14/2011-A. PUB. S.
Summary:
The California Constitution authorizes the Governor to grant pardons or commutations after sentence has been entered, but prohibits the Governor from granting a pardon or commutation to a person twice convicted of a felony except on recommendation of the Supreme Court, 4 judges concurring. This measure would further prohibit the Governor from granting a pardon or commutation during the 30-day period immediately preceding the end of his or her term of office. The measure would provide that any pardon or commutation issued in violation of these provisions is void.
ACA 15 (Mansoor R) Governor: pardons and commutations.
Status: 4/14/2011-Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Location: 4/14/2011-A. PUB. S.
Summary:
Would require the Governor, at least 30 days prior to granting a pardon or commutation, to provide written notice of the pardon or commutation to the agency that prosecuted the case in which the person was convicted, and to each victim of the crime or crimes for which that person was convicted. The measure would provide that any pardon or commutation issued in violation of these provisions is void.
ACR 32 (Harkey R) Child sexual abuse awareness.
Status: 5/2/2011-In Senate. To Com. on RLS.
Location: 5/2/2011-S. RLS.
Summary:
This measure would declare April 29, 2011, as the day of the annual TAALK-a-Thon sponsored by Talk About Abuse to Liberate Kids (TAALK), and would encourage all adults in California to be knowledgeable and outspoken about the prevention of child sexual abuse.
SB 13 (Correa D) Pupils: teen dating violence prevention.
Status: 5/10/2011-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was ED. on 5/4/2011)
Location: 5/10/2011-S. 2 YEAR
Summary:
Would authorize a school district to provide teen dating violence prevention education consisting of age-appropriate instruction, as developed by the state board pursuant to the bill, as part of the sexual health and health education program it provides to pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive. The bill would authorize a school district to use school district personnel or outside consultants who are trained in the appropriate courses to provide this additional instruction. The bill would specify the required content and criteria for this additional instruction and any associated materials if a school district elects to provide it. The bill would provide that a parent or guardian of a pupil has the right to excuse his or her child from all or part of the teen dating violence prevention education and any assessments related to it, and would prescribe the procedure for a parent or guardian to exercise that right. This bill contains other related provisions.
SB 25 (Padilla D) Correctional facilities: wireless communication devices.
Status: 5/10/2011-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was PUB. S. on 1/20/2011)
Location: 5/10/2011-S. 2 YEAR
Summary:
Would provide, subject to exceptions, that a person who possesses with the intent to deliver, or delivers, to an inmate or ward in the custody of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation any cellular telephone or other wireless communication device or any component thereof, including, but not limited to, a subscriber identity module (SIM card) or memory storage device, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding $5,000 for each device. The bill would also provide that if a person visiting an inmate or ward in the custody of the department, when searched or subjected to a metal detector, is found to be in possession of a cellular telephone or other wireless communication device or any component thereof, including, but not limited to, a SIM card or memory storage device, that cellular telephone or wireless communication device or component shall be subject to confiscation, but shall be returned on the same day the person visits the inmate or ward, except as provided. The bill would require posted notices regarding those search and confiscation provisions, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
SB 26 (Padilla D) Prisons: wireless communication devices.
Status: 6/2/2011-In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Location: 6/2/2011-A. DESK
Summary:
Would provide, with exceptions, that a person who possesses with the intent to deliver, or delivers, to an inmate or ward in the custody of the department any cellular telephone or other wireless communication device or any component thereof, including, but not limited to, a subscriber identity module or memory storage device, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding 6 months, a fine not to exceed $5,000 for each device, or both that fine and imprisonment. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
SB 54 (Runner R) Sex offenders: residency restrictions: petition for relief.
Status: 4/26/2011-Set, first hearing. Failed passage in committee. (Ayes 3. Noes 2. Page 741.) Reconsideration granted.
Location: 4/12/2011-S. PUB. S.
Summary:
Would provide that the 2,000 feet shall be measured by the shortest practical pedestrian or vehicle path. The bill would permit a person who is subject to the residency restriction to petition the superior court of the county within which he or she resides for relief from the requirement. The bill would provide that original jurisdiction for the petition would lie with the appellate division of the superior court in which the petition is filed. The bill would require the petitioner to establish by clear and convincing evidence that there is a pervasive lack of compliant housing in the county and that a substantial percentage of sex offenders are unable to comply despite good faith efforts. The bill would require that, if relief is granted, it shall be narrowly crafted in order to substantially comply with the intent of the people in approving the residency requirements. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
SB 55 (Runner R) Parole: placement at release: registration.
Status: 5/28/2011-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 5/16/2011)
Location: 5/28/2011-S. 2 YEAR
Summary:
Would require these inmates, if they reside in this state, to register a residential address with the sheriff of the county in which they reside within 10 days of establishing residence or changing residence, including changes of residence within the same county. The bill would make failure to register a misdemeanor. Because this bill would impose additional duties on local sheriff departments and create a new crime, it would create a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
SB 57 (Runner R) Sex offenders: social networking and online address notification requirement.
Status: 6/2/2011-In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Location: 6/2/2011-A. DESK
Summary:
Would permit information received pursuant to these provisions to be shared with other local law enforcement agencies, upon request. By creating a new crime , this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
SB 59 (Runner R) Parole: release.
Status: 5/10/2011-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was RLS. on 1/20/2011)
Location: 5/10/2011-S. 2 YEAR
Summary:
Would exempt persons placed on parole, to whom the above-referenced criteria apply, from the provision that requires inmates released on parole to be returned to the county of last legal residence.
SB 119 (Lowenthal D) Emergency youth shelter facilities.
Status: 6/2/2011-In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Location: 6/2/2011-A. DESK
Summary:
Would include with the definition of a community care facility an emergency youth shelter facility, as defined, for specified minors under 18 years of age , except as specified, who are homeless or at risk of being homeless. The bill would require the department to adopt regulations for these facilities by January 1, 2013 , as specified, which would be the only licensing standards applicable to emergency youth shelters. This bill would allow an emergency youth shelter that is operating under a group home license to apply for an immediate transfer to an emergency youth shelter license, upon adoption of the regulations required under the bill . This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
SB 123 (Liu D) California Runaway, Homeless, and Exploited Youth Act.
Status: 5/28/2011-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 5/3/2011)
Location: 5/28/2011-S. 2 YEAR
Summary:
Would enact the California Runaway, Homeless, and Exploited Youth Act, and would require, subject to the availability of adequate resources, the California Emergency Management Agency to develop, in collaboration with the Senate Office of Research and various interested parties, a statewide plan for runaway, homeless, and exploited youth, as specified. The bill would make related findings and declarations.
SB 139 (Alquist D) Corrections: Inspector General.
Status: 6/2/2011-In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Location: 6/2/2011-A. DESK
Summary:
Would authorize the Inspector General, or its successor, to oversee, and the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to oversee and conduct, periodic and random searches of employees and vendors entering the secure perimeter of a state prison under the jurisdiction of the department for contraband, and require the department to report to the Inspector General and the Legislature quarterly regarding those searches, as specified.
SB 179 (Pavley D) Sex offenders: parole.
Status: 6/2/2011-In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Location: 6/2/2011-A. DESK
Summary:
Would provide that for any person subject to a sexually violent predator proceeding, as specified, an order issued by a judge pursuant to specified provisions, finding that the petition supports a finding of probable cause to believe that the person is likely to engage in sexually violent criminal behavior upon his or her release, shall toll the period of parole of that person, from the date that person is released until a specified court order is entered. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
SB 233 (Pavley D) Emergency services and care.
Status: 6/1/2011-In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Location: 6/1/2011-A. DESK
Summary:
Would recast the definition of emergency services and care to include other appropriate licensed persons acting within their scope of licensure under the supervision of a physician and surgeon. This bill would expand the definition of consultation to also mean the rendering of a decision regarding hospitalization or transfer and would provide that consultation includes review of the patient’s medical record, examination, and treatment of the patient in person by a specialty physician and surgeon when determined to be medically necessary jointly by the treating physician and surgeon and the consulting physician and surgeon, or by other appropriate licensed persons acting within their scope of licensure under the supervision of a physician and surgeon. This bill would expand the definition of when stabilization of a patient has occurred to include the opinion of other appropriate licensed persons acting within their scope of licensure under the supervision of a physician and surgeon. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
SB 242 (Corbett D) Social networking Internet Web sites: privacy: minors.
Status: 6/2/2011-Read third time. Refused passage. (Ayes 19. Noes 17.)
Location: 6/2/2011-S. THIRD READING
Summary:
Would prohibit a social networking Internet Web site, as defined, from displaying to the public or other registered users any information about a registered user of that Internet Web site, other than the user’s name and city of residence, without the express agreement of the user. The bill would require a social networking Internet Web site to establish a process for new users to set their privacy settings as part of the registration process that explains privacy options in plain language, and to make privacy settings available in an easy-to-use format. The bill would require a social networking Internet Web site to remove the personal identifying information, as defined, of any registered user, and would require removal of that information regarding a user under 18 years of age upon request by the user’s parent, within 96 hours upon his or her request. This bill would impose a civil penalty, not to exceed $10,000, for each willful and knowing violation of these provisions.
SB 248 (Wyland R) Forensic specimens: offenders.
Status: 5/28/2011-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was SENATE on 4/6/2011)
Location: 5/28/2011-S. 2 YEAR
Summary:
Would add to the list of persons required to provide forensic identifying samples, persons, including juveniles, who pled guilty, or no contest to, or were convicted of, or adjudicated for committing, certain offenses punishable as misdemeanors or felonies or both, pertaining to poisoning animals, cruelty to animals, stalking, specified species of disorderly conduct, installing a 2-way mirror in specified locations, and loitering in a public place with the intent to commit prostitution. The bill would also make nonsubstantive, technical corrections. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
SB 271 (Wyland R) Evidence: rape kits: expedited processing.
Status: 5/10/2011-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was PUB. S. on 3/31/2011)
Location: 5/10/2011-S. 2 YEAR
Summary:
Would specifically provide that a county’s remaining share of funds attributable to the increase in penalties as required by the act may be used by a local sheriff, police department, district attorney, or other law enforcement agency for expenditures and administrative costs made or incurred for utilizing a laboratory, other than the Department of Justice Laboratory, as specified, to expedite the analysis and processing of rape kits and uploading rape kit information to the CAL-DNA Databank and the Federal Bureau of Investigation Combined DNA Index System. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
SB 285 (Correa D) Massage therapy instruction: fraud: criminal prosecutions.
Status: 6/1/2011-In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Location: 6/1/2011-A. DESK
Summary:
Would provide that a person who provides a certificate, transcript, diploma, or other document, or otherwise affirms that a person has received instruction in massage therapy knowing that the person has not received instruction in massage therapy or knowing that the person has not received massage therapy instruction consistent with that document or affirmation is guilty of a misdemeanor and is subject to specified penalties. By creating a new crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
SB 329 (Correa D) County penalties: forensic laboratories.
Status: 5/13/2011-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(3). (Last location was PUB. S. on 2/24/2011)
Location: 5/13/2011-S. 2 YEAR
Summary:
Would require, for the purposes of providing supplemental funding for the DNA Fingerprint, Unsolved Crime and Innocence Protection Act, as specified, an additional penalty to be levied in an unspecified amount in each county for the late payment of any fine, penalty, or forfeiture imposed by the courts for any violation of the Vehicle Code, or a local ordinance adopted pursuant to the Vehicle Code, that is committed by the driver of a vehicle while it is in motion. Pursuant to the provisions described above, the penalty proceeds would be deposited into each county’s and the state’s DNA Identification Fund for the purposes specified above. This bill contains other related provisions.
SB 428 (Strickland R) Lester’s Law of 2011.
Status: 6/2/2011-In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Location: 6/2/2011-A. DESK
Summary:
Current law generally regulates governmental access to financial records. Current law provides that the dissemination of records pursuant to specified provisions shall not be prohibited. This bill would include within that category of records which the dissemination of shall not be prohibited, the dissemination of financial information and records pursuant to an order by a judge under specified authority relating to mortgage fraud. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
SB 453 (Correa D) Pupil rights: bullying: school safety plans: suspension and expulsion.
Status: 5/26/2011-Held in committee and under submission.
Location: 5/24/2011-S. APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
Summary:
Would encourage, as comprehensive school safety plans are reviewed and updated, all plans, to the extent that resources are available, to include policies and procedures to ensure that appropriate strategies, resources, training, and other prevention or intervention efforts are in place to deal with the remediation and termination of bullying, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
SB 480 (Vargas D) Public social services: domestic violence.
Status: 5/28/2011-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 5/16/2011)
Location: 5/28/2011-S. 2 YEAR
Summary:
Would provide that in determining whether a county has failed to meet the federal work requirements, the number of cases subject to the federal work participation requirements is not to include specified cases granted a federally recognized good cause domestic violence waiver. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
SB 490 (Hancock D) Corrections: Office of the Inspector General.
Status: 6/2/2011-In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Location: 6/2/2011-A. DESK
Summary:
Would remove the Inspector General and the other employees from peace officer status. The bill would authorize the Inspector General and certain other employees to exercise the powers of arrest and serving warrants, as provided. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
SB 492 (Correa D) Sexually violent predators: civil commitment.
Status: 5/10/2011-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was PUB. S. on 4/12/2011)
Location: 5/10/2011-S. 2 YEAR
Summary:
Would require the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation instead to refer to the State Department of Mental Health (DMH) for assessment any person in the custody of the CDCR, including the Division of Juvenile Facilities and persons on parole or for whom a warrant of arrest is outstanding, who has committed a sexually violent offense, as defined. The bill would also require the Director of Mental Health to identify and evaluate individuals who are in custody under the jurisdiction of the DMH and who have convictions for sexually violent offenses at least 6 months prior to their release. By increasing the responsibilities of local officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
SB 531 (Rubio D) Search warrants: HIV testing.
Status: 5/28/2011-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 5/16/2011)
Location: 5/28/2011-S. 2 YEAR
Summary:
Would require, if a victim requests an HIV test of a defendant against whom an information or indictment has been presented for a crime in which, by force or threat of force, the defendant is alleged to have compelled the victim to engage in sexual activity, the HIV test to be administered not later than 48 hours after the date on which the search warrant is issued . The bill would require the local health officer to disclose the HIV test results as soon as practicable. Because the bill would impose additional duties on local governmental entities, it would create a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
SB 534 (Corbett D) Victims of sexual assault.
Status: 6/2/2011-In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Location: 6/2/2011-A. DESK
Summary:
Would provide that victims of sexual assault are not required to participate in the criminal justice system or cooperate with law enforcement in order to be provided with a forensic medical exam. Because this bill would expand the provision of forensic medical examinations paid for by a local agency, it would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would provide that specified funds in the annual Budget Act for the California Emergency Management Agency shall be used to reimburse any state-mandated reimbursable costs resulting from this act that would otherwise be claimable through the state mandates reimbursement process. The bill would make related conforming changes. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
SB 557 (Kehoe D) Family justice centers.
Status: 6/1/2011-Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Location: 5/27/2011-S. THIRD READING
Summary:
Would authorize the cities of San Diego and Anaheim, and the counties of Alameda and Sonoma, until January 1, 2014, to establish a multiagency, multidisciplinary family justice center to assist victims of domestic violence, officer-involved domestic violence, sexual assault, elder abuse, stalking, cyberstalking, cyberbullying, and human trafficking, to ensure that victims of abuse are able to access all needed services in one location and to enhance victim safety, increase offender accountability, and improve access to services for victims of crime, as provided. The bill would permit the family justice centers to be staffed by law enforcement, medical, social service, and child welfare personnel, among others. This bill contains other related provisions.
SB 576 (Calderon D) Sentencing.
Status: 6/1/2011-Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Location: 5/27/2011-S. THIRD READING
Summary:
Would extend to January 1, 2016, the provisions of law that provide that the court shall, in its discretion, impose the term or enhancement that best serves the interests of justice. The bill would also make conforming changes. This bill contains other related provisions.
SB 601 (Hancock D) Corrections: prisons: accountability report.
Status: 6/2/2011-In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Location: 6/2/2011-A. DESK
Summary:
Would require the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to develop a Corrections Accountability Report containing specified information regarding each institution, including, among other information, the number of inmates disciplined and the number of inmate appeals related to disciplinary actions, on a monthly basis and to post the report once a month on the department’s Internet Web site.
SB 604 (Berryhill R) Probation.
Status: 5/13/2011-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(3). (Last location was RLS. on 3/3/2011)
Location: 5/13/2011-S. 2 YEAR
Summary:
Current law authorizes the court to grant probation to certain persons convicted of a crime. Current law provides that “probation” means the suspension of the imposition or execution of a sentence and the order of conditional and revocable release in the community under the supervision of a probation officer. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to the provision defining the term “probation.”
SB 622 (Corbett D) Sex offenders: registration.
Status: 5/19/2011-Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Location: 5/19/2011-A. PUB. S.
Summary:
Would require registration for any person who has been convicted in any other court, including any state, federal, or military court, of any offense that, based on the elements of the conviction offense or proven or stipulated facts in the record of conviction, as specified, would have been punishable as one or more of the above-referenced specified sex crimes. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
SB 756 (Price D) Sex offender registration.
Status: 6/2/2011-In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Location: 6/2/2011-A. DESK
Summary:
Would provide that if a person fails to so register after release, the district attorney in the jurisdiction where the person was to be paroled or to be on probation, or the district attorney in another specified jurisdiction if the person was not released on parole or probation, may request that a warrant be issued for the person’s arrest and shall have authority to prosecute that person as specified. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
SB 852 (Harman R) Corrections: victim notification.
Status: 6/2/2011-In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Location: 6/2/2011-A. DESK
Summary:
Current law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, county sheriff, and director of the local department of corrections, upon request, to give notice, as specified, prior to the release from state prison or county jail, of any person convicted of specified offenses, or of any change in parole status or relevant change in parole location, or if the person absconds from supervision while on parole, to a victim of the offense and others, as specified. Current law provides for this notice by telephone and certified mail, and requires those persons requesting notice to provide current address and telephone numbers, as specified. This bill would authorize providing that notice by telephone, certified mail, or electronic mail, as selected by the requesting party, if that method is available. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
SB 856 (Walters R) Parole: domestic violence: sexual abuse: victim’s rights.
Status: 5/13/2011-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(3). (Last location was RLS. on 3/10/2011)
Location: 5/13/2011-S. 2 YEAR
Summary:
Current law requires, upon the request of the victim, or the victim’s parent or legal guardian if the victim is a minor, the Board of Parole Hearings to impose as a condition of parole for a person released from prison for an offense involving threatening, stalking, sexually abusing, harassing, or violent acts in which the victim is a spouse, farmer spouse, or other victim of domestic violence, that the parolee comply with any protective orders related to the victim, as specified. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision.
SB 861 (Corbett D) Public contracts: contract eligibility: conflict minerals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Status: 6/2/2011-In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Location: 6/2/2011-A. DESK
Summary:
Current law authorizes contracting between state agencies and private contractors and sets forth requirements for the procurement of goods and services by state agencies and the various responsibilities of state agencies and the Department of General Services in implementing state contracting procedures and policies. This bill would prohibit a scrutinized company, as defined, from entering into a contract with a state agency for goods or services, as provided. This bill contains other related provisions.
SB 916 (Negrete McLeod D) Sex offenses: sexting.
Status: 5/13/2011-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(3). (Last location was RLS. on 3/10/2011)
Location: 5/13/2011-S. 2 YEAR
Summary:
Under current law, it is a felony for a person to knowingly possess or control any matter, representation of information, data, or image that involves the use of a person under 18 years of age personally engaging in or simulating sexual conduct, as defined. This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to address the activity commonly referred to as “sexting” as it pertains to minors.
