Week of March 21, 2011
Below is a summary of actions filed on legislation that CALCASA is currently tracking as of March 21st. The list includes bills that CALCASA is supporting and opposing. We included links to each bill, so that you can read the text. Visit our Legislation Agenda page to view all bills being followed at this time. Help CALCASA push our legislative agenda by signing up and Taking Action!
AB 9 (Ammiano D) Pupil rights: bullying.
Status: 3/22/2011-Re-referred to Com. on ED.
Location: 3/22/2011-A. ED.
Summary:
Would require local educational agencies to perform additional duties, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
Status: 3/22/2011-Re-referred to Com. on ED.
Location: 3/22/2011-A. ED.
Summary:
Would require local educational agencies to perform additional duties, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
AB 13 (Knight R) Public school volunteers.
Status: 3/24/2011-From committee chair, with author’s amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended.
Location: 3/24/2011-A. ED.
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 agen cy 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 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 . This bill contains other existing laws.
Status: 3/24/2011-From committee chair, with author’s amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended.
Location: 3/24/2011-A. ED.
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 agen cy 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 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 . This bill contains other existing laws.
AB 40 (Yamada D) Elder abuse: reporting.
Status: 3/22/2011-Re-referred to Com. on AGING & L.T.C.
Location: 3/22/2011-A. AGING & L.T.C.
Summary:
Would require the mandated reporter , and authorize any person who is not a mandated reporter, to report the abuse to both the local ombudsman and the local law enforcement agency. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
AB 44 (Logue R) Inmates: release: notification.
Status: 3/24/2011-Read second time and amended.
Location: 3/24/2011-A. APPR.
Summary:
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 existing laws.
AB 168 (Gorell R) Local Safety and Protection Account: appropriation.
Status: 3/22/2011-In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Location: 3/3/2011-A. PUB. S.
Summary:
Would appropriate $506,400,000 from the General Fund to be deposited in the Local Safety and Protection Account, as specified.
AB 178 (Gorell R) County jail: release pursuant to federal court order.
Status: 3/23/2011-Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 3/23/2011-A. APPR.
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 existing laws.
AB 219 (Portantino D) California Recidivism Goals Development and Achievement Act.
Status: 3/24/2011-Set, second hearing. Hearing cancelled at the request of author. (refers to hearing 04/05/2011) (Refers to 4/5/2011 hearing)
Location: 2/10/2011-A. PUB. S.
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 achieve a reduction in the statewide criminal recidivism rate from 2010 of 20% by 2015 and 40% by 2020. The bill would require the department to adopt regulations to require the reporting and verification of the statewide recidivism rate, as specified.
AB 288 (Fong D) Public postsecondary education: community colleges: expulsion hearing.
Status: 3/23/2011-Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 3/23/2011-A. APPR.
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 existing laws.
AB 312 (Lowenthal, Bonnie D) Civil rights: homeless persons.
Status: 3/22/2011-Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Location: 3/22/2011-A. APPR.
Summary:
Would specify that homeless persons, as defined, are entitled to the personal rights set forth under existing law, and would provide that a homeless person has the right to be free from violence or intimidation by threat of violence directed against that person on the basis of that person’s status as a homeless person. The bill would also provide that these provisions shall not be construed to enlarge or diminish an existing duty, if any, by an owner of residential rental or commercial property to protect a homeless person who is present on the property from violence or intimidation by threats of violence.
AB 322 (Portantino D) Forensic evidence: rape kits.
Status: 3/24/2011-Set, second hearing. Hearing cancelled at the request of author. (refers to hearing 04/05/2011) (Refers to 4/5/2011 hearing)
Location: 2/24/2011-A. PUB. S.
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 existing laws.
AB 364 (Bonilla D) Restitution: asset seizures: fraud and embezzlement.
Status: 3/22/2011-In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Location: 2/24/2011-A. PUB. S.
Summary:
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 existing laws.
AB 388 (Hernández, Roger D) Criminal procedure: search warrants: tracking devices.
Status: 3/22/2011-In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Location: 2/24/2011-A. PUB. S.
Summary:
Would establish rules regarding tracking device search warrants. The bill would provide that the length of time that a tracking device may be used shall not exceed 45 days, except as specified. The bill would provide that an officer executing a tracking device search warrant shall not be required to knock and announce his or her presence before executing the warrant. The bill would provide that no later than 10 calendar days after the use of the tracking device has ended, the officer who executed the tracking device warrant shall serve a copy of the warrant on the person who was tracked or whose property was tracked. Because this bill would require local law enforcement officials to perform additional duties, it would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
AB 434 (Logue R) County penalties: forensic laboratories.
Status: 3/22/2011-In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Location: 3/3/2011-A. 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 to reimburse a regional state crime laboratory 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 454 (Silva R) Protective orders: early termination.
Status: 3/23/2011-Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
Location: 3/23/2011-A. CONSENT CALENDAR
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 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. The bill would permit the protected person to waive his or right to notice under specified circumstances.
AB 543 (Torres D) Sex offenders: social networking prohibition.
Status: 3/22/2011-Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Location: 3/22/2011-A. APPR.
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 or 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 existing laws.
AB 588 (V. Manuel Pérez D) Tenancy: victims of domestic violence.
Status: 3/23/2011-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Location: 3/23/2011-A. THIRD READING
Summary:
Would also make nonsubstantive, technical corrections.
AB 648 (Block D) Clemency.
Status: 3/22/2011-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 3/22/2011-A. APPR.
Summary:
Would instead require, that at least 30 days before the Governor acts upon any application for a pardon or commutation, the application signed by the person applying to 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 pardon or 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 and those persons’ family members, and allow those persons to submit a recommendation to the Governor for or against pardon or 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 existing laws.
AB 653 (Galgiani D) Sex offenders: registration of Internet accounts and identifiers.
Status: 3/22/2011-In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Location: 3/7/2011-A. PUB. S.
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 existing laws.
AB 694 (Gorell R) Juvenile offenders.
Status: 3/22/2011-In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Location: 3/3/2011-A. PUB. S.
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 765 (Achadjian R) Crimes: rape.
Status: 3/24/2011-Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Location: 3/24/2011-A. PUB. S.
Summary:
Would instead provide that this type of rape occurs where the person submits under the belief that the person committing the act is the victim’s spouse or cohabitant , as provided. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
AB 855 (Ma D) County penalties: forensic laboratories.
Status: 3/22/2011-Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Location: 3/22/2011-A. 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 1022 (Fletcher R) Sex offenders: registration.
Status: 3/14/2011-Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Location: 3/14/2011-A. PUB. S.
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 existing laws.
AB 1087 (Brownley D) Cities and counties: public safety services: contracts.
Status: 3/22/2011-In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Location: 3/17/2011-A. L. GOV.
Summary:
Would commencing January 1, 2012, require a city that contracts with a county for public safety services through the county sheriff’s department to notify the county at least 6 months prior, unless otherwise stipulated, of the city’s intent to terminate the contract, and would authorize the county to require the city to provide a comprehensive fiscal analysis relating to the ability of the city to provide public safety services, as specified. The bill would provide that if the city’s plan is not feasible, the contract may not be terminated until the city can provide a feasible plan.
AB 1373 (Fong D) Pupils: teen dating violence prevention.
Status: 3/21/2011-Referred to Com. on ED.
Location: 3/21/2011-A. ED.
Summary:
Would enact the Teen Dating Violence Prevention Education Act of 2011, which would authorize school districts to provide healthy relationships and teen dating violence prevention education programs 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 and caregivers and youth and community-based organizations to provide these education programs. The bill would require school districts that choose to provide healthy relationship and teen dating violence prevention education programs to use research-based materials that are appropriate for students of all races, genders, sexual orientations, gender identities, and ethnic and cultural backgrounds, and for students with disabilities. The bill would encourage school districts that choose to provide healthy relationships and teen dating violence prevention education programs to provide pupils with specified opportunities.
ACR 17 (Fong D) Campus Safety Month.
Status: 3/21/2011-In Senate. To Com. on RLS.
Location: 3/21/2011-S. RLS.
Summary:
This measure would declare March as Campus Safety Month, and would encourage citizens to visit the Internet Web site of the California Postsecondary Education Commission to view public safety information about public and private colleges and universities.
ACR 22 (Hueso D) California School Bullying Prevention Awareness Month.
Status: 3/24/2011-From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 23).
Location: 3/24/2011-A. THIRD READING
Summary:
This measure would declare March 2011 to be California School Bullying Prevention Awareness Month, and urge that the issue of bullying, and methods of preventing it, be discussed with appropriate activities in California schools during this time.
ACR 24 (Hall D) Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Status: 3/22/2011-Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 3/22/2011-A. RLS.
Summary:
This measure would acknowledge the month of April 2011 as Child Abuse Prevention Month, and encourage the people of the State of California to work together to support youth-serving child abuse prevention activities in their communities and schools.
SB 24 (Simitian D) Personal information: privacy.
Status: 3/22/2011-Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations
Location: 3/22/2011-S. APPR.
Summary:
Would require any agency, person, or business that is required to issue a security breach notification pursuant to existing law to fulfill certain additional requirements pertaining to the security breach notification, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions.
SB 26 (Padilla D) Prisons:wireless communication devices.
Status: 3/22/2011-Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations.
Location: 3/22/2011-S. APPR.
Summary:
Would provide that if any nonemployee who is visiting an inmate or ward under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation , is found to be in possession of a wireless communication device , as defined, upon being searched or subjected to a metal detector, that device is subject to confiscation, except as specified. The bill would require that a notice to that effect be posted in each area where visitors are searched prior to visit ing with an inmate or ward . This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
SB 54 (Runner, George R) Sex offenders: residency restrictions: petition for relief.
Status: 3/24/2011-Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Location: 3/24/2011-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 majority 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 existing laws.
SB 55 (Runner, George R) Parole: placement at release: registration.
Status: 3/24/2011-Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Location: 3/24/2011-S. PUB. S.
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 existing laws.
SB 57 (Runner, George R) Sex offenders: social networking prohibition: online address notification requirement.
Status: 3/24/2011-Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Location: 3/24/2011-S. PUB. S.
Summary:
Would permit information received pursuant to these provisions to be shared with the Department of Justice and other law enforcement agencies, upon request. By creating new crimes, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
SB 119 (Lowenthal D) Emergency youth shelter facilities.
Status: 3/21/2011-From committee with author’s amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S.
Location: 3/21/2011-S. HUM. S.
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 existing laws.
SB 123 (Liu D) California Runaway, Homeless, and Exploited Youth Act.
Status: 3/22/2011-Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Location: 3/7/2011-S. PUB. S.
Summary:
Would enact the California Runaway, Homeless, and Exploited Youth Act, and would encourage the Senate Office of Research to collaborate with the California Emergency Management Agency to develop a statewide plan for runaway, homeless, and exploited youth, as specified . The bill would make related findings and declarations.
SB 143 (Rubio D) California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: greenhouse gas emission reduction offsets: programs and incentives.
Status: 3/22/2011-From committee with author’s amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 3/22/2011-S. RLS.
Summary:
Would require the state board, on or before July 1, 2012, to adopt methodologies for determining the quantity of greenhouse gas emissions reduced through specified greenhouse gas emission reduction programs. The bill would require the state board to adopt regulations governing the creation of greenhouse gas emission reduction offsets based on investments in those programs for purposes of banking, trading, and using the offsets to comply with the market-based compliance mechanism adopted by the board. The bill would also authorize the state board to use revenues from an auction or other sale of greenhouse gas allowances, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to establish and provide incentives for private investment in specified greenhouse gas emission reduction programs, in accordance with requirements prescribed by the bill.
SB 154 (Wolk D) Marriage licenses: vital records: fees: domestic violence: Solano County.
Status: 3/23/2011-Set for hearing March 29.
Location: 2/10/2011-S. JUD.
Summary:
Existing law requires the collection of fees for issuing marriage licenses and for providing certified copies of vital records, including marriage certificates, birth certificates, fetal death records, and death records. Existing law provides for the establishment of county domestic violence program special funds for the purpose of funding local domestic violence programs. Certain fees payable at the time a marriage license or a certified copy of any of the above vital records is issued may be collected by the county clerks for deposit into these funds. This bill would extend the operation of the above-described provisions indefinitely. This bill contains other existing laws.
SB 179 (Pavley D) Sex offenders: parole.
Status: 3/22/2011-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 417.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 3/22/2011-S. APPR.
Summary:
Provides 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 existing laws.
SB 271 (Wyland R) Evidence: rape kits: expedited processing.
Status: 3/23/2011-From committee with author’s amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 3/23/2011-S. RLS.
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 existing laws.
SB 291 (Vargas D) Bail.
Status: 3/21/2011-Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Location: 2/24/2011-S. PUB. S.
Summary:
Would provide that after a person has been brought back to this state by extradition proceedings, the person shall be committed to a county jail with bail set in the amount of $100,000 in addition to the amount of bail appearing on the warrant. A 48-hour noticed bail hearing, excluding weekends and holidays, would be required to deviate from this prescribed bail amount.
SB 296 (Wright D) Criminal street gangs: injunction: petition for exemption.
Status: 3/22/2011-Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations.
Location: 3/22/2011-S. APPR.
Summary:
Would provide that, in addition to any other administrative or judicial remedies, in an action relating to an injunction pursuant to the provisions above, an individual may file with the court a petition on a form developed by the Judicial Council to exempt him or her from the injunction or portions of the injunction. The bill would require the petitioner to certify, under penalty of perjury, that he or she meets specified conditions. By expanding the scope of the crime of perjury, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would allow the court to hold an evidentiary hearing and receive any relevant evidence in order to rule on any petition filed pursuant to these provisions. The bill would provide that its provisions pertaining to the petition process become operative on July 1, 2012. The bill would express legislative findings, declarations, and intent regarding the enactment of the above provisions. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
SB 453 (Correa D) Pupil rights: bullying: suspension and expulsion.
Status: 3/22/2011-From committee with author’s amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 3/22/2011-S. RLS.
Summary:
Would also define bullying to include acts motivated by specified actual or perceived characteristics of the victim. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
SB 492 (Correa D) Sexually violent predators: civil commitment.
Status: 3/23/2011-Set for hearing April 13.
Location: 3/3/2011-S. HEALTH
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 existing laws.
SB 531 (Rubio D) Search warrants: HIV testing.
Status: 3/24/2011-Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Location: 3/24/2011-S. PUB. S.
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 information or indictment is presented. The bill would require the victim or, if the victim is a minor, his or her parents, to be notified of the testing results as soon as practicable. The bill would require followup HIV tests to be administered as may be medically appropriate. 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 existing laws.
SB 601 (Hancock D) Corrections: prisons: warden report card.
Status: 3/24/2011-From committee with author’s amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 3/24/2011-S. RLS.
Summary:
Would require the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to develop a warden report card containing specified information regarding each warden and the warden’ s prison, 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 warden report card
Status: 3/22/2011-Re-referred to Com. on AGING & L.T.C.
Location: 3/22/2011-A. AGING & L.T.C.
Summary:
Would require the mandated reporter , and authorize any person who is not a mandated reporter, to report the abuse to both the local ombudsman and the local law enforcement agency. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
AB 44 (Logue R) Inmates: release: notification.
Status: 3/24/2011-Read second time and amended.
Location: 3/24/2011-A. APPR.
Summary:
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 existing laws.
AB 168 (Gorell R) Local Safety and Protection Account: appropriation.
Status: 3/22/2011-In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Location: 3/3/2011-A. PUB. S.
Summary:
Would appropriate $506,400,000 from the General Fund to be deposited in the Local Safety and Protection Account, as specified.
AB 178 (Gorell R) County jail: release pursuant to federal court order.
Status: 3/23/2011-Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 3/23/2011-A. APPR.
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 existing laws.
AB 219 (Portantino D) California Recidivism Goals Development and Achievement Act.
Status: 3/24/2011-Set, second hearing. Hearing cancelled at the request of author. (refers to hearing 04/05/2011) (Refers to 4/5/2011 hearing)
Location: 2/10/2011-A. PUB. S.
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 achieve a reduction in the statewide criminal recidivism rate from 2010 of 20% by 2015 and 40% by 2020. The bill would require the department to adopt regulations to require the reporting and verification of the statewide recidivism rate, as specified.
AB 288 (Fong D) Public postsecondary education: community colleges: expulsion hearing.
Status: 3/23/2011-Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 3/23/2011-A. APPR.
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 existing laws.
AB 312 (Lowenthal, Bonnie D) Civil rights: homeless persons.
Status: 3/22/2011-Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Location: 3/22/2011-A. APPR.
Summary:
Would specify that homeless persons, as defined, are entitled to the personal rights set forth under existing law, and would provide that a homeless person has the right to be free from violence or intimidation by threat of violence directed against that person on the basis of that person’s status as a homeless person. The bill would also provide that these provisions shall not be construed to enlarge or diminish an existing duty, if any, by an owner of residential rental or commercial property to protect a homeless person who is present on the property from violence or intimidation by threats of violence.
AB 322 (Portantino D) Forensic evidence: rape kits.
Status: 3/24/2011-Set, second hearing. Hearing cancelled at the request of author. (refers to hearing 04/05/2011) (Refers to 4/5/2011 hearing)
Location: 2/24/2011-A. PUB. S.
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 existing laws.
AB 364 (Bonilla D) Restitution: asset seizures: fraud and embezzlement.
Status: 3/22/2011-In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Location: 2/24/2011-A. PUB. S.
Summary:
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 existing laws.
AB 388 (Hernández, Roger D) Criminal procedure: search warrants: tracking devices.
Status: 3/22/2011-In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Location: 2/24/2011-A. PUB. S.
Summary:
Would establish rules regarding tracking device search warrants. The bill would provide that the length of time that a tracking device may be used shall not exceed 45 days, except as specified. The bill would provide that an officer executing a tracking device search warrant shall not be required to knock and announce his or her presence before executing the warrant. The bill would provide that no later than 10 calendar days after the use of the tracking device has ended, the officer who executed the tracking device warrant shall serve a copy of the warrant on the person who was tracked or whose property was tracked. Because this bill would require local law enforcement officials to perform additional duties, it would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
AB 434 (Logue R) County penalties: forensic laboratories.
Status: 3/22/2011-In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Location: 3/3/2011-A. 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 to reimburse a regional state crime laboratory 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 454 (Silva R) Protective orders: early termination.
Status: 3/23/2011-Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
Location: 3/23/2011-A. CONSENT CALENDAR
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 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. The bill would permit the protected person to waive his or right to notice under specified circumstances.
AB 543 (Torres D) Sex offenders: social networking prohibition.
Status: 3/22/2011-Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Location: 3/22/2011-A. APPR.
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 or 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 existing laws.
AB 588 (V. Manuel Pérez D) Tenancy: victims of domestic violence.
Status: 3/23/2011-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Location: 3/23/2011-A. THIRD READING
Summary:
Would also make nonsubstantive, technical corrections.
AB 648 (Block D) Clemency.
Status: 3/22/2011-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 3/22/2011-A. APPR.
Summary:
Would instead require, that at least 30 days before the Governor acts upon any application for a pardon or commutation, the application signed by the person applying to 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 pardon or 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 and those persons’ family members, and allow those persons to submit a recommendation to the Governor for or against pardon or 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 existing laws.
AB 653 (Galgiani D) Sex offenders: registration of Internet accounts and identifiers.
Status: 3/22/2011-In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Location: 3/7/2011-A. PUB. S.
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 existing laws.
AB 694 (Gorell R) Juvenile offenders.
Status: 3/22/2011-In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Location: 3/3/2011-A. PUB. S.
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 765 (Achadjian R) Crimes: rape.
Status: 3/24/2011-Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Location: 3/24/2011-A. PUB. S.
Summary:
Would instead provide that this type of rape occurs where the person submits under the belief that the person committing the act is the victim’s spouse or cohabitant , as provided. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
AB 855 (Ma D) County penalties: forensic laboratories.
Status: 3/22/2011-Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Location: 3/22/2011-A. 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 1022 (Fletcher R) Sex offenders: registration.
Status: 3/14/2011-Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Location: 3/14/2011-A. PUB. S.
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 existing laws.
AB 1087 (Brownley D) Cities and counties: public safety services: contracts.
Status: 3/22/2011-In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Location: 3/17/2011-A. L. GOV.
Summary:
Would commencing January 1, 2012, require a city that contracts with a county for public safety services through the county sheriff’s department to notify the county at least 6 months prior, unless otherwise stipulated, of the city’s intent to terminate the contract, and would authorize the county to require the city to provide a comprehensive fiscal analysis relating to the ability of the city to provide public safety services, as specified. The bill would provide that if the city’s plan is not feasible, the contract may not be terminated until the city can provide a feasible plan.
AB 1373 (Fong D) Pupils: teen dating violence prevention.
Status: 3/21/2011-Referred to Com. on ED.
Location: 3/21/2011-A. ED.
Summary:
Would enact the Teen Dating Violence Prevention Education Act of 2011, which would authorize school districts to provide healthy relationships and teen dating violence prevention education programs 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 and caregivers and youth and community-based organizations to provide these education programs. The bill would require school districts that choose to provide healthy relationship and teen dating violence prevention education programs to use research-based materials that are appropriate for students of all races, genders, sexual orientations, gender identities, and ethnic and cultural backgrounds, and for students with disabilities. The bill would encourage school districts that choose to provide healthy relationships and teen dating violence prevention education programs to provide pupils with specified opportunities.
ACR 17 (Fong D) Campus Safety Month.
Status: 3/21/2011-In Senate. To Com. on RLS.
Location: 3/21/2011-S. RLS.
Summary:
This measure would declare March as Campus Safety Month, and would encourage citizens to visit the Internet Web site of the California Postsecondary Education Commission to view public safety information about public and private colleges and universities.
ACR 22 (Hueso D) California School Bullying Prevention Awareness Month.
Status: 3/24/2011-From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 23).
Location: 3/24/2011-A. THIRD READING
Summary:
This measure would declare March 2011 to be California School Bullying Prevention Awareness Month, and urge that the issue of bullying, and methods of preventing it, be discussed with appropriate activities in California schools during this time.
ACR 24 (Hall D) Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Status: 3/22/2011-Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 3/22/2011-A. RLS.
Summary:
This measure would acknowledge the month of April 2011 as Child Abuse Prevention Month, and encourage the people of the State of California to work together to support youth-serving child abuse prevention activities in their communities and schools.
SB 24 (Simitian D) Personal information: privacy.
Status: 3/22/2011-Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations
Location: 3/22/2011-S. APPR.
Summary:
Would require any agency, person, or business that is required to issue a security breach notification pursuant to existing law to fulfill certain additional requirements pertaining to the security breach notification, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions.
SB 26 (Padilla D) Prisons:wireless communication devices.
Status: 3/22/2011-Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations.
Location: 3/22/2011-S. APPR.
Summary:
Would provide that if any nonemployee who is visiting an inmate or ward under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation , is found to be in possession of a wireless communication device , as defined, upon being searched or subjected to a metal detector, that device is subject to confiscation, except as specified. The bill would require that a notice to that effect be posted in each area where visitors are searched prior to visit ing with an inmate or ward . This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
SB 54 (Runner, George R) Sex offenders: residency restrictions: petition for relief.
Status: 3/24/2011-Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Location: 3/24/2011-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 majority 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 existing laws.
SB 55 (Runner, George R) Parole: placement at release: registration.
Status: 3/24/2011-Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Location: 3/24/2011-S. PUB. S.
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 existing laws.
SB 57 (Runner, George R) Sex offenders: social networking prohibition: online address notification requirement.
Status: 3/24/2011-Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Location: 3/24/2011-S. PUB. S.
Summary:
Would permit information received pursuant to these provisions to be shared with the Department of Justice and other law enforcement agencies, upon request. By creating new crimes, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
SB 119 (Lowenthal D) Emergency youth shelter facilities.
Status: 3/21/2011-From committee with author’s amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S.
Location: 3/21/2011-S. HUM. S.
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 existing laws.
SB 123 (Liu D) California Runaway, Homeless, and Exploited Youth Act.
Status: 3/22/2011-Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Location: 3/7/2011-S. PUB. S.
Summary:
Would enact the California Runaway, Homeless, and Exploited Youth Act, and would encourage the Senate Office of Research to collaborate with the California Emergency Management Agency to develop a statewide plan for runaway, homeless, and exploited youth, as specified . The bill would make related findings and declarations.
SB 143 (Rubio D) California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: greenhouse gas emission reduction offsets: programs and incentives.
Status: 3/22/2011-From committee with author’s amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 3/22/2011-S. RLS.
Summary:
Would require the state board, on or before July 1, 2012, to adopt methodologies for determining the quantity of greenhouse gas emissions reduced through specified greenhouse gas emission reduction programs. The bill would require the state board to adopt regulations governing the creation of greenhouse gas emission reduction offsets based on investments in those programs for purposes of banking, trading, and using the offsets to comply with the market-based compliance mechanism adopted by the board. The bill would also authorize the state board to use revenues from an auction or other sale of greenhouse gas allowances, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to establish and provide incentives for private investment in specified greenhouse gas emission reduction programs, in accordance with requirements prescribed by the bill.
SB 154 (Wolk D) Marriage licenses: vital records: fees: domestic violence: Solano County.
Status: 3/23/2011-Set for hearing March 29.
Location: 2/10/2011-S. JUD.
Summary:
Existing law requires the collection of fees for issuing marriage licenses and for providing certified copies of vital records, including marriage certificates, birth certificates, fetal death records, and death records. Existing law provides for the establishment of county domestic violence program special funds for the purpose of funding local domestic violence programs. Certain fees payable at the time a marriage license or a certified copy of any of the above vital records is issued may be collected by the county clerks for deposit into these funds. This bill would extend the operation of the above-described provisions indefinitely. This bill contains other existing laws.
SB 179 (Pavley D) Sex offenders: parole.
Status: 3/22/2011-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 417.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 3/22/2011-S. APPR.
Summary:
Provides 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 existing laws.
SB 271 (Wyland R) Evidence: rape kits: expedited processing.
Status: 3/23/2011-From committee with author’s amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 3/23/2011-S. RLS.
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 existing laws.
SB 291 (Vargas D) Bail.
Status: 3/21/2011-Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Location: 2/24/2011-S. PUB. S.
Summary:
Would provide that after a person has been brought back to this state by extradition proceedings, the person shall be committed to a county jail with bail set in the amount of $100,000 in addition to the amount of bail appearing on the warrant. A 48-hour noticed bail hearing, excluding weekends and holidays, would be required to deviate from this prescribed bail amount.
SB 296 (Wright D) Criminal street gangs: injunction: petition for exemption.
Status: 3/22/2011-Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations.
Location: 3/22/2011-S. APPR.
Summary:
Would provide that, in addition to any other administrative or judicial remedies, in an action relating to an injunction pursuant to the provisions above, an individual may file with the court a petition on a form developed by the Judicial Council to exempt him or her from the injunction or portions of the injunction. The bill would require the petitioner to certify, under penalty of perjury, that he or she meets specified conditions. By expanding the scope of the crime of perjury, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would allow the court to hold an evidentiary hearing and receive any relevant evidence in order to rule on any petition filed pursuant to these provisions. The bill would provide that its provisions pertaining to the petition process become operative on July 1, 2012. The bill would express legislative findings, declarations, and intent regarding the enactment of the above provisions. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
SB 453 (Correa D) Pupil rights: bullying: suspension and expulsion.
Status: 3/22/2011-From committee with author’s amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 3/22/2011-S. RLS.
Summary:
Would also define bullying to include acts motivated by specified actual or perceived characteristics of the victim. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
SB 492 (Correa D) Sexually violent predators: civil commitment.
Status: 3/23/2011-Set for hearing April 13.
Location: 3/3/2011-S. HEALTH
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 existing laws.
SB 531 (Rubio D) Search warrants: HIV testing.
Status: 3/24/2011-Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Location: 3/24/2011-S. PUB. S.
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 information or indictment is presented. The bill would require the victim or, if the victim is a minor, his or her parents, to be notified of the testing results as soon as practicable. The bill would require followup HIV tests to be administered as may be medically appropriate. 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 existing laws.
SB 601 (Hancock D) Corrections: prisons: warden report card.
Status: 3/24/2011-From committee with author’s amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 3/24/2011-S. RLS.
Summary:
Would require the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to develop a warden report card containing specified information regarding each warden and the warden’ s prison, 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 warden report card
