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As of Friday, February 11, 2011
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Summary:
AB 44 (Logue R) Inmates: release: notification. Would remove the inmate's right to revoke his or her
Status: 1/31/2011-Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. consent and make other conforming changes. The bill
Location: 1/31/2011-A. PUB. S. would delete the sunset date on existing law and make
Summary: the above provision operative indefinitely. This bill
Would require that notification be sent 60 days prior to contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
the scheduled release date of an inmate, unless the
notification cannot be provided within the 60 days due to AB 177 (Mendoza D) Juveniles: parenting
an unanticipated change in the release date of an inmate, classes.
and would prohibit any change in county placement less Status: 2/3/2011-Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
than 30 days prior to the release date unless due to an Location: 2/3/2011-A. PUB. S.
unanticipated change in a release date, as specified. The Summary:
bill would conform the timeline for local comments and Would expand the authority of the juvenile court to order
the department response to the longer notification the parent or guardian of a minor to attend antigang
period, as specified. If there is a change in county of violence parenting classes, to include a minor who has
placement after the 60-day notice is given, this bill would been deemed a habitual truant, or who is within the
require that notification be sent by mail at least 30 days jurisdiction of the juvenile court for habitual
prior to the scheduled release date to the ultimate county disobedience or truancy, or for the commission of certain
of placement. This bill contains other related provisions additional offenses.
and other existing laws.
AB 178 (Gorell R) County jail: release pursuant
AB 90 (Swanson D) Human trafficking: to federal court order.
minors. Status: 2/3/2011-Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Status: 1/27/2011-Referred to Com. on PUB. S. Location: 2/3/2011-A. PUB. S.
Location: 1/27/2011-A. PUB. S. Summary:
Summary: Would require a defendant who is being released prior to
Would additionally provide that a person who deprives or sentencing by county jail personnel, pursuant to a federal
violates another person's liberty with the intent to effect court order mandating the release of inmates, to sign a
or maintain the felony of making available to another release agreement with the same requirements as those
person a person under 16 years of age for the purpose of pertaining to a defendant who is released under his or her
any lewd or lascivious act, or the felony of the own recognizance, including the defendant's promise to
procurement of minors in the preparation of material appear at the time and place the defendant is given in
depicting sexual conduct by a minor, is guilty of human writing by the jail personnel at the time of release. This
trafficking. This bill contains other related provisions and bill contains other related provisions and other existing
other existing laws. laws.
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Status: 2/10/2011-From printer. May be heard in would be due by July 1, 2013. The reports received by the
committee March 12. department would be subject to inspection under the
Location: 2/9/2011-A. PRINT California Public Records Act. This bill contains other
Summary: related provisions and other existing laws.
Would declare the legislative intent that law enforcement
officials adopt and implement the policies and AB 355 (Solorio D) Parole: day treatment:
procedures regulating eyewitness lineup identifications crisis care.
that are recommended by the California Commission on Status: 2/11/2011-From printer. May be heard in
the Fair Administration of Justice in order to ensure that committee March 13.
eyewitness identification procedures in California Location: 2/10/2011-A. PRINT
minimize the chance of misidentification of a suspect. Summary:
This bill contains other related provisions and other Would repeal these provisions.
existing laws.
ACA 14 (Silva R) Governor: pardons and
AB 312 (Lowenthal, Bonnie D) Civil rights: commutations.
homeless persons. Status: 1/27/2011-From printer. May be heard in
Status: 2/10/2011-From printer. May be heard in committee February 26.
committee March 12. Location: 1/26/2011-A. PRINT
Location: 2/9/2011-A. PRINT Summary:
Summary: Would further prohibit the Governor from granting a
Would specify that homeless persons, as defined, are pardon or commutation during the 30-day period
entitled to the personal rights set forth under existing immediately preceding the end of his or her term of
law, and would provide that a homeless person has the office. The measure would provide that any pardon or
right to be free from violence or intimidation by threat of commutation issued in violation of these provisions is
violence directed against that person on the basis of that void.
person's status as a homeless person. The bill would also
provide that these provisions shall not be construed to ACA 15 (Mansoor R) Governor: pardons and
enlarge or diminish an existing duty, if any, by an owner commutations.
of residential rental or commercial property to protect a Status: 1/28/2011-From printer. May be heard in
homeless person who is present on the property from committee February 27.
violence or intimidation by threats of violence. Location: 1/27/2011-A. PRINT
Summary:
AB 321 (Hernández, Roger D) Juvenile Would require the Governor, at least 30 days prior to
offenders: obscene material. granting a pardon or commutation, to provide written
Status: 2/10/2011-From printer. May be heard in notice of the pardon or commutation to the agency that
committee March 12. prosecuted the case in which the person was convicted,
Location: 2/9/2011-A. PRINT and to each victim of the crime or crimes for which that
Summary: person was convicted. The measure would provide that
Would authorize the court, if the sexually explicit matter any pardon or commutation issued in violation of these
was in the possession of a minor, to order the minor to provisions is void.
pay a fine not to exceed $1,000, and to undergo
counseling, with the cost of counseling to be borne by the ACR 6 (Donnelly R) Human trafficking.
minor's parents, as specified. The bill would also make Status: 1/25/2011-In Senate. To Com. on RLS.
legislative findings and declarations regarding the Location: 1/25/2011-S. RLS.
problems associated with sexting, which is defined as the Summary:
sending or receiving of sexually explicit pictures or video This resolution would recognize the month of January as
images via cellular phone or similar electronic device. National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention
Month, and it would recognize February 1, 2011, as
AB 322 (Portantino D) Forensic evidence: rape California's Free From Slavery Day.
kits.
Status: 2/10/2011-From printer. May be heard in ACR 17 (Fong D) Campus Safety Month.
committee March 12. Status: 2/9/2011-From printer.
Location: 2/9/2011-A. PRINT Location: 2/8/2011-A. PRINT
Summary: Summary:
Would require local law enforcement agencies Would declare March as Campus Safety Month, and
responsible for taking or collecting rape kit evidence to would encourage citizens to visit the Internet Web site of
annually report to the Department of Justice statistical the California Postsecondary Education Commission to
information pertaining to the testing and submission for view public safety information about public and private
DNA analysis of rape kits, as specified. The initial report colleges and universities.
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Summary:
AJR 1 (Donnelly R) Undocumented criminals. Would require any agency, person, or business that is
Status: 2/10/2011-Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and required to issue a security breach notification pursuant
APPR. to existing law to fulfill certain additional requirements
Location: 2/10/2011-A. PUB. S. pertaining to the security breach notification, as
Summary: specified. This bill contains other related provisions.
Would urge Congress and the President to restore full
funding for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program SB 25 (Padilla D) Correctional facilities:
and to fully reimburse states for the cost of incarcerating wireless communication devices.
undocumented criminals. Status: 1/20/2011-Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Location: 1/20/2011-S. PUB. S.
SB 9 (Yee D) Sentencing. Summary:
Status: 1/20/2011-Referred to Com. on PUB. S. Would provide, subject to exceptions, that a person who
Location: 1/20/2011-S. PUB. S. possesses with the intent to deliver, or delivers, to an
Summary: inmate or ward in the custody of the Department of
Would authorize a prisoner who was under 18 years of Corrections and Rehabilitation any cellular telephone or
age at the time of committing an offense for which the other wireless communication device or any component
prisoner was sentenced to life without parole to submit a thereof, including, but not limited to, a subscriber
petition for recall and resentencing to the sentencing identity module (SIM card) or memory storage device, is
court, and to the prosecuting agency, as specified. The bill guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not
would establish certain criteria, at least one of which shall exceeding $5,000 for each device. The bill would also
be asserted in the petition, to be considered when a court provide that if a person visiting an inmate or ward in the
decides whether to conduct a hearing on the petition for custody of the department, when searched or subjected to
recall and resentencing and additional criteria to be a metal detector, is found to be in possession of a cellular
considered by the court when deciding whether to grant telephone or other wireless communication device or any
the petition. The bill would require the court to hold a component thereof, including, but not limited to, a SIM
hearing if the court finds that the statements in the card or memory storage device, that cellular telephone or
defendant's petition are true, as specified. The bill would wireless communication device or component shall be
apply retroactively, as specified. subject to confiscation, but shall be returned on the same
day the person visits the inmate or ward, except as
SB 13 (Correa D) Pupils: teen dating violence provided. The bill would require posted notices regarding
prevention. those search and confiscation provisions, as specified.
Status: 1/20/2011-Referred to Com. on ED. This bill contains other related provisions and other
Location: 1/20/2011-S. ED. existing laws.
Summary:
Would authorize a school district to provide teen dating SB 26 (Padilla D) Prisons:wireless
violence prevention education consisting of age- communication devices.
appropriate instruction, as developed by the state board Status: 2/10/2011-Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
pursuant to the bill, as part of the sexual health and Location: 2/10/2011-S. PUB. S.
health education program it provides to pupils in grades 7 Summary:
to 12, inclusive. The bill would authorize a school district Would provide that if any nonemployee who is visiting an
to use school district personnel or outside consultants inmate or ward under the jurisdiction of the Department
who are trained in the appropriate courses to provide this of Corrections and Rehabilitation , is found to be in
additional instruction. The bill would specify the required possession of a wireless communication device , as
content and criteria for this additional instruction and defined, upon being searched or subjected to a metal
any associated materials if a school district elects to detector, that device is subject to confiscation, except as
provide it. The bill would provide that a parent or specified. The bill would require that a notice to that
guardian of a pupil has the right to excuse his or her child effect be posted in each area where visitors are searched
from all or part of the teen dating violence prevention prior to visit ing with an inmate or ward . This bill
education and any assessments related to it, and would contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
prescribe the procedure for a parent or guardian to
exercise that right. This bill contains other related SB 54 (Runner R) Sex offenders: residency
provisions. restrictions: petition for relief.
Status: 1/20/2011-Referred to Com. on RLS.
SB 24 (Simitian D) Personal information: Location: 1/20/2011-S. RLS.
privacy. Summary:
Status: 1/20/2011-Referred to Com. on JUD. Would provide that the 2,000 feet shall be measured by
Location: 1/20/2011-S. JUD. the shortest practical pedestrian or vehicle path. The bill
would permit a person who is subject to the residency
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restriction to petition the superior court of the county facility an emergency youth shelter facility, as defined, for
within which he or she resides for relief from the specified youth under 18 years of age who are homeless
requirement. The bill would provide that original or at risk of being homeless. The bill would require the
jurisdiction for the petition would lie with the appellate department to adopt regulations for these facilities by
division of the superior court in which the petition is January 1, 2013. This bill contains other related
filed. The bill would require the petitioner to establish by provisions and other existing laws.
clear and convincing evidence that there is a pervasive
lack of compliant housing in the county and that a SB 123 (Liu D) California Runaway, Homeless,
majority of sex offenders are unable to comply despite and Exploited Youth Act.
good faith efforts. The bill would require that, if relief is
Status: 2/10/2011-Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
granted, it shall be narrowly crafted in order to Location: 2/10/2011-S. PUB. S.
substantially comply with the intent of the people in Summary:
approving the residency requirements. This bill contains Would enact the California Runaway, Homeless, and
other related provisions and other existing laws. Exploited Youth Act, and would require the California
Emergency Management Agency to provide information,
SB 55 (Runner R) Parole: placement at release: coordination, and support services to public and private
registration. entities serving runaway, homeless, and exploited youth.
Status: 1/20/2011-Referred to Com. on RLS. The bill would also require the agency to develop a
Location: 1/20/2011-S. RLS. statewide plan for runaway, homeless, and exploited
Summary: youth, as specified, and to present this plan to the
Would require these inmates, if they reside in this state, Legislature by January 1, 2013. The bill would make
to register a residential address with the sheriff of the related findings and declarations.
county in which they reside within 10 days of establishing
residence or changing residence, including changes of SB 139 (Alquist D) Corrections: Inspector
residence within the same county. The bill would make General.
failure to register a misdemeanor. Because this bill would Status: 2/10/2011-Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
impose additional duties on local sheriff departments and Location: 2/10/2011-S. PUB. S.
create a new crime, it would create a state-mandated local Summary:
program. This bill contains other related provisions and Would require the Inspector General to oversee, and the
other existing laws. Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to oversee
and conduct, periodic and random searches of employees
SB 57 (Runner R) Sex offenders: social and vendors entering the secure perimeter of a state
networking prohibition: online address prison under the jurisdiction of the department for
notification requirement. contraband, and require the department to report to the
Status: 1/20/2011-Referred to Com. on RLS. Inspector General and the Legislature monthly regarding
Location: 1/20/2011-S. RLS. those searches, as specified.
Summary:
Would permit information received pursuant to these SB 143 (Rubio D) Health research: women and
provisions to be shared with the Department of Justice minority groups.
and other law enforcement agencies, upon request. By Status: 2/10/2011-Referred to Com. on RLS.
creating new crimes, this bill would impose a state- Location: 2/10/2011-S. RLS.
mandated local program. This bill contains other related Summary:
provisions and other existing laws. Existing law requires, on or before June 30, 1992, state
agencies to adopt, and provides that it is the intent of the
SB 59 (Runner R) Parole: release. Legislature that the Regents of the University of
Status: 1/20/2011-Referred to Com. on RLS. California adopt, policies based on a specified publication
Location: 1/20/2011-S. RLS. so that women and members of minority groups are
Summary: appropriately included as subjects of health research
Would exempt persons placed on parole, to whom the projects carried out by state agencies or University of
above-referenced criteria apply, from the provision that California researchers. Existing law requires, on or before
requires inmates released on parole to be returned to the September 30, 1992, state agencies and the University of
county of last legal residence. California to transmit to the Legislature copies of the
policies adopted pursuant to this provision. This bill
SB 119 (Lowenthal D) Emergency youth shelter would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this
facilities. provision.
Status: 2/10/2011-Referred to Com. on HUMAN S.
Location: 2/10/2011-S. HUM. S. SB 151 (Correa D) State employees:
Summary: memorandum of understanding.
Would include with the definition of a community care Status: 2/10/2011-Referred to Com. on P.E. & R.
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