Death Penalty
Privacy/Identity Theft
Domestic Violence
Child Abuse
Sex Offenders
Controlled Substances
Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses
Other Crimes and Sentencing
Procedural
Juries
Juvenile Justice
Corrections
Victims of Crime
Weapons
Courts and Judges/Legal Professions
Law Enforcement
Family Law
Civil Law
Death Penalty
AB 633 (Ammiano-D) Death penalty
Provides that in any case in which the defendant has been found guilty of first degree murder by a jury, and the jury has been unable to reach a unanimous verdict that one or more of the special circumstances charged are true, and does not reach a unanimous verdict that all the special circumstances charged are not true, the court shall dismiss the jury and impose a punishment of confinement in state prison for a term of 25 years. Provides for the submission of its provisions to the voters for approval.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1359 (Huffman-D) Death penalty prisoners
Authorizes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to house condemned inmates in any state prison that contains level four security or a condemned facility designated the department, as specified.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
Privacy/Identity Theft
SB 40 (Correa-D) Personal information: social security numbers
Provides that a document containing more than the last four digits of social security numbers is not entitled for recording beginning 1/1/10. Provides that a recorder shall be deemed to be in compliance if he/she uses due diligence to truncate social security numbers in documents presented for recordings, as specified. Requires an abstract or judgment to contain only the last four digits of the social security number of the party who is ordered to pay spousal, child, or family support.
Chapter 552, Statutes of 2009
SB 226 (Alquist-D) Identity theft venue
Provides that where the same defendant or defendants commit identity theft crimes in more than one county, and the crimes are part of a scheme or involve substantially similar acts, the charges can be tried in a single county.
Chapter 40, Statutes of 2009
SB 461 (Correa-D) Identification: documents
Adds a Matricula consular, issued through a consulate office of the Mexican government, as an allowable form of identification for a credible witness to prove the identity of an individual who executes a written instrument.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
A similar bill is AB 442 (Arambula-I) which was vetoed.
AB 32 (Lieu-D) Personal information: public officials
Requires the removal of personal information of specified officials from the Internet, and permits employers or professional organizations to assert the rights of the official in removing the personal information from the Internet.
Chapter 403, Statutes of 2009
AB 130 (Jeffries-R) Vital records: marriage licenses
Extends the current limitations on the release and access of birth and death records to marriage records in order to prevent the unauthorized use of personal information.
Chapter 412, Statutes of 2009
AB 388 (Miller-R) Identification of firefighters
Requires vendors of uniforms to verify that a person purchasing a uniform identifying a firefighting agency or department is an employee or authorized member of the agency or department identified on the uniform, as specified.
Chapter 100, Statutes of 2009
AB 442 (Arambula-IN) Privacy identification: Matricula Consular
Provides that a notary public may reasonably rely on a Matricula consular issued by the government of Mexico as proper identification to prove the identity of an individual who executes a written instrument.
Vetoed
A similar bill is SB 461 (Correa-D) which is in Senate Judiciary Committee.
AB 524 (Bass-D) Privacy protection
Seeks to provide greater protection to the privacy interests of all Californians by amending existing law so that a person who sells, transmits, publishes, or broadcasts an image, recording, or physical impression of someone engaged in a personal or familial activity violates the state's "invasion of privacy" statute.
Chapter 449, Statutes of 2009
AB 632 (Davis-D) Privacy: Internet-based social networking
Requires a social networking Internet Web site to provide a disclosure to users that an image which is uploaded onto the Web site is capable of being copied, without consent, by persons who view the image, or copied in violation of the privacy policy, terms of use, or other policy of the site.
Vetoed
AB 811 (John Perez-D) Check cashing identification card
Prohibits a check casher from requiring a customer to use an identification card issued by the check casher. Prohibits a check casher from selling any form of identification other than a card for use only at that business. Provides that the penalties for making a false Department of Motor Vehicles-style identification card, may include a jail term of up to one year.
Vetoed
Domestic Violence
SB 197 (Pavley-D) Conditional examination of witnesses
Authorizes a conditional examination of witnesses or victims in misdemeanor and felony domestic violence prosecution where the life of the witness is in jeopardy, or there is evidence that a victim or material witness has been or is being dissuaded, as provided, by any means from cooperating with the prosecution or testifying at trial. Makes additional conforming changes.
Chapter 567, Statutes of 2009
SB 273 (Corbett-D) Domestic violence
Changes the definition of domestic violence in the comprehensive shelter-based service program administered by the Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health Division Branch in the Department of Public Health to extend services to males and makes the program subject to specified anti-discrimination provisions. Changes the definition of domestic violence in the statewide domestic violence program administered by the California Emergency Management Association to extend services to males. Double-jointed with AB 503 (Furutani-D) which was vetoed.
Chapter 177, Statutes of 2009
SB 635 (Wiggins-D) Marriage licenses: vital records: fees: domestic violence
Authorizes the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors, upon making findings and declarations of the need for governmental oversight and coordination of domestic violence agencies, to increase fees for marriage licenses, confidential marriage licenses, and certified copies of marriage certificates, fetal death records, and death records by up to $2, until 1/1/15. Extends the sunset date for a similar program in Solano County by one year.
Chapter 356, Statutes of 2009
SB 662 (Yee-D) Domestic violence: funding
Appropriates $16.3 million from the Restitution Fund to the Department of Public Health to be allocated for funding for the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board to administer the battered women's shelters under the Department of Public Health.
(In Assembly Rules Committee)
SB 782 (Yee-D) Residential tenancies: domestic violence
Creates a process for preventing the eviction of a victim of domestic violence, sexual abuse, or stalking if both of the following are true: (1) the tenant, or a member of the tenant's household, has been a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking, and (2) the notice to vacate is substantially based upon an act or acts of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking perpetrated against the tenant or a member of the tenant's household.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
SB 13XXX* (Alquist-D) Domestic violence: funding
Requires the Department of Finance to transfer $16.3 million from the Alternative and Renewal Fuel and Vehicle Technology Fund to the General Fund as a loan to the appropriate those funds to the California Emergency Management Agency to support domestic violence shelters, as specified, for the 2009-10 fiscal year.
Chapter 29, Statutes of 2009
AB 73 (Hayashi-D) Marriage licenses: vital records: fees: domestic violence
Eliminates the 1/1/10 sunset date for Alameda County and the City of Berkeley to continue to authorize existing fees to fund domestic violence prevention programs, and extends the deadline for a final report to the Legislature.
Chapter 215, Statutes of 2009
AB 258 (Ma-D) Domestic violence
Amends Section 836 of the Penal Code, concerning arrests in situations where mutual protective orders have been issued, to changed the phase "primary aggressor" to "dominant aggressor."
Chapter 92, Statutes of 2009
AB 375 (Nielsen-R) Child custody: child sexual abuse
Limits the ability of the court to grant an ex parte request to modify a child custody order in cases of domestic violence or child sexual abuse.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
AB 503 (Furutani-D) Battered women's shelters: grant program
Extends the sunset date for the Domestic Violence Advisory Council which advises the Domestic Violence Program within the Department of Public Health to 1/1/15.
Vetoed
AB 688 (Eng-D) Domestic violence: misdemeanors
Clarifies that a peace officer may not release a person on his/her own recognizance, as specified, when arrested for a misdemeanor violation of a domestic violence protective order.
Chapter 465, Statutes of 2009
AB 1003 (John Perez-D) Domestic violence grants
Allows the number of grants awarded in the Equality in Prevention and Service for Domestic Abuse Program to be increased beyond the four annual limit currently permitted, changes the process by which these grants are awarded, and provides standards for domestic violence programs staff who provide services using these grant awards.
Chapter 498, Statutes of 2009
AB 1081 (Torrico-D) Electronic monitoring: domestic violence
Requires electronic monitoring via Global Positioning System surveillance for persons convicted of violating specified protective orders, stalking, or felony domestic violence.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1082* (Torrico-D) Domestic Violence Prevention and Sexual Abuse Fund
Imposes a 12% tax on tangible personable property that is harmful matter, as defined, to fund a program for the surveillance of domestic abusers and stalkers, and programs that support victims and the prevention of domestic violence and sexual assault.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
AB 1248 (Emmerson-R) Domestic violence: refusal to testify
Authorizes the court to require a victim of a domestic violence crime who refuses to testify to attend one session of counseling and schedule a hearing to take place after the counseling session to determine whether the victim's decision not to testify was made freely and voluntarily and without coercion. Authorizes the district attorney to refer the victim to a nonprofit counseling group for purposes of that provision.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1360 (John Perez-D) Felony domestic violence
Expands the definition of felony domestic violence to include the offender's "fiance" or "someone with whom the offender has, or previously had, a dating or engagement relationship," as specified.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
Child Abuse
AB 247 (Emmerson-R) Child Abuse Central Index
Clarifies that an agency that has reported an instance of known or suspected child abuse or neglect to the Department of Justice must make information received from the department relevant to the known or suspect instance of abuse or neglect available to the reporting health care practitioner who is treating a person reported as an abuse or neglect victim, and makes an additional related technical revision to the law in this area.
Chapter 91, Statutes of 2009
AB 375 (Nielsen-R) Child custody: child sexual abuse
Limits the ability of the court to grant an ex parte request to modify a child custody order in cases of domestic violence or child sexual abuse.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
AB 731 (Villines-R) Child abuse sentencing
Makes it a felony, punishable by 15 years to life in state prison, for any person who, having the care and custody of a child under eight years of age, inflicts great bodily injury that causes the victim to become comatose due to brain injury or to suffer permanent paralysis.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 886 (Garrick-R) Mandated child abuse reporting
Includes employees in public libraries as mandated reporters, for purposes of reporting the use of computers in public libraries, discovered in the course of their duties, to access, on the Internet or from other sources, any material that would constitute depictions of sexual exploitation, as described.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1280 (Villines-R) Child abuse sentencing: child becoming comatose or suffering
Provides that it is a felony, punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for 15 years to life, for a person, having the care or custody of a child who is under eight years of age, to assault the child with force that to a reasonable person would be likely to produce great bodily injury, resulting in the child becoming comatose due to brain injury or suffering paralysis of a permanent nature, as specified.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
Sex Offenders
SB 46 (Alquist-D) Statutes of limitations
Eliminates the statute of limitations for the crimes of rape, sodomy, lewd act on a child or dependent person, oral copulation, continuous sexual abuse of a child, or forcible sexual penetration.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 50 (Corbett-D) Victims of sexual assault
Provides 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.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
SB 174 (Strickland-R) Public safety and welfare
Among other provisions, explains that every person who is required to register as a sex offender who is living as a transient in California but was convicted in another jurisdiction, shall register within five working days of coming into California with the chief of police of the city in which he/she is present or the sheriff of the county if he/she is present in an unincorporated area or city that has no police department. Removes the requirement that Department of Justice must provide annual reports to the Legislature on the service through which members of the public may obtain information on sex offenders via the Megan's Law Internet Web site.
Chapter 35, Statutes of 2009
SB 325 (Alquist-D) Sex offenders: risk assessments
Makes the following revisions to the State-Authorized Risk Assessment Tool for Sex Offenders (SARATSO) law: (1) provides for individuated reviews where a SARATSO scoring agency believes an individual score is too high or too low, as specified; (2) clarifies that sex offender parolees are to be assessed only if they have not been assessed previously, as specified; (3) requires the Department of Mental Health (DMH) to record in a database risk assessment scores, including any submitted by a probation officer, as specified; (4) requires that, beginning on 1/1/10, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and DMH send assessment scores to the Department of Justice (DOJ) Sex Offender Tracking Program within 30 days of the assessment, and that the risk assessment score of an offender be made part of his/her file maintained by the DOJ Sex Offender Tracking Program as soon as possible without financial impact, but no later than 1/1/12; (5) establishes a process for risk assessing registered sex offenders who previously have not been assessed, as specified; (6) broadens the definition of sex offenders eligible for risk assessment, as specified; (7) provides immunity for persons who perform authorized risk assessments in good faith, as specified; (8) expands the existing records access by the SARATSO Review Committee to experts it retains, as specified; (9) clarifies that probation reports include SARATSO results for persons recommended for sex offender registration by a probation officer, as specified; and (10) authorizes the use of an appropriate SARATSO instrument for juvenile sex offenders where probation recommends commitment to the Division of Juvenile Justice, as specified.
Chapter 582, Statutes of 2009
SB 496 (Maldonado-R) Sex offenders: real estate license
Authorizes the Commissioner of the Department of Real Estate, to deny an application for a real estate license, or revoke, non-renew or refuse to reinstate the license for a person who is a registered sex offender, with specified exceptions.
(Failed passage in Senate Public Safety Committee; reconsideration granted)
SB 504 (Runner-R) Registered sex offenders: GPS
Expressly authorizes local law enforcement agencies to monitor registered sex offenders subject to GPS monitoring by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation who register in their jurisdiction.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 564 (Hollingsworth-R) Sexually violent predators
Requires sexually violent predators who are released into a forensic conditional release program to be placed in a reentry facility administered by the Department of Mental Health, which may include a new or an existing facility, until suitable housing is found. Precludes failure to be placed in a reentry facility from being grounds for preventing conditional release.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 583 (Hollingsworth-R) Registered sex offenders: address database
Requires the Department of Justice (DOJ), beginning 1/1/12, to record each address at which a registered sex offender resides with a unique identifier that shall include the nature of the dwelling, as specified. Requires DOJ to maintain those classifications within the database maintained for sex offender registrations and to provide that information to other state agencies, including the Department of Social Services, when those agencies need the information for law enforcement purposes relating to investigative responsibilities relative to sex offenders.
Chapter 55, Statutes of 2009
SB 584 (Hollingsworth-R) Computer access by registered sex offenders
Requires any person who is required to register as a sex offender for committing a crime where the trier of fact made a finding that a computer was used to facilitate the commission of the crime, to inform the registering agent as to whether or not he/she has access to a computer or other device with Internet capability.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 588 (Senate Public Safety Committee) Sex Offender Management Board
Eliminates the statutory 2010 sunset for the Sex Offender Management Board.
Chapter 191, Statutes of 2009
SB 668 (Hollingsworth-R) Sex offenders
Adds clarifying language to Section 290.018 of the Penal Code dealing with the prosecution of registered sex offenders under any applicable provision of law.
Chapter 60, Statutes of 2009
SB 669 (Hollingsworth-R) Sexually violent predators
Provides that, in a trial to determine whether or not a person is still a sexually violent predator, the court shall instruct the jury that failure to participate in or complete the prescribed sex offender treatment may be considered evidence that a person's condition has not changed.
Chapter 61, Statutes of 2009
SB 689 (Hollingsworth-R) Sexually violent predators
Requires the Department of Justice to develop and implement a fully Web-enabled system to provide the public, via an Internet Web site, with monitoring and mapping information showing the actual, physical location in real time of sex offenders who have been declared sexually violent predators, as specified.
(Failed passage in Senate Public Safety Committee; reconsideration granted)
AB 61 (Nava-D) Juvenile justice: deferred entry of judgment
Statutorily excludes minors alleged to have committed specified sex offenses from eligibility for deferred entry of judgment, as enacted by Proposition 21 in 2000.
(Failed passage in Senate Public Safety Committee; reconsideration granted)
AB 168 (Nava-D) Sexually violent predator proceedings: juvenile case files
Authorizes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the Department of Mental Health, and the district attorney to obtain records of sustained juvenile petitions for specified sex offenses committed by a person 14 years or older in a sexually violent predator law proceeding.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 307* (Cook-R) Working with minors: sex offenders
Clarifies that the Penal Code section that prohibits registered sex offenders whose victim was a minor under 16 years of age from working in a position where he/she will be working directly and in an unaccompanied setting with minors includes providing goods or services to minors.
Chapter 430, Statutes of 2009
AB 375 (Nielsen-R) Child custody: child sexual abuse
Limits the ability of the court to grant an ex parte request to modify a child custody order in cases of domestic violence or child sexual abuse.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
AB 383 (Lieu-D) Criminal procedure: DNA evidence
Extends the limitation on the time period for testing deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) in specified sex crimes committed after 1/1/01, as specified, from two to five years.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 505 (Furutani-D) Sex offenders: monitoring and housing
Deletes the repeal date of 1/1/10, thereby making the provisions relating to the Sex Offender Management Board operative indefinitely. Requires the Sex Offender Management Board to conduct a thorough assessment of (1) the increasing number of unmonitored transient adult sex offenders residing in California communities, and (2) the increasing clustering of the housing of adult sex offenders residing in California communities, and provide a report and plan with recommendations to the Legislature and the Governor, as specified.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 552 (Furutani-D) Sex offenders
Provides that the residency limitation, instituted in Proposition 83 of the 11/7/06 general election relative to registered sex offenders, applies regarding any public or private school including any or all of kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive. Provides that the distance between the location where a registrant resides and a school or park, as specified, shall be measured property line to property line by the closest publicly accessible route.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 558 (Portantino-D) Sexual assault crimes
Requires local law enforcement agencies responsible for taking or processing rape kit evidence to annually report to the Department of Justice statistical information pertaining to the processing of rape kits, as specified. Reports received would be subject to inspection under the California Public Records Act.
(In Assembly Rules Committee)
AB 575 (Torres-D) Sex offenders: restrictions
Makes it a misdemeanor for a sex offender, except in limited instances, to be physically present and delay, linger, or idle about within 300 feet of a sensitive use site, as defined. Provides that for purposes of these provisions, a sensitive use site includes specified places where children gather, including arcades, bus stops, child care centers, children's retail stores, community centers, cultural centers, cyber cafes, health clubs providing childcare services, movie theaters, museums, sports centers, and schools.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 997 (Krekorian-D) Sex offenders: licensed residential facilities
Requires the Department of Justice, the Department of Social Services, and the Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs to coordinate with one another to develop an approach that allows these departments to generate information identifying all sex offenders living in licensed residential, child care, or foster care facilities.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1017 (Portantino-D) Sexual assault: rape kits
Requires law enforcement agencies that take or process rape kit evidence to report specified information concerning the testing and destruction of that evidence to the Department of Justice.
Vetoed
AB 1170 (Charles Calderon-D) Sex offenders: rental housing
Requires the Department of Justice, in consultation with the Department of Consumer Affairs and public and private organizations, to develop, publish and make available to the public a consumer information booklet regarding federal and state laws relating to sex offender registration as it relates to the lease or rental of real property.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1261 (Audra Strickland-R) Sex offenders: child custody and visitation
Prohibits the court from granting a person physical or legal custody of, or unsupervised visitation with, a child if the person is a registered sex offender or has been convicted of specified criminal offenses, and prohibits the court from placing the child in a home in which that person resides. Makes conforming changes.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
Controlled Substances
SB 157 (Runner-R) Controlled substance offenses: manufacturing
Provides that where a defendant is convicted of manufacturing methamphetamine or PCP, a sentence enhancement of two years shall be imposed for each child present during the crime. Provides that an enhancement of five years shall be imposed for each child who suffers great bodily injury in the offense.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 484 (Wright-D) Ephedrine and pseudoephedrine
Provides that any person who obtains ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and specified related drugs without a prescription, as specified, shall be guilty of an infraction or misdemeanor.
(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee; reconsideration granted)
SJR 14 (Leno-D) Medical marijuana
Urges the President and the Congress of the United States to take specific actions relating to the use of medical marijuana, including ending federal raids, intimidation and interference with state medical cannabis laws, adopting policies and laws to encourage advanced clinical research trials into the therapeutic use of cannabis, establishing an affirmative defense to medical cannabis charges in federal court, and establishing a comprehensive federal medical cannabis policy that ensures safe and legal access for patients.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
AB 390 (Ammiano-D) Marijuana Control, Regulation, and Education Act
Removes marijuana and its derivatives from existing statutes defining and regulating controlled substances. Legalizes the possession, sale, cultivation, and other conduct relating to marijuana and its derivatives by persons 21 years of age and older, except as specified. Sets up a wholesale and retail marijuana sales regulation program, including special fees to fund drug abuse prevention programs, as specified, to commence after regulations concerning the program have been issued, and federal law permits possession and sale consistent with the program. Bans local and state assistance in enforcing inconsistent federal and other laws relating to marijuana, and provides specified infraction penalties for violations of these new marijuana laws and regulations.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 530 (Krekorian-D) Unlawful detainer: controlled substances and firearms
Extends the sunset date to 1/1/14, on two pilot programs permitting city attorneys or prosecutors in specified cities to bring an unlawful detainer action in the name of the people against a tenant for unlawful activities regarding firearms, ammunition, and controlled substances. Adds the City of Sacramento to the controlled substances pilot program. Exempts the City of Los Angeles from the sunset date of the controlled substances program, thereby extending the program indefinitely for that city. Makes changes to the notice and reporting requirements to both pilot programs.
Chapter 244, Statutes of 2009
AB 640 (Huber-D) Methamphetamine: sale: mandatory sentence
Requires the court, in granting probation to any person convicted of the sale of methamphetamine, to order the defendant to serve a minimum term of 120 days in the county jail as a condition of probation unless the court finds that it is in the interest of justice not to impose such a term.
(Failed passage in Senate Public Safety Committee; reconsideration granted)
AB 748 (Gilmore-R) Controlled substances
Includes MDMA (3, 4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine) on Schedule II of the controlled substance schedules. Defines MDMA as a Schedule II stimulant, the same classification as methamphetamine, an analog of MDMA.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 858 (Gilmore-R) Controlled substances: sentencing
Increases the term of imprisonment for any person convicted of selling methamphetamine, or possessing methamphetamine for the purpose of sale.
(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee; reconsideration granted)
AB 1414 (Hill-D) Controlled substances
Removes apomorphine from Schedule II, as defined in the California Uniform Controlled Substance Act.
(In Assembly Rules Committee)
AB 1455* (Hill-D) Ephedrine: retail sale
Provides that it is a misdemeanor, punishable as specified, for any retail distributor, except pursuant to a valid prescription from a licensed practitioner with prescriptive authority, to sell or distribute to a person specified amounts of nonprescription products containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, norpseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine within specified time limits, to sell or distribute any of those substances to a person whose information has generated an alert, or, except under specified conditions, to sell or distribute to any purchaser a nonprescription product containing any amount of those substances.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 1489 (Smyth-R) Hazardous materials: methamphetamine laboratories
Updates the cleanup standard used to determine if a methamphetamine contaminated property is safe for human occupancy.
Chapter 539, Statutes of 2009
Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses
SB 154 (Benoit-R) Vessels: operation
Requires drivers' license suspension for a conviction of boating under the influence (BUI) with a prior BUI or driving under the influence (DUI) offense within seven years. Requires, rather than authorizes, courts to impose, as a condition of probation, that every person convicted of BUI complete a licensed DUI program.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 598 (Huff-R) Vehicles: driving under the influence
Amends existing driving under the influence laws relative to the procedures to be followed for the issuance of a restricted driver's license. Provides that the Department of Motor Vehicles shall advise a person convicted of a second or third offense of driving under the influence with a blood alcohol content of .08% or more that he/she may receive a restricted license, as specified, if he/she shows verification of installation of a certified ignition interlock device and pays a fee sufficient to include the costs of administration, as specified.
Chapter 193, Statutes of 2009
AB 14 (Fuentes-D) Vehicle nuisances: seizure and impoundment
Authorizes a local government entity to enact a nuisance abatement ordinance under which a vehicle used in illegal dumping or prostitution would be subject to seizure and impoundment for up to 30 days if the operator of the vehicle has a prior conviction for the same offense within the past three years, and the person was validly arrested in the current matter.
Chapter 210, Statutes of 2009
AB 62 (Portantino-D) Vehicles: television broadcast or video signal displays
Permits a person to drive a motor vehicle if a video screen displaying a video signal or television broadcast is operating in the front seat area, under specified conditions.
Chapter 73, Statutes of 2009
AB 77 (Jeffries-R) Notice of delinquent parking violation
Requires a parking processing agency to verify that all notices of delinquent parking violations substantially match the corresponding information on the registration of the vehicle and to cancel the parking violation if the information is not a match. Deletes the requirement that a person provide a written request for cancellation of the parking violation to the parking processing agency.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)
AB 91 (Feuer-D) Ignition interlock device
Creates a Department of Motor Vehicles pilot project mandating the installation of an ignition interlock device on every vehicle owned or operated by all driving under the influence offenders.
Chapter 217, Statutes of 2009
AB 134 (Blakeslee-R) Off-highway motor vehicles
Prohibits a parent, guardian, or other authorized adult from granting permission or knowingly allowing a child who is under age 14 to operate an off-highway motor vehicle on which the child cannot reach the controls necessary to safely operate the vehicle.
Chapter 414, Statutes of 2009
AB 509 (Anderson-R) Vehicles: fleeing a peace officer
Rewrites the penalty provisions for evading a peace officer and causing damage to persons or property so that damage to persons could be found to be an inherently dangerous felony for the purposes of the second-degree felony murder.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 614 (Miller-R) Driving under the influence: field sobriety
Creates a crime against any person who refuses to submit to a chemical test as requested by an officer upon reasonable suspicion that he/she is driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs and or alcohol.
(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee; reconsideration granted)
AB 628 (Block-D) Toll evasion
Defines pay-by-plate toll payment and establishes what constitutes evidence of a toll evasion violation where a toll operator offers this method of toll payment. Provides that a toll operator offering pay-by-plate toll payment must communicate the amount of toll in the same manner as it does for other methods of toll payment.
Chapter 459, Statutes of 2009
AB 766 (Krekorian-D) Vehicles: speed limits
Allows a local city or county to retain a prima facie speed limit on any street, other than a state highway, if it makes a finding after a public hearing and determines that a higher speed limit is not appropriate and does not promote safety.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)
AB 808 (Fuentes-D) Driving under the influence: hearing requests
Increases to 90 days, from the current 10-day allowance, the period of time during which a person arrested for driving with an unlawful blood alcohol content or for refusing to submit to alcohol screening may request a hearing to appeal his/her driver's license being suspended or revoked.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)
AB 986 (Mendoza-D) Motor vehicle speed contests
Requires that a motor vehicle involved in an illegal road speed contest be impounded and inspected by the Department of the California Highway Patrol (CHP) to determine whether the motor vehicle has been modified for speed enhancement beyond the manufacturer's original equipment specifications. Requires, beginning 7/1/10, that an additional registration fee of $30 be collected for a motor vehicle so seized and that the motor vehicle be designated as speed enhanced on the certificate of registration for that motor vehicle. Creates the Illegal Street Racing Abatement Account in the General Fund and requires that the monies in that account, upon appropriation by the Legislature, be allocated to the CHP and local law enforcement authorities to pay for the costs associated with the impoundment and inspection of motor vehicles seized as a result of illegal street racing.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 987 (Ma-D) Automated speed enforcement
Authorizes a city or county, until 1/1/15, to establish a program utilizing an automated speed enforcement system for speed enforcement if specified conditions are met. Requires a city or county that adopts an automated speed enforcement program to submit a specified report to the Legislature on or before 1/1/15.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)
AB 1104 (Monning-D) Parking violations: request for review
Expands the period of time during which a review of a parking violation may be requested. Excludes, from the time period allowed to request a review of a parking violation, the time between the day a processing agency receives a request for a copy or facsimile of the original notice of parking violation and the day the processing agency complies with the request.
(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)
AB 1155 (Audra Strickland-R) Private parking facilities
Makes additional traffic laws enforceable on off-street private parking facilities.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1224 (Eng-D) Hit and run violations: animals
Requires a driver involved in an accident resulting in an injury to a dog, a cat, or livestock, to immediately stop the vehicle at the nearest location that will not jeopardize safety and comply with specific notification requirements.
(Failed passage in Assembly Transportation Committee; reconsideration granted)
AB 1275 (Anderson-R) Driving under the influence: undocumented drivers
Mandates an arresting authority to report to the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement the presence of an arrestee when both of the following occur: (1) the arrestee is arrested for driving under the influence (DUI) or DUI causing bodily injury, and (2) the arrestee fails to provide the arresting authority with appropriate documentation demonstrating his/her legal presence in the United States.
(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee; reconsideration granted)
AB 1358* (Feuer-D) Driving under the influence (DUI): interlock device
Ensures that the first offender driving under the influence and ignition interlock device pilot program contained in AB 91 (Feuer-D), Chapter 217, Statutes of 2009, is made operative by making a technical correction to AB 91.
Chapter 651, Statutes of 2009
AB 1492 (Bonnie Lowenthal-D) Vehicles: wireless telephones
Prohibits a person from using a wireless telephone or other communication device, as the bill defines that term, during a vehicle stop made by a law enforcement officer for a violation of the Vehicle Code, thereby creating a new infraction. Provides that if a law enforcement officer makes a vehicle stop for a violation of the Vehicle Code, it is an infraction for a person in the vehicle that is stopped to fail to comply with the officer's direction to stop using a wireless telephone or other communication device. Exempts from its provisions a person using a wireless telephone or other communication device for emergency purposes or to record, tape, or otherwise film anything that occurs during a traffic stop.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
Other Crimes and Sentencing
SB 18 (Oropeza-D) Elder or dependent adult abuse
Increases the maximum fines for specified elder abuse offenses upon a second or subsequent conviction.
Chapter 25, Statutes of 2009
SB 24 (Oropeza-D) Cargo theft
Eliminates the sunset clause on the crime of cargo theft, a separately defined form of grand theft. Clarifies that every person who steals, takes, or carries away cargo of another, if the cargo taken is of a value exceeding $950, except as specified, is guilty of grand theft.
Chapter 607, Statutes of 2009
SB 34 (Corbett-D) Petitions: compensation for signatures
Prohibits a person from paying or receiving money or any other thing of value based on the number of signatures obtained on a state or local initiative, referendum, or recall petition. Provides that a violation of this prohibition constitutes a misdemeanor if a person or organization who pays a person based on the number of signatures obtained on a state or local initiative, referendum, or recall petition shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $25,000, or by imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment. States that nothing in the bill prohibits the payment for signature gathering not based, either directly or indirectly, on the number of signatures obtained on a state or local initiative, referendum, or recall petition.
Vetoed
SB 135 (Florez-D) Animal abuse: cattle: tail docking
Makes the practice of tail docking of cattle a misdemeanor unless performed consistent with the Veterinary Medical Practices Act.
Chapter 344, Statutes of 2009
SB 150 (Wright-D) Sentence enhancements: choice of terms
Allows courts, when imposing sentence enhancements that provide for an upper, middle or lower term, to select the appropriate term at the court's discretion. Requires the court to state its reasons on the record. Provides a sunset date of 1/1/11, for these provisions.
Chapter 171, Statutes of 2009
SB 174 (Strickland-R) Crimes
Among other provisions, clarifies that in situations where a person diverts $1,000 or less in construction funds, the person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Specifies that a deposit of bail does not constitute entry of a plea or a court appearance when a person who has received a written notice to appear for an infraction is required to make a deposit and declare the intention to plead not guilty to the clerk named in the notice to appear. A plea of not guilty under this section must be made in court at the arraignment.
Chapter 35, Statutes of 2009
SB 185 (Benoit-R) Felony enhancements
Provides that a defendant shall receive a two-year sentence enhancement if he/she committed a felony while on release from custody in a prior matter, and the release was other than through bail or own recognizance.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 203 (Harman-R) Child pornography
Provides that each depiction of a separate individual child engaged in sexual conduct constitutes a separate child pornography crime. Provides that each depiction of a separate person in obscene material constitutes a separate crime. States legislative approval of a court decision holding that child pornography is limited to "visual" depictions of minors engaged in sexual conduct, as specified. Provides that "distribution" of child pornography includes transmission over the Internet.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 239 (Pavley-D) Mortgage fraud
Provides that fraud involving mortgages be defined as a stand-alone statute in a specific section of the Penal Code.
Chapter 174, Statutes of 2009
SB 318 (Calderon-D) Dogfighting: forfeitures
Provides for forfeiture procedures for specified property acquired through the crime of dogfighting.
Chapter 302, Statutes of 2009
SB 324 (Cedillo-D) Counterfeit goods
Provides that counterfeit goods, with specified exceptions, may, at the consent of the trademark owner, be donated to charity, rather than destroyed.
Chapter 581, Statutes of 2009
SB 344 (Strickland-R) Crimes against elders and dependent adults
Provides for specified penalties to knowingly engaging in exploitation of or exerting criminal undue influence upon an elder or dependent adult in order to acquire possession or control of an interest in funds or property of the elder or dependent adult.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 399 (Yee-D) Sentencing
Authorizes a prisoner who was under 18 years of age at the time of committing an offense for which the prisoner was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole to submit a petition for recall and re-sentencing to the sentencing court, as specified.
(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee; reconsideration granted)
SB 434 (Benoit-R) Correctional facilities: wireless communications
Makes it a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of up to $5,000 and/or by a loss of up to two months in sentence credits for an inmate or ward to possess a cell phone or other wireless communication device, or any component thereof, or for any person with intent to deliver the device to an inmate or ward. Provides that any person visiting an inmate or ward, who possesses a cell phone or other wireless communication device, may be required to forfeit the device. Notice of this provision must be posed in all areas where visitors are searched prior to visitation with an inmate in custody of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 440 (Denham-R) Sentencing: serious and violent felonies
Adds the crimes of child abuse likely to produce great bodily injury or death, physical child abuse, killing, mutilating, or torturing a domestic animal, elder abuse for which the defendant was incarcerated in state prison, and escape or attempted escape by force or violence to the lists of "serious felonies" as well as to the list of "violent felonies," as specified. Adds the crimes of human trafficking, stalking, solicitation to commit murder, fleeing or attempting to elude a pursuing peace officer, willful flight or attempting to elude a pursuing peace officer, and felon in possession of a firearm, to the list of "serious felonies," as specified.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 492 (Maldonado-R) School loitering and gang activity
Creates enhanced penalties for registered gang members, as specified, to return within 72 hours after being asked to leave a school property or other public place at or near where children normally congregate.
Chapter 592, Statutes of 2009
SB 557 (Yee-D) Human trafficking: property: seizure
Provides that, upon a person being convicted of human trafficking, if real property was used to facilitate the offense, that property will be found to be a public nuisance and the remedies applicable under the nuisance or "Red Light Abatement" statutes, as specified, shall apply. Provides that those remedies include closing the property for one year and a civil fine of up to $25,000.
Vetoed
SB 566 (Hollingsworth-R) GPS/electronic monitoring: interference
Establishes a penalty scheme for persons who have been lawfully ordered to submit to a GPS or electronic monitoring device, and willfully interfere with the device, with penalties ranging from misdemeanors to felonies, depending upon the offense underlying the GPS sanction.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 609 (Hollingsworth-R) Importation of crocodile and alligator parts
Allows for the importation and sale of crocodile and alligator products in California, and extends the current operative date from 2010 to 2015.
Chapter 15, Statutes of 2009
SB 625 (Wright-D) Bail or own recognizance release: custody holds
Requires courts to consider, as specified, the following factors in setting bail or releasing a person on his/her own recognizance: the defendant's ties to the community, his/her history of appearing in court, the sentence facing the defendant upon conviction, and whether bail or his/her own recognizance release provides reasonable assurance of the defendant's future appearance and public safety.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
SB 657 (Steinberg-D) Human trafficking
Requires, beginning 1/1/11, retail sellers and manufacturers doing business in the state to develop, maintain, and implement policies related to their compliance with federal and state law regarding the eradication of slavery and human trafficking. Provides that this provision does not apply to a retail seller or manufacturer having less than $2 million in annual sales. Makes a specified statement of legislative intent regarding slavery and human trafficking.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 753 (Cedillo-D) Exotic animals: kangaroos
Makes the prohibition in existing law against importation for commercial purposes inapplicable to the dead body of any kangaroo.
(In Senate Natural Resources and Wildlife Committee)
SR 23 (Kehoe-D) Hate crimes
Places the Senate on record that the Senate thanks the United States House of Representatives for its support of the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act and calls on the United States Senate to swiftly pass the Senate companion bill, the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act.
Adopted by the Senate
AB 14 (Fuentes-D) Local ordinances: vehicles: nuisance abatement: impoundment
Authorizes a local government entity to enact a nuisance abatement ordinance under which a vehicle used in illegal dumping or prostitution is subject to seizure and impoundment for up to 30 days if the operator of the vehicle has a prior conviction for the same offense within the past three years, and the person was validly arrested in the current matter.
Chapter 210, Statutes of 2009
AB 16* (Swanson-D) Human trafficking
Adds human trafficking to the list of serious and violent felonies for purposes of sentencing pursuant to the three strikes law.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 17* (Swanson-D) Sexual exploitation of minors: human trafficking
Adds abduction or procurement for prostitution to the criminal profiteering asset forfeiture law. Provides that the court may impose a fine of up to $20,000, in addition to any other fines and penalties, where the defendant has been convicted of the abduction of a minor for purposes of prostitution or procurement of a minor under the age of 16 for lewd conduct. Provides that 50% of the additional fine shall be deposited in the Victim-Witness Assistance Fund for purposes of grants to community-based organizations that serve minor victims of human trafficking.
Chapter 211, Statutes of 2009
AB 22 (Torres-D) Computer hacking: unauthorized use
Raises the maximum fine that can be imposed on a defendant convicted of felony crimes involving unauthorized use of computers, damage to computers or computer data, and related offenses such as harmful misappropriation of an Internet domain name, from $10,000 to $12,000.
Chapter 70, Statutes of 2009
AB 27 (Jeffries-R) Aggravated arson
Sets the monetary loss threshold for aggravated arson at $6.5 million to reflect the effects of inflation, and includes a 2014 sunset in the law to review the effects of inflation at that time.
Chapter 71, Statutes of 2009
AB 58 (Jeffries-R) Non-commercial sports betting pools
Provides that participation in a non-commercial betting pool is an infraction, punishable by a maximum fine of $250, plus penalty assessments.
Chapter 72, Statutes of 2009
AB 241 (Nava-D) Dogs and cats: breeding for sale
Prohibits any person or business entity from owning more than 50 adult unsterilized dogs or cats for the purpose of breeding them for pets.
Vetoed
AB 242 (Nava-D) Dogfighting
Provides that the penalty for being a spectator at a dogfight is up to one year in county jail and/or a fine up to $5,000.
Chapter 225, Statutes of 2009
AB 243 (Nava-D) Animal abuse: penalties
Prohibits, with specified exceptions, a person who has been convicted of specified animal abuse crimes from owning or caring for an animal for a specified period of time.
Vetoed
AB 316 (Solorio-D) Wrongful convictions: compensation
Extends the time for filing a claim with the Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board (Board) for a wrongful conviction and imprisonment for six months to two years. Allows a finding that a person is factually innocent to be used as evidence in a claim for wrongful conviction filed with the Board. Extends the statute of limitations for legal malpractice from one year to two years where the plaintiff has obtained a finding of factual innocence.
Chapter 432, Statutes of 2009
AB 362 (Miller-R) Unauthorized theft: political signs
Makes it a crime, except as specified, for a person to take, possess, damage, reuse, or move any political sign or signs without authorization from the owner of the sign or signs and with the intent to prevent, substantially alter, or substantially obscure the communication of the sign. Makes a violation of this provision punishable as an infraction or a misdemeanor, as specified, and makes a second or subsequent violation a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, a fine not exceeding $2,000, or both.
Vetoed
AB 388 (Miller-R) Firefighter uniforms: vendors
Requires vendors of uniforms to verify that a person purchasing a uniform identifying a firefighting agency or department is an employee or authorized member of the agency or department identified on the uniform, as specified. Failure to do so will be a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of up to $1,000.
Chapter 100, Statutes of 2009
AB 412 (Carter-D) Hate crimes: nooses
Makes it a misdemeanor to hang a noose, knowing it to be a symbol representing a threat to life, in order to terrorize a person who owns, occupies, attends school at, is employed at, or is associated with the property where the noose is hung.
Chapter 106, Statutes of 2009
AB 438 (Beall-D) Persons with developmental disabilities: criminal proceeding
Expands diversion eligibility for persons with cognitive disabilities, and requires the Department of Developmental Services to create a task force to identify strategies and best practices for dealing with persons with developmental disabilities in the criminal justice system.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 461* (Gaines-R) Economic Crime Act of 1992: reenactment
Reenacts the Economic Crime Act of 1992, addressing felony theft restitution and probation grant limitations, with a sunset date of 1/1/19.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 491 (Garrick-R) Vandalism of political signs
Provides that any person who destroys, marks, tears down, or otherwise defaces a political sign without authorization from the campaign responsible for the production or creation of the sign is subject to a fine not to exceed $1,000, in addition to any other penalty provided by law.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 538 (Arambula-IN) Emergency telephone system: abuse
Allows any entity that provides medical services to report a violation of the law prohibiting the improper use of the 911 system to the public safety entity that originally received the call.
Vetoed
AB 559 (Swanson-D) Human trafficking: minors
Expands the scope of depriving the personal liberty of another to provide that any person who causes, induces, or persuades, or attempts to cause, induce, or persuade, a person who is a minor at the time of the commission of the offense, to engage in a commercial sex act, as specified, or who obtains or attempts to obtain forced labor or services from a minor, is guilty of human trafficking.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 561 (Carter-D) Highway workers: assault and battery
Provides that a misdemeanor assault or battery on a highway worker, as defined, shall be subject to the same enhanced penalties, a maximum jail term of one year and a fine of up to $2,000, as an assault or battery on a Department of Transportation (Caltrans) highway worker or Caltrans contractor.
Chapter 116, Statutes of 2009
AB 568 (Lieu-D) Counterfeit goods
Provides that every nonresidential building or place used for the purpose of willfully manufacturing, intentionally selling, or knowingly possessing for sale any counterfeit goods is a nuisance which shall be enjoined, abated, and prevented, and for which damages may be recovered. Permits a district attorney, city attorney, or any citizen or resident to bring an action to abate and prevent the nuisance and perpetually enjoin the person conducting or maintaining the nuisance. Sunsets on 1/1/15.
Chapter 453, Statutes of 2009
AB 576 (Torres-D) Vandalism: recovery of costs
Expands the definition of a "victim" for the purposes of restitution to include any governmental entity that is responsible for repairing, replacing or restoring public and privately owned property defaced with graffiti or other inscribed material, as specified, and has sustained economic loss as a result.
Chapter 454, Statutes of 2009
AB 587 (Cook-R) Gang related graffiti
Provides that if defacement, damage, or destruction is determined by the finder of fact to further criminal gang activity, the act of vandalism is punishable by imprisonment in a state prison or in the county jail not exceeding one year, or by a fine of not more than $10,000, or both that fine and imprisonment. Authorizes a court to grant probation and, as a condition of probation, order the defendant to participate in a local intervention program and also order grant terms.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 740 (Hagman-R) Bail
Allows the superior court judges of any county in which the inmate population reaches 80% of the county correctional system's mandated capacity to temporarily reduce or modify the bail schedule approved for the county in order to prevent the early release of prisoners who have not posted bail.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 751 (Garrick-R) Theft: motor vehicles
Creates six new one-year enhancements for the theft of a vehicle under specified circumstances.
(Failed passage in Senate Public Safety Committee; reconsideration granted)
AB 768 (Torres-D) Elder abuse
Eliminates the requirement that a person "know or reasonably should know" a victim is an elder or dependent adult to be charged with elder abuse. Expands the definition of abuse to include willfully causing or permitting an elder or dependent adult to sustain any wound or physical or psychological injury.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 819* (Charles Calderon-D) Intellectual property piracy
Creates in the Office of the Attorney General, the Division of Organized Crime and Intellectual Piracy (OCIP) to investigate and prosecute intellectual property piracy. Establishes the Intellectual Property Piracy Prevention and Prosecution Fund within the State Controller's Office. Establishes the Fund through money collected under AB 711 (Calderon-D). Uses the Fund to reimburse local law enforcement for the costs of providing substantial assistance to the OCIP. Provides that all fines in OCIP cases be deposited in the Fund and requires an annual report to the Legislature.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 891 (Bill Berryhill-R) Real property: gang abatement
Enacts the Gang Nuisance and Abatement Act, establishing a cause of action against the owner of property used by a criminal street gang as a congregating point. Authorizes the district attorney or city attorney to bring an abatement action against the property owner and authorizes the imposition of a fine not to exceed $1,000 for the first violation and a fine not to exceed $2,500 for a second violation. Authorizes, upon a third violation, the district attorney or the city attorney to file a petition with the court for the seizure and forfeiture of the property in question, in accordance with certain procedures. Provides that the proceeds from the fines and property forfeiture will be split between local law enforcement and the district attorney's office for the purpose of funding gang prevention activities.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 960 (V. Manuel Perez-D) Body armor
Redefines "body armor" as, "parts or all of a complete armor that may be worn on the person that are made from any bullet resistant material intended to provide ballistic and trauma protection for the wearer," for purposes of the prohibition on possession of body armor by persons convicted of a violent felony.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 981 (Feuer-D) Robbery
Narrows the scope of first degree robbery providing that every robbery of any person depositing or withdrawing money from an automated teller machine or immediately after the person has used an automated teller machine for those purposes and is in the vicinity of the automated teller machine is robbery of the first degree.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1002 (Fong-D) Human trafficking
Creates the Human Trafficking Trust Fund, and provides that forfeiture proceeds from human trafficking, rather than being deposited into the state or local general fund, be deposited into that fund for funding services, upon legislative appropriation, for human trafficking victims (90%) and for providing related training to law enforcement and prosecutorial personnel (10%).
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1015 (Torlakson-D) Nitrous oxide: minors
Makes it a misdemeanor for a person to sell or furnish to a person under the age of 18 years a canister or device containing nitrous oxide or a chemical compound mixed with nitrous oxide.
Chapter 266, Statutes of 2009
AB 1122 (Lieu-D) Animal abuse
Prohibits the sale of live animals on any street, highway, public right-of-way, parking lot, carnival, or boardwalk.
Vetoed
AB 1206 (Miller-R) Hate crimes
Adds "political affiliation" to the offense of "hate crimes," relative to actual or perceived characteristics.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1376 (Bass-D) Sentencing
Establishes an independent, multi-jurisdictional body to provide a non-partisan forum for statewide policy development, information development, research and planning concerning criminal sentences and their effect.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
AB 1392 (Tran-R) Graffiti and Gang Technology Fund
Creates a new $150 fine for graffiti-related offenses and a $300 fine if the offense is committed by a person determined to be an active member of a criminal street gang, as defined, and earmarks the fine revenue for specified purposes.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1395 (Torrico-D) Parole: conditions
Requires that any person being released on parole who was not committed to prison for a registerable sex offense, a serious felony, a violent felony, or any felony that directly or indirectly involved violence or the threat of violence, and who does not have a prior conviction for a serious or violent felony, be released on parole with only two conditions.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
AB 1417 (Smyth-R) Vandalism
Increases the penalties for violations of specified vandalism provisions on or within 100 feet of a highway or freeway.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
HR 16 (Nava-D) Hate crimes
Makes findings and declarations relating to hate crimes.
Adopted by the Assembly
Procedural
SB 59 (Huff-R) Criminal procedure: trials: continuances
Requires the court to continue a gang trial or hearing date for up to 10 court days where the prosecutor assigned has another trial or hearing in progress.
(Failed passage in Senate Public Safety Committee; reconsideration granted)
SB 188 (Runner-R) Temporary restraining orders: schools
Creates a separate code section governing the ability for schools and postsecondary education institutions to obtain injunctions and temporary restraining orders on behalf of students.
Chapter 566, Statutes of 2009
SB 282 (Wright-D) Criminal street gangs
Provides that an individual subject to an injunction issued against that person who is a criminal street gang member may petition the court for relief from the injunction under specified conditions.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 250 (Miller-R) Criminal procedure: trials: timing
Requires that the withdrawal of a general time waiver be done in open court, and that a trial date be set and that all parties be properly notified of the trial date.
Chapter 424, Statutes of 2009
AB 298 (Tran-R) Appeals
Allows new appeals from procedural determinations regarding class certification. Provides that an appeal may be taken as a right from an order granting class certification.
(Failed passage in Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 358 (Ammiano-D) Deferred entry of judgment in drug cases
Allows a defendant who seeks deferred entry of judgment (Section 1000 of the Penal Code) in a drug possession matter to seek review by the trial court of the prosecutor's decision that the defendant is ineligible for the program, rather than being required to file a post-conviction appeal to challenge the prosecutor's determination.
Vetoed
AB 383 (Lieu-D) Criminal procedure: DNA evidence
Extends the limitation on the time period for testing deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) in specified sex crimes committed after 1/1/01, as specified, from two to five years.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 447 (Nestande-R) Trial counsel
Requires the court to have the defendant fill out the request form for a court appointed counsel. Requires the court to hold a hearing to determine whether a defendant has the ability to pay for assigned counsel, as specified.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 578 (Huber-D) Civil procedure: privilege log
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure to codify current case law, which provides that, if a party objects to a discovery demand on the grounds that the material is privileged, then the demanding party may ask (and the court may require) the objecting party to produce a "privilege log," in order to clarify the claim of privilege.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
AB 674 (Salas-D) Criminal procedure: veterans
Establishes a deferred entry of judgment program and a pre-conviction drug diversion program for veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 806 (Fuentes-D) Criminal procedure: pleas
Provides for an additional advisement when a noncitizen pleads guilty so that the person is aware that if he/she is deported and returns to the United States he/she will face harsh federal penalties for reentry.
Vetoed
AB 1209 (Ma-D) Identification
Provides that an officer may book a person arrested for a misdemeanor at the scene or at the arresting agency.
Chapter 278, Statutes of 2009
AB 1516 (Lieu-D) Criminal procedure: discovery
Authorizes the court to order a defendant in a criminal action to submit to examination by a prosecution-retained mental health expert whenever a defendant places his/her mental state in issue.
Chapter 297, Statutes of 2009
Juries
SB 319 (Harman-R) Jury service
Provides that, if a juror fails to respond to an initial summons, the court may issue a second summons indicating that the person failed to appear in response to a previous summons and ordering the person to appear for jury duty. Provides that the second summons may be issued no earlier than 90 days after the initial failure to appear.
Chapter 44, Statutes of 2009
Juvenile Justice
SB 134 (Liu-D) Juveniles: communications with children
Expands the list of people a confined juvenile may visit with to include contact with the other parent of a child, and the child's caregiver, social worker, teacher, physician, and other service providers involved in the upbringing and caregiving of the child. Requires local juvenile detention facilities to consider the well-being of the children of parents who are in the custody of those facilities, and for visitation policies to provide opportunities for meaningful contact between incarcerated parents and children. Provides that a juvenile who is a parent, who is involved in caring for his/her child, and who is authorized for telephone communication, shall be permitted to place telephone calls to his/her child, and to the child's other parent, caregiver, social worker, teacher, physician, other service providers for the child, and any other individuals who are involved in the upbringing and caregiving of the child, within the restriction policy for telephone use at the local juvenile detention facility.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 174 (Strickland-R) Juvenile records
Among other provisions, allows out-of-state law enforcement agencies to obtain a complete copy of a juvenile police record, without notice or consent from the person who is the subject of the juvenile police record to specified persons or entities.
Chapter 35, Statutes of 2009
SB 179 (Runner-R) Juvenile law: referee
Provides that a party who is present at the termination of rights hearing before a commissioner or referee may be served at the time with the findings, the order, and an explanation of the right to appeal the termination order. Shortens the time period to appeal a judgment in juvenile proceedings from 60 days to 30 days.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
SB 352 (Dutton-R) Juvenile offenders
Clarifies statutes related to sharing information about juvenile court wards placed in licensed community facilities out of the county of residence.
Chapter 46, Statutes of 2009
SB 698 (Negrete McLeod-D) Juvenile court schools
Exempts funding for juvenile court school apportionments from the deficit factors established for the 2008-09 and 2009-10 fiscal years and replaces average daily attendance with average daily enrollment as the basis for funding.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 13XXXX* (Ducheny-D) Youth offender -- 2009-10 Budget Trailer Bill
Among other provisions, creates new reporting requirements for counties receiving Youth Offender Block Grant payments to ensure that outcomes are tracked for juvenile offenders in programs funded by this existing program. Specifies that Youth Offender Block Grant payments shall be made on a quarterly basis, rather than once annually.
Chapter 22, Statutes of 2009-10, Fourth Extraordinary Session
A similar bill is AB 13XXXX (Evans-D) which is on the Assembly Unfinished Business File.
SCR 40 (Yee-D) Juvenile justice
Acknowledges the role that substance abuse plays in the lives of juvenile offenders, sets forth the rights of all juveniles in the juvenile justice system, and urges each facility in the state that houses wards or is responsible for the oversight of wards to adopt these rights into the regulations and common practices of the facility.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 61 (Nava-D) Deferred entry of judgment
Excludes minors alleged to have committed specified sex offenses from eligibility for deferred entry of judgment, as enacted by Proposition 21 in 2001.
(Failed passage in Senate Public Safety Committee; reconsideration granted)
AB 82 (Evans-D) Dependent children: psychotropic medications
Establishes a pilot project that creates additional requirements in the court approval process for requests to administer psychotropic medications to children in foster care. Requires the Judicial Council to adopt specified rules and forms to implement the project by 7/1/10. Provides that the pilot project will be operative until 1/1/13, in three counties, selected by the Department of Social Services (DSS), in consultation with the California Welfare Directors Association, California Mental Health Directors Association and the Judicial Council. Requires DSS, after consultation with the Department of Mental Health, to report to the Legislature before 7/1/13, regarding the findings of the pilot program, as specified.
Vetoed
AB 114 (Carter-D) Restorative justice
Authorizes counties to adopt a restorative justice program for juvenile offenders.
(On Senate Inactive File)
AB 131 (Evans-D) Juvenile proceedings: costs
Requires the Judicial Council to establish a cost-recovery program for appointed counsel in dependency cases.
Chapter 413, Statutes of 2009
AB 168 (Nava-D) Juvenile case files: sexually violent predators
Authorizes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the Department of Mental Health, and the district attorney to obtain records of sustained juvenile petitions for specified sex offenses committed by a person 14 years or older in a sexually violent predator law proceeding.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 270 (De La Torre-D) Dependent children
Specifies additional responsibilities for the county welfare department before a foster youth reaches the age of 18 and before a non-minor dependent exits foster care. Requires the juvenile court to continue jurisdiction over a non-minor until specified requirements have been met.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 337 (Torres-D) Sealings and destruction of court records
Requires juvenile courts and probation departments to ensure that information about the sealing and destruction of juvenile records is provided to persons with juvenile records on or after 1/1/11.
Vetoed
AB 455 (Huffman-D) California Conservation Corps: participation
Requires that a minimum of 5% of selected participants for the California Conservation Corps represent young adults at risk of gang involvement, current gang members, or former gang members.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 616 (Blumenfield-D) Youth violence prosecution
Requires the Office of Gang and Youth Violence Policy, within the Office of Emergency Services (now the California Emergency Management Agency), to provide grants of up to $500,000 from funds received from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to local conservation corps for programs for at-risk young adults.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 921 (Jones-D) Juvenile court jurisdiction
Requires the juvenile court, whenever it terminates jurisdiction over a ward, or upon release of a ward from a non foster care facility, who was at any point previously adjudged a dependent child of juvenile court, to order the probation or parole officer to provide the ward with (1) a written notice stating that he/she is a former foster child and may be eligible for the services and benefits that are available to former foster children through public and private programs, including, but not limited to, any independent living program for former foster children, and (2) information on the availability of, and assistance to enable the person to apply for and gain acceptance into, federal and state programs that provide independent living services and benefits to former foster children.
Vetoed
AB 938 (Assembly Judiciary Committee) Dependent children
Provides relatives of children in foster care with information on how to assist these children.
Chapter 261, Statutes of 2009
AB 973 (Audra Strickland-R) Minors: temporary custody
Prohibits a peace officer from taking into custody, without a warrant, a newborn who is the subject of a proposed adoption, before an adoption petition has been signed. Allows the Health Facility Minor Release Report to be signed by the adoptive parent's attorney or authorized representative, or by a licensed adoption agency, and allows the release of the minor to the adoptive parent's attorney, authorized representative, or a licensed adoptive agency, when it does not pose an immediate danger to the minor.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 999 (Skinner-D) Division of Juvenile Facilities
Revises the disciplinary system at the Division of Juvenile Justice, where wards currently can be disciplined with time extensions on their parole dates, by prohibiting these "time adds" and instead providing a system where wards can earn time credits based on programming and good behavior, with those credits being subject to forfeiture as a consequence of disciplinary action.
(On Senate Inactive File)
AB 1053 (Solorio-D) Juveniles
Requires the release or parole of wards confined to the Division of Juvenile Facilities within 90 days to 120 days prior to the termination of jurisdiction, as limited and as specified.
Chapter 268, Statutes of 2009
AB 1516 (Lieu-D) Criminal procedure: discovery
Authorizes the court to order, upon timely request of the prosecution, a defendant or juvenile to submit to an examination by a prosecution-retained mental health expert whenever the defendant or respondent, as specified, places his/her mental state in issue at any phase of the criminal action or juvenile proceeding through proposed testimony of any mental health expert.
Chapter 297, Statutes of 2009
Corrections
SB 28* (Denham-R) Decommissioning San Quentin
Requires the decommissioning of San Quentin State Prison. Allows the Governor to select a new site for housing inmates condemned to death and for a new execution site. Exempts the building of a new prison to house condemned inmates from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Requires the sale of the property on which San Quentin now stands. Requires the buyer of the property to demolish the prison. Exempts the demolition of the prison from CEQA. Prohibits industrial development on the site where the prison now stands. Exempts any new residential or commercial development at the site from CEQA.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 90* (Ducheny-D) Corrections: Budget Acts of 2007 and 2008
Appropriates $135.1 million to augment the 2007 Budget Act for the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) health care-related deficiencies, and authorizes the transfer of up to $126.5 million between the main CDCR budget support item and the CDCR health care item to account for increased health delivery costs. Appropriates $486.6 to augment the 2008 Budget Act for CDCR health care-related deficiencies. Requires the Prison Health Care Services (the federal health care receiver) to provide the Legislature written reports, as specified, detailing actions taken and planned to reduce and better manage medical contract service costs in 2009-10. Appropriates $23.3 million to augment the 2008 Budget Act for net inmate population and caseload adjustments. Requires any unencumbered funds to revert to the General Fund.
Chapter 22, Statutes of 2009
SB 118 (Liu-D) Child welfare services: incarcerated parents
Directs counties to include information about incarcerated parents who receive services required by the court to reunify that parent with his/her children. Double-jointed to SB 597 (Liu-D), Chapter 597, Statutes of 2009.
Chapter 338, Statutes of 2009
SB 125 (Benoit-R) Undocumented criminal aliens
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to bill the federal government for the incarceration of all undocumented inmates in California prisons. Requires the Attorney General to use all legal means to obtain compliance with the request for reimbursement. Requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to collect data on the number of incarcerated undocumented aliens in California and publish that data on their Web site.
(Failed passage in Senate Public Safety Committee; reconsideration granted)
Similar bills are SJR 12 (Benoit-R) which is in Assembly Public Safety Committee, and AB 713 (Gaines-R) which is in Assembly Appropriations Committee.
SB 153 (Liu-D) Jails: discharge of prisoners
Requires a sheriff to discharge a prisoner upon the completion of his or her sentence between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., with certain exceptions. Specifies this requirement shall not be construed to allow jails to retain a prisoner any longer than otherwise required or to prevent the early release of prisoners.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 174 (Strickland-R) Corrections
Provides that the Inspector General shall be responsible for contemporaneous oversight of internal affairs investigations and the disciplinary process of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), as requested by either the Secretary of CDCR, or a member of the Legislature. Specifies each audit of a warden by the Inspector General shall include, but not be limited to, issues relating to personnel, training, investigations, and financial matters. Requires that each four-year audit include an assessment of the maintenance of the facility managed by the warden. Extends the sunset date from 1/1/10 to 1/1/15 to allow, upon the concurrence of the county board of supervisors, the county mental health director, and the county sheriff, the jail to be designated to provide medically approved medication to defendants found to be mentally incompetent and unable to provide informed consent due to a mental disorder.
Chapter 35, Statutes of 2009
SB 265 (Runner-R) Parole: house arrest
Enacts a "house arrest" alternative to returning parole violators to prison, with specified features, requirements and limitations. Appropriates $20 million to a new Parole Reentry Fund for offender reentry management and services.
(Failed passage in Senate Public Safety Committee; reconsideration granted)
SB 292 (Hancock-D) Prisoners: alternative incarceration
Authorizes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to contract with an Alternative Incarceration Facility (AIF), as specified, and requires the department to adopt regulations to implement contracts with AIFs.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 431 (Benoit-R) Adult probation: transfers
Requires that a court transfer a person released on probation to a court in the county in which the person resides permanently, with specified exceptions.
Chapter 588, Statutes of 2009
SB 434 (Benoit-R) Correctional facilities: wireless communications
Makes it a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of up to $5,000 and/or by a loss of up to two months in sentence credits, for an inmate or ward to possess a cell phone or other wireless communication device, or any component thereof, or for any person to possess with intent to deliver the device to an inmate or ward. Provides that any person visiting an inmate or ward, who possesses a cell phone or other wireless communication device, may be required to forfeit the device. Notice of this provision must be posted in all areas where visitors are searched prior to visitation with an inmate in custody of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 441 (Ducheny-D) Board of Community Corrections
Replaces the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's Corrections Standards Authority with a new, independent entity, the Board of Community Corrections, effective 7/1/10.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 467 (Dutton-R) Public contracts: Prison Industry Authority
Authorizes agencies and departments to award contracts of less than $25,000 for goods or services by California certified small businesses, microbusinesses, or disabled veteran business enterprises without seeking an exemption of the Prison Industry Authority mandate.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 487 (Ashburn-R) Wardens: Senate confirmation
Makes all wardens appointed to state prisons subject to Senate confirmation.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
SB 574 (Hancock-D) Community colleges: inmate education programs
Waives "open course" provisions for community college courses offered in state correctional facilities and allows attendance hours generated by credit courses at all correctional facilities to be funded at the full credit rate.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 631 (Walters-R) Voting: felons
Provides that a person on probation for conviction of a felony is ineligible to register to vote in California and, commencing in 2011, requires county elections officials to cancel the voter registration for these probationers upon notice from the clerk of the superior court.
(Failed passage in Senate Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments Committee; reconsideration granted)
SB 678 (Leno-D) Probation: performance based funding
Creates the California Community Corrections Performance Incentives Act of 2009 which establishes a system of performance-based funding to support evidence-based practices relating to the supervision of adult felony probationers.
Chapter 608, Statutes of 2009
SB 704 (Denham-R) Corrections: state budget
Halts two different appropriations that, under current law, are authorized to construct a new condemned inmate complex at San Quentin State Prison. Rescinds the authority to sell lease-revenue bonds, totaling up to $336 million.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 724 (Cogdill-R) Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation: hospital services
Requires the State Controller to transfer one-third of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's annual payments to hospitals into a newly-created "Hospital Interim Payment Fund" created in the State Treasury, from which hospitals that have provided services to the department would be paid when the annual state budget is late.
(Failed passage in Senate Public Safety Committee; reconsideration granted)
SB 731 (Ashburn-R) Probation
Authorizes the members of multidisciplinary teams engaged in the prevention, identification, and control of adult crime to share certain information with each other.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 738 (Hancock-D) Prison inmate education
Recasts the existing, statutorily required advisory committee for prison education as the "Robert E. Burton Correctional Education Committee," with identified membership, duties and powers.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 756 (Ashburn-R) Parolees: drug, alcohol and anger-management programs
Creates parole diversion pilot projects in three cities, for certain individuals who violate parole, which provide substance abuse and anger management treatment. Provides that the programs be run by service provider contractors, overseen and evaluated by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, for 24 months. Mandates that a parolee who is assigned to one of the pilot programs and fails to successfully complete it will be incarcerated for nine months.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 4XX (Cogdill-R) Prison facilities: design-build
Authorizes the Department of General Services, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Judicial Council to use design-build contracting, consistent with existing statutory procedures, for state office buildings, prison facilities, and court facilities, respectively. Limits this authority to a total of five facilities statewide.
Chapter 2, Statutes of 2009-10, Second Extraordinary Session
SB 14XXX* (Ducheny-D) Prison facilities: construction
Makes changes necessary to implement the AB 900 (Solorio-D), Chapter 7, Statutes of 2007, construction program. Provides that expenditures incurred by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for pre-planning activities related to AB 900 projects can be reimbursed from the proceeds of lease-revenue bonds authorized by AB 900.
Chapter 16, Statutes of 2009-10, Third Extraordinary Session
SB 18XXX (Ducheny-D) Corrections
Revises the law relative to good time credits. Makes improvements to local probation supervision practices and capabilities. Requires each county's community corrections programs to be developed and implemented by the probation department, as advised by a local Community Corrections Partnership. Requires the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to establish a parole reentry accountability program for parolees who have been sentenced to a determinate term of imprisonment. Requires the Judicial Council, in collaboration with the department, to design and perform an evaluation of the program to assess its effectiveness in reducing recidivism among parolees and reducing parole revocations.
Chapter 28, Statutes of 2009-10, Third Extraordinary Session
A similar bill is AB 14XXX (Arambula-D) which died on the Assembly Unfinished Business File. The bill, at one time, had the California Sentencing Commission in it which was deleted when it became controversial.
SB 21XXX (Denham-R) State budget: San Quentin
Eliminates appropriations for the Condemned Inmate Complex at San Quentin.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
SB 31XXXX (Dutton-R) Prisoners: medical care
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation provide inmates with medical care that meets the community standard of care.
(Held at Assembly Desk)
SCR 20 (Liu-D) Children of Incarcerated Parents Bill of Right
Encourages designated entities to distribute the Children of Incarcerated Parents Bill of Rights to children of incarcerated parents, and to invite discussion and encourage relevant departments to use the Bill of Rights as a framework for analysis and determination of procedures when making decisions about services for these children.
Resolution Chapter 88, Statutes of 2009
SJR 11 (Runner-R) Guantanamo Bay: detention facility
Urges the President and the Congress of the United States to employ necessary measures to ensure that no terrorist or suspected terrorist detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is permitted to enter California in custody or otherwise.
(Failed passage in Senate Public Safety Committee)
SJR 12 (Benoit-R) Undocumented criminals
Urges the Congress and the President of the United States to adequately fund the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program to fully reimburse the states for the full cost of incarcerating undocumented criminal aliens.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
A similar bill is SB 125 (Benoit-R) which is in Senate Public Safety Committee.
AB 169 (Portantino-D) Custodial officers: communicable disease: testing
Adds custodial officers, custody assistants, and non-sworn uniformed employees of a law enforcement agency, as defined, to the list of persons who may seek to have an arrestee's blood tested, either voluntarily or by court order, for specified communicable diseases when exposed to an arrestee's bodily fluids while acting within the scope of his/her duties.
Chapter 417, Statutes of 2009
AB 320 (Solorio-D) County jail: reentry facilities
Modifies the conditions for the funding of reentry facilities under the Public Safety and Offender Rehabilitation Services Act of 2007.
Vetoed
AB 382 (Ammiano-D) Corrections: inmate sexual orientation and gender identity
Requires that the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) inmate classification and housing assignment procedures take into account "self-reported safety concerns related to the sexual orientation and gender identity of the inmate or ward" along with other risk factors. Prohibits CDCR from requiring any inmate or ward to disclose or report his/her sexual orientation or gender identity at any time. Specifies that a disclosure or report shall not be discredited solely because it was not provided at an earlier point in time. Prohibits CDCR from disciplining or otherwise punishing an inmate or ward if the inmate or ward fails to disclose or report his/her sexual orientation or gender identity during all or part of his/her term of commitment. States that nothing in this bill shall be construed to require or justify expansion or construction of CDCR facilities.
Vetoed
AB 430 (Hagman-R) Citizens' advisory committees: Chino Valley
Adds an additional member representing the Chino Valley Independent Fire District, nominated by the Chino Valley Independent Fire District, to the citizens' advisory committee that advise the California Institute for Men and the California Institute for Women.
Chapter 108, Statutes of 2009
AB 589 (Cook-R) Incarcerated veterans
Authorizes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), or a local law enforcement agency, to contract with county veterans service officers in the county where the state or local correctional facility is located to assist incarcerated veterans, as specified, and the veterans' dependents in presenting and pursuing claims against the United States arising out of war service and in establishing the veterans' and dependents' right to any privilege, preference, care, or compensation they may be entitled to. Specifies that CDCR or the local enforcement agency may, pursuant to the contract, compensate a county veterans service officer for the assistance provided at a rate of no more than $20,000 annually, and that no more than six correctional facilities may be the subject of such concerns.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 713 (Gaines-R) Undocumented criminal aliens
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to annually bill the federal government, in writing, for the full costs of incarcerating "undocumented criminal aliens" in California's correctional system. Requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to collect data on the total number and percentage of undocumented immigrant inmates in all state and local correctional institutions in California and publish this data on DOJ's Web site.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
A similar bill is SB 125 (Benoit-R) which failed passage in Senate Public Safety Committee, and SJR 12 (Benoit-R) which is in Assembly Public Safety Committee.
AB 742 (Saldana-D) Felons: elections
Requires the clerk of the superior court in each county, when furnishing the elections official with a list of persons who have been convicted of felonies, to include only persons who have been sentenced to state prison, instead of including all persons who were convicted of felonies, whether they were sentenced to prison or not.
Vetoed
AB 750 (Bass-D) Deferred entry of judgment
Creates a deferred entry of judgment program for first-time, non-violent drug offenders.
Chapter 372, Statutes of 2009
AB 777 (Bass-D) Inmates: identification cards
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), beginning 1/1/11, to establish pilot programs at Folsom State Prison and at California State Prison, Los Angeles County to provide inmates a California identification card, issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). Requires DMV to make biannual visits to these two CDCR facilities to provide identification cards to inmate scheduled to be released within six months.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 785 (Bass-D) Community sanctions: parole violators
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, no later than 1/1/10, to implement a "parole violation decision-making instrument" designed to provide guidelines for use by parole agents and the Board of Parole Hearings to determine the most appropriate sanctions for parolees who violate parole.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 845 (Bass-D) Reentry Advisory Committee
Makes a number of changes to the existing Reentry Advisory Committee in the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, as specified.
Vetoed
AB 908 (Tom Berryhill-R) Probation
Requires the court to order the payment of specified probation costs as a condition of probation.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1013 (Block-D) Corrections: veteran inmates
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, by 1/1/10, to conduct interdisciplinary assessments of new inmates who are veterans with combat experience and develop a specialized treatment protocol for these offenders.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1113 (Bonnie Lowenthal-D) Prisoners: mental health: marriage and family therapists
Allows a marriage and family therapist intern to gain qualifying experience for licensure as a marriage and family therapist while working in a state correctional facility.
Chapter 135, Statutes of 2009
AB 1166 (Nielsen-R) Parole hearings for life prisoners
Provides that where there is a tie vote in a parole consideration hearing, the resulting en banc proceeding by the entire Board of Parole Hearings shall only consider the record of the hearing that produced the tie vote, rather than hold a new hearing at which the inmate would have due process rights.
Chapter 276, Statutes of 2009
AB 1198 (Swanson-D) Drug felonies: food stamps: eligibility
Eliminates California's lifetime disqualification from federal food stamps benefits for individuals who have been convicted of drug-related felonies. Allows individuals who have been convicted of drug-related felonies to receive federal food stamps benefits if they provide proof of one of specified criteria.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1208 (Logue-R) Illegal alien inmates
Provides that, except as otherwise provided by law, if a nonviolent, illegal alien inmate agrees to waive his/her right to appeal his/her conviction and agrees not to contest a final order of removal, the inmate may qualify for immediate deportation, provided, however, that any waiver expressly provides that the inmate agrees to be subject to the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and that, if the inmate returns to California without authorization, the inmate shall be subject to incarceration for the remainder of any sentence previously imposed. Provides that an inmate agreeing to the waiver would also be required to promise not to enter the state illegally. Violation of this promise will be punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for 10 years.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1211 (Torrico-D) Parole: conditions
Requires that any person being released on parole who was not committed to prison for a registerable sex offense, a serious felony, a violent felony, or any felony that directly or indirectly involved violence or the threat of violence, and who does not have a prior conviction for a serious or violent felony, be released on parole with only one condition. Provides that the one condition imposed on an eligible parolee will be that he/she agree in writing to be subject to search or seizure by a parole officer or other peace officer at any time of the day or night, with or without a search warrant and with or without cause. Provides that any eligible inmate who does not agree in writing to that condition shall lose worktime credit earned pursuant to Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 2930) of Chapter 7 on a day-for-day basis and shall not be released until he/she either agrees in writing to that condition or has no remaining worktime credit, whichever occurs first. Provides that a parolee's refusal to submit to a search or seizure while on parole is not grounds to revoke his/her parole.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1236 (Fletcher-R) United Through Reading Transitions Program
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, to the extent existing resources designated to family service or community partnership programs are available or additional resources are appropriated, to establish a pilot program of unspecified duration in an unspecified number of state prisons that implements the United Through Reading Transitions Program, the purpose of which is to foster emotional bonding between inmates and their children and provide the children of inmates with a chance to see their parents in a positive light by enabling the inmates to read books aloud on DVD and send the books and recordings home.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1239 (Solorio-D) Prison education programs
Requires the Director of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to report annually to specified legislative subcommittees relative to long- and short-term goals and progress of educational programs under the auspices of the Superintendent of Correctional Education.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1273 (Hagman-R) California Institution for Men at Chino
Authorizes the Director of the Department of General Services to lease real property adjacent to the California Institute for Men at Chino to a private or public entity under terms he/she deems are in the best interest of the state, and requires, notwithstanding other law, any monies paid to the state as a result of a lease to be deposited in the General Fund.
(In Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 1289 (Galgiani-D) Prisoners: telemedicine
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to establish guidelines and use telemedicine for specified medical consultations. Requires the department to establish annual performance targets for medical specialty appointments to be conducted by telemedicine rather than at community medical facilities, and to report to the Legislature on its plans and performance each year.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1359 (Huffman-D) Death penalty prisoners
Authorizes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to house death row inmates (currently there are 641; design capacity is 636) in any Level IV security prison, rather than solely at San Quentin, though executions will continue to take place only at San Quentin.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1362 (Solorio-D) California Rehabilitation Oversight Board
Creates the 10-member California Rehabilitation Oversight Board Advisory Committee to provide assistance and advice on strategies for accomplishing the rehabilitation goals of the various mental health, substance abuse, educational, and employment programs for inmates and parolees operated by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1369 (Davis-D) County jails: home detention
Removes the requirement in existing law that jail inmates subject to an involuntary home detention program be misdemeanor inmates.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
AB 1434 (Torrico-D) Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: appointments
Creates the Corrections and Rehabilitation Board, consisting of the Governor, the State Controller and the Attorney General and shifts, from the Governor to the Board, the authority to appoint the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and 21 specified CDCR leadership positions that report to the Secretary of CDCR. Provides that these positions will still require Senate confirmation.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1487 (Hill-D) Inmate medical expenses
Increases, from $3 to $6, the fee charged for each inmate-initiated medical visit by an inmate confined in a county or city jail, and requires that the $3 fee increase be deposited in the county Inmate Welfare Fund, as specified.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 8X (Evans-D) 2008-09 Corrections
Increases property crime thresholds. Allows for enhanced inmate credits. Provides for parole system changes for non-serious and non-violent offenders and requires the use of alternative sentences for certain parole violations.
Vetoed
AB 10X* (Evans-D) Budget Act of 2008: correctional facilities
Makes various changes to AB 900 (Solorio-D), Chapter 7, Statutes of 2007, that authorized $7.4 billion in lease-revenue bonds for the construction of additional prison and jail beds. These changes will (1) enable a clean bond opinion from the Attorney General that will allow construction to proceed, (2) provide the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation the ability to streamline contracting and construction practices, and (3) allow the department to recover some up-front General Fund project planning expenditures from the proceeds of the lease-revenue bonds.
Vetoed
Victims of Crime
SB 50 (Corbett-D) Victims of sexual assault
Provides 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.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
SB 110 (Liu-D) People with disabilities: victims of crime
Makes numerous technical and substantive changes regarding provisions of laws relating to crimes against individuals with disabilities.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 314 (Calderon-D) Crime victims
Directs the State Controller to deduct unpaid restitution fines from a person's income tax refund and authorizes the Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board to authorize reimbursement of more than $2,000 for a victim's relocation expenses, where the additional money is appropriate due to the unusual, dire, or exceptional circumstances of a particular claim.
Chapter 578, Statutes of 2009
SB 432 (Runner-R) Crime victims: restitution
Authorizes a county probation department, when restitution has been ordered, to provide the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation a copy of the restitution order and the victim's contact information -- pending the victim's consent. Provides that contact information shall remain confidential and shall not be made part of the court file or combined with any public document.
Chapter 49, Statutes of 2009
SB 662 (Yee-D) Domestic violence: battered women's shelters
Appropriates $16.3 million from the Restitution Fund to the Department of Public Health to be allocated for purposes of funding battered women's shelters.
(In Assembly Rules Committee)
SB 733 (Leno-D) Crime victims: trauma center grants
Requires the Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board to administer a grant program to create multi-disciplinary trauma recovery centers that provide victims services in the areas of mental health, community outreach, coordination among medical personnel, mental health care providers, law enforcement and social services. Authorizes the Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board to award grants up to $1.7 million from the Restitution Fund, not to total more than $5.1 million. Makes legislative findings and declarations regarding the importance of providing treatment and services to crime victims.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 2XXX* (Ducheny-D) Restitution Fund: shifts of funds
Among other provisions, increases the authorized amount of funds to be shifted from the Restitution Fund to the General Fund by $30 million.
Chapter 2, Statutes of 2009-10, Third Extraordinary Session -- Item Veto
AB 807 (Fuentes-D) Restitution centers
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to open two restitution centers in Los Angeles County, no later than 6/30/11, "unless the prison reforms proposed by the Governor as part of the 2009 Budget revision are passed by the Legislature and put into effect and, as a result, the Secretary determines that there is an insufficient population of inmates eligible for restitution placement." Allows the court to order the department to place specified defendants in restitution centers. Expands, from 32 months to 60 months, the maximum sentence a defendant can receive and remain eligible for placement in a restitution center. Expands eligibility to include individuals without felony drug sales convictions in the previous five years (existing law excludes all individuals with felony drug sales convictions). Makes findings concerning the benefits of restitution centers.
Vetoed
AB 1270 (Torrico-D) Victims compensation: procedure
Requires the Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board to adopt written procedures and timeframes for approving or denying applications for reimbursement, and institute specified procedures for communicating with specified entities, such as law enforcement and medical providers, when verifying claims for reimbursement.
Vetoed
AB 12XXXX* (Evans-D) Victims of crime: notification
Revises victim notification requirements to be consistent with the requirements of the voter-approved initiative, Victims' Bill of Rights Act of 2008: Marsy's Law. Requires notification of victims or their families who have requested notice of any pending pretrial disposition, rather than requiring such notification in all cases. Eliminates state mandated costs for notification because the revised requirement was imposed by the voters.
Chapter 12, Statutes of 2009-10, Fourth Extraordinary Session
ACR 59 (Nielsen-R) Crime Victims' Rights Week
Designates the week of 4/24/09, through 5/2/09, as Crime Victims Rights Week.
Resolution Chapter 33, Statutes of 2009
Weapons
SB 41 (Lowenthal-D) Handguns: reporting and registration cards
Requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to furnish a person listed as a firearm owner with any information about that ownership. Requires DOJ to update information it maintains regarding firearm ownership to maintain the accuracy of that information. Updates various statutes to reflect the name change of the California National Guard Military Museum and Resource Center to the State Military Museum and Resource Center. Clarifies that law enforcement agencies shall report to DOJ the disposition of any weapon in their possession whether the weapon is retained, transferred, sold, or destroyed. Makes technical, non-substantive changes to the language of various firearms statutes. Permits firearms dealers to submit firearms purchase information to DOJ in other locations than Sacramento. Requires firearms dealers to provide a firearms buyer with a copy of the dealer record of sale form at the time of delivery of the firearm and after the dealer notes the date of delivery and the dealer and purchaser acknowledge the purchaser's receipt of the firearm, as specified. Requires that, in the case of a private party transaction, a copy of the dealer record of sale form will be provided to the buyer by the dealer at the time the form is signed by the seller. Creates an exemption from normal firearms transfer requirements for firearms transferred by a law enforcement agency to licensed firearms dealers, wholesalers or manufacturers, providing the transaction is report to DOJ, as specified.
Vetoed
SB 174 (Strickland-R) Firearms
Among other provisions, removes the locality specification of Sacramento when referring to the Department of Justice with regard to the transmission of firearm purchaser information. Updates the definition of "stun gun" as any item, except a less lethal weapon, used or intended to be used as either an offensive or defensive weapon that is capable of temporarily immobilizing a person by the infliction of an electrical charge.
Chapter 35, Statutes of 2009
SB 175 (Aanestad-R) Firearms
Clarifies that delivery of a firearm to a gunsmith for service or repair is exempted from the California Federal Firearms License (CFFL) licensing verification requirements, as specified. Clarifies that delivery of a firearm by a gunsmith to another federal firearms licensee for service or repair and the return (warranty work) is exempted from the CFFL licensing verification requirements, as specified. Clarifies the interaction between various Department of Justice licensing programs. Eliminates the existing exemption from the CFFL licensing verification requirements transfers of short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, shotguns, machineguns and assault weapons, as defined. Exempts from the CFFL licensing verification requirements transfers of firearms where the transferor and the transferee are the same person or corporation. Exempts from the CFFL licensing verification requirements transfers of firearms to or from a person who has a valid entertainment firearms permit, and the transfer involves the loan or return of firearms used solely as props in television, film, or theatrical productions.
Chapter 334, Statutes of 2009
SB 449 (Padilla-D) Firearms: reports by pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers
Removes the requirement that secondhand dealers report acquisition of firearms to local law enforcement on a daily basis and instead requires that reporting go directly to the Department of Justice. Authorizes the department to retain those records for the purpose of determining whether the firearm had been reported lost or stolen and then applying existing law regarding retention of those records.
Chapter 335, Statutes of 2009
SB 585 (Leno-D) Firearms: prohibiting sale at the Cow Palace
Prohibits events at which firearms or ammunition are sold on the state property known as the Cow Palace, as specified.
Vetoed
SB 697 (DeSaulnier-D) Firearms: owner authorized handguns
Provides that, commencing 18 months following the Attorney General's reporting that owner-authorized handguns are available for retail sale, as specified, a handgun will be unsafe if it was not owner-authorized, as defined, and provides an exception to these provisions for the sale, loan, or transfer of handguns manufactured in or imported into this state prior to that date. Specifies requirements that owner-authorized handguns will be required to meet in order for the Attorney General to determine that owner-authorized handguns are available for retail sale, and in order to comply with certain safety standards, as specified. Requires the Attorney General, commencing 7/1/10, and every July 1 thereafter through 2015, to report to the Governor and the Legislature regarding the progress made on the availability for retail sale of owner-authorized handguns, as specified.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 776 (Hancock-D) Firearms: large-capacity magazines
Makes various revisions relative to large-capacity magazines including registration with the Department of Justice, as specified.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 322 (Silva-R) Tasers: use of generic term
Amends several Penal Code statutes to replace the term "taser" with the term "less lethal weapon."
Vetoed
AB 357 (Knight-R) License to carry a concealed weapon
Deletes the "good cause" requirement from provisions of law that authorize a sheriff of a county, or a chief of a municipal police department to issue a license for a person to carry a concealed handgun, and requires that the sheriff issue the license upon proof that the person applying is of good moral character and meets other criteria relating to residency and firearms training.
(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee; reconsideration granted)
AB 530 (Krekorian-D) Unlawful detainer: controlled substances and firearms
Extends the sunset date to 1/1/14, on two pilot programs permitting city attorneys or prosecutors in specified cities to bring an unlawful detainer action in the name of the people against a tenant for unlawful activities regarding firearms, ammunition, and controlled substances. Adds the City of Sacramento to the controlled substances pilot program. Exempts the City of Los Angeles from the sunset date of the controlled substances program, thereby extending the program indefinitely for that city. Makes changes to the notice and reporting requirements of both pilot programs, as specified.
Chapter 244, Statutes of 2009
AB 532 (Lieu-D) Firearms: domestic violence
Authorizes the issuance of a search warrant where the property or items to be seized includes a firearm or any other deadly weapon at the scene of, or at the premises occupied or controlled by a person arrested in connection with a domestic violence incident involving a threat to human life or a physical assault, as specified, or a person who is detained for reasons relating to his/her mental condition.
Chapter 450, Statutes of 2009
AB 668 (Lieu-D) Gun-free school zones
Extends the "school zone" for purposes of criminal sanctions for violating a gun-free area from 1,000 feet to 1,500 feet.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 714 (Feuer-D) Composite knuckles
Makes the possession, manufacture, importation or sale of composite knuckles, as defined, a misdemeanor, punishable by up to six months in jail, a fine of up to $1,000, or both.
Chapter 121, Statutes of 2009
AB 789 (De Leon-D) Search warrants: protective orders
Authorizes the issuance of a search warrant where the property or items to be seized includes a firearm that is owned by, or in the possession of, or in the custody or control of, a person who is subject to the firearm prohibitions contained in protective orders.
Chapter 473, Statutes of 2009
AB 814 (Krekorian-D) Firearms: surrender
Establishes a procedure for a defendant who owns, possesses, or has custody or control of a firearm to sell that firearm to a firearms dealer or relinquish the firearm to a law enforcement agency when the defendant has been convicted of a specified offense and prohibited from owning a firearm.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 870 (Huber-D) Dangerous weapons on school grounds
Makes it a misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in the county jail, to bring or possess a razor blade or a box cutter, upon the grounds of, or within, any public or private school providing instruction in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, except as specified.
Chapter 258, Statutes of 2009
AB 937 (Smyth-R) Destructive devices
Creates a lifetime registration requirement for persons convicted of specified offenses involving destructive devices.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 962 (De Leon-D) Ammunition
Imposes, as of 2/1/11, specified requirements on handgun ammunition sellers, primarily that sellers collect buyers personal data and keep a log of such sales, but removes the requirement that the sellers obtain a vendor's license and the requirement that the Department of Justice maintain records of such licenses.
Chapter 628, Statutes of 2009
AB 1129 (Hagman-R) Retired peace officers: concealed weapons permit
Authorizes, and establishes a procedure for, a law enforcement agency that has issued a permit to carry a concealed firearm to a retired peace officer to temporarily revoke that permit when the officer's conduct compromises public safety.
Chapter 138, Statutes of 2009
AB 1167 (Nielsen-R) Concealed firearm licenses: reciprocity
Deems persons who have a valid permit or license to carry a concealed handgun issued by another state or a political subdivision of another state, be authorized to carry a concealed handgun pursuant to provisions of California law.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1286 (Huber-D) Firearms: exemptions
Exempts community colleges that are certified by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to present the law enforcement academy basic course or other Commission-certified law enforcement training from the law which prevents any person from making an application to purchase more than one firearm capable of being concealed upon the person within any 30-day period.
Chapter 144, Statutes of 2009
AB 1363 (Davis-D) Handguns: open carry license
Clarifies that any licenses issued by a sheriff or police chief in a jurisdiction with a population under 200,000, to openly carry a loaded handgun, are valid within the county in which they are issued.
Chapter 288, Statutes of 2009
AB 1390 (Blumenfield-D) School police departments
Requires a school principal or the principal's designee to report any act involving either the possession, sale, or furnishment of a firearm, or the possession of an explosive, committed by a pupil or nonpupil on a school site to the city police or county sheriff with jurisdiction over the school and the school security department or the school police department, as applicable.
Chapter 292, Statutes of 2009
AB 1498 (De Leon-D) Firearms: possession
Expands the existing list of misdemeanor offenses that prohibit a person from possessing a gun for 10 years to include carrying a concealed weapon in a vehicle, carrying a loaded gun, as specified, possessing an assault weapon, and any misdemeanor committed for the benefit of a criminal street gang.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
Courts and Judges/Legal Professions
SB 75 (Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee) 2009-10 Judiciary budget trailer bill
Makes changes to SB 13XXXX (Ducheny-D), the budget court trailer bill, by ensuring that the intent of the court closure legislation -- that a furlough not impact an employee's service credit or benefit for retirement purposes -- be effectuated. Makes clarifying changes to the use of electronic recordings in court proceedings and court fees.
Chapter 342, Statutes of 2009
SB 151 (Ducheny-D) Reentry courts: pilot program
Requires the Judicial Council to develop a pilot program for up to 10 parole reentry courts for parolees who would benefit from community drug treatment or mental health treatment. Specifies that the program use key components used by drug and collaborative courts using a highly structured model, including close supervision by a judicial officer, dedicated calendars, non-adversarial proceedings, frequent drug and alcohol testing, and close collaboration between the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the courts, and treatment programs. Requires reentry courts to supervise specified parolees who would otherwise be subject to parole revocation. Requires the Judicial Council to submit a preliminary program plan to the Governor and the Legislature by 3/1/10.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 377 (Corbett-D) Judgeships
Authorizes, upon legislative appropriation in the Budget Act, 50 new superior court judgeships.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 511 (Senate Education Committee) State Law Library
Extends the California State Law Library's fee authority from 1/1/10 to 1/1/15.
Chapter 187, Statutes of 2009
SB 556 (Assembly Judiciary Committee) Court operations
Requires the clerk of the court in a small claims court judgment to charge and collect all fees associated with the enforcement of judgments under the Enforcement of Judgments Law. Provides that bail is included among the unpaid court-ordered fines and penalties that the court may refer to the Franchise Tax Board for collection after 90 days of delinquency.
Chapter 596, Statutes of 2009
SB 641 (Corbett-D) The State Bar Act
Continues the State Bar's authority to assess and collect dues from licensed attorneys in California in order to support the State Bar's operations, including discipline.
Vetoed
SB 676 (Wolk-D) Local fees
Increases and/or eliminates the maximum for various fees a county, city or court may charge for specified services.
Chapter 606, Statutes of 2009
SB 4XX (Cogdill-R) Design-build partnerships
Allows design-build contracting for up to five state office facilities, prison facilities, or court facilities; design-build contracting for up to 15 transportation projects (five local projects, 10 state projects); design-build contracting for up to 10 redevelopment public works projects; and an unlimited number of public-private partnerships for transportation projects, deleting the existing statutory limits.
Chapter 2, Statutes of 2009-10, Second Extraordinary Session
SB 11XX (Steinberg-D) Judges': employment benefits
Responds to a recent state court of appeal decision (Sturgeon v. County of Los Angeles [2008] 167 Cal. App. 4th 630) by authorizing counties and courts to continue providing existing local benefits to trial court judges.
Chapter 9, Statutes of 2009-10, Second Extraordinary Session
SB 12XX (Steinberg-D) Court facilities financing
Allows for continuous appropriation of funds in the Immediate and Critical Needs Account of the State Court Facilities Construction Fund for the purposes of acquiring real property and completing preliminary plans for court facilities construction.
Chapter 10, Statutes of 2009-10, Second Extraordinary Session
SB 13XXXX* (Ducheny-D) Courts 2009 budget trailer bill
Enacts the 2009-10 Court trailer bill which allows the Judicial Council to close courts for the transaction of judicial business for one day per month. Requires the courts to reimburse county sheriffs based on the average cost of personnel used by the sheriff's office in the provision of court security. Increases various court user fees for use by the judicial branch. Increases access to information related to the adjudication process and permits limited use of electronic court reporting.
Chapter 22, Statutes of 2009-10, Fourth Extraordinary Session
AB 170 (Mendoza-D) Court reporters
Provides that, until 1/1/17, a court reporter's instant visual display of testimony or proceedings (also known as "realtime reporting"), or both, may not be certified and cannot be used, cited, distributed, or transcribed as the official transcript of the proceedings. Prohibits the citation or use of an instant visual display of testimony proceedings, or both, to rebut or contradict the official certified transcript of the proceedings. Provides that a rough draft transcript may not be distributed as the official certified transcript of the proceedings.
Chapter 87, Statutes of 2009
AB 273 (Anderson-R) Collections: amounts imposed by a court
Requires superior courts to refer all delinquent fines, state and local penalties, forfeitures, restitution fines and orders, regardless of amount to the Franchise Tax Board (FTB) for collection. Permits the FTB to collect the actual and reasonable costs of such collection.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 590 (Feuer-D) Legal aid: pro bono
Prohibits the use of the term legal aid by an entity unless the entity is a nonprofit organization that provides civil legal services to the poor without charge. States the intent of the Legislature to encourage attorneys to make further efforts to meet their professional responsibilities and other obligations by providing pro bono legal services and financial support to nonprofit legal organizations that provide free legal services to underserved communities.
Chapter 457, Statutes of 2009
AB 663 (Jones-D) Legal aid: court interpreters: appearances by phone
Establishes a model pilot program to be developed by the Judicial Council for providing court interpreters in important civil matters not currently served, and prohibits the use of the term "legal aid" unless the entity is a bona fide nonprofit organization that provides civil legal services for the poor without charge.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 712 (Evans-D) Small claims court: equitable relief
Clarifies that a small claims court has jurisdiction over an action for an injunction or other equitable relief only when a statute expressly authorizes a small claims court to award that relief. Provides that nothing in the Small Claims Act is intended to expand, or to encourage the expansion of, the jurisdiction of the small claims court.
Chapter 468, Statutes of 2009
AB 891 (Bill Berryhill-R) Real property: gang abatement
Enacts the Gang Nuisance and Abatement Act, establishing a cause of action against the owner of property used by a criminal street gang as a congregating point. Authorizes the district attorney or city attorney to bring an abatement action against the property owner and authorizes the imposition of a fine not to exceed $1,000 for the first violation and a fine not to exceed $2,500 for a second violation. Authorizes, upon a third violation, the district attorney or the city attorney to file a petition with the court for the seizure and forfeiture of the property in question, in accordance with certain procedures. Provides that the proceeds from the fines and property forfeiture will be split between local law enforcement and the district attorney's office for the purpose of funding gang prevention activities.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 940 (Assembly Judiciary Committee) Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts
Specifies that a financial institution other than a bank may hold an Interest on Lawyer Trust Account (IOLTA) and requires that financial institutions holding IOLTA accounts carry deposit insurance. Requires attorneys to report to the State Bar their compliance with laws regulating IOLTA accounts.
Chapter 129, Statutes of 2009
AB 942 (Feuer-D) Judgeships
Authorizes the Judicial Council to convert up to an additional 10 subordinate judicial officer positions to judgeships each year, upon vacancy, if the conversion of these additional positions will result in a judge being assigned to a family or juvenile law assignment previously presided over by a subordinate judicial officer. Requires the Judicial Council to provide the Legislature with a special assessment of the need for new judgeships in the family and juvenile law assignments for each superior court and a report on the effectiveness of the additional subordinate judicial officer conversions.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 984 (Nava-D) Law school accreditation
Requires the Board of Governors of the State Bar to seek recognition by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation as an institutional accrediting organization, and to ensure compliance with council standards on accreditation. Requires the Committee on Bar Examiners to establish an accreditation subcommittee to adopt policies, rules, procedures, and processes for the accreditation of law schools, to be funded by existing resources, as specified. Requires the Committee of Bar Examiners to adopt an appellate process for which a law school denied certification may appeal that denial, subject to review by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation or the appellate division of the superior court.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 996 (Anderson-R) Courts: continuous hours of operation
Authorizes the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the presiding justice of a court of appeal, or the presiding judge of a superior court to order the court to operate on a continuous and ongoing basis, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
(Failed passage in Assembly Judiciary Committee; reconsideration granted)
AB 1090 (Monning-D) Arbitration
Provides that existing ethical standards and requirements for neutral arbitrators are not subject to negotiation and may not be waived.
Chapter 133, Statutes of 2009
AB 1264 (Audra Strickland-R) Attorney's fees: objectors
Requires that any award of attorney's fees paid in settlement to a professional objector or an objector's counsel shall be approved by the court prior to payment.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 1338 (Anderson-R) Arraignment courts
Authorizes the presiding judge of a superior court, or a judge designated by the presiding judge, together with the district attorney and the public defender, to agree to establish and conduct an "arraignment court program." States that the presiding judge of the superior court may establish extended hours for the operation of an "arraignment court program."
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1461 (Ruskin-D) Shorthand reporting
Prohibits a firm, partnership, sole proprietorship, or other business entity providing or arranging for shorthand reporting services from conducting themselves unprofessionally under any statute, rule or regulation -- current or prospective -- that pertains to shorthand reporters or shorthand reporting. Specifies that these entities shall observe and be bound by the same statutes, rules and regulations that bind a person holding a shorthand reporting license.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
Law Enforcement
SB 5 (Maldonado-R) Certified bomb technicians
Requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, if requested, to conduct a feasibility study regarding designating as peace officers members of a fire department bomb squad unit certified by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as bomb technicians.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
SB 38 (Alquist-D) Emergency services: seniors
Requires the Department of the California Highway Patrol to develop policies regarding a missing senior persons alert program.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 52 (Correa-D) Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor
Repeals and recasts the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Act. Allows the California Public Safety Medal of Valor Review Board to meet more than once a year and to recommend more than five candidates for the medal per year. Allows the Governor to award a Medal of Valor to more than one public safety officer a year.
Chapter 553, Statutes of 2009
SB 121 (Denham-R) Central Coast Rural Crime Prevention Program
Extends the existing sunset on the Central Coast Rural Crime Prevention Program statutory provisions from 7/1/10 to 7/1/13, as specified.
Chapter 31, Statutes of 2009
SB 169 (Benoit-R) Honorably retired peace officers: badges
Authorizes the head of an agency that employs specified peace officers to issue identification in the form of a badge, insignia, emblem, device, label, certificate, card, or writing that clearly states that the person has honorably retired following service as a peace officer from that agency.
Chapter 345, Statutes of 2009
SB 174 (Strickland-R) Public safety and welfare
Makes technical and corrective changes to various code sections relating generally to criminal justice laws, as specified.
Chapter 35, Statutes of 2009
SB 202 (Harman-R) Private investigators: continuing education
Requires private investigators, as a condition of license renewal, to complete 12 hours of continuing education in privacy rights, professional ethics, recent legal developments, and other subjects related to the profession, and makes other regulatory changes, as specified.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
SB 246 (Benoit-R) In-home supportive services: background checks
Requires persons to obtain a criminal background check in order to be employed as a provider of in-home supportive services.
(In Senate Human Services Committee)
SB 439 (Wyland-R) Forensic data: DNA
Requires that all DNA samples or specimens collected in criminal investigations be processed and analyzed for identification purposes within 30 days of collection.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 447 (Yee-D) Criminal records: custodian
Requires the Department of Justice to create a process for obtaining background clearances on custodian's of record for agencies whose employees or volunteers must have a criminal background check.
Chapter 50, Statutes of 2009
SB 490 (Maldonado-R) Peace officer status: San Luis Obispo and Colusa Counties
Grants San Luis Obispo County and Colusa County the authority currently granted to 27 other counties to employ "custodial deputy sheriffs" who are "employed to perform duties exclusively or initially relating to custodial assignments," pursuant to Section 8309(3) of the Penal Code.
Chapter 52, Statutes of 2009
SB 495 (Benoit-R) Telephone service providers: information
Requires cell phone companies to provide call location information to a law enforcement agency in order for the law enforcement agency to respond to a call for emergency services or in an emergency situation that involves the risk of death or serious physical harm. Provides that a cell phone company shall not be subject to liability when it acts in good faith in complying with this provision.
(In Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee)
SB 656 (DeSaulnier-D) Collective bargaining: peace officers
Provides that a local bargaining unit which is comprised of a majority of persons who are peace officers shall be excluded from the jurisdiction of the Public Employment Relations Board for purposes of dispute resolutions.
Vetoed
SB 748 (Leno-D) Witness Relocation and Assistance Program
Provides further protection to people participating in the Witness Relocation and Assistance Program by prohibiting their addresses and telephone numbers from being posted on the Internet, as specified. Provides for injunctive and declaratory relief (which includes court costs and attorneys fees), the ability to bring a civil action for damages, and various criminal penalties.
Chapter 613, Statutes of 2009
SB 828 (Senate Governmental Organization Committee) Public safety communication
Makes various minor, technical and nonsubstantive changes to the Public Safety Communications Act of 2002.
(In Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
SB 2XXX* (Ducheny-D) Peace officer training budget provision
Among other provisions, loans $5 million from the Peace Officer Training Fund to the General Fund to be repaid by 12/31/10.
Chapter 2, Statutes of 2009, Third Extraordinary Session
SB 8XXX* (Ducheny-D) Law enforcement budget provisions
Among other provisions, realigns funding for local law enforcement subventions.
Chapter 4, Statutes of 2009, Third Extraordinary Session
SCR 26 (Correa-D) California Peace Officers' Memorial Day
Designates Friday, 5/8/09, as California Peace Officers' Memorial Day and urges all Californians to use that day to honor California peace officers.
Resolution Chapter 21, Statutes of 2009
SCR 50 (Cox-R) CHP Officer Raymond Carpenter Memorial Interchange
Designates the Rocklin Road Interchange on State Highway Route 80 in Placer County as the "California Highway Patrol Officer Raymond Carpenter Memorial Interchange," to honor the memory of Officer Carpenter who, in 1970, after 13 years with the Department of the California Highway Patrol, died after being shot by the driver of a vehicle he had stopped.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)
SCR 57 (Calderon-D) CHP Officer David M. Romero Memorial Highway
Designates a specified portion of State Highway Route 60 in Los Angeles County as the California Highway Patrol Officer David M. Romero Memorial Highway," to honor the memory of Officer Romero who was killed in the line of duty on 9/23/05. While stopped at a red light on his departmental motorcycle in the City of Industry, Officer Romero was rear-ended by a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed, driven by an intoxicated driver.
Resolution Chapter 123, Statutes of 2009
AB 126 (Jeffries-R) Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Requires the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire) to conduct a state and federal level criminal offender record information search through the Department of Justice prior to hiring an applicant for a position with CalFire or the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection, with exceptions.
(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 275* (Solorio-D) Missing persons: DNA database
Removes the sunset date on the $2 fee on death certificates to support the missing persons DNA data base. Eliminates the advisory committee which prioritized the backlog of unidentified remains, thereby eliminating the priority code given to case assignments which must be checked by laboratory management personnel and updated by supervisors and managers to the guidelines set by the advisory committee. Prioritizes cases involving children and homicide victims.
Chapter 228, Statutes of 2009
AB 297 (Solorio-D) Criminal history information
Requires the Department of Justice to share information on prior criminal history searches when the background of an applicant is being requested for employment or certification as a peace officer or criminal justice employee.
Chapter 97, Statutes of 2009
AB 312 (Ammiano-D) San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit
Creates an Office of Citizen Complaints to review and investigate allegations of misconduct filed against peace officers in the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit Police Department.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 387 (Hagman-R) Training: peace officer volunteer
Requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standard and Training (POST) to establish training standards and develop a course of instruction for peace officer volunteers. Specifies that the local governmental entity utilizing the peace officer volunteers shall be responsible for the costs associated with their training. Requires POST to adopt rules establishing the minimum standards for training peace officer volunteers in accordance with specified rulemaking provisions.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 423 (Torres-D) Emergency telephone systems
Requires the review of technical and operational standards for 911 systems by the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) to include standards for recruitment and training of public safety dispatchers. Adds one representative from the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training and one representative from the Office of the State Fire Marshal to the State 911 Advisory Board. Modifies the requirement that the State 911 Advisory Board advise OCIO on training standards for county coordinators and 911 system answering point managers to also advise the OCIO concerning issues related to the receipt of calls in a language other than English.
Vetoed
AB 428 (Fletcher-R) Criminal history records: foreign governments
Adds foreign governments to the list of entities to which the Attorney General has explicit authority to release criminal records, provided that the release is requested by the individual who is the subject of the record and is done for the purpose of adopting a foreign national child. Allows a person to obtain a copy of their own state summary criminal history information from the Department of Justice through submission of that individual's fingerprints, and additional information as defined by the department, for purposes of attempting to adopt a minor foreign national.
Chapter 441, Statutes of 2009
AB 458 (Cook-R) Peace officer vehicles: windows
Exempts a vehicle operated by a peace officer and owned or leased by the peace officer's employer from the California law prohibiting or limiting materials that may be placed, displayed, installed, affixed, or applied to the windshield or side or rear windows, commonly referred to as a window tinting or glazing.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 504 (Furutani-D) Peace officer training: the kirpan history
Makes specified legislative findings regarding the Sikh religion and the requirements of the religion, including carrying a kirpan. Mandates that the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, upon the next regularly scheduled update of training content relating to weapons violations and cultural diversity, create and add training content on how to recognize and interact with Sikhs possessing articles of faith, including a kirpan.
Vetoed
AB 509 (Anderson-R) Fleeing a peace officer
Rewrites the penalty provisions for evading a peace officer and causing damage to persons or property so that damage to persons could be found to be an inherently dangerous felony for the purpose of second-degree felony murder.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 515 (Hagman-R) Collateral recovery
Makes numerous revisions to the Collateral Recovery Act and Vehicle Code sections relating to the impound of vehicles, including (1) limiting a repossession agency's liability for damages to a vehicle as a result of electrical failure, or specified illegal aftermarket parts, (2) allowing impound of any tow vehicle used to violate the Act, (3) narrowing the definition of lawful experience for qualified managers of repossession agencies, (4) clarifying lighting requirements for towed vehicles, and modifying the requirement for multiple safety chains, (5) requiring law enforcement agencies to be open, as specified, to issue impound releases without the necessity of making an appointment, (6) requiring impound agencies to accept a valid bank credit card or cash, as specified, and (7) prohibiting a legal or registered owner from changing the name of the registered owner until a vehicle is released from impound.
Chapter 322, Statutes of 2009
AB 538 (Arambula-IN) Emergency telephone systems: abuse
Allows an entity that provides medical services to report a violation of the law prohibiting the improper use of the 911 system to the public safety entity that originally received the call.
Vetoed
AB 558 (Portantino-D) Law enforcement: rape kits
Requires local law enforcement agencies responsible for taking or processing rape kit evidence to annually report to the Department of Justice statistical information pertaining to the processing of rape kits, as specified. Reports received would be subject to inspection under the California Public Records Act.
(In Assembly Rules Committee)
AB 586 (Huber-D) Workers' compensation: University peace officers
Extends injury presumptions of hernia, cancer, leukemia, heart trouble, pneumonia, blood borne infectious disease, methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin (MRSA) infection, tuberculosis, and meningitis to members of police departments at the University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU). Extends the injury presumptions of hernia, blood borne infectious disease, or MRSA infection to members of fire departments at UC and CSU. Extends the injury presumptions of tuberculosis and meningitis to police departments of a district.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 595* (Adams-R) Placement of children: criminal background
Conforms state law to federal law by requiring background checks and by prohibiting persons convicted of specified offenses from becoming foster or adoptive parents.
Chapter 246, Statutes of 2009
AB 653 (Feuer-D) Peace officers: marital privilege
Provides that a peace officer who asserts evidentiary marital privileges in an administrative or disciplinary investigation or hearing shall not be subject to administrative discipline for failure to report information to his/her supervisor or department, except as specified.
Vetoed
AB 671 (Krekorian-D) Peace officers: Golden Shield Award
Creates a new chapter in the Penal Code known as the California Golden Shield Act. Requires that the Governor annually award, and present in the name of the State of California, a Golden Shield Award of appropriate design, with ribbons and appurtenances, to the next of kin, or immediate family members of, every public safety officer who, while serving under competent authority in any capacity, has been killed in the line of duty in that year. Defines "public safety officer" as a person serving a public agency, with or without compensation, as a firefighter, law enforcement officer, including a corrections or court officer or a civil defense officer, or emergency services officer.
Chapter 462, Statutes of 2009
AB 680 (Hall-D) Process fees
Increases, by amounts ranging from $5 to $20, various fees for serving, executing, and processing required court notices, writs, orders, and other services provided by county sheriffs and marshals, generally effective 2011.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
AB 709 (Lieu-D) Charter drivers background check
Requires the Public Utilities Commission to adopt and enforce rules requiring drivers for charter party carriers serving airports to undergo critical background checks.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 891 (Bill Berryhill-R) Real property: gang abatement
Enacts the Gang Nuisance and Abatement Act, establishing a cause of action against the owner of property used by a criminal street gang as a congregating point. Authorizes a district attorney or city attorney to bring an abatement action against the property owner and authorizes the imposition of a fine not to exceed $1,000 for the first violation and a fine not to exceed $2,500 for a second violation. Authorizes, upon a third violation, the district attorney or the city attorney to file a petition with the court for the seizure and forfeiture of the property in question, in accordance with certain procedures. Provides that the proceeds from the fines and property forfeiture will be split between local law enforcement and the district attorney's office for the purpose of funding gang prevention activities.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 955 (De Leon-D) Peace Officer Procedural Bill of Rights
Requires that a law enforcement employing agency notify an employee within one year of an allegation of misconduct being made whether the agency intends to pursue the allegation, and to specify the punishment that the agency intends to impose.
Chapter 494, Statutes of 2009
AB 988 (Brownley-D) Peace officer training: human trafficking
Requires that the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, upon the next regularly scheduled review of a training module relating to the human trafficking, create and make available training content on the U Visa as authorized by the federal Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000.
Vetoed
AB 1025 (Conway-R) School employees and volunteers: background checks
Requires non-credentialed individuals who assume a paid or volunteer position to supervise, direct, or coach a pupil activity program to obtain an Activity Supervisor Clearance Certificate from the Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Specifies the process for the Commission and the Department of Justice to follow in collecting fingerprints and conducting criminal background investigation of candidates for the Activity Supervisor Clearance Certificate.
Chapter 379, Statutes of 2009
AB 1048 (Torrico-D) Child protection: safe surrender
Extends the period during which a person may safely surrender a baby at designated sites as long as the proper procedures under the Safely Surrendered Baby Law are followed.
(On Senate Inactive File)
AB 1209 (Ma-D) Officer identification
Provides that an officer may book a person arrested for a misdemeanor at the scene or at the arresting agency.
Chapter 278, Statutes of 2009
AB 1385 (Miller-R) Authorized emergency vehicles: blue lights
Allows specified peace officers associated with fire agencies to display blue lights on their emergency vehicles.
Vetoed
AB 1390 (Blumenfield-D) School security and police departments
Requires a school principal or the principal's designee to report any act involving either the possession, sale, or furnishment of a firearm, or the possession of an explosive, committed by a pupil or nonpupil on a school site to the city policy or county sheriff with jurisdiction over the school and the second security department or the school police department, as applicable.
Chapter 292, Statutes of 2009
AB 1392 (Tran-R) Vandalism: graffiti
Creates a new $150 fine for graffiti-related offenses and a $300 fine if the offense is committed by a person determined to be an active member of a criminal street gang, as defined, and earmarks the fine revenue for specified purposes. Creates the Graffiti and Gang Technology Fund within the Department of Justice, for deposit of the above fine revenues, to fund technological advances in the identification and apprehension of vandals and gang members.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1428 (John Perez-D) Coroner: autopsy
Prohibits a coroner from performing specified procedures on the body of a decedent, if the deceased is under the age of 18 and the coroner is informed by a person with the right to control the remains and the postmortem anatomical dissection or that specified procedure would be contrary to that person's religious belief.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1439 (Solorio-D) Gang and youth violence: prevention
Requires the Director of the Office of Gang and Youth Violence Policy (OGYVP) to consolidate and streamline existing state agency gang and youth violence grant programs with a goal toward giving priority to grant programs that employ evidence-based practices. Authorizes the Director of OGYVP to convene a working group, as specified, to make recommendations on consolidating programs, aligning funding cycles, developing common grant programs, and directs the working group to recommend procedures for state agencies that administer grants to create incentives for grant recipients to use evidenced based policies in gang and youth violence prevention programs.
Vetoed
AB 1586 (Swanson-D) San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
Authorizes the Bay Area Rapid Transit District board of directors to establish an office of independent police auditor that reports directly to the board and investigates complaints filed by members of the public against district police officers relative to on-duty misconduct.
(In Assembly Rules Committee)
ACR 20 (Bill Berryhill-R) Sergeant Howard K. Stevenson Memorial Interchange
Designates the interchange between State Highway 99 and Whitmore Avenue in the City of Ceres as the "Sergeant Howard K. Stevenson Memorial Interchange", to honor the memory of Sergeant Stevenson who, on 1/9/05, while responding to a call for assistance at a local liquor store, was ambushed and met with a hail of gunfire from an assault rifle. Sergeant Stevenson died instantly.
Resolution Chapter 77, Statutes of 2009
ACR 30 (Mendoza-D) Los Angeles Co. Deputy Sheriff David Powell Memorial Highway
Designates a portion of State Route 91 in Los Angeles County as the "Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff David Powell Memorial Highway", to honor the memory of Deputy Powell who was killed in the line of duty in the City of Artesia on 11/30/02, while in a standoff with a barricaded gunman who was holding a hostage.
Resolution Chapter 47, Statutes of 2009
ACR 33 (Jeffries-R) Deputy Kent Hintergardt Memorial Highway
Designates a segment of State Highway Route 15 in Riverside County as the "Deputy Kent Hintergardt Memorial Highway" to honor the memory of Deputy Hintergardt, who, on Mother's Day 1993, while responding to a domestic violence call in Temecula, was killed in the line of duty.
Resolution Chapter 89, Statutes of 2009
ACR 34 (Furutani-D) Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff Maria Cecilia Rosa
Designates a section of State Highway Route 710 as the "Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff Maria Cecilia Rosa Memorial Highway."
Resolution Chapter 48, Statutes of 2009
ACR 37 (Torres-D) California Public Safety Telecommunicators Week
Memorializes the week beginning 4/12/09, as California Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.
Resolution Chapter 35, Statutes of 2009
ACR 48 (Gilmore-R) Deputy James Throne Memorial Highway
Designates State Highway Route 184 in Kern County as the "Deputy James Throne Memorial Highway" to honor the memory of Deputy Throne who, on 5/23/08, while pursuing a suspect, was struck by another deputy's patrol car. Deputy Throne died at the scene.
Resolution Chapter 80, Statutes of 2009
ACR 61 (Villines-R) Deputy David G. Graves Memorial Freeway
Designates a segment of State Route 41 in Fresno and Madera Counties as the "Deputy David G. Graves Memorial Highway" to honor the memory of Deputy Graves, who, on 11/5/82, was on a routine patrol on Shaw Avenue in the Fresno area west of State Route 99 in a marked patrol vehicle when his vehicle was struck by a pickup truck driven by an intoxicated, 28-year old Clovis man who had run a stop sign. Tragically, the collision resulted in severe head injuries to Deputy Graves that led to his death prior to his arrival at the Valley Medical Center.
Resolution Chapter 90, Statutes of 2009
ACR 78 (Buchanan-D) CHP Officer John P. Miller Memorial Highway
Designates, as the "California Highway Patrol Officer John P. Miller Memorial Highway", the portion of State Route 580 between Airway Boulevard and North Flynn Road in Livermore, to honor the memory of Officer Miller, who, on 11/16/07, was killed in a patrol car collision while attempting to apprehend a drunk driver.
Resolution Chapter 110, Statutes of 2009
ACR 79 (Hayashi-D) Sergeant Daniel Sakai Memorial Highway
Designates, as the "Sergeant Daniel Sakai Memorial Highway", the segment of State Route 580 between Strobridge Avenue and East Castro Valley Boulevard in Castro Valley (Alameda County), to honor the memory of Sergeant Sakai who was one of the four City of Oakland police officers shot and killed by a lone gunman on 3/21/09.
Resolution Chapter 111, Statutes of 2009
ACR 94 (Charles Calderon-D) CHP Officer Joseph P. Sanders Memorial Highway
Designates a segment of State Route 50 as the "California Highway Patrol Officer Joseph P. Sanders Memorial Highway" to honor the memory of Officer Sanders who was killed in the line of duty on 12/15/08, when he was directing traffic at the site of a traffic collision on eastbound State Route 60, west of Azusa Avenue in the City of Hacienda Heights. A subsequent collision between two vehicles caused one of the vehicles to veer out of control, striking Officer Sanders and causing major injuries. Officer Sanders was airlifted to the University of Southern California Medical Center in Los Angeles where he succumbed to his injuries.
Resolution Chapter 116, Statutes of 2009
Family Law
SB 54 (Leno-D) Out-of-state same-sex marriage
Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, (1) a marriage between two persons of the same sex contracted outside of California that is valid by the laws of the jurisdiction in which it was contracted and that was contracted before 11/5/08 (before passage of Proposition 8) is valid in California, and (2) two persons of the same sex who contracted a marriage outside of California on or after 11/5/08 that is valid by the laws of the jurisdiction in which it was contracted shall have the same rights, protections, and benefits and subject to the same responsibilities, obligations, and duties under law, whether they derive from the California Constitution, the United States Constitution, statutes, administrative regulations, court rules, government policies, common law, or any other provisions or sources of law, as are granted to and imposed upon spouses with the sole exception of the designation of "marriage."
Chapter 625, Statutes of 2009
SB 494 (Maldonado-R) Department of Child Support Services
Requires the Department of Child Support Services (DCSS) to provide any notice form, information, or document, without limitation, that is required or authorized to be given, distributed, or provided to an individual, a customer, or a member of the public to be given, distributed, or provided in a digitized form, and by any means DCSS determines is feasible, including, but not limited to, e-mail or by means of an Internet Web site, except as specified. Provides that this provision does not take effect until DCSS makes a specified determination.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
SB 543 (Leno-D) Minors: consent to mental health treatment
Expands the rights of minors to receive outpatient mental health treatment or counseling services.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
SB 578 (Wright-D) Child support: interest
Allows certain non-custodial parents who owe child support to have the interest waived on the past-due child support if they pay their current month's support payment in full.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 580 (Wright-D) Child support: health insurance
Specifies that a parent supporting a child must maintain private health insurance coverage for the child, and the insurance must be accessible to the child, as provided. Declares the rebuttable presumption that the health insurance coverage is reasonable in cost if the cost to the responsible parent providing medical support does not exceed 5% of his/her gross income or some other reasonable alternative income-based numeric standard determined by the Department of Child Support Services. Specifies that if private health insurance coverage is not available at the time the order is entered or modified, the court shall order cash medical support, as defined, until health insurance coverage becomes available at a reasonable cost and is accessible to the child.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
SB 597 (Liu-D) Foster care services and adoption
Makes changes in state law relative to child welfare services to conform to Public Law 110-351, the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008, and modifies foster family agency staffing ratios and foster care group home payment rates and levels. Double-jointed with AB 154 (Evans-D).
Chapter 339, Statutes of 2009
SR 7 (Leno-D) Proposition 8: same-sex marriage
Opposes Proposition 8 as an improper revision, not an amendment, of the California Constitution and was not enacted according to the procedures required in Article XVIII of the California Constitution.
Adopted by the Senate
AB 47* (Ma-D) Income taxes: adoption costs
Increases, from $2,500 to $5,000, the maximum adoption credit allowed for families that adopt a foster child who is over 12-years old or has lived in a group home for six of the 18 months prior to their adoption. Provides that the increased credit sunsets on 1/1/15.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 130 (Jeffries-R) Vital records: marriage records
Extends the current limitations on the release and access of birth and death records to marriage records in order to prevent the unauthorized use of personal information.
Chapter 412, Statutes of 2009
AB 154 (Evans-D) Adoption assistance: federal law
Conforms state law to new federal requirements related to the adoption assistance program. Double-jointed with SB 597 (Liu-D).
Chapter 222, Statutes of 2009
AB 372 (Ma-D) Vital records: adoption
Allows an adoptee, under certain conditions, to have access to his/her original and unredacted birth certificate.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 375 (Nielsen-R) Child custody: sexual abuse
Limits the ability of the court to grant an ex parte request to modify a child custody order in cases of domestic violence or child sexual abuse.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
AB 459 (Bonnie Lowenthal-D) Dissolution: disclosure
Creates a process whereby a party to a dissolution or separation can waive disclosure of specified financial declarations.
Chapter 110, Statutes of 2009
AB 612 (Beall-D) Custody and visitation: nonscientific theories
Provides that allegations of physical or sexual abuse against a child are to be investigated using specified methods of data collection and analysis. Provides that the rules of evidence applicable in criminal proceedings shall apply whenever the court considers an allegation of physical or sexual abuse against a child in a custody proceeding. Provides that unproven, nonscientific theories, including, but not limited to, alienation theories, are not consistent with generally accepted clinical, forensic, scientific, diagnostic, or medical standards. Prohibits a court from relying upon an unproven, unscientific theory and from accepting into evidence any finding provided by an expert witness or court appointed professional who has relied on an unproven, nonscientific theory that is a basis for that finding. Requires the Judicial Council to provide training consistent with these provisions.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
AB 939 (Assembly Judiciary Committee) Family Law Access to Justice Act
Enacts the Family Law Access to Justice Act. Authorizes the court to order that case management plans be developed or that case management services be provided for any family law case at the request of a party or on the court's own motion, without stipulation by the parties.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 941 (Assembly Judiciary Committee) Adoption
Makes several technical and clarifying changes to adoption law.
Chapter 492, Statutes of 2009
AB 1048 (Torrico-D) Child safe surrender
Extends the period during which a person may safely surrender a baby at designated sites as long as the proper procedures under the safely surrendered baby law are followed.
(On Senate Inactive File)
AB 1050 (Ma-D) Child custody: preferences of child
Clarifies that a court, in a child custody case, must consider the wishes of a child who is of sufficient age and capacity to reason, particularly if the health, safety or welfare of the child is at issue.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
AB 1143 (Ma-D) Marriage: name
Provides a simplified procedure to correct clerical errors in a name listed on a marriage license.
Chapter 512, Statutes of 2009
AB 1261 (Audra Strickland-R) Child custody and visitation: registered sex offenders
Prohibits the court from granting a person physical or legal custody of, or unsupervised visitation with, a child if the person is a registered sex offender or has been convicted of specified criminal offenses, and prohibits the court from placing the child in a home in which that person resides.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 1265 (Ma-D) Marriages
Expands, statutorily, the list of those individuals who can perform a marriage ceremony to include a sitting mayor of a charter city.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
AB 1325 (Cook-R) Tribal customary adoption
Establishes, as of 1/1/10, customary adoption as an additional exception to termination of parental rights for parents of Indian children who have been adjudicated dependents of the court. Sunsets this additional exception on 1/1/14.
Chapter 287, Statutes of 2009
AB 1402 (Bass-D) Family connection grants
Requires the Department of Social Services to support California-based applications for the federal matching Family Connection Grant in order to connect foster children with family members.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AJR 15 (De Leon-D) Uniting American Families Act
Urges the United States Congress to pass, and the President to sign, the Uniting American Families Act, that removes a number of legal barriers to immigration by permanent same-sex partners of United States citizens.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
AJR 19 (Brownley-D) Marriage
Urges the Congress and the President of the United States to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
HR 5 (Ammiano-D) Opposition to Proposition 8
Provides that the Assembly memorializes its opposition to Proposition 8 because, among other reasons, this proposition was, according to the resolution's proponents, "An improper revision, not an amendment, of the California Constitution and was not enacted according to the procedures required by Article XVIII of the California Constitution."
Adopted by the Assembly
Civil Law
SB 39* (Benoit-R) Personal liability immunity
Revises existing immunity protections for disaster service workers who perform disaster services.
Chapter 27, Statutes of 2009
SB 105 (Harman-R) Donative transfer restrictions
Repeals current provisions related to restrictions on donative transfers to specified persons. Establishes, instead, an express presumption of fraud or undue influence if the donative instrument makes a gift to the person who drafted or who transcribed the instrument or to their family members, or makes a gift to certain other disqualified persons, including a caregiver or care custodian, and provides exceptions to the operation of this presumption. Provides that the presumption may be rebutted by preponderance of the evidence. Defines "degree of kinship" or consanguinity for the Probate Code.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
SB 108 (Walters-R) Charter schools: government tort claims
Provides that no joint powers authority for risk-pooling shall refuse to admit to membership or provide coverage to a charter school, including a charter school organized pursuant to Section 47604 of the Education Code, or a school district which operates a charter school, solely on the basis that it operates as a charter school.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
SB 189 (Lowenthal-D) Mechanics liens
Revises and recasts existing law relative to mechanics liens. Authorizes the submission of notices by means of electronic communication with respect to mechanics liens. Sets forth additional requirements governing the form of security for bonds and sets forth the security required for large projects with a contract price of greater than $1 million for the owner of a less than fee interest in property or $5 million for the owner of the fee interest in the property.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
SB 209 (Corbett-D) Civil actions: disabled access
Requires a Certified Access Specialist inspection report, submitted to the court in an action involving alleged violations of disability access laws to trigger an early evaluation conference, to remain confidential rather than be under seal and subject to protective orders of the court. Specifies who will have access to the Certified Access Specialist inspection report and when confidentiality of the report terminates.
Chapter 569, Statutes of 2009
SB 269 (Harman-R) Attorney's fees
Provides for the award of attorney's fees in specified cases only if judgment has been entered in favor of the successful party against one or more opposing parties in the action.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
SB 285 (Wright-D) Veterans benefits
Provides that federal disability benefits awarded to veterans for service-connected disabilities pursuant to Chapter 11 of Title 38 of the United States Code shall be exempt from the claims of creditors, and shall not be liable to attachment, levy, or seizure by or under any legal or equitable process whatever, as provided by federal law.
Chapter 162, Statutes of 2009
SB 308 (Harman-R) Professional fiduciaries: donative transfers
Redefines the definition of "professional fiduciary" under the Professional Fiduciaries Act to include varying types of conservators and guardians, and specifies how trusts and beneficiaries are counted for purposes of the definition. Excludes from the definition employees of public officers or agencies that are now specifically exempt from the requirements imposed on professional fiduciaries, when those employees are acting within the scope of their employment duties.
Chapter 348, Statutes of 2009
SB 320 (Corbett-D) Foreign country money judgments
Adds to the list of exceptions from those foreign money judgments that may be recognized in California, a judgment for defamation obtained in a jurisdiction that does not provide at least as much protection for free expression as that provided under the Constitutions of both the United States and California.
Chapter 579, Statutes of 2009
SB 359 (Romero-D) Records: disclosures
Updates the statutes within the California Public Records Act that contains an alphabetical list of records that are exempt from disclosure. Requires that a standing committee of the Legislature introduce a bill at the beginning of each two-year session, that updates this alphabetical list of records exempt from disclosure under the California Public Records Act.
Chapter 584, Statutes of 2009
SB 367* (Negrete McLeod-D) Discrimination
Makes clear that the Unruh Civil Rights Act does not impose liability when a business offers or confers a discount or other benefit to a consumer or prospective consumer because the consumer has suffered the loss or reduction of employment or reduction of wages.
Chapter 641, Statutes of 2009
SB 393 (Harman-R) Judgments: interest
Provides that interest accrues at the federal short-term rate plus 2%, except as otherwise provided in a written contract, not to exceed 10% per annum on those judgments, as specified. Requires the State Controller to annually establish the interest rate, as specified, and notify the auditor in each county of that rate.
(Failed passage in Senate Judiciary Committee; reconsideration granted)
SB 544 (Assembly Judiciary Committee) Civil law: omnibus bill
Enacts assorted changes in various provisions of law. Changes range from permitting the State Bar's Board of Governors to delegate specified authority to one of their committees to clarifying the authority of the Judicial Council to provide administrative support to a tax-exempt public benefit nonprofit corporations. Assorted changes additionally (1) clarify a fee arbiter's authority to issue a subpoena, (2) remove certain requirements relating to the recording of oil and gas leases, (3) clarify the deadline for return of documents relating to writs of execution, and (4) make other technical and clarifying changes.
Chapter 54, Statutes of 2009
SB 555 (Kehoe-D) Eminent domain
Revises the Eminent Domain Law by establishing requirements for acquisition of property subject to a conservation easement.
Vetoed
SB 617 (Harman-R) Intervention: initiatives
Provides that the official proponent of a state initiative statute or constitutional amendment, that has been approved by the voters, would have the right to intervene and participate in any court action challenging the constitutionality of the initiative statute or constitutional amendment.
(Failed passage in Senate Judiciary Committee; reconsideration granted)
SB 629 (Liu-D) Private works of improvement
Prohibits, applicable to all contracts entered into on or after 1/1/10, retention proceeds withheld from any payment made by an owner to the original contract from exceeding 5% of the amount otherwise due under the contract. Prohibits the percentage of the retention proceed withheld from any payment made by the original contractor to any subcontractor, or by a subcontractor to another subcontractor, from exceeding 5% of the amount otherwise due under the contract, or the percentage of each payment that may be withheld under the contractor, whichever is less.
(On Senate Inactive File)
SB 782 (Yee-D) Unlawful detainer: residential tenancies: domestic violence
Creates a process for preventing the eviction of a victim of domestic violence, sexual abuse, or stalking, if both of the following are true: (1) the tenant, or a member of the tenant's household, has been a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking, and (2) the notice to vacate is substantially based upon an act or acts of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking perpetrated against the tenant or a member of the tenant's household.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
SCR 52 (Lowenthal-D) Iranian persecution: Baha'i
Condemns the government of Iran for its state-sponsored persecution of Baha'is, calls on the government of Iran to immediately cease activities aimed at the repression of the Iranian Baha'i community, and holds the government of Iran responsible for upholding all the rights of its nationals, including members of the Baha'i community.
(Held at Assembly Desk)
SR 7 (Leno-D) Proposition 8: same sex marriage
Opposes Proposition 8 as an improper revision, not an amendment, of the California Constitution and was not enacted according to the procedures required by Article XVIII of the California Constitution.
Adopted by the Senate
AB 5* (Evans-D) Civil discovery
Establishes procedures in the Civil Discovery Act for a person to obtain discovery of electronically stored information in addition to documents, tangible things, and land or other property, in the possession of any other party to the action.
Chapter 5, Statutes of 2009
AB 83* (Feuer-D) Personal liability immunity
Provides that no person who, in good faith and not for compensation, renders emergency medical or nonmedical care, or assistance at the scene of an emergency, shall not be liable for civil damages resulting from any act or omission other than an act or omission constituting gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.
Chapter 77, Statutes of 2009
A similar bill was AB 90 (Adams-R) which is in Assembly Judiciary Committee.
AB 121 (Hernandez-D) Judgment liens
Establishes a process for the continuation of a judgment lien on personal property, so that a creditor would not have to file a new lien at the end of five years.
Chapter 410, Statutes of 2009
AB 176 (Silva-R) California Law Revision Commission: corrections
Makes numerous changes to the codes to modernize existing references to audio or video recordings. Revises references to the use of a tape, cassette, audiotape, or videotape to instead refer more generically to any recording technology.
Chapter 88, Statutes of 2009
AB 298 (Tran-R) Appeals: class action certification
Establishes a new rule allowing a right of immediate appeal from procedural determinations regarding class certification.
(Failed passage in Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 353 (Charles Calderon-D) Civil actions
Provides that a civil action for relief on the ground of libel or slander shall be commenced within three years, rather than one year, as in current law.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 355 (Ammiano-D) Decedent's estates
Establishes a procedure for the personal representative of a decedent who died a resident of a sister state to collect the decedent's personal property in this state valued in excess of $100,000.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
AB 396 (Fuentes-D) Works of improvement
Reduces the allowable retention proceeds on public works contracts and modifies stop notice provisions.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 457 (Monning-D) Mechanics lien
Requires a mechanics lienholder (generally a contractor, subcontractor, or material supplier) on a private work of improvement, after filing a complaint to foreclose on a mechanic's lien (also known as a claim of lien), to record in the proper county recorder's office a notice of the pendency of the proceedings. Requires that a lienholder serve the property owner with the mechanic's lien and a Notice of Mechanic's Lien. Provides that failure to serve the mechanic's lien and Notice of Mechanic's Lien, as prescribed, renders the mechanic's lien unenforceable as a matter of law.
Chapter 109, Statutes of 2009
AB 585 (Duvall-R) Deceased personalities
Amends the definition of a "deceased personality" to include a person whose name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness has commercial value because of his/her death.
(On Assembly Unfinished Business File)
AB 621 (Saldana-D) Civil actions: minors: anti-SLAPP
Provides that specified provisions in Section 425.16 of the Code of Civil Procedure do not apply to specified civil rights actions if the person bringing the action, or the person on whose behalf is brought, was a minor at the time the activity that gave rise to the civil action occurred. Provides that a court may set aside an arbitration agreement in a civil action that is based on a violation of certain civil rights provisions if a party to the arbitration was a minor at the time the agreement was entered, as specified.
(In Assembly Rules Committee)
AB 632 (Davis-D) Internet-based social networking: privacy
Requires a social networking Internet Web site to provide a disclosure to users that an image which is uploaded onto the Web site is capable of being copied, without consent, by persons who view the image, or copied the image in violation of the privacy policy, terms of use, or other policy of the site.
Vetoed
AB 634 (Harkey-R) Liability: hazardous recreational activities
Includes any form of self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA) diving among hazardous recreational activities contained in Section 831.7 of the Government Code as they relate to liability. Provides that the exception to this provision allowing liability where a specific fee is charged does not include a fee or surcharge levied, charged, or collected for SCUBA diving access to an artificial reef created or placed in cooperation with the state or any political subdivision thereof, and operated by a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public benefit corporation. Provides that any person participating in those SCUBA diving activities does so at their own risk.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 724 (DeVore-R) Nonprobate transfers
Creates two new nonprobate property transfer instruments, the "Simple Revocable Transfer on Death Deed" and the "Revocable Transfer on Death Deed With Life Estate," which would be effective upon death of the transferor.
(Failed passage in Senate Judiciary Committee; reconsideration granted)
AB 811 (John Perez-D) Check cashing businesses
Prohibits a check casher from requiring a customer to use an identification card issued by the check casher. Prohibits a check casher from selling any form of identification other than a card for use only at that business. Provides that the penalties for making a false Department of Motor Vehicles-style identification card may include a jail term of up to one year.
Vetoed
AB 1040 (Audra Strickland-R) Appeals: class action settlements
Requires an appellant, upon filing a notice of appeal, to state if the appeal is from a lower court's approval of a class action settlement. If so, then the appeal shall be entitled to expedited briefing and preference in setting the date for oral argument within 120 days after the notice of appeal has been filed.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 1046 (Anderson-R) Enforcement of judgments: homestead exemptions
Increases each of the current homestead exemptions as follows: (1) $50,000 to $75,000 for the base exemption that applies if no other exemption applies, (2) $75,000 to $100,000 for family units, and (3) $150,000 to $175,000 for those age 65 or older, disabled, or age 55 or older with limited income, as specified. Requires the Judicial Council, on 4/1/10, and at each three-year interval thereafter, to submit to the Legislature the amount the exemptions may be increased based on changes in the California Consumer Price Index, and provides that those increases shall not take effect unless they are approved by the Legislature.
Chapter 499, Statutes of 2009
AB 1059 (Silva-R) Bankruptcy
Makes technical changes to various code sections to eliminate and revise outdated and inaccurate references relating to federal bankruptcy law.
Chapter 500, Statutes of 2009
AB 1090 (Monning-D) Arbitration
Provides that existing ethical standards and requirements for neutral arbitrators are not subject to negotiation and may not be waived.
Chapter 133, Statutes of 2009
AB 1094 (Conway-R) Disposal of personal information
Revises existing law requirements regarding the destruction of customer records by providing that businesses that dispose of, rather than destroy, the records by shredding, erasing, or otherwise modifying the personal information so that it is unreadable or undecipherable. Provides that a cause of action shall not lie against a business that comes into possession of abandoned records containing personal information and that disposes of those records as provided above. Provides that is it the intent of the Legislature to create a safe harbor for a custodian of abandoned records who properly dispose of the records. Provides that a tenant shall be presumed to be the owner of records remaining on the premises after a tenancy or commercial tenancy has terminated if the property consists of records, as defined.
Chapter 134, Statutes of 2009
AB 1163 (Tran-R) Attorney-client privilege
Makes several clarifications to the attorney-client privilege that apply after the client's death.
Chapter 8, Statutes of 2009
AB 1164 (Tran-R) Maintenance of the codes
Makes numerous technical changes in the California codes that have been recommended by the Legislative Counsel's Office.
Chapter 140, Statutes of 2009
AB 1196 (Blumenfield-D) The False Claims Act
Revises and clarifies significant aspects of the California False Claims Act. Ensures that those who knowingly defraud the government are held liable regardless of whether the fraud was conducted through an intermediary. Reorganizes existing state law provisions to conform to the structure of federal law. Ensures that false claim lawsuits are not dismissed without the written consent of the government. Requires that civil penalties be imposed for each violation of the California False Claims Act, in order to deter and punish those inclined to defraud the government.
Chapter 277, Statutes of 2009
AB 1263 (Audra Strickland-R) Unlawful detainer
Revises the provision governing the methods of serving notice upon a tenant for purposes of the unlawful detainer provisions by deleting the requirement that service be made at the tenant's place of residence or usual place of business. Requires, instead, that service be made by (1) delivering a copy of the notice to the tenant personally, (2) leaving a copy of the notice at the property with a person of suitable age and discretion and mailing a copy of the notice to the tenant at the address of the property, or (3) affixing a copy of the notice in a conspicuous place on the property and mailing a copy of the notice to the tenant at the address of the property. Defines the term "property," for purposes of these provisions, to refer to the property that is the subject of the lease.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 1264 (Audra Strickland-R) Attorney's fees: objectors
Requires that any award of attorney's fees paid in settlement to a professional objector or an objector's counsel shall be approved by the court prior to payment.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 1291 (Niello-R) Unclaimed property
Makes various changes to the Unclaimed Property Law intended to improve notification of property owners when their property is about to escheat to the state, alleviate some concerns of property holders that have transferred escheated property to the State Controller, and penalize holders that do no comply with the notification and reporting requirements of the Unclaimed Property Law.
Chapter 522, Statutes of 2009
AB 1545 (Assembly Revenue And Taxation Committee) Uniform Principal and Income Act
Implements technical changes to bring the California Uniform Principal and Income Act into compliance with the Internal Revenue Service's Revenue Ruling 2006-26 relating to a marital deduction for retirement plans. Provides a formula, in the case of a distribution made to a mandatory income trust from a pass-through entity, for calculating the amount that the trust needs to distribute to the beneficiary and the amount it can retain to pay income taxes.
Chapter 152, Statutes of 2009
AB 1549 (Assembly Banking And Finance Committee) Judgment liens: priority
Restores the ability of judgment creditors to obtain judgment liens against the assets of a judgment debtor organization that is incorporated or registered in another state but has assets located in California. Eliminates the condition that a judgment lien on personal property of the judgment debtor can be obtained only if a security interest in the property could be perfected under the Commercial Code by filing a financing statement with the Secretary of State at the time the lien is created. Requires, instead, that the personal property against which a judgment lien is to be created be located in California, or the judgment debtor is located in the state. Establishes a new priority rule, whereby a security interest in personal property perfected by the filing of a financial statement or other action under the laws of another state would have the priority over a California judgment lien in the same personal property.
Chapter 153, Statutes of 2009
ACR 49 (Evans-D) California Law Revision Commission: studies
Authorizes the California Law Revision Commission (CLRC) to study whether specified laws should be revised, authorizes the CLRC to study the legal and policy implications of treating a charter school as a public entity for the purposes of the Tort Claims Act, and authorizes removal of one topic from the calendar of the CLRC.
Resolution Chapter 98, Statutes of 2009
ACR 76 (Eng-D) Day of Inclusion
Designates December 17th as an annual Day of Inclusion in recognition of the contributions of all immigrants to the greatness of our state and country.
Resolution Chapter 108, Statutes of 2009
ACR 87 (Huffman-D) Human rights: Iran
Describes recent protests in Iran concerning their presidential election and proclaims the Legislature's support for all Iranian American citizens of California, their families in Iran, and for all people of Iran who embrace the values of freedom, human rights, and civil liberties.
(Unassigned to a committee)
AJR 16 (Evans-D) Journalism shield laws
Urges the Congress of the United States to enact a shield law for America's journalists.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
HR 5 (Ammiano-D) Proposition 8: same-sex marriage
Opposes Proposition 8 as an improper revision, not an amendment, of the California Constitution and was not enacted according to the procedures adopted by Article XVIII of the California Constitution.
Adopted by the Senate
HR 17 (John Perez-D) Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month
Proclaims June 2009 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month, urges all residents to join in celebrating the accomplishments and contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, and encourages the people of California to work to help advance the cause of equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.
Adopted by the Assembly
| Bill | Author and Bill Title | Reference Links |
|---|---|---|
| SB 5 | Maldonado-R Certified bomb technicians | Law Enforcement |
| SB 18 | Oropeza-D Elder or dependent adult abuse | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 24 | Oropeza-D Cargo theft | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 28* | Denham-R Decommissioning San Quentin | Corrections |
| SB 34 | Corbett-D Petitions: compensation for signatures | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 38 | Alquist-D Emergency services: seniors | Law Enforcement |
| SB 39* | Benoit-R Personal liability immunity | Civil Law |
| SB 40 | Correa-D Personal information: social security numbers | Privacy/Identity Theft |
| SB 41 | Lowenthal-D Handguns: reporting and registration cards | Weapons |
| SB 46 | Alquist-D Statutes of limitations | Sex Offenders |
| SB 50 | Corbett-D Victims of sexual assault | Sex Offenders| Victims of Crime |
| SB 52 | Correa-D Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor | Law Enforcement |
| SB 54 | Leno-D Out-of-state same-sex marriage | Family Law |
| SB 59 | Huff-R Criminal procedure: trials: continuances | Procedural |
| SB 75 | Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee 2009-10 Judiciary budget trailer bill | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| SB 90* | Ducheny-D Corrections: Budget Acts of 2007 and 2008 | Corrections |
| SB 105 | Harman-R Donative transfer restrictions | Civil Law |
| SB 108 | Walters-R Charter schools: government tort claims | Civil Law |
| SB 110 | Liu-D People with disabilities: victims of crime | Victims of Crime |
| SB 118 | Liu-D Child welfare services: incarcerated parents | Corrections |
| SB 121 | Denham-R Central Coast Rural Crime Prevention Program | Law Enforcement |
| SB 125 | Benoit-R Undocumented criminal aliens | Corrections |
| SB 134 | Liu-D Juveniles: communications with children | Juvenile Justice |
| SB 135 | Florez-D Animal abuse: cattle: tail docking | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 150 | Wright-D Sentence enhancements: choice of terms | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 151 | Ducheny-D Reentry courts: pilot program | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| SB 153 | Liu-D Jails: discharge of prisoners | Corrections |
| SB 154 | Benoit-R Vessels: operation | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| SB 157 | Runner-R Controlled substance offenses: manufacturing | Controlled Substances |
| SB 169 | Benoit-R Honorably retired peace officers: badges | Law Enforcement |
| SB 174 | Strickland-R Public safety and welfare | Sex Offenders Other Crimes and Sentencing Juvenile Justice Corrections Weapons Law Enforcement |
| SB 175 | Aanestad-R Firearms | Weapons |
| SB 179 | Runner-R Juvenile law: referee | Juvenile Justice |
| SB 185 | Benoit-R Felony enhancements | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 188 | Runner-R Temporary restraining orders: schools | Procedural |
| SB 189 | Lowenthal-D Mechanics liens | Civil Law |
| SB 197 | Pavley-D Conditional examination of witnesses | Domestic Violence |
| SB 202 | Harman-R Private investigators: continuing education | Law Enforcement |
| SB 203 | Harman-R Child pornography | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 209 | Corbett-D Civil actions: disabled access | Civil Law |
| SB 226 | Alquist-D Identity theft venue | Privacy/Identity Theft |
| SB 239 | Pavley-D Mortgage fraud | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 246 | Benoit-R In-home supportive services: background checks | Law Enforcement |
| SB 265 | Runner-R Parole: house arrest | Corrections |
| SB 269 | Harman-R Attorney's fees | Civil Law |
| SB 273 | Corbett-D Domestic violence | Domestic Violence |
| SB 282 | Wright-D Criminal street gangs | Procedural |
| SB 285 | Wright-D Veterans benefits | Civil Law |
| SB 292 | Hancock-D Prisoners: alternative incarceration | Corrections |
| SB 308 | Harman-R Professional fiduciaries: donative transfers | Civil Law |
| SB 314 | Calderon-D Crime victims | Victims of Crime |
| SB 318 | Calderon-D Dogfighting: forfeitures | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 319 | Harman-R Jury service | Juries |
| SB 320 | Corbett-D Foreign country money judgments | Civil Law |
| SB 324 | Cedillo-D Counterfeit goods | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 325 | Alquist-D Sex offenders: risk assessments | Sex Offenders |
| SB 344 | Strickland-R Crimes against elders and dependent adults | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 352 | Dutton-R Juvenile offenders | Juvenile Justice |
| SB 359 | Romero-D Records: disclosures | Civil Law |
| SB 367* | Negrete McLeod-D Discrimination | Civil Law |
| SB 377 | Corbett-D Judgeships | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| SB 393 | Harman-R Judgments: interest | Civil Law |
| SB 399 | Yee-D Sentencing | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 431 | Benoit-R Adult probation: transfers | Corrections |
| SB 432 | Runner-R Crime victims: restitution | Victims of Crime |
| SB 434 | Benoit-R Correctional facilities: wireless communications | Other Crimes and Sentencing Corrections |
| SB 439 | Wyland-R Forensic data: DNA | Law Enforcement |
| SB 440 | Denham-R Sentencing: serious and violent felonies | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 441 | Ducheny-D Board of Community Corrections | Corrections |
| SB 447 | Yee-D Criminal records: custodian | Law Enforcement |
| SB 449 | Padilla-D Firearms: reports by pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers | Weapons |
| SB 461 | Correa-D Identification: documents | Privacy/Identity Theft |
| SB 467 | Dutton-R Public contracts: Prison Industry Authority | Corrections |
| SB 484 | Wright-D Ephedrine and pseudoephedrine | Controlled Substances |
| SB 487 | Ashburn-R Wardens: Senate confirmation | Corrections |
| SB 490 | Maldonado-R Peace officer status: San Luis Obispo and Colusa Counties | Law Enforcement |
| SB 492 | Maldonado-R School loitering and gang activity | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 494 | Maldonado-R Department of Child Support Services | Family Law |
| SB 495 | Benoit-R Telephone service providers: information | Law Enforcement |
| SB 496 | Maldonado-R Sex offenders: real estate license | Sex Offenders |
| SB 504 | Runner-R Registered sex offenders: GPS | Sex Offenders |
| SB 511 | Senate Education Committee State Law Library | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| SB 543 | Leno-D Minors: consent to mental health treatment | Family Law |
| SB 544 | Assembly Judiciary Committee Civil law: omnibus bill | Civil Law |
| SB 555 | Kehoe-D Eminent domain | Civil Law |
| SB 556 | Assembly Judiciary Committee Court operations | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| SB 557 | Yee-D Human trafficking: property: seizure | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 564 | Hollingsworth-R Sexually violent predators | Sex Offenders |
| SB 566 | Hollingsworth-R GPS/electronic monitoring: interference | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 574 | Hancock-D Community colleges: inmate education programs | Corrections |
| SB 578 | Wright-D Child support: interest | Family Law |
| SB 580 | Wright-D Child support: health insurance | Family Law |
| SB 583 | Hollingsworth-R Registered sex offenders: address database | Sex Offenders |
| SB 584 | Hollingsworth-R Computer access by registered sex offenders | Sex Offenders |
| SB 585 | Leno-D Firearms: prohibiting sale at the Cow Palace | Weapons |
| SB 588 | Senate Public Safety Committee Sex Offender Management Board | Sex Offenders |
| SB 597 | Liu-D Foster care services and adoption | Family Law |
| SB 598 | Huff-R Vehicles: driving under the influence | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| SB 609 | Hollingsworth-R Importation of crocodile and alligator parts | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 617 | Harman-R Intervention: initiatives | Civil Law |
| SB 625 | Wright-D Bail or own recognizance release: custody holds | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 629 | Liu-D Private works of improvement | Civil Law |
| SB 631 | Walters-R Voting: felons | Corrections |
| SB 635 | Wiggins-D Marriage licenses: vital records: fees: domestic violence | Domestic Violence |
| SB 641 | Corbett-D The State Bar Act | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| SB 656 | DeSaulnier-D Collective bargaining: peace officers | Law Enforcement |
| SB 657 | Steinberg-D Human trafficking | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 662 | Yee-D Domestic violence: funding | Domestic Violence Victims of Crime |
| SB 668 | Hollingsworth-R Sex offenders | Sex Offenders |
| SB 669 | Hollingsworth-R Sexually violent predators | Sex Offenders |
| SB 676 | Wolk-D Local fees | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| SB 678 | Leno-D Probation: performance based funding | Corrections |
| SB 689 | Hollingsworth-R Sexually violent predators | Sex Offenders |
| SB 697 | DeSaulnier-D Firearms: owner authorized handguns | Weapons |
| SB 698 | Negrete McLeod-D Juvenile court schools | Juvenile Justice |
| SB 704 | Denham-R Corrections: state budget | Corrections |
| SB 724 | Cogdill-R Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation: hospital services | Corrections |
| SB 731 | Ashburn-R Probation | Corrections |
| SB 733 | Leno-D Crime victims: trauma center grants | Victims of Crime |
| SB 738 | Hancock-D Prison inmate education | Corrections |
| SB 748 | Leno-D Witness Relocation and Assistance Program | Law Enforcement |
| SB 753 | Cedillo-D Exotic animals: kangaroos | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 756 | Ashburn-R Parolees: drug, alcohol and anger-management programs | Corrections |
| SB 776 | Hancock-D Firearms: large-capacity magazines | Weapons |
| SB 782 | Yee-D Residential tenancies: domestic violence | Domestic Violence Civil Law |
| SB 828 | Senate Governmental Organization Committee Public safety communication | Law Enforcement |
| SCR 20 | Liu-D Children of Incarcerated Parents Bill of Right | Corrections |
| SCR 26 | Correa-D California Peace Officers' Memorial Day | Law Enforcement |
| SCR 40 | Yee-D Juvenile justice | Juvenile Justice |
| SCR 50 | Cox-R CHP Officer Raymond Carpenter Memorial Interchange | Law Enforcement |
| SCR 52 | Lowenthal-D Iranian persecution: Baha'i | Civil Law |
| SCR 57 | Calderon-D CHP Officer David M. Romero Memorial Highway | Law Enforcement |
| SJR 11 | Runner-R Guantanamo Bay: detention facility | Corrections |
| SJR 12 | Benoit-R Undocumented criminals | Corrections |
| SJR 14 | Leno-D Medical marijuana | Controlled Substances |
| SR 7 | Leno-D Proposition 8: same-sex marriage | Family Law Civil Law |
| SR 23 | Kehoe-D Hate crimes | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 4XX | Cogdill-R Prison facilities: design-build | Corrections Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| SB 11XX | Steinberg-D Judges': employment benefits | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| SB 12XX | Steinberg-D Court facilities financing | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| SB 2XXX* | Ducheny-D Restitution Fund: shifts of funds | Victims of Crime Law Enforcement |
| SB 8XXX* | Ducheny-D Law enforcement budget provisions | Law Enforcement |
| SB 13XXX* | Alquist-D Domestic violence: funding | Domestic Violence |
| SB 14XXX* | Ducheny-D Prison facilities: construction | Corrections |
| SB 18XXX | Ducheny-D Corrections | Corrections |
| SB 21XXX | Denham-R State budget: San Quentin | Corrections |
| SB 13XXXX* | Ducheny-D Youth offender -- 2009-10 Budget Trailer Bill | Juvenile Justice Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| SB 31XXXX | Dutton-R Prisoners: medical care | Corrections |
| AB 5* | Evans-D Civil discovery | Civil Law |
| AB 14 | Fuentes-D Vehicle nuisances: seizure and impoundment | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 16* | Swanson-D Human trafficking | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 17* | Swanson-D Sexual exploitation of minors: human trafficking | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 22 | Torres-D Computer hacking: unauthorized use | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 27 | Jeffries-R Aggravated arson | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 32 | Lieu-D Personal information: public officials | Privacy/Identity Theft |
| AB 47* | Ma-D Income taxes: adoption costs | Family Law |
| AB 58 | Jeffries-R Non-commercial sports betting pools | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 61 | Nava-D Juvenile justice: deferred entry of judgment | Sex Offenders Juvenile Justice |
| AB 62 | Portantino-D Vehicles: television broadcast or video signal displays | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 73 | Hayashi-D Marriage licenses: vital records: fees: domestic violence | Domestic Violence |
| AB 77 | Jeffries-R Notice of delinquent parking violation | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 82 | Evans-D Dependent children: psychotropic medications | Juvenile Justice |
| AB 83* | Feuer-D Personal liability immunity | Civil Law |
| AB 91 | Feuer-D Ignition interlock device | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 114 | Carter-D Restorative justice | Juvenile Justice |
| AB 121 | Hernandez-D Judgment liens | Civil Law |
| AB 126 | Jeffries-R Department of Forestry and Fire Protection | Law Enforcement |
| AB 130 | Jeffries-R Vital records: marriage licenses | Privacy/Identity Theft Family Law |
| AB 131 | Evans-D Juvenile proceedings: costs | Juvenile Justice |
| AB 134 | Blakeslee-R Off-highway motor vehicles | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 154 | Evans-D Adoption assistance: federal law | Family Law |
| AB 168 | Nava-D Sexually violent predator proceedings: juvenile case files | Sex Offenders Juvenile Justice |
| AB 169 | Portantino-D Custodial officers: communicable disease: testing | Corrections |
| AB 170 | Mendoza-D Court reporters | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| AB 176 | Silva-R California Law Revision Commission: corrections | Civil Law |
| AB 241 | Nava-D Dogs and cats: breeding for sale | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 242 | Nava-D Dogfighting | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 243 | Nava-D Animal abuse: penalties | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 247 | Emmerson-R Child Abuse Central Index | Child Abuse |
| AB 250 | Miller-R Criminal procedure: trials: timing | Procedural |
| AB 258 | Ma-D Domestic violence | Domestic Violence |
| AB 270 | De La Torre-D Dependent children | Juvenile Justice |
| AB 273 | Anderson-R Collections: amounts imposed by a court | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| AB 275* | Solorio-D Missing persons: DNA database | Law Enforcement |
| AB 297 | Solorio-D Criminal history information | Law Enforcement |
| AB 298 | Tran-R Appeals | Procedural Civil Law |
| AB 307* | Cook-R Working with minors: sex offenders | Sex Offenders |
| AB 312 | Ammiano-D San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit | Law Enforcement |
| AB 316 | Solorio-D Wrongful convictions: compensation | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 320 | Solorio-D County jail: reentry facilities | Corrections |
| AB 322 | Silva-R Tasers: use of generic term | Weapons |
| AB 337 | Torres-D Sealings and destruction of court records | Juvenile Justice |
| AB 353 | Charles Calderon-D Civil actions | Civil Law |
| AB 355 | Ammiano-D Decedent's estates | Civil Law |
| AB 357 | Knight-R License to carry a concealed weapon | Weapons |
| AB 358 | Ammiano-D Deferred entry of judgment in drug cases | Procedural |
| AB 362 | Miller-R Unauthorized theft: political signs | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 372 | Ma-D Vital records: adoption | Family Law |
| AB 375 | Nielsen-R Child custody: child sexual abuse | Domestic Violence Child Abuse Sex Offenders Family Law |
| AB 382 | Ammiano-D Corrections: inmate sexual orientation and gender identity | Corrections |
| AB 383 | Lieu-D Criminal procedure: DNA evidence | Sex Offenders Procedural |
| AB 387 | Hagman-R Training: peace officer volunteer | Law Enforcement |
| AB 388 | Miller-R Identification of firefighters | Privacy/Identity Theft Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 390 | Ammiano-D Marijuana Control, Regulation, and Education Act | Controlled Substances |
| AB 396 | Fuentes-D Works of improvement | Civil Law |
| AB 412 | Carter-D Hate crimes: nooses | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 423 | Torres-D Emergency telephone systems | Law Enforcement |
| AB 428 | Fletcher-R Criminal history records: foreign governments | Law Enforcement |
| AB 430 | Hagman-R Citizens' advisory committees: Chino Valley | Corrections |
| AB 438 | Beall-D Persons with developmental disabilities: criminal proceeding | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 442 | Arambula-IN Privacy identification: Matricula Consular | Privacy/Identity Theft |
| AB 447 | Nestande-R Trial counsel | Procedural |
| AB 455 | Huffman-D California Conservation Corps: participation | Juvenile Justice |
| AB 457 | Monning-D Mechanics lien | Civil Law |
| AB 458 | Cook-R Peace officer vehicles: windows | Law Enforcement |
| AB 459 | Bonnie Lowenthal-D Dissolution: disclosure | Family Law |
| AB 461* | Gaines-R Economic Crime Act of 1992: reenactment | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 491 | Garrick-R Vandalism of political signs | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 503 | Furutani-D Battered women's shelters: grant program | Domestic Violence |
| AB 504 | Furutani-D Peace officer training: the kirpan history | Law Enforcement |
| AB 505 | Furutani-D Sex offenders: monitoring and housing | Sex Offenders |
| AB 509 | Anderson-R Vehicles: fleeing a peace officer | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses Law Enforcement |
| AB 515 | Hagman-R Collateral recovery | Law Enforcement |
| AB 524 | Bass-D Privacy protection | Privacy/Identity Theft |
| AB 530 | Krekorian-D Unlawful detainer: controlled substances and firearms | Controlled Substances Weapons |
| AB 532 | Lieu-D Firearms: domestic violence | Weapons |
| AB 538 | Arambula-IN Emergency telephone system: abuse | Other Crimes and Sentencing Law Enforcement |
| AB 552 | Furutani-D Sex offenders | Sex Offenders |
| AB 558 | Portantino-D Sexual assault crimes | Sex Offenders Law Enforcement |
| AB 559 | Swanson-D Human trafficking: minors | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 561 | Carter-D Highway workers: assault and battery | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 568 | Lieu-D Counterfeit goods | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 575 | Torres-D Sex offenders: restrictions | Sex Offenders |
| AB 576 | Torres-D Vandalism: recovery of costs | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 578 | Huber-D Civil procedure: privilege log | Procedural |
| AB 585 | Duvall-R Deceased personalities | Civil Law |
| AB 586 | Huber-D Workers' compensation: University peace officers | Law Enforcement |
| AB 587 | Cook-R Gang related graffiti | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 589 | Cook-R Incarcerated veterans | Corrections |
| AB 590 | Feuer-D Legal aid: pro bono | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| AB 595* | Adams-R Placement of children: criminal background | Law Enforcement |
| AB 612 | Beall-D Custody and visitation: nonscientific theories | Family Law |
| AB 614 | Miller-R Driving under the influence: field sobriety | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 616 | Blumenfield-D Youth violence prosecution | Juvenile Justice |
| AB 621 | Saldana-D Civil actions: minors: anti-SLAPP | Civil Law |
| AB 628 | Block-D Toll evasion | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 632 | Davis-D Privacy: Internet-based social networking | Privacy/Identity Theft| Civil Law |
| AB 633 | Ammiano-D Death penalty | Death Penalty |
| AB 634 | Harkey-R Liability: hazardous recreational activities | Civil Law |
| AB 640 | Huber-D Methamphetamine: sale: mandatory sentence | Controlled Substances |
| AB 653 | Feuer-D Peace officers: marital privilege | Law Enforcement |
| AB 663 | Jones-D Legal aid: court interpreters: appearances by phone | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| AB 668 | Lieu-D Gun-free school zones | Weapons |
| AB 671 | Krekorian-D Peace officers: Golden Shield Award | Law Enforcement |
| AB 674 | Salas-D Criminal procedure: veterans | Procedural |
| AB 680 | Hall-D Process fees | Law Enforcement |
| AB 688 | Eng-D Domestic violence: misdemeanors | Domestic Violence |
| AB 709 | Lieu-D Charter drivers background check | Law Enforcement |
| AB 712 | Evans-D Small claims court: equitable relief | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| AB 713 | Gaines-R Undocumented criminal aliens | Corrections |
| AB 714 | Feuer-D Composite knuckles | Weapons |
| AB 724 | DeVore-R Nonprobate transfers | Civil Law |
| AB 731 | Villines-R Child abuse sentencing | Child Abuse |
| AB 740 | Hagman-R Bail | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 742 | Saldana-D Felons: elections | Corrections |
| AB 748 | Gilmore-R Controlled substances | Controlled Substances |
| AB 750 | Bass-D Deferred entry of judgment | Corrections |
| AB 751 | Garrick-R Theft: motor vehicles | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 766 | Krekorian-D Vehicles: speed limits | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 768 | Torres-D Elder abuse | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 777 | Bass-D Inmates: identification cards | Corrections |
| AB 785 | Bass-D Community sanctions: parole violators | Corrections |
| AB 789 | De Leon-D Search warrants: protective orders | Weapons |
| AB 806 | Fuentes-D Criminal procedure: pleas | Procedural |
| AB 807 | Fuentes-D Restitution centers | Victims of Crime |
| AB 808 | Fuentes-D Driving under the influence: hearing requests | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 811 | John Perez-D Check cashing identification card | Privacy/Identity Theft Civil Law |
| AB 814 | Krekorian-D Firearms: surrender | Weapons |
| AB 819* | Charles Calderon-D Intellectual property piracy | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 845 | Bass-D Reentry Advisory Committee | Corrections |
| AB 858 | Gilmore-R Controlled substances: sentencing | Controlled Substances |
| AB 870 | Huber-D Dangerous weapons on school grounds | Weapons |
| AB 886 | Garrick-R Mandated child abuse reporting | Child Abuse |
| AB 891 | Bill Berryhill-R Real property: gang abatement | Other Crimes and Sentencing Courts and Judges/Legal Professions Law Enforcement |
| AB 908 | Tom Berryhill-R Probation | Corrections |
| AB 921 | Jones-D Juvenile court jurisdiction | Juvenile Justice |
| AB 937 | Smyth-R Destructive devices | Weapons |
| AB 938 | Assembly Judiciary Committee Dependent children | Juvenile Justice |
| AB 939 | Assembly Judiciary Committee Family Law Access to Justice Act | Family Law |
| AB 940 | Assembly Judiciary Committee Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| AB 941 | Assembly Judiciary Committee Adoption | Family Law |
| AB 942 | Feuer-D Judgeships | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| AB 955 | De Leon-D Peace Officer Procedural Bill of Rights | Law Enforcement |
| AB 960 | V. Manuel Perez-D Body armor | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 962 | De Leon-D Ammunition | Weapons |
| AB 973 | Audra Strickland-R Minors: temporary custody | Juvenile Justice |
| AB 981 | Feuer-D Robbery | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 984 | Nava-D Law school accreditation | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| AB 986 | Mendoza-D Motor vehicle speed contests | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 987 | Ma-D Automated speed enforcement | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 988 | Brownley-D Peace officer training: human trafficking | Law Enforcement |
| AB 996 | Anderson-R Courts: continuous hours of operation | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| AB 997 | Krekorian-D Sex offenders: licensed residential facilities | Sex Offenders |
| AB 999 | Skinner-D Division of Juvenile Facilities | Juvenile Justice |
| AB 1002 | Fong-D Human trafficking | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 1003 | John Perez-D Domestic violence grants | Domestic Violence |
| AB 1013 | Block-D Corrections: veteran inmates | Corrections |
| AB 1015 | Torlakson-D Nitrous oxide: minors | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 1017 | Portantino-D Sexual assault: rape kits | Sex Offenders |
| AB 1025 | Conway-R School employees and volunteers: background checks | Law Enforcement |
| AB 1040 | Audra Strickland-R Appeals: class action settlements | Civil Law |
| AB 1046 | Anderson-R Enforcement of judgments: homestead exemptions | Civil Law |
| AB 1048 | Torrico-D Child protection: safe surrender | Law Enforcement Family Law |
| AB 1050 | Ma-D Child custody: preferences of child | Family Law |
| AB 1053 | Solorio-D Juveniles | Juvenile Justice |
| AB 1059 | Silva-R Bankruptcy | Civil Law |
| AB 1081 | Torrico-D Electronic monitoring: domestic violence | Domestic Violence |
| AB 1082* | Torrico-D Domestic Violence Prevention and Sexual Abuse Fund | Domestic Violence |
| AB 1090 | Monning-D Arbitration | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions Civil Law |
| AB 1094 | Conway-R Disposal of personal information | Civil Law |
| AB 1104 | Monning-D Parking violations: request for review | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 1113 | Bonnie Lowenthal-D Prisoners: mental health: marriage and family therapists | Corrections |
| AB 1122 | Lieu-D Animal abuse | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 1129 | Hagman-R Retired peace officers: concealed weapons permit | Weapons |
| AB 1143 | Ma-D Marriage: name | Family Law |
| AB 1155 | Audra Strickland-R Private parking facilities | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 1163 | Tran-R Attorney-client privilege | Civil Law |
| AB 1164 | Tran-R Maintenance of the codes | Civil Law |
| AB 1166 | Nielsen-R Parole hearings for life prisoners | Corrections |
| AB 1167 | Nielsen-R Concealed firearm licenses: reciprocity | Weapons |
| AB 1170 | Charles Calderon-D Sex offenders: rental housing | Sex Offenders |
| AB 1196 | Blumenfield-D The False Claims Act | Civil Law |
| AB 1198 | Swanson-D Drug felonies: food stamps: eligibility | Corrections |
| AB 1206 | Miller-R Hate crimes | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 1208 | Logue-R Illegal alien inmates | Corrections |
| AB 1209 | Ma-D Identification | Procedural Law Enforcement |
| AB 1211 | Torrico-D Parole: conditions | Corrections |
| AB 1224 | Eng-D Hit and run violations: animals | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 1236 | Fletcher-R United Through Reading Transitions Program | Corrections |
| AB 1239 | Solorio-D Prison education programs | Corrections |
| AB 1248 | Emmerson-R Domestic violence: refusal to testify | Domestic Violence |
| AB 1261 | Audra Strickland-R Sex offenders: child custody and visitation | Sex Offenders Family Law |
| AB 1263 | Audra Strickland-R Unlawful detainer | Civil Law |
| AB 1264 | Audra Strickland-R Attorney's fees: objectors | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions Civil Law |
| AB 1265 | Ma-D Marriages | Family Law |
| AB 1270 | Torrico-D Victims compensation: procedure | Victims of Crime |
| AB 1273 | Hagman-R California Institution for Men at Chino | Corrections |
| AB 1275 | Anderson-R Driving under the influence: undocumented drivers | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 1280 | Villines-R Child abuse sentencing: child becoming comatose or suffering | Child Abuse |
| AB 1286 | Huber-D Firearms: exemptions | Weapons |
| AB 1289 | Galgiani-D Prisoners: telemedicine | Corrections |
| AB 1291 | Niello-R Unclaimed property | Civil Law |
| AB 1325 | Cook-R Tribal customary adoption | Family Law |
| AB 1338 | Anderson-R Arraignment courts | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| AB 1358* | Feuer-D Driving under the influence (DUI): interlock device | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 1359 | Huffman-D Death penalty prisoners | Death Penalty Corrections |
| AB 1360 | John Perez-D Felony domestic violence | Domestic Violence |
| AB 1362 | Solorio-D California Rehabilitation Oversight Board | Corrections |
| AB 1363 | Davis-D Handguns: open carry license | Weapons |
| AB 1369 | Davis-D County jails: home detention | Corrections |
| AB 1376 | Bass-D Sentencing | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 1385 | Miller-R Authorized emergency vehicles: blue lights | Law Enforcement |
| AB 1390 | Blumenfield-D School police departments | Weapons Law Enforcement |
| AB 1392 | Tran-R Graffiti and Gang Technology Fund | Other Crimes and Sentencing Law Enforcement |
| AB 1395 | Torrico-D Parole: conditions | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 1402 | Bass-D Family connection grants | Family Law |
| AB 1414 | Hill-D Controlled substances | Controlled Substances |
| AB 1417 | Smyth-R Vandalism | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 1428 | John Perez-D Coroner: autopsy | Law Enforcement |
| AB 1434 | Torrico-D Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: appointments | Corrections |
| AB 1439 | Solorio-D Gang and youth violence: prevention | Law Enforcement |
| AB 1455* | Hill-D Ephedrine: retail sale | Controlled Substances |
| AB 1461 | Ruskin-D Shorthand reporting | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| AB 1487 | Hill-D Inmate medical expenses | Corrections |
| AB 1489 | Smyth-R Hazardous materials: methamphetamine laboratories | Controlled Substances |
| AB 1492 | Bonnie Lowenthal-D Vehicles: wireless telephones | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 1498 | De Leon-D Firearms: possession | Weapons |
| AB 1516 | Lieu-D Criminal procedure: discovery | Procedural Juvenile Justice |
| AB 1545 | Assembly Revenue And Taxation Committee Uniform Principal and Income Act | Civil Law |
| AB 1549 | Assembly Banking And Finance Committee Judgment liens: priority | Civil Law |
| AB 1586 | Swanson-D San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District | Law Enforcement |
| ACR 20 | Bill Berryhill-R Sergeant Howard K. Stevenson Memorial Interchange | Law Enforcement |
| ACR 30 | Mendoza-D Los Angeles Co. Deputy Sheriff David Powell Memorial Highway | Law Enforcement |
| ACR 33 | Jeffries-R Deputy Kent Hintergardt Memorial Highway | Law Enforcement |
| ACR 34 | Furutani-D Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff Maria Cecilia Rosa | Law Enforcement |
| ACR 37 | Torres-D California Public Safety Telecommunicators Week | Law Enforcement |
| ACR 48 | Gilmore-R Deputy James Throne Memorial Highway | Law Enforcement |
| ACR 49 | Evans-D California Law Revision Commission: studies | Civil Law |
| ACR 59 | Nielsen-R Crime Victims' Rights Week | Victims of Crime |
| ACR 61 | Villines-R Deputy David G. Graves Memorial Freeway | Law Enforcement |
| ACR 76 | Eng-D Day of Inclusion | Civil Law |
| ACR 78 | Buchanan-D CHP Officer John P. Miller Memorial Highway | Law Enforcement |
| ACR 79 | Hayashi-D Sergeant Daniel Sakai Memorial Highway | Law Enforcement |
| ACR 87 | Huffman-D Human rights: Iran | Civil Law |
| ACR 94 | Charles Calderon-D CHP Officer Joseph P. Sanders Memorial Highway | Law Enforcement |
| AJR 15 | De Leon-D Uniting American Families Act | Family Law |
| AJR 16 | Evans-D Journalism shield laws | Civil Law |
| AJR 19 | Brownley-D Marriage | Family Law |
| HR 5 | Ammiano-D Opposition to Proposition 8 | Family Law Civil Law |
| HR 16 | Nava-D Hate crimes | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| HR 17 | John Perez-D Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month | Civil Law |
| AB 8X | Evans-D 2008-09 Corrections | Corrections |
| AB 10X* | Evans-D Budget Act of 2008: correctional facilities | Corrections |
| AB 12XXXX* | Evans-D Victims of crime: notification | Victims of Crime |