Death Penalty
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
SB 636 (Harman-R) Death penalty appeals: appointment of counsel
Requires appointed counsel in death penalty appeals to be a member in good standing of the State Bar for a total of five years, and have at least three years experience in handling appeals or postconviction felony proceedings. Provides that the court may, for good cause, appoint an attorney not meeting these requirements.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 1743 (Huffman-D) San Quentin State Prison: condemned inmate facilities
Makes specific legislative findings regarding the cost of building the proposed condemned inmate complex at San Quentin and the need to explore alternative sites for housing condemned inmates. Prohibits the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from spending any further funds on construction of the proposed condemned inmate complex at San Quentin without legislative authorization. Contains legislative intent language requesting the Bureau of State Audits to complete an evaluation of cost comparisons between the proposed complex at San Quentin and other alternatives, taking specified factors into account, and provide copies of their report to specified legislative committees no later than 5/30/08.
Vetoed
Identity Theft
SB 28 (Simitian-D) Department of Motor Vehicles: personal information
Prohibits, until 1/1/11, the Department of Motor Vehicles from issuing driver's licenses or identification cards that use radio waves that allow for the transmission of personal information.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
SB 29 (Simitian-D) Pupil attendance: electronic monitoring
Prohibits, until 1/1/11, a public school, school district, and county office of education from issuing any device that uses radio waves to transmit personal information, as defined, or to enable personal information to be viewed remotely for the purposes of recording the attendance of a pupil at school, establishing or tracking the location of a pupil on school grounds, or both.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
SB 30 (Simitian-D) Identity Information Protection Act of 2007
Enacts the Identity Information Protection Act of 2007. Requires, generally, that until 12/31/12, a government entity that issues identification documents that use radio waves to transmit data, or enable data to be read remotely, must implement certain security measures, depending, for the most part, upon the nature of information that is stored on, or transmitted by, the identification documents. Provides that all such identification documents must, at a minimum, incorporate tamper-resistant features and implement an authentication process.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
SB 31 (Simitian-D) Identification documents
Provides that a person or entity that intentionally remotely reads or attempts to remotely read a person's identification document using radio waves, without his/her knowledge and prior consent, as described, shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail for up to one year, a fine of not more than $5,000, or both the fine and imprisonment. Provides that a person or entity who knowingly discloses, or caused to be disclosed, specified operational system keys shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail for up to one year, a fine of not more than $5,000, or both the fine and imprisonment. Double-jointed with SB 30 (Simitian).
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 328 (Corbett-D) Personal information: prohibited practices
Expands the definition of "personal information" to include a telephone calling pattern.
(In Assembly Banking and Finance Committee)
SB 362 (Simitian-D) Identification devices: subcutaneous implanting
Prohibits a person from requiring, coercing, or compelling any other individual to undergo the subcutaneous implanting of an identification device. Provides for the assessment of civil penalties for a violation thereof, as specified, and allows an aggrieved party to bring an action against a violator for damages and injunctive relief, subject to a three-year statute of limitations, or as otherwise provided.
Chapter 538, Statutes of 2007
SB 364 (Simitian-D) Personal information: privacy
Allows an agency that owns or licenses computerized data that includes personal information to disclose any breach of security of the data in a substitute notice if the agency demonstrates that the cost of disclosure exceeds $100,000.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
SB 388 (Corbett-D) Privacy: radio frequency identification tags
Requires any private entity that sells, furnishes, or otherwise issues a card or other item containing a radio frequency identification tag to make specified disclosures to the recipient cardholder.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
SB 741 (Ackerman-R) Pupils: identifying information
Encourages, and ultimately requires, school districts to omit the social security number and birth date of a pupil from materials mailed to the pupil's residence or to any authorized individuals.
(In Assembly Education Committee)
SB 751 (Cogdill-R) Identity theft
Specifies that the jurisdiction of a criminal action involving use of another's personal identifying information, as defined, also includes the county where the victim resides, regardless of whether the personal information was used in that county.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 703 (Ruskin-D) Social security numbers
Prohibits a person or entity from using a social security number as an identifier, except as required by federal or state law. Requires that records containing social security numbers be discarded or destroyed in a specified manner, and requires the encryption or locked storage or records containing social security numbers.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 779 (Jones-D) Security of personal information
Establishes, beginning 7/1/08, a set of security procedures to be adhered to by a person, business, or public agency that sells goods or services to any California resident and accepts, as payment, a credit card, debit card, or other payment device.
Vetoed
AB 814 (Hayashi-D) Consumer Sales Security Act
Enacts the Consumer Sales Security Act requiring the Office of Privacy Protection to develop an identity theft prevention program for businesses and retailers that will educate them on security methods and procedures to better protect the personal information and financial data of their customers.
(In Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 1168 (Jones-D) Social security numbers
Imposes a number of restrictions on the use of social security numbers in public records, requiring they be redacted or truncated prior to filing or disclosure to the public by specified dates. Requires the Office of Privacy Protection to create a task force to review the use of social security numbers by colleges and universities.
Chapter 627, Statutes of 2007
AB 1298 (Jones-D) Personal information: disclosure
Provides that, regardless of the existence of a security freeze, a consumer reporting agency may disclose lawfully obtained public record information contained in a customer's credit report. Subjects any business organized to maintain medical information for purposes of making the information available to an individual or to a health care provider, as specified, to the provisions of the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act. Adds medical and health insurance information to the list of personal information which requires disclosure in the case of a data security breach.
Chapter 699, Statutes of 2007
AB 1587 (De La Torre-D) Personal information: pharmacy
Exempts from the definition of "marketing," for purposes of the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act, certain written communications given by a pharmacist to a patient when a prescription is dispensed.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
Domestic Violence
SB 407 (Romero-D) Domestic violence: evidentiary privilege
Changes the definition of "domestic violence counselor," and makes corresponding cross-references. Defines "domestic violence victim service organization," and changes the definition of what constitutes a "confidential communication." Expressly provides that a guardian, or conservator, accused of committing domestic violence against a victim cannot be a holder of that privilege. Expressly references which proceedings the privilege applies to.
Chapter 206, Statutes of 2007
SB 605 (Alquist-D) Santa Clara County: domestic violence
Authorizes the Santa Clara 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 certified copies of marriage certificates, birth certificates, fetal death records, and death records by up to $4.
(In Senate Local Government Committee)
AB 95 (Beall-D) Domestic violence: probation: treatment programs
Requires that if a court grants probation to a person convicted of domestic violence the court must impose formal probation, rather than summary probation, regardless of whether the offense is a felony or a misdemeanor, until the defendant has completed the required batterer's treatment program. Authorizes the court to place a domestic violence defendant on summary probation once he/she has completed the required batterer's treatment program.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 289 (Spitzer-R) Domestic violence: protective orders
Requires sentencing courts in felony domestic violence cases to consider issuing a protective order that may be valid for up to 10 years, as specified. Expressly states that in cases involving a conviction for stalking a protective order may be issued regardless of the particular disposition of the case, as specified.
Chapter 582, Statutes of 2007
AB 375 (Garcia-R) Domestic violence: probation
Provides that if a probationer convicted of domestic violence has violated the attendance policy of the batterer's program or counseling program, the judge may withhold issuance or renewal of, or suspend, a driver's license or professional license.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 502 (Charles Calderon-D) Domestic violence
Enacts a two-year pilot program that requires the City of Los Angeles to contract with, or arrange for, a nonprofit organization(s) to provide aid to victims of domestic violence who are undocumented immigrants, subject to appropriation in the Budget Act of no more than $145,000. Sets forth related findings and declarations with regard to the federal Violence Against Women Act.
Vetoed
AB 1125 (Richardson-D) Protective orders
Authorizes a law enforcement officer to issue an emergency protective order in domestic violence cases without contacting the court, if certain conditions apply, including that the superior court has issued a standing order authorizing a law enforcement officer to issue an emergency protective order for that court, and the officer believes there is an immediate and present danger to the victim. Requires the superior court of each county to adopt policies and procedures that maximize the accessibility and availability of emergency protective orders. Requires law enforcement officials in each county to adopt policies that strongly encourage law enforcement officers to request emergency protective orders.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 1275 (DeSaulnier-D) Domestic violence: child abuse: fees
Authorizes a county board of supervisors, upon making findings and declarations supporting the need for governmental oversight and coordination of the multiple agencies dealing with domestic violence and child abuse, to authorize an increase in the fees for certified copies of marriage certificates, birth certificates, fetal death records, and death records, for the purpose of funding governmental oversight and coordination of the multiple agencies dealing with domestic violence, child abuse and neglect, and family violence prevention, early intervention, and prosecution efforts in the county, up to a maximum increase of $4.
(In Senate Local Government Committee)
ACR 11 (Beall-D) Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Proclaims the month of October 2007 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Resolution Chapter 134, Statutes of 2007
Child Abuse
SB 39 (Migden-D) Child abuse
Provides for the release, by a county welfare agency, of specified information regarding a deceased child, where the death is reasonably suspected to be the result of abuse or neglect, within five days of the child's death. Establishes, where a child's death is substantiated to be from abuse or neglect, a process for the release of specified documents in a county welfare agency's juvenile case file, without court review, and for the release of other documents in the case file after a petition is filed and opportunity is given for interested parties to object to the release of those other documents. Clarifies existing law relating to the release of a juvenile case file when a child has died due to abuse or neglect, including the presumption of disclosure unless statutory grounds for the non- or partial-disclosure or redaction of information exists.
Chapter 468, Statutes of 2007
SB 126 (Harman-R) Child abuse and neglect
Requires employers to provide their employees who are mandated reporters with training resources on how to recognize specified types of crimes against children.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
SB 898 (Simitian-D) Income tax checkoff: child abuse
Extends the sunset dates for the State Children's Trust Fund for the Prevention of Child Abuse from 1/1/08 to 1/1/13.
Chapter 665, Statutes of 2007
SB 1022 (Steinberg-D) Child abuse: central index
Requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to remove information relating to a person whose name is listed in the Child Abuse Central Index as a suspect in a child abuse or neglect investigation due to an incident that occurred when the person was under 18 years of age, if the incident did not result in a delinquency adjudication or criminal conviction, and he/she makes a notarized written request to DOJ to have his/her name removed as a suspect with respect to that incident. Requires DOJ to notify the current caregiver, the parents or legal guardian, the attorney, and the guardian ad litem of a minor if the minor is the suspected abuser. Requires DOJ to make available specified information to a Court Appointed Special Advocate.
(On Senate Unfinished Business File)
SCR 8 (Battin-R) Child Abuse Prevention Month
Acknowledges the month of April 2007 as Child Abuse Prevention Month and encourages the people of the State of California to work together to support youth-serving child abuse prevention activities in their communities and schools.
Resolution Chapter 29, Statutes of 2007
SCR 50 (Harman-R) Child abuse and neglect
Encourages the Board of Education to include instruction on preventing child abuse and neglect in the next set of health education content standards.
Resolution Chapter 105, Statutes of 2007
AB 116 (Aghazarian-R) Child abuse: endangerment: controlled substances
Makes it a felony, punishable by 16 months, two or three years in the state prison, for any parent, guardian, or caretaker of a minor child to knowingly consume, smoke, inhale, or ingest cocaine, cocaine base, methamphetamine, LSD, or Ecstasy if the act occurs in the presence of, or is witnessed by, a minor child under his or her care.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 369 (Solorio-D) Court-appointed special advocate program
Authorizes the Court-Appointed Special Advocate programs to access child abuse investigation information contained in the Child Abuse Central Index for employment and volunteer candidates, as specified.
Chapter 160, Statutes of 2007
AB 499 (Swanson-D) Sexually exploited minors
Provides for prolonged detention of minors engaged in specified acts of prostitution and states that they shall not be criminally prosecuted in order that they may be placed in a secure facility for treatment as sexually exploited minors.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 534 (Smyth-R) Crimes against children
Makes it a misdemeanor for any person to publish information, as defined, describing or depicting the physical appearance of a child, the location of a child, or locations where children may be found, with the intent that another person use the information to commit a crime against a child, and the information is likely to aid in the imminent commission of a crime against a child. Authorizes the parent or legal guardian of a child about whom information is published to seek a preliminary injunction enjoining any further publication of that information.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
AB 673 (Hayashi-D) Mandatory reports: child abuse and neglect
Expressly includes death of a child in the definition of child abuse or neglect for purposes of the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting (Act). Clarifies that mandated reporters who make a report under this Act, in their private capacity and not in their professional capacity or within the scope of their employment, are covered under the Act.
Chapter 393, Statutes of 2007
AB 755 (Lieber-D) Corporal punishment
Authorizes the finder of fact in a prosecution, when determining whether a defendant willfully caused a child to suffer, pursuant to current law regarding harming a child, to consider seven specified violent scenarios, though proof of the conduct referenced is not sufficient by itself to prove guilt.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1275 (DeSaulnier-D) Child abuse and neglect: vital records: fees
Authorizes any county board of supervisors to increase the fees for marriage certificates, birth certificates, and death records to fund domestic violence coordination efforts.
(In Senate Local Government Committee)
AB 1299 (Fuller-R) Records: confidentiality and access: child abuse
Authorizes members of children's multidisciplinary teams, persons, or agencies engaged in the prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse to inspect juvenile case files.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 1475 (Galgiani-D) Mandatory child abuse reporting: computer technicians
Adds "commercial computer technicians" to the list of mandatory child abuse or neglect reporters under the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 1694 (La Malfa-R) Crime
Reduces the age for which a person may be convicted of lewd and lascivious acts with a minor 14 or 15 years of age to where the offender is seven or more years older than the victim, rather than 10 or more years older than the victim.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
Sex Offenders
SB 172* (Alquist-D) Sex offenders
Makes technical and clarifying changes to the Sex Offender Punishment, Control and Containment Act of 2006.
Chapter 579, Statutes of 2007
SB 194 (Battin-R) Sex offenses: Internet
Adds persons convicted of felony child pornography crimes to those required to post offender information on the Department of Justice's Megan's Law web site.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 256 (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, sexual penetration, or flight to avoid prosecution for any crime that requires registration as a sex offender, allowing prosecution for these offenses at any time.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
Similar to AB 261 (Lieber) and AB 803 (Strickland).
SB 449 (Aanestad-R) Crime records: victims of sex offenses
Adds 17 crimes to the list of sex offenses that qualify for the protection of victims' names and addresses from disclosure under the Public Records Act.
Chapter 578, Statutes of 2007
SB 479 (Hollingsworth-R) Impersonating a peace officer to commit a sex act
Enacts a five-year enhancement of sentence where the perpetrator of a kidnapping, or a specified sex offense, impersonated a peace officer in committing the offense. Enacts a two-year enhancement of sentence where a peace officer abuses his/her authority and status to commit such a crime.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 501 (Hollingsworth-R) Registered sex offenders
Requires that every registration, reregistration, and preregistration required by the sex offender registration statute be signed under penalty of perjury.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 502 (Hollingsworth-R) Sexually violent predators: GPS
Requires any person released unconditionally from the sexually violent predator civil commitment program to be monitored by global positioning system for life.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 503 (Hollingsworth-R) Sexually violent predators
Provides that in a trial held pursuant to a judicial finding that a person is no longer a sexually violent predator, the jury shall be instructed by the court that failure to engage in treatment shall be considered evidence that the person's condition has not changed. Provides, in connection with such trials, that "completion of treatment shall be a condition of release."
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 542 (Romero-D) Sexually violent predators: DNA testing
Requires that any right to a DNA test that may exist for a person subject to the sexually violent predator provisions be in conformity with those provisions applicable to incarcerated persons, and declares that it does not limit any other legal or equitable right to request DNA testing.
Chapter 208, Statutes of 2006
SB 590 (Battin-R) Child sexual exploitation: Internet
Establishes the California Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Competitive Grant Program, to be administered by the Office of Emergency Services, to provide funding for state and local law enforcement agencies to combat online sexual exploitation of children. Provides that funding for the grant program is subject to appropriation in the Budget Act.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 866* (Runner-R) Mental health: sexually violent predators
Appropriates $12.5 million (General Fund) to the Department of Mental Health to cover the current year cost of the Sexually Violent Predator program. Provides that any funds not expended by 6/30/07 will revert to the General Fund.
Chapter 8, Statutes of 2007
SB 913 (Hollingsworth-R) Sex offenders: group homes
Expands the existing law which prohibits sex offenders on parole from residing in any single family dwelling with any other registered sex offender to include residential facilities which serve six or fewer persons.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 914 (Hollingsworth-R) Community care facilities: housing sex offenders
Allows local jurisdictions to require community care facilities housing an adult or juvenile sex offender to obtain a business license.
(In Senate Human Services Committee)
SB 915 (Hollingsworth-R) Group homes housing sex offenders: zoning
Authorizes a city, county, or city and county to adopt a local ordinance to zone as an adult-oriented business any community care facility that houses a parolee for whom registration as a sex offender is required.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
AB 115 (Horton-R) Sex offenders: registration
Requires, beginning 6/1/10, that the information required for registration or reregistration of sex offenders include all e-mail addresses, Internet service providers, and instant messaging identities that may be used by the person, as specified. Requires, beginning 6/1/10, a registering person to notify certain law enforcement personnel within five days of changes or additions to that person's Internet service providers. Requires the registering agency to submit the required information regarding Internet services to the Department of Justice Violent Crime Information Network.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
Similar to AB 841 (Portantino).
AB 148 (Alarcon-D) Sex offenders
Removes the prohibition, in existing law, against using information from the Department of Justice's Megan's Law web site for purposes related to housing or accommodations.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 261 (Lieber-D) Sex offenders: statute of limitations
Eliminates the statute of limitations for specified sex offenses: rape, sodomy, lewd and lascivious acts with a child under the age of 14, forcible oral copulation, continuous sexual abuse of a child, sexual penetration, and fleeing the state with the intent to avoid prosecution for a sex offense.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
Similar to SB 256 (Alquist) and AB 803 (Strickland).
AB 348 (Garcia-R) Sex offenses: enforcement teams
Appropriates $15 million from the General Fund to the Office of Emergency Services for allocation, through 1/1/11, to county sheriff, probation, and city police departments who contribute officers to Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement Team programs for proactive monitoring, tracking, and arrest of habitual sex offenders.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 370 (Adams-R) Sex offenders: residency restrictions
Allows a city or county to include within the local definition of a single-family dwelling a residential facility which serves six or fewer persons.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 379 (Galgiani-D) Crimes: children
Changes the penalties from three, six, or eight years in state prison to 25 years to life for any person who willfully and lewdly commits any lewd or lascivious act, as defined, upon or with the body, or any part or member thereof, of a child who is under the age of 14 years, under specified circumstances, with the intent of arousing, appealing to, or gratifying the lust, passions, or sexual desires of that person or the child.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 386 (Benoit-R) Sexually violent predator proceedings: release notification
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to contact local law enforcement if the Department of Mental Health does not recommend a person, who was held beyond his/her scheduled release date for a sexually violent predator evaluation, be committed as a sexually violent predator. Provides that the purpose of the contact establishes, with local law enforcement, plans for the placement and supervision of the person when paroled and plans for community notification.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 440 (Parra-D) Law enforcement: offender data
Requires district attorneys to collect and submit annually to the Attorney General, for purposes of a report from the Attorney General to the Legislature, information regarding the disposition of specified child pornography offenses and offenses involving the luring of a child, including offender profiles by race, age, gender, and ethnicity, with particular focus on felonies that are reduced to misdemeanors.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 442 (Parra-D) Sex offenses
Provides that where a defendant is convicted of specified obscenity crimes involving minors, or child pornography crimes, and the person has been previously convicted of any crime for which registration as a sex offender is required, the defendant shall receive a prison term of two, four, or six years in prison.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 487 (Garcia-R) Parole: sex offenders: specialized supervision
Requires a parolee whose commitment offense is a sex crime against a child under the age of 14 years to be placed on intensive and specialized parole supervision, including supervision by a parole officer responsible only for monitoring sex offenders, who has received specialized training in the sex offender management, and a caseload of no more than eight to one.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 534 (Smyth-R) Crimes against children
Makes it a misdemeanor for any person to publish information, as defined, describing or depicting the physical appearance of a child, the location of a child, or locations where children may be found with the intent that another person use the information to commit a crime against a child, and the information is likely to aid in the imminent commission of a crime against a child. Authorizes the parent or legal guardian of a child about whom information is published to seek a preliminary injunction enjoining any further publication of that information.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
AB 589 (Levine-D) Pupils: teen dating violence and sexual violence prevention
Requires school districts to develop policies, procedures, and training regarding the prevention of teen dating violence and sexual violence.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 601 (Arambula-D) Sex offenders
Requires the Department of Justice to create the Sexually Violent Predators and Rural Communities Task Force that shall develop one or more model ordinances intended to assist rural communities in dealing with Sexually Violent Predators within 18 months of its formation for presentation to the Governor, the Attorney General, and Public Safety Committees of the Senate and Assembly.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 718 (Fuller-R) Statutes of limitation: sex offenses
Deletes the two-year time frame in which DNA evidence must be tested after it is collected in order to preserve the statute of limitations in sex offense cases.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 803 (Strickland-R) Statute of limitations: sex crimes
Eliminates the statute of limitations for specified sex crimes committed against a person under the age of 18, including rape, sodomy, lewd and lascivious acts with a child, forcible oral copulation, continuous sexual abuse of a child, sexual penetration, and fleeing the state with the intent to avoid prosecution for sex offenses, by deleting the requirement that the prosecution must commence before the victim's 28th birthday.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
Similar to SB 256 (Alquist) and AB 261 (Lieber).
AB 841 (Portantino-D) Crime
Requires, beginning 7/1/10, a person required to register as a sex offender to provide to local law enforcement his/her e-mail and instant messaging addresses. Any change in e-mail address or instant messaging address must be reported within five working days. Requires that the law enforcement agency must submit the information within three working days to the Department of Justice Violent Crime Information Network.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
Similar to AB 115 (Sharon Runner).
AB 1002 (Anderson-R) Sex offenders: information
Requires school districts to provide information about the Megan's Law web site to parents.
(Died in Assembly Education Committee)
AB 1068 (Cook-R) Sex offenders: schools
Creates a new infraction for any person required to register as a sex offender, as specified, who is found in a parked motor vehicle within 200 feet of a school that provides kindergarten and grades one through 12, inclusive, without lawful business.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1176 (Spitzer-R) Sexually violent predators
Requires petitions for release of sexual violent predators to be heard in the offender's county of domicile rather than the county of commitment.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 1191 (Parra-D) Sex offenses against children
Makes it a misdemeanor for a person to publish information via the Internet relating to the location of children or a place where children regularly gather, with the intent the information be used to commit a specified sex offense involving a person under 18 years of age.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1197 (Aghazarian-R) Sex offenders: housing
Provides that denial or termination of tenancy in rental housing of a person who has been convicted of the commission or attempted commission of specified offenses listed in Section 290.46(b)(2) of the Penal Code is presumed to protect a person at risk.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1235 (Fuller-R) Sex offenders: Internet web site: GPS monitoring
Requires the Department of Justice to post additional information on its Megan's Law web site, specifically, whether a registered sex offender is on parole for the registerable offense and/or whether the offender is being monitored by a Global Positioning System device or other electronic means.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1348 (Spitzer-R) Sexually violent predators: conditional release program
Prohibits a sexually violent predator from being placed on conditional release unless a court of law finds the person has completed all phases of the treatment program with progress in treatment.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1509 (Spitzer-R) Sex offenders: community placement
Adds the crime of sexual abuse of a child to the list of offenses subject to a 35-mile placement restriction from the residence of a victim or witness.
Chapter 573, Statutes of 2007
AB 1706* (Assembly Public Safety Committee) Sex offenders: registration
Reorganizes and renumbers the sex offender registrations statute and makes conforming cross-referencing changes, without making any substantive changes to law.
Vetoed
ACR 44 (Maze-R) Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Designates the month of April hereafter as Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
(In Assembly Rules Committee)
Controlled Substances
SB 109 (Runner-R) School employees: drug offenses
Authorizes a school district to prohibit a school employee who is placed on mandatory leave of absence for certain drug-related offenses and who completes a drug diversion program from being compensated for that leave of absence.
(Died in Senate Education Committee)
SB 529 (Migden-D) Medical marijuana
Declares that the Court of Appeal of California, Third Appellate District, made certain findings in a specified decision with respect to a medical marijuana program that exempts persons with an identification card from arrest for possession, transportation, delivery, or cultivation of medical marijuana. Requires the medical marijuana program to be applied consistently with the opinion of the appellate court, as stated in that decision.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
SB 591 (Cogdill-R) Methamphetamine possession
Increases the penalty for possession of methamphetamine from a wobbler to a straight felony, punishable by imprisonment in state prison for 16 months, two years, or three years.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 592 (Cogdill-R) Methamphetamine: liability
Amends the Methamphetamine Contaminated Property Cleanup Act of 2005 by authorizing the Department of Toxic Substances Control to establish and administer a grant program to reimburse property owners for costs associated with remediation and other specified actions, as required under the Act, which the property owner is unable to obtain from a liable party or is unable to identify a potentially responsible party for the contamination.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 628 (Correa-D) Controlled substances
Makes numerous changes to existing law relative to possession, furnishing, sale, and distribution of specified controlled substances.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 706 (Runner-R) Eviction of drug dealing tenants
Adds the City of Palmdale to a limited pilot project that allows city prosecutors or city attorneys to file unlawful detainer actions to evict drug dealers and users from a rental property, while allowing a law-abiding tenant to remain under a "partial eviction." Modifies current law to allow the action to be filed only when it is based upon an arrest report, or on another action or report, by a law enforcement agency.
Chapter 95, Statutes of 2007
SB 767 (Ridley-Thomas-D) Drug overdose treatment
Confers a conditional immunity from civil liability and criminal prosecution for persons who administer an opioid antagonist with reasonable care under the good faith belief that another person is experiencing a drug overdose, provided that the opioid antagonist was obtained through a licensed health care provider in conjunction with an opioid prevention and treatment training program.
Chapter 477, Statutes of 2007
SB 992 (Wiggins-D) Substance abuse
Creates a licensure category for adult recovery maintenance facilities, which are designed to help individuals maintain their newly acquired drug and alcohol sobriety, to be regulated and enforced by the Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
AB 116 (Aghazarian-R) Child abuse: endangerment: controlled substances
Makes it a felony, punishable by 16 months, two or three years in the state prison, for any parent, guardian, or caretaker of a minor child to knowingly consume, smoke, inhale, or ingest cocaine, cocaine base, methamphetamine, LSD, or Ecstasy if the act occurs in the presence of, or is witnessed by, a minor child under his/her care.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 259 (Adams-R) Controlled substances: Schedule I
Makes Salvia divinorum and Salvinorin A a Schedule I controlled substance for the purpose of criminalizing the unlawful possession, possession for sale, and sale of these substances.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 278 (Huff-R) Controlled substances
Adds unlawfully possessed firearms, or destructive devices, and specified currency, money, negotiable instruments, or securities, valued at $5,000 or more, to the list of contraband for which it is a crime to conceal in a false compartment.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 318 (Silva-R) Controlled substances
Increases the penalties for the possession for sale of cocaine and methamphetamine to imprisonment in the state prison for three, four, or five years.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 336 (Dymally-D) Substance abuse
Requires the Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs to conduct a pilot project in two counties aimed at reducing recidivism rates by jointly treating addiction and joblessness, by providing intensive employment services along with substance abuse treatment.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 337 (Dymally-D) Cocaine penalties
Provides identical punishments for violations of laws related to cocaine powder and crack cocaine.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 441 (Parra-D) Methamphetamine
Requires any person granted probation after conviction for the sale of methamphetamine to serve at least 120 days in the county jail.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 496 (Villines-R) Controlled substances: forfeiture
Revises, effective 7/1/08, the formula for the distribution of funds from the proceeds of drug-related asset forfeiture.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 684 (Leno-D) Industrial hemp
Enacts the California Industrial Hemp Farming Act to authorize a five-year, four-county pilot program for the cultivation of industrial hemp, as specified.
Vetoed
AB 1461 (Krekorian-D) Alcohol and drug abuse
Requires the Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs to initiate and operate a drug deterrence/intervention program, and prohibits limitations on insurance coverage for losses sustained under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
(On Senate Inactive File)
AB 1582 (Charles Calderon-D) Marijuana: possession: penalty
Provides that, except as authorized by law, every person who possesses not more than 28.5 grams of marijuana, other than concentrated cannabis, is, for the first offense, guilty of an infraction, and is, for the second or any subsequent offense, guilty of an infraction or a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $250.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1627 (Sharon Runner-R) Solicitation: controlled substance offenses
Provides that every person who has been convicted of soliciting another to commit specified controlled substance offenses and who is subsequently convicted of the proscribed solicitation, shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or in the state prison.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
ACR 9 (Dymally-D) Legislative Task Force on Substance Abuse
Establishes, until 11/30/08, the Legislative Task Force on Substance Abuse, and requires the Task Force to report findings and recommendations on specified issues to the Governor and Legislature no later than 9/30/08.
(Unassigned to a committee)
ACR 70 (Galgiani-D) Red Ribbon Week
Proclaims the period of 10/23/07 through 10/31/07 as including Red Ribbon Week, and encourages all Californians to help build drug-free communities and participate in drug prevention activities.
Resolution Chapter 147, Statutes of 2007
Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses
SB 7 (Oropeza-D) Smoking in vehicles with minor passengers
Makes it an infraction for a person to smoke a cigar, cigarette, or pipe in a vehicle, whether in motion or at rest, in which there is a minor.
Chapter 425, Statutes of 2007
SB 33 (Simitian-D) Vehicles: wireless telephones
Prohibits, starting 7/1/08, a person under 18 years of age from driving a motor vehicle while using a wireless telephone equipped with a hands-free device or while using a mobile service device.
Chapter 214, Statutes of 2007
SB 67* (Perata-D) Vehicles: speed contests and reckless driving
Reinstates law that was sunsetted on 12/31/06 which provided that when a person is arrested for reckless driving, reckless driving in a parking facility, exhibition of speed or a speed contest, the officer may seize and impound the vehicle for 30 days.
Chapter 727, Statutes of 2007
Similar to SB 266 (Steinberg).
SB 124* (Ducheny-D) Toll evasion
Adds vehicles that are registered out of state to the definition of "registered vehicles" for the purposes of toll evasion.
Chapter 150, Statutes of 2007
SB 177 (Migden-D) Driver's license: DUI: ignition interlock
Revises and recasts suspension revocation and restrictions of a person's driver's license when convicted of a DUI. Establishes the Ignition Interlock Device Assistance Fund to fund the installation of ignition interlock devices.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 266 (Steinberg-D) Motor vehicle speed contest: forfeiture
Provides that when a person is arrested for reckless driving, reckless driving in a parking facility, exhibition of speed or a speed contest, the officer may seize and impound the vehicle for 30 days, and allows for forfeiture and sale of the vehicle if a person convicted of one of these offenses has two prior convictions for speed contest.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
Similar to SB 67 (Perata), Chapter 727, Statutes of 2007.
SB 285 (Runner-R) Provisional licensing program
Increases the operating restrictions for drivers operating a vehicle with an instructional permit, and imposes stronger sanctions on young drivers who violate the restrictions of the provisional driver's license.
(Failed passage on the Senate Floor)
SB 432 (Lowenthal-D) Omnibus clean-up bill
Enacts the 2007 omnibus bill of the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee, incorporating various technical statutory changes that are noncontroversial.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
SB 476 (Hollingsworth-R) Vehicle: manslaughter
Extends the statute of limitations for all types of manslaughter to 10 years.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 492 (Maldonado-R) Vehicles: abandonment: fines
Increases the minimum base fine for abandoning a vehicle from $100 to $1,000.
(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)
SB 498 (Oropeza-D) Saltwater-damaged vehicles
Prohibits a person who determines a vehicle to be a total loss salvage due to salt-water damage from selling, or otherwise transferring, the vehicle to any person or entity in California. Prohibits a person or entity from knowingly buying, selling, consigning, or otherwise transferring vehicles salvaged due to salt-water damage, except to a licensed dismantler to be destroyed.
(On Senate Inactive File)
SB 525 (Lowenthal-D) Administrative hearings: restitution orders
Allows the Department of Motor Vehicles to order victim restitution as part of the department's action to revoke or suspend a motor vehicle dealer's license.
Chapter 93, Statutes of 2007
SB 848 (Corbett-D) Speed traps
Enhances speed trap laws.
(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)
SB 889 (Maldonado-R) Vehicles
Requires the Department of Transportation to establish, until 1/1/11, the Carpool Education Pilot Program to educate the public on the proper use of high-occupancy vehicle lanes and ramps and to encourage the reporting of alleged violations.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 912 (Negrete McLeod-D) Highway safety: flares
Prohibits the use of fusees (red flares) in any county where a public water system violates the primary drinking water standard for perchlorate or where there is a fire hazard, and requires transporters of explosives to carry reflective triangles or electronic beacons.
(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)
AB 24 (Richardson-D) Vehicles: police pursuit
Requires that high school driver education classes include a component regarding the consequences of using a motor vehicle to evade a peace officer, including the frequency and likelihood of injuries and fatalities to the driver, other drivers, peace officers, and innocent bystanders.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 60 (Nava-D) Vehicles: bicycles
Requires the driver of a motor vehicle overtaking a bicycle that is proceeding in the same direction to pass to the left at a safe distance, at a minimum clearance of three feet, without interfering with the safe operation of the overtaken bicycle.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)
AB 101 (Ma-D) Video enforcement of parking violations in San Francisco
Allows San Francisco to install automated forward-facing parking control devices on city-owned public transit for the purpose of taking video images of parking violations occurring in transit-only traffic lanes.
Chapter 377, Statutes of 2007
AB 112 (Wolk-D) Highways: Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zones
Provides that a portion of Highway 12 be eligible for designation as a Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zone and sets up a process by which highways designated for a Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zone are certified by the Department of Transportation to meet specified criteria that will allow the highway to be designated a double fine zone.
Chapter 258, Statutes of 2007
AB 117 (Beall-D) Traffic offenses: additional offenses
Allows Santa Clara County to impose a 20% assessment on Vehicle Code violations in the county, to be deposited in a fund to be used to fund local programs that increase traffic safety.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 226 (Huff-R) Vehicles: removal
Allows a peace officer to remove a vehicle if he/she issues a notice of reexamination to a driver and there is no other person readily available to operate the vehicle.
(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)
AB 247 (Gaines-R) Minors: fitness hearing: vehicular manslaughter
Expands the list of crimes for which a minor, 14 years of age or older, may be tried in adult court to include specified vehicular manslaughter offenses.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 248 (Gaines-R) Vehicles: violations: punishment
Clarifies that the list that lists a violation in existing law related to a motor vehicle speed contest as a misdemeanor, the violation is punishable as a misdemeanor or a felony. Provides the same with respect to a violation related to reckless driving that is punishable as a misdemeanor or a felony.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 303 (Spitzer-R) Manslaughter: vehicular
Increases the penalty for vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated from a wobbler, punishable by up to one year in county jail or by 16 months, two or four years in state prison, to a straight felony, punishable by 16 months, two or four years in state prison.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 321 (Nava-D) School zone: speed limits
Allows a local government to declare a speed limit of 15 miles per hour in school zones and to expand the distance a 25 miles per hour school zone may be in force to 1,000 feet from the school.
Chapter 384, Statutes of 2007
AB 421 (Benoit-R) Department of Motor Vehicles: abstract of record of court
Requires the court to report to the Department of Motor Vehicles an abstract of judgment within five days, instead of within 10 days, thereby complying with a federal requirement.
Chapter 746, Statutes of 2007
AB 425 (Adams-R) Motorcycles: helmets
Exempts from the motorcycle helmet law any rider or driver who is 18 years of age or older and has either completed a motorcycle rider training program that meets the standards of the Department of the California Highway Patrol or has been issued a class M1 license or endorsement, or a comparable license from another jurisdiction, for two years or more.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)
AB 430 (Benoit-R) Speed contests and reckless driving.
Makes conforming changes to provisions relating to reckless driving and speed contests to include recently enacted provisions with enhanced penalties for specified injuries. Double-jointed with AB 1248 (Evans), AB 227 (Beall), AB 678 (Gaines), and AB 1165 (Maze).
Chapter 682, Statutes of 2007
AB 468 (Ruskin-D) Abandoned vehicle abatement
Expands the circumstances under which a county service authority for the abatement of abandoned vehicles may use the revenue it generates from imposing a $1 annual vehicle registration surcharge. Requires that the use of the funds be audited each year, and modifies the statutory authority to abate abandoned vehicles.
Chapter 389, Statutes of 2007
AB 478 (Wolk-D) Bicycle lamps and reflectors
Expands the types of facilities the use of which during darkness requires bicycles to be equipped with lamps and reflectors.
Chapter 232, Statutes of 2007
AB 602 (DeVore-R) Parking violations: hearings
Requires any contract between a local government and a private entity for the processing of notices of parking violations and notices of delinquent parking violations be based on either a fixed monthly rate or on the number of notices processed.
(On Senate Inactive File)
AB 605 (Walters-R) Speed contest: forfeiture
Extends existing law for impounding a vehicle involved in a speed contest held on a city street to persons engaged in reckless driving on a highway, reckless driving in an offstreet parking facility, or an exhibition of speed on a highway.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 645 (Feuer-D) Traffic violations: adjudication
Provides that convictions of specified Vehicle Code offenses cannot be withdrawn after probation or dismissed because of attendance at traffic school.
Chapter 161, Statutes of 2007
AB 678 (Gaines-R) Vehicular manslaughter
Makes technical corrections to conform 2006 legislative amendments to provisions relating to vehicular manslaughter, as specified.
Chapter 747, Statutes of 2007
AB 758 (Plescia-R) Traffic violator schools
Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to prepare a comprehensive plan, and report to the Legislature, regarding the licensing of all traffic violator schools, including both classroom-based and home study programs. Increases the fee that traffic violator schools may charge students to issue a duplicate certificate of completion. Establishes conditions under which a traffic violator school is not required to provide a program of instruction for a fee that is less than the standard fee.
Chapter 396, Statutes of 2007
AB 801 (Walters-R) Vehicles: license plates
Prohibits the use of, or sale of, a product or device that is used to obscure a license plate from being read by an electronic device operated by law enforcement or a toll road.
Chapter 273, Statutes of 2007
AB 808 (Parra-D) Vehicles: licensure application or renewal
Establishes the Steven Ambriz Act. Requires, beginning 7/1/08, that an applicant for an original or renewal driver's license sign a specified declaration related to driving under the influence.
Chapter 748, Statutes of 2007
AB 878 (Davis-D) Vehicle registration fees
Allows a local agency to increase the fees, from $1 to $2 each, that it imposes on vehicle registrations in its jurisdictions to fund vehicle theft prevention, investigation, and prosecution programs.
Vetoed
AB 881 (Mullin-D) Vehicles: child passengers: restraint systems
Requires, beginning 6/30/08, children up to eight years of age to ride in a child safety seat.
Vetoed
AB 893 (Walters-R) Vehicles: speeding
Makes it an infraction to drive a vehicle upon a highway at a speed of 100 miles per hour or more, and requires a minimum fine of $300 to be imposed upon any conviction of that offense. Requires, rather than authorizes, upon a first conviction, the court to suspend the person's privilege to operate a motor vehicle for 30 days.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)
AB 1069 (Cook-R) Abandoned property: vehicles and mobilehomes
Adds mobilehomes to the abandoned vehicle abatement program.
(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)
AB 1099 (Portantino-D) Traffic violator schools
Makes several changes to traffic violator school licensing, methods and duration of instruction, Department of Motor Vehicle fees, and course completion certificates.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1165 (Maze-R) Driving under the influence: repeat offense
Provides that a person on probation for driving under the influence, who violates the probation conditions relating to driving with a 0.01% level of alcohol or refusing to take a preliminary alcohol screening, shall be subject to an automatic license suspension and a possible vehicle impound.
Chapter 749, Statutes of 2007
AB 1198 (Benoit-R) Law enforcement response costs
Gives law enforcement the right to recover the costs of routine police response and prosecution whenever a person operates a motor vehicle while thought to be potentially intoxicated (DUI).
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 1200 (Saldana-D) Vehicles: hit-and-run: multiple convictions: penalties
Increases the penalties for hit-and-run with injury, serious bodily injury, or death, if a person has two or more prior convictions within 10 years, or specified prior convictions relating to the unsafe operation of a motor vehicle.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1215 (Benoit-R) Vehicles: DUI
Prohibits a person who has a measurable amount of specified controlled substance(s) in his/her blood from driving a vehicle.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1258 (Caballero-D) Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zones
Designates as a Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zone the segment of State Highway Route 101 between the junction with Boronda Road and the San Benito-Monterey County Line.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)
AB 1385 (Garrick-R) Vehicles: DUI: penalties
Increases, from an infraction (punishable by a fine of up to $250) to a misdemeanor (punishable by up to six months in county jail and/or a fine of up to $1,000), the penalty for operating a motorized scooter while under the influence.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1416 (Sharon Runner-R) Child endangerment: driving under the influence
Provides that any person who operates a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs and a child is a passenger in that vehicle at the time of the offense is guilty of child endangerment, punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 90 days nor more than one year in a county jail, or by imprisonment in the state prison for two, four, or six years.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1464 (Benoit-R) Vehicle registration: preclusion
Allows a court to notify the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) that a vehicle's owner has failed to respond to a citation issued for an owner-responsibility violation, and requires DMV to place a hold on the motor vehicle's registration upon receipt of that notice.
Chapter 452, Statutes of 2007
AB 1487 (Berryhill-R) Vehicles: driving under the influence
Reduces the blood alcohol content required for referral to a licensed driving under the influence program, as specified, from less than 0.20% to less than 0.15% for a three-month class, and from more than 0.20% to more than 0.15% for a nine-month class.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 1531 (DeSaulnier-D) Parking spaces for persons with disabilities
Alters signage and painting requirements for disabled parking spaces, limits the number of times that temporary disability placards may be renewed, and increases fines for second and third violations related to illegal parking in disabled spaces.
Chapter 413, Statutes of 2007
AB 1581 (Fuller-R) Traffic-actuated signals that detect motorcycles & bicycles
Requires cities and counties, upon first placement of a traffic-actuated signal or replacement of the loop detector of a traffic-actuated signal, to install those signals that detect motorcycle and bicycle traffic on the roadway.
Chapter 337, Statutes of 2007
AB 1589 (Duvall-R) Vehicles: reports: reexaminations: removal
Allows a peace officer or other public traffic or parking enforcement employee to remove a vehicle that is displaying a fraudulent license plate or other vehicle registration.
Chapter 453, Statutes of 2007
AB 1724 (Jones-D) Vehicle forfeiture
Responds to the recent Supreme Court decision limiting the authority of local governments to enact local ordinances requiring the forfeiture of a person's vehicle when it is used to commit an offense involving prostitution or drugs.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
Other Crimes and Sentencing
SB 3 (Harman-R) Trespass: illegal immigrants
Makes it unlawful for any person who is a citizen of any country other than the United States to enter or occupy any public or private land in this state if at the time of the commission of the offense, the person is in violation of federal law for illegally entering the United States.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 40* (Romero-D) Sentencing
Addresses the holding of the United States Supreme Court in Cunningham v. California relative to sentencing structures in California by providing that where a crime is punishable by a lower, middle, or upper term of imprisonment, the choice of appropriate term shall rest within the sound discretion of the court.
Chapter 3, Statutes of 2007
SB 110 (Romero-D) Sentencing commission
Creates and specifies the membership of the California Sentencing Commission to implement a new sentencing system in California.
(On Assembly Third Reading File)
Similar to AB 160 (Lieber).
SB 122 (Steinberg-D) Hate crimes: homelessness
Includes "homeless status" in the definition of "hate crime."
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 129 (Kuehl-D) Criminal communications
Expands the scope of the current crime of making two or more phone calls or electronic communications with the intent to annoy. Prohibits making two or more such communications regardless of where the communication is received. Increases the penalty from six months in county jail to one year in county jail in all cases where the intended recipient had a specified prior relationship with the defendant or where a court order is in place prohibiting such communications.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
Similar to AB 225 (Beall).
SB 331* (Romero-D) Trespass on tribal lands
Provides that specified forms of trespass on tribal lands are infractions, with a maximum penalty of $250 (plus penalty assessments) for a first violation and a maximum of $500 (plus penalty assessments) for a second or subsequent violation.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
SB 368 (Harman-R) Distribution of child pornography
Specifically provides, for purposes of existing obscenity and child pornography laws, that the term "to distribute" includes "making available for access or possession over the Internet."
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 425 (Margett-R) Public safety: clean up
Makes technical and corrective changes in various penal statutes.
Chapter 302, Statutes of 2007
SB 476 (Hollingsworth-R) Voluntary manslaughter
Extends the statute of limitations for all types of manslaughter to 10 years.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 477 (Hollingsworth-R) Burglary: intent to commit assault
Defines the entry into a residence with the intent to commit an assault as a felony, punishable by imprisonment for two, four, or six years.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 479 (Hollingsworth-R) Impersonating a peace officer
Enacts a five-year enhancement of sentence where the perpetrator of a kidnapping, or a specified sex offense, impersonated a peace officer in committing the offense. Enacts a two-year enhancement of sentence where a peace officer abuses his or her authority and status to commit such a crime.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 495* (Denham-R) California Agricultural Crime Prevention Program
Authorizes the counties identified in the Central Valley Rural Crime Prevention Program and the Central Coast Rural Crime Prevention Program to participate in the California Agricultural Crime Prevention Program.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 514 (Dutton-R) Sexual contact: murder
Provides that a person who is found to have engaged in sexual contact with, or sexual penetration of, as defined, a person whom he or she has intentionally killed, or a person who intentionally aids, abets, counsels, commands, induces, solicits, requests, or assists another person to do so, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life without the possibility of parole. States that its provisions do not preclude a penalty of death, if otherwise applicable.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 550 (Ashburn-R) Gangs: safe school zones
Provides that a defendant convicted of participation in a street gang, or a felony for which a gang-enhancement was imposed, shall receive an additional sentence enhancement of one year, if the crime occurred within 1,000 feet of a school or park.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 571 (Yee-D) Organized retail crime
Requires the California Research Bureau of the California State Library, by 9/30/08, to report to the Legislature on the economic losses caused by organized retail crime. Makes legislative declarations and findings regarding the problems caused by organized retail crime, and states the Legislature's intent to define the crime and provide law enforcement with the necessary tools to investigate and prosecute the crime.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
SB 612 (Simitian-D) Crime
Provides that the venue for trial of an identity theft crime includes the county in which the victim resides.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 653 (Calderon-D) False or misleading information
Makes it a felony, punishable by imprisonment in a state prison for 16 months or two or three years, for every person who acts under color of law and who knowingly, or with reckless disregard for the truth, provides, distributes, produces, disseminates, sponsors, authorizes, or finances the provision, distribution, or dissemination of any false or misleading information regarding either the time, place, or manner of any election, or the qualifications for, or restrictions on, voter eligibility for any election.
(In Senate Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments Committee)
SB 712 (Cogdill-R) Theft detection shielding devices
Defines new crimes concerning defeating or avoiding theft detection devices at retail shops, punishable as misdemeanors for the first offense and felonies for subsequent offenses.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 787 (Battin-R) Crimes: computers
Prohibits the uses of automated software to circumvent, defeat, etc., a computer program designed to validate proper transaction flow and access the goods or services by legitimate computer users.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 804 (Hollingsworth-R) Business establishments: unlawful entry
Defines a new form of misdemeanor trespass that will be committed where the defendant enters, or remains, in a place of business open to the public after previously having interfered with the business, at which time the person was asked to leave and issued a written warning or request directing him or her not to return for six months.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 839 (Calderon-D) Fireworks
Revises the penalties for possession and transportation of dangerous fireworks, as specified. Establishes a fund from the proceeds of all fines and fees collected in relation to dangerous fireworks violations with those funds earmarked for enforcement of dangerous fireworks law.
Chapter 563, Statutes of 2007
SB 844 (Calderon-D) Crime: school zones
Enhances the law concerning safe school zones.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 880 (Calderon-D) Crime
Repeals, until 1/1/11, the state prohibition and criminal penalty on the importation or sale of kangaroo parts or products in California.
Chapter 576, Statutes of 2007
SB 884 (Lowenthal-D) California Coastal Commission: gift or gratuity
Prohibits an interested person from giving, and a California Coastal Commissioner from accepting, a gift greater than $10.
Chapter 663, Statutes of 2007
SB 959* (Romero-D) Involuntary home detention
Permits a county board of supervisors, upon determination by the county correctional administrator that conditions in a jail facility require the release of sentenced misdemeanor inmates prior to the completion of their jail term due to lack of space, to authorize the correctional administrator to offer a program in which specified inmates may be required to participate in an involuntary home detention program in lieu of jail time. Requires those inmates on home detention to be electronically monitored.
Chapter 252, Statutes of 2007
SB 989 (Ridley-Thomas-D) Criminal street gangs
Provides that a specified "hate crime" qualifies as a crime that can establish the "primary activities" of a gang and a "pattern of gang activity."
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 999 (Yee-D) Crime
Eliminates the life without parole sentence, making the sentence for first degree murder with special circumstances by a defendant under 18 years of age, 25 to life.
(On Senate Inactive File)
SJR 12 (Simitian-D) Elder abuse awareness stamp
Requests the President and Congress of the United States to afford the public a convenient way to contribute towards the funding of elder abuse prevention and awareness programs by authorizing the United States Postmaster General to establish a special rate of postage for first-class mail, and to issue a special postage stamp regarding elder abuse prevention and awareness.
(In Assembly Aging and Long-Term Care Committee)
AB 36 (Niello-R) Public employees' retirement: fraud
Makes it a crime for a person to make or present false material statements and representations in connection with those retirement systems' benefits and applications, as specified, or to aid or abet someone in this regard. Makes it a crime for a person to knowingly accept, with the intent to keep for personal benefit, a payment from any of those retirement systems with the knowledge that one was not entitled to the benefit.
(In Assembly Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Committee)
AB 42 (Sharon Runner-R) Grand theft: subsidized housing
Makes the defrauding of a government subsidized housing program felony grand theft, punishable by 16 months, two or three years in the state prison regardless of the amount of the loss.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 58 (Soto-D) Shock pens
Prohibits the possession by, and sale to, a minor of a shock pen. A first-time offense for the possession of a shock pen by a minor will be punishable by community service. Provides that the sale of a shock pen to a minor, or a second or subsequent possession offense by a minor, will be an infraction punishable by a $100 fine.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 160 (Lieber-D) California Sentencing Commission
Establishes the California Sentencing Commission with prescribed duties relative to devising sentencing guidelines, and sets forth a 21-person membership of the Commission.
(On Senate Third Reading File)
Similar to SB 110 (Romero) which is on the Assembly Third Reading File.
AB 225 (Beall-D) Crime
Deletes the distinction between repeated telephone calls and electronic communications made to a person's residence and his or her place of work. Specifies that every person who makes repeated contacts within a 24-hour period by telephone, or by means of an electronic communication device, is guilty of an infraction for a first offense, an infraction or misdemeanor for a second offense, and a misdemeanor for a third or subsequent offense.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
Similar to SB 129 (Kuehl).
AB 228 (Strickland-R) Battery
Makes battery committed by any person in custody against another person in custody a misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in the county jail.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 235 (Tran-R) Statute of limitations: child pornography
Provides that the statute of limitations for employing a minor in the commercial preparation or distribution of child pornography shall be set at 10 years from the time production of the material was, or reasonably could have been, discovered. Provides that the statute of limitations for surreptitious taping of another, as specified, shall be set at one year after the crime was, or reasonably could have been, discovered.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 279 (Huff-R) Unlawful demonstrations: military funerals
Makes it an infraction for a person to disrupt a funeral service for a member, or former member, of the Armed Forces, and imposes a $250 fine in addition to any other penalty provided by law.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 282 (Cook-R) Crimes: military decorations
Provides that it is an infraction for a person to orally, in writing, or by wearing any military decoration, as defined, falsely represent himself/herself to have been awarded any military decoration with the intent to defraud.
Chapter 360, Statutes of 2007
AB 289 (Spitzer-R) Stalking and domestic violence: protective orders
Requires sentencing courts in felony domestic violence cases to consider issuing a protective order that may be valid for up to 10 years, as specified. Expressly states that in cases involving a conviction for stalking, a protective order may be issued regardless of the particular disposition of the case. Double-jointed with SB 172 (Alquist).
Chapter 582, Statutes of 2007
AB 303 (Spitzer-R) Manslaughter
Increases the penalty for vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated from a wobbler, punishable by up to one year in a county jail or by 16 months, two or four years in a state prison, to a straight felony, punishable by 16 months, two or four years in state a prison.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 378 (Benoit-R) Elder and dependent adult abuse
Makes a subsequent conviction of theft, embezzlement, forgery, or fraud, regardless of value, by a caretaker against an elderly or dependant adult punishable by two, three, or four years in state prison or by a county jail term of up to one year.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 395 (Swanson-D) Child abduction
Provides penalties for a person who maliciously takes or entices away a child where the abduction continues for more than one year. Punishes such a violation where a person does not have a right to custody and maliciously acts with the intent to detain or conceal the child from a lawful custodian, by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, a fine not exceeding $1,000, or both that fine and imprisonment, or by imprisonment in a state prison for four, six, or nine years, a fine not exceeding $10,000, or both that fine and imprisonment. Punishes a violation where a person maliciously deprives a lawful custodian of custody or visitation by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, a fine not exceeding $1,000, or both that fine and imprisonment, or by imprisonment in a state prison for two, four, or six years, a fine not exceeding $10,000, or both that fine and imprisonment.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 416 (Garcia-R) Arson
Makes specified personal information in the arson registry available to the public on its Internet web site.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 426 (Galgiani-D) Serious and violent felonies
Adds solicitation of murder and human trafficking to the list of "serious felonies." Adds solicitation of murder to the list of "violent" felonies.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 441 (Parra-D) Methamphetamine sale
Requires the court, in granting probation to any person convicted of 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.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 476 (De La Torre-D) Fireworks
Increases the fines for violating state fireworks laws from $1,000 to not less than $2,000 and not more than $5,000, and authorizes the impounding of vehicles used to transport "dangerous fireworks" by the State Fire Marshal.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 506 (Lieu-D) Battery
Provides that a battery with injury, as defined, on a code enforcement officer shall be defined as an alternate felony-misdemeanor.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 534 (Smyth-R) Crimes against children
Makes it a misdemeanor for any person to publish information, as defined, describing or depicting the physical appearance of a child, the location of a child, or locations where children may be found, with the intent that another person use the information to commit a crime against a child, and the information is likely to aid in the imminent commission of a crime against a child. Authorizes the parent or legal guardian of a child about whom information is published to seek a preliminary injunction enjoining any further publication of that information.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
AB 565 (Berryhill-R) Arson: registration
Increases the failure to register as a convicted arsonist from a misdemeanor to a felony.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 648 (Adams-R) Sentencing: enhancements: illegal aliens
Creates a new 10-year sentencing enhancement for any felony conviction of a person who was previously convicted of a felony in California for which he/she was deported from the United States.
(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 667 (Smyth-R) Law enforcement animals
Increases the penalties for willfully and maliciously injuring a horse or dog used by a police officer in the line of duty to imprisonment in the state prison from three, five, or seven years, or in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding $2,000, or by both a fine and imprisonment.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 670 (Spitzer-R) Animals: bites: owner information
Requires a person who owns or has custody or control of an animal to, as soon as is practicable, but no later than 48 hours thereafter, provide identifying information to another person when the person knows, or has reason to know, the animal bit the other person, as specified. Specifies that the failure to provide the required information would be an infraction, punishable by a fine of not more than $100.
Chapter 136, Statutes of 2007
AB 676 (Tran-R) Serious felonies: penalty enhancement
Creates a penalty enhancement for convictions against any inmate who commits a felony for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with a criminal street gang.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 678 (Gaines-R) Vehicular manslaughter: fleeing the scene of an accident
Makes technical corrections to conform 2006 legislative amendments to provisions relating to vehicular manslaughter. Double-jointed with SB 649 (Maze) and AB 1248 (Evans).
Chapter 747, Statutes of 2007
AB 679 (Benoit-R) Illegal dumping: assessments
Adds a fine of $100 or $200 to the penalties in existing law for dumping, to be used for the city's or county's illegal dumping program.
Chapter 394, Statutes of 2007
AB 702 (Portantino-D) Musical performances or productions: deceptive acts
Enacts the Truth in Music Advertising Act, which makes it unlawful, except as specified, for any person to advertise or conduct a live musical performance or production through the use of false, deceptive, or misleading affiliation, connection, or association between a performing group and a recording group. Defines "performing group," "person," "recording group," and "sound recording" for purposes of the bill's provisions. Includes civil penalties for violating the provisions of this bill.
Chapter 395, Statutes of 2007
AB 732 (DeVore-R) Crimes: punishment
Provides that where the crime of battery is a first offense, it may be charged as an infraction or a misdemeanor. Increases the maximum fine for the misdemeanor from $2,000 to $3,000, and sets the maximum fine for the infraction at $1,000. Increases the maximum fine from $2,000 to $3,000 for a misdemeanor battery against specified persons.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 777 (Levine-D) Animal cruelty: elephants
Prohibits specified conduct in relation to housing, possessing, contacting, or traveling with an elephant.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 780 (Silva-R) Attempted murder
Expands the statute relating to attempted murder of a peace officer to include individuals who have powers of arrest and public officers.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 787 (Soto-D) Crime
Expands the list of prohibited weapons to include metal knuckles, clubs or batons, blackjacks, slungshots, billys, sandclubs, saps, sandbags, and instruments that expel a nonmetallic BB or pellet.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 788 (Niello-R) Code enforcement officers: battery
Includes a code enforcement officer within the list of specified positions where battery upon that officer is either a misdemeanor or a felony.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 894 (Nakanishi-R) Criminal street gangs
Authorizes a court to impose a 10-year enhancement for the commission of any "violent felony" perpetrated for the benefit of a criminal street gang if that penalty is longer than a provision related to a minimum parole eligibility date for crimes carrying a life term performed for the benefit of a criminal street gang.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 919 (Houston-R) Electronic communication devices: threats to safety
Makes a person who, with the intent to place another person in reasonable fear for his/her safety, or the safety of the other person's immediate family, by means of an electronic communication device, and without consent of the other person and for the purpose of causing that other person unwanted contact, injury, or harassment by a third party, distributes specified identifying information guilty of a misdemeanor.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 924 (Emmerson-R) Criminal profiteering forfeiture: vehicle theft
Adds offenses involving theft of a motor vehicle, as specified in Section 10851 of the Vehicle Code to the list of crimes subject to criminal asset forfeiture, a forfeiture scheme under which the proceeds of organized crime are forfeited to the state.
Chapter 111, Statutes of 2007
AB 998 (Garrick-R) Theft: motor vehicle: penalties
Creates six new one-year enhancements for the theft of a vehicle under specified circumstances.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1035 (La Malfa-R) Crime
Makes it a crime, punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000, imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by both, to enter onto a levee by a motorized vehicle, or by any means, if the entering causes actual damage, including, but not limited to, digging or setting a fire.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1067 (Cook-R) Harmful matter
Requires that any harmful matter displayed in a newsrack to be covered by blinders if the newsrack can be viewed by a minor. Provides that violation of this blinder requirement is an infraction, with specified graduated penalties.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 1093 (Sharon Runner-R) Bail
Authorizes a court, on its own motion, to vacate bail forfeiture and exonerate the bail amount for a defendant who is in custody anywhere outside the county where the case is located, or is surrendered to custody, if the bail agent provides written notification, as specified, to the law enforcement agency in which the case is located verifying the defendant's arrest and custody status before the defendant is released from custody, as specified.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1115 (Sharon Runner-R) Prosecutions: time: limitations
Allows a criminal complaint to be filed, notwithstanding any other limitation of time, within one year of establishing a suspect's identity by DNA if the crime for which the person is suspected of committing is rape.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1133 (Dymally-D) Sentencing: three strikes
Requires that a "third strike" be a serious or a violent felony with specified exceptions.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1145 (Huff-R) Graffiti: forfeiture of vehicle
Authorizes vehicle seizure and forfeiture when the owner of the vehicle uses it in connection with the commission of a crime of vandalism, as specified.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1171 (Sharon Runner-R) Necrophilia
Increases the penalty for sexual contact with, or mutilation or disinterment of, human remains from 16 months, two or three years in state prison, to three, six, or eight years in state prison. Makes this offense a registerable sex offense.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1187 (DeSaulnier-D) Sturgeon, lobster, striped bass, salmon: penalties
Increases the fine for the illegal sale of sturgeon, lobster, striped bass, salmon, fish of the Centrarchidae family, or parts thereof, to a maximum of $10,000, and specifies that possession of a certain amount of these fish or abalone will be considered evidence that it is possessed for commercial purposes.
Chapter 328, Statutes of 2007
AB 1199 (Richardson-D) White collar crime: enhancement
Specifically provides that the white collar crime provisions, including enhancements and the pre-trial seizing of fraudulently obtained assets, apply where the defendant's fraud or embezzlement caused a "loss" to the victim. States that these provisions are declarative of existing law.
Chapter 408, Statutes of 2007
AB 1278 (Ma-D) Crimes: human trafficking
Provides that any provision of a contract that purports to allow a deduction from a person's wages for the cost of transporting that person to the United States would be void as against public policy. Expands the scope of the offense of human trafficking to include causing, inducing, or persuading, or attempting to cause, induce, or persuade, a minor under 18 years of age to engage in specified felonies or obtaining forced labor or services from the minor. Increases the penalty for human trafficking to imprisonment in the state prison for three, four, or six years, and provides jurisdiction over human trafficking offenses in multiple jurisdictional territories if it is shown the offenses were part of a single scheme.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 1372 (Parra-D) Theft: copper
Adds theft of copper materials as a type of theft punishable as grand theft.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1388 (Berryhill-R) Probation
Provides that every person who possesses a bump key, as defined, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1416 (Sharon Runner-R) Child endangerment: driving under the influence
Provides that any person who operates a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, or drugs, and a child is a passenger in that vehicle at the time of the offense, is guilty of child endangerment, punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 90 days nor more than one year in a county jail, or by imprisonment in a state prison for two, four, or six years.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1424 (Davis-D) Elder and dependent adult abuse
Increases the penalty for violating a protective order in an elder or dependent adult abuse case from six months to one year.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 1539 (Krekorian-D) Sentencing
Provides that the court shall have the discretion to resentence or recall a prisoner's sentence when the prisoner is permanently medically incapacitated with a medical condition that renders him/her permanently unable to perform activities of basic daily living, and results in the prisoner requiring 24-hour total care, as specified, if the conditions under which the prisoner would be released do not pose a threat to public safety. Makes additions to the procedures required to be completed prior to the recall of a prisoner's sentence for compassionate release, as specified.
Chapter 740, Statutes of 2007
AB 1556 (Horton-R) Crimes: hazardous waste
Provides that every person convicted of a felony involving or resulting in a hazardous waste biproduct shall, within the discretion of the court, be punished by an additional term of one to five years.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1584 (Maze-R) Crime: trespassing
Requires that unenclosed lands must be posted with signs forbidding trespass at intervals not less than one to the mile.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1628 (Sharon Runner-R) Vandalism: punishment
Provides that more than one act of vandalism committed in any consecutive 12-month period may be aggregated by determining the dollar amount of the defacement or damage for the purpose of charging an alternate misdemeanor/felony if the vandalism was the result of a common scheme, purpose, or plan.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1629 (Sharon Runner-R) Parole
Punishes any person who commits any felony while on parole and who has served a prior prison term for first- or second-degree murder with a term of life without the possibility of parole.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1631 (Sharon Runner-R) Sentencing: 10-20-life
Authorizes a court to apply an enhancement stemming from the use of a firearm, as specified, to any principle in the commission of the underlying offense regardless of whether he/she personally used a firearm, and deletes existing references to persons who use a firearm for the benefit of a criminal street gang.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1640 (La Malfa-R) Mental incapacity: deletion of demeaning terminology
Deletes various offensive terms concerning mental illness found within various California code sections and replaces them with the term "mentally incapacitated."
Chapter 31, Statutes of 2007
AB 1657 (Sharon Runner-R) Underage drinking
Makes it a wobbler to purchase alcohol for, or furnish, give, or give away any alcoholic beverage to, a person the provider knew or reasonably should have known to be under the age of 21 years, and the person under the age of 21 consumes the alcohol and thereby proximately causes great bodily injury or death to himself, herself, or any other person, and the provider should have known of the danger.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 1658 (Sharon Runner-R) Underage drinking
Increases the fines for trying to purchase alcohol by persons under 21 years of age and manufacturing of false identification cards and driver's licenses.
Chapter 743, Statutes of 2007
AB 1686 (Leno-D) Assault and battery: parking control officers
Increases the fine, from $1,000 to $2,000, when an assault is committed against a parking control officer in the performance of his/her duty.
Chapter 243, Statutes of 2007
AB 1705 (Niello-R) Sentencing: enhancement
Extends, by 10 years, the sunset provisions in Section 12022.6 of the Penal Code , the statute imposing sentence enhancements of one, two, three, or four years, respectively for felony convictions in which the crime involved taking or damage to property that exceeded $50,000, $150,000, $1 million, and $2.5 million. Increases the monetary thresholds for the above crimes.
Chapter 420, Statutes of 2007
AB 1708 (Swanson-D) California Sentencing Commission
Adds new provisions related to the California Sentencing Commission, to become operative only if SB 110 (Romero) is enacted and this bill is enacted last. These provisions change the composition, duties, and standards of the Commission. Major differences between SB 110 and this bill include increasing the membership of the Commission by one, from 20 to 21 members, giving the Governor five appointments, and reducing legislative appointments; and deleting the language from SB 110, providing nothing in SB 110 precludes the application of terms of imprisonment established by any statutory provision added or amended by initiative, such as Three Strikes.
(In Assembly awaiting concurrence)
ACR 6 (Ma-D) Teenage dating violence
Designates 2/5/07 to 2/9/07 as Teenage Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week.
Resolution Chapter 11, Statutes of 2007
ACR 28 (Ma-D) National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness
Recognizes National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness on January 11 of each year in order to encourage greater awareness of human trafficking and all other forms of modern-day slavery.
Resolution Chapter 135, Statutes of 2007
ACR 34 (Nakanishi-R) Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week
Recognizes 4/15/07 to 4/21/07 as Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week.
Resolution Chapter 24, Statutes of 2007
ACR 51 (Spitzer-R) Hate Crimes Awareness Month
Designates June 2007 as Hate Crimes Awareness Month.
Resolution Chapter 101, Statutes of 2007
Procedural
SB 271 (Cedillo-D) Street gang injunctions
Allows any district attorney or city prosecuting attorney to maintain an action for damages against a criminal street gang or its members as part of an action enjoining a gang nuisance.
Chapter 34, Statutes of 2007
SB 511 (Alquist-D) Interrogation: recording
Requires, beginning 7/1/08, custodial interrogations of a person suspected of a homicide or a violent felony to be recorded.
Vetoed
SB 609 (Romero-D) Criminal procedure: informants
Provides that a defendant cannot be convicted based on the uncorroborated testimony of an in-custody informant.
Vetoed
SB 610 (Corbett-D) Criminal proceedings: commencement
Provides that the prosecution of an offense is commenced when a complaint is filed charging a felony.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 268 (Charles Calderon-D) Evidence: admissibility of hearsay statements
Creates two new exceptions to the hearsay rule.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
AB 475 (Emmerson-R) Criminal procedure: options
Requires a person seeking to have his/her arrest record destroyed to serve a copy of the petition on the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the offense and to allow the law enforcement agency to present evidence at the motion through the district attorney.
Chapter 390, Statutes of 2007
AB 860 (Salas-D) Jury trial on prior convictions
Eliminates a defendant's right to a jury trial regarding allegations of prior convictions except where the prior conviction is alleged as a special circumstance in a homicide case or is alleged as an element of the offense and as to specified issues in relation to such allegations made in Three Strikes cases.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 1158 (Benoit-R) Witnesses: conditional examinations
Requires the conditional examination of a witness through a contemporaneous, two-way video conference system if the witness is so sick or infirmed as to be unable to attend the examination in person.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1210 (Horton-R) Gang-related crimes: hearsay
Deletes from the California Street Terrorism Enforcement and Prevention Act the requirement that the declarant died from other than natural causes.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1520 (Portantino-D) Criminal procedure: recording communications
Adds welfare fraud investigators to the provision allowing law enforcement to overhear or record communications.
(Refused passage on Senate Floor)
Juries
SB 796 (Runner-R) Additional grand juries in Los Angeles
Authorizes the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court in Los Angeles County, or the judge appointed by the presiding judge to supervise the grand jury, to impanel up to two additional grand juries, in accordance with specified procedures.
Chapter 82, Statutes of 2007
AB 1557 (Feuer-D) Jury selection: peremptory challenges
Reduces the number of peremptory challenges available to the prosecution and defense in all misdemeanor criminal trials, punishable by one year or less in the county jail from 10 to six challenges.
(On Assembly Third Reading File)
Juvenile Justice
SB 81* (Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee) Juvenile justice: budget trailer bill
Enacts the Corrections budget trailer bill implementing, among other revisions, statutory provisions concerning juvenile justice.
Chapter 175, Statutes of 2007
SB 165 (Ashburn-R) Juvenile crime: programs of supervision
Specifies that provisions of law concerning ineligibility of juveniles in programs of supervision shall not otherwise limit the ability of the court to order a minor who is under 14 years of age to participate in a program of supervision, if the court finds that the order is in the best interests of the minor and in conformity with the interests of public safety.
Vetoed
SB 198* (Battin-R) Age discrimination: homeless youth
Expands the definition of a "homeless youth" in order to allow an unemancipated minor who meets specified criteria to stay at emergency, transitional, or permanent housing facilities.
Chapter 168, Statutes of 2007
SB 265 (Romero-D) Juvenile justice
Requires the Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) to explore options for specialized programming for high-risk needs wards outside DJJ. Authorizes DJJ to consider certain changes pertaining to its composition, as specified, and requires DJJ to transfer female wards out of its institutions by 1/1/09.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
SB 390 (Runner-R) Gang Activity Prevention Grant Program
Establishes the Gang Activity Prevention Grant Program, to be administered by the Corrections Standards Authority, for the awarding of grants to juvenile courts, county probation departments and the Division of Juvenile Justice. Funding for the program is subject to appropriation in the Budget Act.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 518 (Migden-D) Juvenile justice
Enacts a Youth Bill of Rights for incarcerated youth, as specified, and imposes specified requirements on the Division of Juvenile Facilities related to the rights of youthful offenders.
Chapter 649, Statutes of 2007
AB 191* (Assembly Budget Committee) Budget Trailer Bill: juvenile justice reform
Makes modifications to the juvenile justice reform contained in SB 81 (Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee), Chapter 175, Statutes of 2007, relating to corrections.
Chapter 257, Statutes of 2007
AB 247 (Gaines-R) Minors: fitness hearing: vehicular manslaughter
Expands the list of crimes for which a minor 14 years of age or older may be tried in adult court to include specified vehicular manslaughter offenses.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 312 (Dymally-D) Dependent children: reunification services
Extends the maximum time period during which reunification services may be offered to 24 months, for parents generally. Extends that time period to 36 months for incarcerated parents.
(In Senate Human Services Committee)
AB 360 (Carter-D) Juvenile court law: purpose
Revises the purpose of the juvenile court law to include dispositions intended to accomplish specified public safety objectives, and sets forth five principles governing the operation of the juvenile justice system, including the right of the public to safe and secure homes and communities. Authorizes the Chief Deputy Secretary for Juvenile Justice and qualified restorative justice agencies to establish, in collaboration, restorative justice centers in designated areas in counties throughout the state.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 407 (Swanson-D) Probation Youth Success Act
Establishes the Probation Youth Success Act and authorizes the Los Angeles County Office of Education and the Alameda County Office of Education to each conduct a three-year pilot project to provide comprehensive, integrated services to selected juvenile ranches, camps, and forestry camps until 1/1/13.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 638 (Bass-D) Dependent children and wards of the court: services
Provides that foster children who subsequently become wards of the juvenile court will remain under the jurisdiction of the county child welfare agencies for the purpose of providing necessary services.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 686 (Gaines-R) Minors: fitness hearing
Makes the following changes to the juvenile law pertaining to trying minors in adult court, as authorized by Proposition 21: (1) eliminates the reference to age 16 in Section 707(b) of the Welfare and Institutions Code (WIC); (2) corrects a reference to an obsolete offense enumerated in WIC Section 707(b); and (3) includes a cross-reference to the 10-20-life enhancement of current law for specified crimes involving personal use of a firearm in WIC Section 707(d), pertaining to offenses for which minors 14 years of age and older can be prosecuted in adult court. Makes additional technical, nonsubstantive, and corrective changes to these provisions.
Chapter 137, Statutes of 2007
AB 1291 (Mendoza-D) Juvenile justice: anti-gang violence parenting classes
Provides that if a minor is found to be a delinquent ward of the court by reason of the commission of a gang-related offense, and the court finds that the minor is a first-time offender and orders that a parent or guardian retain custody of that minor, the court may order the parent or guardian to attend anti-gang violence parenting classes.
Chapter 457, Statutes of 2007
AB 1300 (Price-D) Division of juvenile facilities
Makes revisions to the law pertaining to the Division of Juvenile Facilities with respect to the following: (1) encourages ward communication with family members and others and participation in rehabilitative programming, as specified; (2) requires that a ward's proximity to family be considered in any transfers; (3) requires that certain standards and requirements apply to ward telephone calls, as specified; and (4) makes specified revisions concerning education and promoting family ties to existing codified legislative intent.
Chapter 458, Statutes of 2007
AB 1405 (Maze-R) Joint assessment of status: confidential information
Authorizes information sharing between probation and child welfare officials in making a joint assessment of a minor's status within the juvenile court's delinquency and dependency systems, and strengthens privacy and confidentiality protections of the minor's shared information.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
AB 1504 (Anderson-R) Credit reporting: identity theft: children
Provides that a child may come within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court and become a dependent child of the court if the child has been a victim of identity theft, as defined, perpetrated by the parent or guardian or a member of his or her household.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 1514 (Maze-R) Juveniles: psychotropic medication
Establishes the same protections for administration of prescribed psychotropic medications to wards of the juvenile court as currently applied to foster children, thereby creating uniformity in the procedural protections that are provided to all children in foster care, whether they are wards or dependents of the juvenile court.
Chapter 120, Statutes of 2007
AB 1547 (Beall-D) Juvenile court: termination of jurisdiction
Requires the probation department to provide specified services to delinquent youths who are aging-out of the juvenile court system.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1655 (Lieber-D) Division of Juvenile Justice
Eliminates the Division of Juvenile Justice, including the Division of Juvenile Facilities, Division of Juvenile Programs, and the Division of Juvenile Programs, as specified, by 1/1/09, unless a later enacted statute enacted before 1/1/09 deletes or extends that date.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
Corrections
SB 81* (Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee) Corrections: budget trailer bill
Enacts the Corrections budget trailer bill to implement statutory provisions relative to the correctional system.
Chapter 175, Statutes of 2007
SB 99* (Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee) Prison construction
Authorizes funding for the design and construction of a central health facility at San Quentin State Prison, as specified, by means of state-issued revenue bonds. Authorizes the Public Works Board to issue up to $146,160,000 in revenue bonds, notes, or bond anticipation notes for that purpose and continuously appropriates the proceeds for that purpose.
Chapter 245, Statutes of 2007
SB 100* (Ducheny-D) 2006 Budget augmentation: Corrections
Among other provisions, augments the 2006 Budget for Corrections as follows: $11,615,000 to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) for negotiated salary enhancements for dental personnel relating to the Perez v. Tilton dental care settlement; $8,403,000 to CDCR for inmate population adjustments; and $2,584,000 to the Department of Mental Health to provide salary parity, with CDCR mental health clinicians, for DMH clinicians at state prisons in Vacaville and Salinas, pursuant to the Coleman v. Schwarzenegger mental health litigation.
Chapter 71, Statutes of 2007
SB 101 (Ducheny-D) 2006 Budget augmentation: Corrections
Among other provisions, augments the 2006 Budget for Corrections as follows: $18.642 million to implement Jessica's Law; $25.678 million to comply with a series of federal court orders against the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; and $147,473,000 for the California Correctional Peace Officers Association back salary.
Chapter 10, Statutes of 2007
SB 208 (Runner-R) Correctional treatment center license fees
Exempts county-operated correctional treatment centers from state licensing and inspections fees.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 228* (Denham-R) Decommissioning San Quentin State Prison
Requires the State Prison at San Quentin be decommissioned no later than 12/31/12. Beginning 1/1/12, requires all death-row prisoners be housed and executions carried out at a prison other than San Quentin, and that all other prisoners be moved out of San Quentin by 6/30/12.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 263 (Romero-D) State prison inmates: risk/needs assessments
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to establish a comprehensive program for assessing the risk and needs of inmates, as specified, and to develop and implement a comprehensive set of rehabilitative programs for inmates.
Vetoed
SB 299 (Romero-D) State Prison Honor Program
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to develop and implement an Honor Program, as specified, for Level III and IV inmates, as defined, in each existing and future state prison housing such inmates. Establishes eligibility criteria for the program.
Vetoed
SB 304 (Romero-D) Prisons: media access
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to allow news media representatives to interview inmates on both a prearranged and randomly encountered basis. Grants the institution head the authority to deny or restrict an interview for the purpose of protecting the safety and security of the institution or a member of the public. Requires the CDCR to allow news media representatives to use cameras and other electronic recording devices during interviews, subject to specified restrictions. Defines "representative of the news media."
Vetoed
SB 391 (Ducheny-D) Corrections
Authorizes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to expand the use of parole programs or services to improve the rehabilitation of parolees, as specified. Authorizes CDCR to create the Parole Violation Intermediate Sanctions Program.
Chapter 645, Statutes of 2007
SB 409 (Ashburn-R) Parole
Provides that all records for consideration for the Board of Parole Hearings shall be delivered to the Board at least 60 days prior to any hearing, and that written statements denying parole contain a full and detailed explanation, specific to the prisoner, setting forth the reasons for denying parole.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 455* (Denham-R) Salinas Valley State Prison wastewater treatment plant
Authorizes the Director of the Department of General Services (DGS) to sell, lease, convey, or exchange at fair market value specified real property at the Salinas Valley State Prison containing the prison's wastewater treatment facility to the City of Soledad, upon those terms and conditions and subject to those reservations and exceptions as the Director of DGS determines are in the best interests of the state.
Vetoed
SB 547 (Correa-D) Criminal justice facilities: property tax revenues
Requires, for the 2008-09 fiscal year and for each fiscal year thereafter, the auditor of a qualified county, as defined, to increase the total amount of ad valorem property tax revenue otherwise required to be allocated to that county by the county equity amount, as defined, and to commensurately reduce the total amount of ad valorem property tax revenue otherwise required to be allocated to school entities in the county, as specified. Establishes a $20 million limit on the total sum of county equity amounts statewide. Requires that the qualified counties that were allocated the lowest percentage of the total amount of ad valorem property tax revenue collected in those counties for the 2002-03 fiscal year first receive as much of their county equity amount as can be satisfied without exceeding the total statewide limit on these amounts, as specified. States the intent of the Legislature that a qualified county dedicate the revenues the county receives under the bill to the construction, operations, and maintenance of new or existing adult criminal justice facilities, juvenile criminal justice facilities, or adult and juvenile criminal justice facilities.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 568 (Wiggins-D) Jail treatment facility: mental competence
Authorizes counties to deem a jail a treatment facility which may be used to provide medically approved treatment of defendants found to be mentally incompetent due to a mental disorder, as specified. Sunsets on 1/1/10.
Chapter 556, Statutes of 2007
SB 604 (Cox-R) Prisoners: local cost reimbursements
Requires the State Controller to pay interest on local government claims related to costs incurred in connection with state prisons or prisoners.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 655 (Margett-R) County jail inmates
Makes possession of tobacco, or tobacco products, by anyone housed in a local correctional facility an infraction, punishable by a fine of up to $250, to be paid into the inmate welfare fund, in those counties that adopt an ordinance prohibiting tobacco in such facilities, and makes it a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of up to $1,000, for any unauthorized possession by anyone housed in a correctional facility of a wireless communication device or wireless Internet device in a local correctional facility.
Chapter 655, Statutes of 2007
SB 718 (Scott-D) Jails: inmate welfare fund
Creates a pilot program which authorizes county sheriffs of specified counties to expend money from the inmate welfare fund for the purpose of assisting indigent inmates, after release, with the reentry process.
Chapter 251, Statutes of 2007
SB 864 (Cogdill-R) Local jails: overcrowding
Enacts the "Keep Them in Jail Alternative Incarceration Act." Authorizes sheriffs in counties where jail overcrowding has reached "crisis levels" to house inmates in temporary jails or treatment facilities, as specified, if the county in which the sheriff has jurisdiction is experiencing overcrowding conditions.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
SB 878 (Cox-R) Prison construction costs: mitigation
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to mitigate local impacts of any prison construction project.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 943 (Machado-D) Prisons
Authorizes the use of the Northern California Women's Facility as a reentry facility to house inmates, parole violators, or parolees pending revocation of parole. Provides that San Joaquin County and the City of Stockton sited and assisted the state in siting reentry facilities when they passed resolutions supporting the conversion of the former Northern California Women's Facility to a reentry facility, as specified.
Chapter 228, Statutes of 2007
SB 987* (Romero-D) State correctional system
Creates a new Division of Adult Correctional Health Care Service in Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and makes additional, largely clean-up, changes to the reorganization of Corrections from 2005.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 39 (Benoit-R) Undocumented criminal aliens
Requires the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to demand, in writing, that the United States Attorney General take federal custody of any undocumented inmate incarcerated in California's correctional system.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
Similar to AB 458 (Cook).
AB 66* (Dymally-D) Inmate HIV testing
Requires HIV testing for every inmate entering a prison or state hospital, as specified, unless the person declines the test.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 76 (Lieber-D) Female offenders
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to develop a Female Offender Reform Master Plan. Prohibits, in uncodified language, CDCR from converting from a women's facility to a men's facility three specified institutions without legislative approval.
Chapter 706, Statutes of 2007
AB 79 (Galgiani-D) Parole
Authorizes the Board of Parole Hearings to extend the denial for a prisoner subject to a two-year parole review up to two additional years, for a total of four years, if the Board finds that the record, based on a review of relevant evidence, supports the additional time. Provides that if the prisoner has been convicted of murder, the Board shall hear the case 10 years after any hearing at which parole is denied.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 161 (Bass-D) Anti-Recidivism grants
Creates a competitive grant program to provide funds to local community-based organizations, law enforcement agencies, and service providers to establish and provide reentry services for "offenders."
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 439 (Ma-D) Prisoners: work camps: electronic monitoring
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation inmates working at a work camp outside prison grounds to be monitored by continuous electronic monitoring devices.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 457 (Cook-R) Corrections: investigations
Requires all allegations or complaints regarding Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DCR) employee misconduct to be investigated by the DCR Office of Internal Affairs and requires investigation results to be written. Requires DCR to develop a plan to increase the use of surveillance cameras within the institutions they administer and issue a report containing the plan to the Legislature.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 458 (Cook-R) Costs of incarceration: undocumented criminal aliens
Requires the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, by 1/1/09, to demand, in writing, that the United States Attorney General take federal custody of any undocumented criminal alien incarcerated in California's correctional system, and if the federal government does not comply with the demand, then the Secretary shall annually bill the federal government for the costs of incarcerating undocumented criminal aliens.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
Similar to AB 39 (Benoit).
AB 508 (Swanson-D) Food stamps: eligibility: drug felonies
Repeals the lifetime disqualification from food stamps for persons convicted of specified felonies involving controlled substances.
Vetoed
AB 639 (Hancock-D) Parolees: issuance of California identification cards
Establishes a pilot project at San Quentin State Prison that requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to take reasonable steps to ensure that each inmate parolee successfully obtains a valid California identification card issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles prior to release on parole.
Vetoed
AB 664 (Parra-D) Prison Industry Authority
Restricts the market for dairy products produced under the auspices of the Prison Industry Authority.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 667 (Smyth-R) Law enforcement animals
Increases the penalties for willfully and maliciously injuring any horse or dog used by a peace officer to imprisonment in the state prison for three, five, or seven years, or in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding $2,000, or by both a fine and imprisonment.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 716 (DeVore-R) Prison design plans
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to prepare plans for design and construction of a prison to house 4,000 inmates whose commitment offense is alcohol or drug related. Specifies that the plans are to include detailed descriptions of programming and staffing.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 824 (Saldana-D) Inmate work camps
Establishes additional criteria for inmates eligible to be assigned to Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation conservation work camps.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 890 (Aghazarian-R) Correctional Peace Officer Standards and Training
Reconstitutes the Commission on Correctional Peace Officer Standards and Training for purposes of correctional officer training, locating it within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and removing responsibility for the correctional officer training from the Corrections Standards Authority.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 900* (Solorio-D) Prison construction
Authorizes up to 40,000 new state prison beds, contingent upon significant program enhancements designed to reduce recidivism. Provides the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation temporary authority to house up to 8,000 inmates out of state until new construction is completed and the results of enhanced anti-recidivism programming impacts the inmate population.
Chapter 7, Statutes of 2007
AB 931 (Ruskin-D) Community corrections
Appropriates $149,000 from the General Fund to the Robert Presley Center of Crime and Justice Studies located at the University of California, Riverside, for a study into correction alternatives in San Mateo County.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 932 (Jeffries-R) Conservation camps: weight lifting equipment
Requires the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to make weight training equipment available to inmates assigned to fire suppression efforts.
Chapter 737, Statutes of 2007
AB 996 (Spitzer-R) Parole hearings: victim testimony
Provides that if a victim, victim's representative, or next of kin appears for a duly noticed, scheduled parole hearing, and that hearing is postponed at the request of the prisoner or prisoner's attorney, the Board of Parole Hearings shall allow the victim, victim's representative, or next of kin to make his or her statement at the time the postponement is granted, in accordance with certain procedures.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1049 (Solorio-D) Parole: reentry program: YouthBuild model
Enacts the "Rebuilding Communities and Rebuilding Lives Act of 2007." Establishes, dependent on an appropriation of funds, a parole reentry program for youthful offenders, ages 16-23, that includes construction training, academic services, counseling, and tracking of those who have completed the program.
Vetoed
AB 1081 (Garrick-R) Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: mutual aid
Requires the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to enter into an agreement with the United States Department of Homeland Security for the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to train and authorize certain CDCR personnel to perform functions relating to the investigation and processing of inmates who are illegally within the United States.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1121 (Lieber-D) Inmates
Requires a court-ordered transfer of a defendant found mentally incompetent to stand trial to a state hospital or other suitable facility to occur within 14 days of the court's order, and requires that a certification that a defendant has regained mental competency to include a determination whether placing the defendant in a jail environment would create substantial risk that the defendant would again become incompetent.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1172 (Sharon Runner-R) Inmate release
Increases specified notification requirements related to parolees and sexually violent predators.
Chapter 571, Statutes of 2007
AB 1253* (Caballero-D) Salinas Valley State Prison
Authorizes the Director of the Department of General Services to sell, lease, or convey at fair market value a portion of the Salinas Valley State Prison's facility (i.e., the prison's wastewater treatment site) to the City of Soledad.
Chapter 695, Statutes of 2007
AB 1334 (Swanson-D) Condom distribution to state and local prisoners
Requires that the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation allow any nonprofit or public health care agency to distribute sexual barrier protection devices such as condoms and dental dams to inmates.
Vetoed
AB 1349 (Galgiani-D) Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation: San Joaquin County
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to consult with San Joaquin County regarding any proposed conversion of a facility under the Division of Adult Institutions that is used or most recently has been used for female inmates, or the transfer of any facility currently under the Division of Juvenile Facilities to the Division of Adult Institutions, for any facility or property in the possession of the department that is located within San Joaquin County.
(On Senate Inactive File)
AB 1662 (Garcia-R) State employment: State Bargaining Unit 6
States the intent of the Legislature to achieve labor peace between the state employer and State Bargaining Unit 6 in order to improve the performance and outcomes of California's correctional system. Provides that, notwithstanding the provisions of existing law regarding an impasse in negotiations, the members of State Bargaining Unit 6 shall receive a compensation adjustment of 6.1% as of 7/1/07. Appropriates from any appropriate fund sources the sum necessary to satisfy the amount for employee compensation for employees included in State Bargaining Unit 6, as specified.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1743 (Huffman-D) San Quentin State Prison: condemned inmate facilities
Makes specific legislative findings regarding the cost of building the proposed condemned inmate complex at San Quentin and the need to explore alternative sites for housing condemned inmates. Prohibits the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from spending any further funds on construction of the proposed condemned inmate complex at San Quentin without legislative authorization. Contains legislative intent language requesting the Bureau of State Audits to complete an evaluation of cost comparisons between the proposed complex at San Quentin and other alternatives, taking specified factors into account, and provide copies of their report to specified legislative committees no later than 5/30/08.
Vetoed
ACR 24 (Blakeslee-R) Correctional facilities: reimbursement
Urges the Governor to demand the federal Bureau of Justice Assistance reimburse California for all costs of incarcerating undocumented foreign nationals.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
Victims of Crime
SB 153* (Migden-D) Victim services
Redistributes, beginning 7/1/08, the money in the State Penalty Fund and sets up grant programs for the Child Advocacy Centers and Victim Trauma Recovery Centers.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
SB 449 (Aanestad-R) Public Records Act: exemptions for victims of sex crimes
Adds 17 crimes to the list of sex offenses that qualify for the protection of victims' names and addresses from disclosure under the Public Records Act.
Chapter 578, Statutes of 2007
SB 883 (Calderon-D) Victims of crime compensation: mental health counseling
Raises the maximum reimbursement, from $3,000 to $5,000, for mental health counseling for a direct victim of unlawful sexual intercourse where the defendant is over 21 years of age and the victim is under 16 years of age. Raises the maximum reimbursement, from $3,000 to $5,000, for mental health counseling for specified derivative victims. Provides the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board with discretion to order reconsideration of a claim decision, or any part thereof, at any time, rather than a maximum period of 60 days from the date of the decision.
Chapter 564, Statutes of 2007
AB 717 (Fuller-R) Victim Compensation Fund
Provides up to $4,000 for reimbursement for mental health counseling if the person is a victim of sexual intercourse with a minor. Allows a victim of a sex crime that occurred when the victim was a minor to file a claim until the victim's 28th birthday. Allows moving expenses to be paid to a person who resided with a homicide victim. Allows compensation to be paid to the claimant for pecuniary losses that occurred during prosecution or punishment of the perpetrator, regardless of whether or not the claimant previously suffered pecuniary losses. Requires additional information to be provided to the Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board concerning an inheritance that has come to an inmate who may owe restitution or a restitution fine.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
AB 858* (Spitzer-R) Crime victim trusts
Exempts income of a qualified crime victim trust from income taxation.
(In Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee)
AB 996 (Spitzer-R) Parole hearings: victim testimony
Provides that if a victim, victim's representative, or next of kin appears for a duly noticed, scheduled parole hearing and that hearing is postponed at the request of the prisoner or prisoner's attorney, the Board of Parole Hearings shall allow the victim, victim's representative, or next of kin to make his/her statement at the time the postponement is granted, in accordance with certain procedures.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1125 (Richardson-D) Protective orders
Authorizes a law enforcement officer to issue an emergency protective order without contacting the court, if certain conditions apply, including that the superior court has issued a standing order authorizing a law enforcement officer to issue an emergency protective order for that court, and the officer believes there is an immediate and present danger to the victim.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 1660 (La Malfa-R) Victims' rights: presence during criminal proceedings
Provides that after a victim testifies, he/she has the right to attend all other proceedings unless the court makes a determination as to the need to order exclusion.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 1669 (Leno-D) Crime victims: trauma center grants
Requires the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board to administer a program and award grants up to $3 million per year from Restitution Fund monies for trauma centers, as specified.
Vetoed
Weapons
SB 248 (Padilla-D) Firearms: law enforcement data collection
Authorizes local law enforcement agencies to enter ballistics data needed to investigate crime into the federal National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) system. Requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to develop a protocol for local law enforcement agencies to enter that data in the NIBIN system. Requires DOJ to submit a report to the Legislature, no later than 1/1/10, on the implementation of the program.
Chapter 639, Statutes of 2007
SB 327 (Migden-D) Firearms
Requires law enforcement agencies to record deliveries of certain firearms as institutional weapons, as specified.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 997 (Ridley-Thomas-D) Firearms: buy-back program
Exempts from recordkeeping information related to firearms transfers any such transfer from a licensed dealer to a government agency as part of an authorized voluntary program.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 129 (Emmerson-R) Imitation firearms
Makes it a crime for a person to draw or exhibit an imitation firearm in the presence of a peace officer in such a way as to cause a reasonable person fear of bodily harm.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 229 (Strickland-R) Prohibited weapons
Adds to the existing alternate felony/misdemeanor regarding bringing specified weapons on to the grounds of any K-12 school a box cutter or knife similar to an exacto knife, and any gun that shoots non-metallic BBs or pellets (Airsoft guns).
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
Similar to AB 352 (Solorio).
AB 334 (Levine-D) Firearms: loss and theft
Provides that, regarding handguns acquired or reacquired on or after 7/1/08 or whose owner reports ownership of the handgun for the first time after that date, failure to report that the handgun is lost or stolen within five working days will be an infraction, punishable by a fine of up to $100 for the first offense and up to $250 for any subsequent offense. Provides that any person who timely reports a lost or stolen handgun, as specified, shall be immune from civil liability for any illicit possession or use occurring thereafter, except as specified. Requires that the Department of Justice (DOJ), on any form requiring or allowing a person to report his/her ownership of a handgun, state the reporting requirements regarding lost or stolen guns. Requires DOJ to develop, on or before 4/1/08, a protocol for the implementation of these requirements which shall include requirements that peace officers notify victims of theft of the requirement that lost and stolen handguns must be reported, as specified, and assist victims, to the extent practicable, in identifying the make, model, and serial number of their handguns that are lost or stolen.
(On Senate Inactive File)
AB 352 (Solorio-D) Weapons
Adds the act of bringing any instrument that expels a non-metallic BB or pellet to the crime of possessing such instrument on the grounds of, or bringing such instrument to, specified schools.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
Similar to AB 229 (Strickland).
AB 362 (De Leon-D) Ammunition
Requires the Attorney General to submit a feasibility report to the Legislature, by 1/1/09, pertaining to the licensing and registration of handgun ammunition sales.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 686 (Gaines-R) Minors: use of a weapon during commission of a crime
Makes the following changes to the juvenile law pertaining to trying minors in adult court, as authorized by Proposition 21: (1) eliminates the reference to age 16 in Section 707(b) of the Welfare and Institutions Code (WIC); (2) corrects a reference to an obsolete offense enumerated in WIC Section 707(b); and (3) includes a cross-reference to the 10-20-Life enhancement of current law for specified crimes involving personal use of a firearm in WIC Section 707(d), pertaining to offenses for which minors 14 years of age and older can be prosecuted in adult court. Makes additional technical, nonsubstantive, and corrective changes to these provisions.
Chapter 137, Statutes of 2007
AB 805 (Galgiani-D) Firearms
Deletes the address of a retired peace officer from the identification certificate required to carry a concealed weapon. Specifies that this certificate shall not be valid as identification for the sale, purchase, or transfer of a firearm.
Chapter 139, Statutes of 2007
AB 821 (Nava-D) Lead ammunition: condors
Prohibits the use of lead ammunition when taking big game or coyotes within areas believed to be habitat for condors.
Chapter 570, Statutes of 2007
AB 854 (Keene-R) Firearms
Provides exceptions to various requirements in connection with the transfer of firearms in the case of transfers, including loans, to consultant-evaluators, as defined. Makes technical, nonsubstantive changes, and states the intent of the Legislature relative to the purposes of the bill.
Chapter 163, Statutes of 2007
AB 1013 (Krekorian-D) Unlawful detainer: nuisance abatement
Establishes a limited pilot project, for two years in five California cities (Long Beach, Los Angeles, Oakland, Sacramento, and San Diego), that will allow city prosecutors or city attorneys in those cities to file unlawful detainer actions to evict tenants who commit specified weapons and ammunition offenses on the rental property, while allowing a law-abiding tenant to remain under a "partial eviction." Provides that this new pilot program will be modeled after an existing pilot program that allows city prosecutors and city attorneys to file unlawful detainer actions to evict tenants who are violating specified controlled substances offenses on the rental property.
Chapter 456, Statutes of 2007
AB 1105 (Garrick-R) Firearms
Requires the Department of Justice, on or before 7/1/08, to submit a report to the Legislature containing specific information relating to the processing of firearms purchase applications.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1196 (Gaines-R) Flamethrowers
Exempts firefighters who use flamethrowing devices in the scope of their employment from having to obtain a permit from the State Fire Marshal to possess or use flamethrowers.
Chapter 572, Statutes of 2007
AB 1218 (Duvall-R) Firearms
Creates several new exceptions to the Department of Justice's testing of firearms.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1357 (Parra-D) Handgun safety certificates: exemptions
Exempts any person who has a certificate of completion of a hunter safety course or who holds a valid California hunting license from having to obtain a handgun safety certificate in order to purchase a handgun.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1471 (Feuer-D) Firearms: microstamping
Adds to the existing unsafe handgun law, as of 1/1/10, requirements that new models of semiautomatic pistols be equipped with a microscopic array of characters that identify the make, model, and serial number of the pistol, etched into the interior surface or internal working parts of the pistol, and which are transferred by imprinting on each cartridge case when the firearm is fired, as specified.
Chapter 572, Statutes of 2007
AB 1645 (La Malfa-R) Firearms: order of seizure by the Governor
Forbids the Governor from seizing or confiscating guns or ammunition, during a state of war or a state of emergency, from any person lawfully carrying or possessing the gun or ammunition, provided that a peace officer acting in his/her official capacity may disarm an individual if the officer believes it necessary for public safety purposes. Provides that the officer shall return the firearm to the individual before discharging the individual, unless the officer arrests that individual or seizes the firearm as evidence pursuant to an investigation for the commission of a crime.
Chapter 715, Statutes of 2007
Courts and Judges/Legal Professions
SB 82* (Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee) Budget Act of 2007: Judiciary
Authorizes the Judicial Council to enter into public-private partnerships to construct new court facilities. Requires the Council to create benchmark criteria and performance expectations for these partnerships. Requires the Council to submit benchmark criteria and performance expectations to the Legislature before it may proceed with the solicitation for a partnership.
Chapter 176, Statutes of 2007
SB 101 (Ducheny-D) 2006 Budget augmentation: judges
Among other provisions, provides $5,379,000 to augment the 2006 Budget for employee compensation increases for judges.
Chapter 10, Statutes of 2007
SB 145* (Corbett-D) Court facilities transfer
Extends the deadline for transfer of responsibility for court facilities from the counties to the state (Judicial Council) from 6/30/07 to 12/31/08.
(On Senate Unfinished Business File)
Identical to AB 1491 (Benoit) which is on the Assembly Unfinished Business File.
SB 396 (Ridley-Thomas-D) Civil court filing fees
Requires the Judicial Council to create an advisory commission on civil fees in the courts, conduct continuing review of civil fees in the courts, and make recommendations to the Council and the Legislature regarding levels and distributions of fees and any other changes in the uniform fee structure that may be necessary.
Vetoed
SB 481 (Runner-R) Loan Assumption Program for Licensed Attorneys
Establishes the Public Safety Incentive Program, administered by the California Student Aid Commission, to provide up to $40,000 in loan assumption benefits over a five-year period to attorneys employed as prosecutors or public defenders, as specified.
(In Senate Education Committee)
SB 539 (Margett-R) Trial Court Trust Fund
Provides that specified penalty payments on the delinquent transfer of court fees to the Trial Court Trust Fund will be made by the entity (county, city and county, or court) responsible for the error or other action that caused the failure to pay, as determined by the State Controller in notice given to the responsible entity. Provides that the State Controller could permit a county, city and county, or court to pay the penalty amounts, according to a payment schedule, in the event of a large penalty amount that will cause hardship to the paying entity.
Chapter 435, Statutes of 2007
SB 608 (Wiggins-D) Judges' Retirement System
Makes several changes to the provisions governing the ability of a member of the Judges' Retirement System I to elect an optional settlement prior to retirement.
(On Senate Unfinished Business File)
SB 644 (Correa-D) Court records: social security numbers
Removes the requirement that abstracts of judgment requiring the payment of money contain the social security number of the judgment debtor and instead requires only the last four digits of that person's social security number. Provides that tax lien filings for record may only contain the last four digits of the assessee's social security number.
Chapter 189, Statutes of 2007
SB 649 (Assembly Judiciary Committee) Trial court restructuring
Deletes provisions made obsolete by the trial court reform bills enacted in 1996, 1998, and 2000, and amends various other provisions to conform those changes made by the reform bills to the statutes.
Chapter 43, Statutes of 2007
SB 686 (Corbett-D) State Bar of California: one-year dues authorization
Authorizes the State Bar of California to collect active membership dues of $390 for the year 2008, a $10 decrease from 2007. Provides that this decrease results from repealing the current authorization to collect $10 annually from each member of the Building Fund. Specifies that when combined with the proposed $10 special assessment for information technology upgrades, the total annual membership dues for active members will be $400.
Chapter 474, Statutes of 2007
SB 851 (Steinberg-D) Mentally ill offenders
Authorizes superior courts to develop and implement mental health courts, as specified, which may operate as a pre-guilty plea program and deferred entry of judgment program, and allows parolee participation in mental health court, as specified.
Vetoed
SR 10 (Perata-D) Administration of Justice
Extends, from 12/31/07 to 6/30/08, the date that recommendations by the California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice relative to wrongful executions or wrongful convictions are to be reported to the Legislature.
Adopted by the Senate
AB 159 (Jones-D) New judgeships
Authorizes, upon legislative appropriation in the 2007-08 fiscal year, 50 new superior court judgeships. Provides that allocation of the new positions will be determined pursuant to uniform criteria as updated and approved by the Judicial Council on 2/23/07 for assessing the need for additional trial court judges. Permits, upon subsequent legislative authorization, the conversion of 146 existing subordinate judicial officer (SJO) positions to judgeships in eligible superior courts upon a vacancy of a SJO position, provided that no more than 16 subordinate judicial officer positions can be converted in any fiscal year. Provides that eligibility for conversion will be determined by the Judicial Council pursuant to uniform criteria for determining the need for converting SJO positions to judgeships. Provides that the Governor may fill by appointment the new vacant judicial position. Provides that the candidates for appointment are subject to review by the State Bar's Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation. Revises the existing demographic data collection requirement and instead requires the Governor to collect and release, on an aggregate statewide basis, demographic data provided by all judicial applicants relative to ethnicity, race, and gender, and demographic data on all judicial appointments or nominations, as provided by the appointee or nominee.
Chapter 722, Statutes of 2007
AB 227 (Beall-D) Trial court funding
Adds a new section to the Government Code that specifies the new and future maintenance-of-effort amounts owed by counties to the state to support court operations. Codifies agreements reached between courts, counties, the Administrative Office of the Courts, and the California State Association of Counties pursuant to prior related legislation governing county maintenance-of-effort payments to the state.
Chapter 383, Statutes of 2007
AB 367 (De Leon-D) Court-ordered debts
Enacts the final recommendations of the Collaborative Court Working Group on Enhanced Collections to improve the collection of court-ordered delinquent fees, fines, forfeitures, penalties, and assessments.
Chapter 132, Statutes of 2007
AB 403 (Tran-R) Attorney-client privilege
Requires a court to appoint a personal representative when subsequent administration of an estate is necessary after the personal representative has been discharged because disclosure is sought of a communication. Provides that the appointed representative shall be a holder of the lawyer-client privilege in existence, and directs the California Law Revision Commission to study the issues of whether, and if so, under what circumstances, the attorney-client privilege should survive the death of the client, and report its findings to the Legislature on or before 7/1/09.
Chapter 388, Statutes of 2007
AB 406 (Galgiani-D) Homicide trial costs: Merced County
Requires the state to reimburse the County of Merced for its full costs related to a capital murder trial (People v. Cuitlahuac Tahua Rivera) from the 2007 Budget Act.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 467 (Feuer-D) Courts: access to justice
Revises and recasts the provisions of Section 68511.3 of the Government Code, the current statute containing procedures for granting a court fee waiver to a litigant who cannot afford to pay the fee. Retains the substance of Section 68511.3, but provides greater detail on the procedures for making a determination on an application and for recovery of fees after a waiver has been provided.
Vetoed
AB 582 (Evans-D) Court transcription fees
Revises court reporter transcript compensation. Revises the format and rate by which transcript fees are calculated, contingent upon an appropriation, and allows unrepresented parties to draw upon the existing transcript reimbursement fund.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
AB 692 (Mullin-D) Attorneys: referral services
Specifies that a lawyer referral service includes, but is not limited to, a service provided through the Internet that operates for the purpose of referring potential clients to California attorneys.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
AB 737 (Keene-R) Small claims court jurisdiction
Requires the Judicial Council to study the impact of the existing small claims jurisdictional limits on litigants' access to justice and the potential impact of increasing those limits for other than individuals.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 863 (Davis-D) Los Angeles County Superior Court employees
Requires the Los Angeles County Superior Court to pay each employee in certain, specified bargaining units represented by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees an amount equivalent to the additional amount the employee would have received if the reclassification raise the employee received on 9/1/05 were retroactive to 8/1/05.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
AB 985 (Saldana-D) Environment: judicial review
Authorizes the courts of appeal to have jurisdiction over writ of mandate petitions seeking review of specified decisions by the Public Utilities Commission and the California Energy Commission.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
AB 1248 (Evans-D) Courts
Enacts assorted changes in various provisions of the law. The changes range from increasing the limit on allowable costs for capital habeas corpus investigations, to authorizing the staff of the Administrative Office of the Courts to provide administrative support and oversight services to a nonprofit organization, to allowing payment of bail forfeiture in installments for traffic violations. The assorted changes additionally (1) allow a party to pay the balance of a partial payment by personal check, (2) clarify the procedures for the escheat of unclaimed deposits to the Trial Court Operations Fund, (3) clarify the procedures for payment of the graduate probate fee, (4) authorize courts to charge a $1 across-the-board assessment for court sessions held on weekends, (5) expand the court's authority to allow it to impose a fee to cover the cost of premarital counseling provided by the court for minors, and (6) correct a technical error made by AB 2480 (Evans), Chapter 385, Statutes of 2006.
Chapter 738, Statutes of 2007
AB 1264 (Eng-D) Courts: delay reduction: unnamed defendants
Provides that unnamed (DOE) defendants may not be severed prior to the conclusion of evidence at trial, except upon stipulation or motion of the parties.
Chapter 146, Statutes of 2007
AB 1340 (Jones-D) Safe and Secure Court Facility Bond Act of 2008
Enacts the Safe and Secure Court Facility Bond Act of 2008 which, if adopted, authorizes the issuance, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of $2 billion in bonds, the proceeds of which will be deposited in the 2008 Safe and Secure Court Facility Bond Act Fund for specified purposes relating to the acquisition, design, construction, or renovation of court facilities.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 1491* (Benoit-R) Court facilities
Extends the deadline for transfer of responsibility for court facilities from the counties to the state (Judicial Council) from 6/30/07 to 12/31/08. Requires that any transfer agreement that is executed on or after 1/1/08, and on or before 6/30/08, contain a requirement that the county pay an additional amount annually, to be calculated pursuant to a specified method, and provides that the county is not required to make the additional payment if the county has submitted a proposed county facilities payment in connection with court facilities.
(On Assembly Unfinished Business File)
Identical to SB 145 (Corbett) which is on the Senate Unfinished Business File.
AB 1723 (Assembly Judiciary Committee) Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts
Revises the laws governing Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts (IOLTA) and requires attorney and law firms to deposit or invest their IOLTA, as newly defined, in financial institutions that offer high-yielding interest or dividend accounts.
Chapter 422, Statutes of 2007
AB 1725 (Lieu-D) Judicial candidates
States that it is the intent of the Legislature that the ratings of persons appointed or nominated to a judicial office, pursuant to Section 12011.5 of the Government Code, shall be appropriately disclosed in order to promote public trust and confidence in the judicial branch.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
AB 1726 (Assembly Judiciary Committee) Court interpreters
Requires that court interpreters be provided in civil actions in which a party does not proficiently speak or understand English. (Current law requires the appointment of an interpreter only in certain civil cases involving domestic violence, parental rights, and dissolution of marriage involving a protective order.)
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AJR 38 (Levine-D) Training for Realtime Writers Act of 2007
Urges the Congress of the United States to enact legislation that provides competitive grants for training court reporters and closed captioners.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
Law Enforcement
SB 128 (Margett-R) State claims: California Highway Patrol
Authorizes the Department of the California Highway Patrol (CHP) to deny, adjust, or pay a claim arising out of CHP activities without the prior approval of the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board if the claim involves vehicle damage, an impound dispute, or minor property damage, the amount claimed is $5,000 or less, and the Director of the Department of Finance certifies that a sufficient appropriation for the payment of the claim exists.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 154 (Cedillo-D) Workers' compensation: temporary disability
Deletes the two-year limit on the payment of temporary disability to volunteer and paid law enforcement and firefighting employees who suffer from specified injuries and conditions.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 230 (Yee-D) Police protection districts
Provides a police protection district police department all the rights, privileges, immunities, obligations, and powers of a municipal police department, and authorizes a district board to delegate to the chief of police the authority to appoint and dismiss district employees.
Chapter 169, Statutes of 2007
SB 340 (Ackerman-R) Criminal history information
Authorizes the Attorney General to furnish summary criminal history information to investigators conducting guardianship and specified conservatorship investigations at the request of a court.
Chapter 581, Statutes of 2007
SB 479 (Hollingsworth-R) Impersonating a peace officer: sex crimes
Enacts a five-year enhancement of sentence where the perpetrator of a kidnapping, or a specified sex offense, impersonated a peace officer in committing the offense. Enacts a two-year enhancement of sentence where a peace officer abuses his/her authority and status to commit such a crime.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 495* (Denham-R) California Agricultural Crime Prevention Program
Allows the counties identified in the Central Valley Rural Crime Prevention Program and the Central Coast Rural Crime Prevention Program to participate in the California Agricultural Crime Prevention Program.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 566 (Ridley-Thomas-D) Peace officer standards and training: membership
Specifies that each of the four rank and file members of the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training be a peace officer who has demonstrated leadership in the employee bargaining unit representing that appointee.
Vetoed
SB 579* (Wiggins-D) Public employees' retirement
Makes changes to California pension laws that are needed to implement certain provisions of the federal Pension Protection Act of 2006 (HR 4).
(On Assembly Inactive File)
SB 582 (Corbett-D) Charitable solicitations
Creates a procedure for law enforcement personnel, firefighters, and other public safety employees of a local agency to obtain approval from the city or county to engage in charitable solicitation activities on public roadways, notwithstanding any local ordinance that restricts such activity.
Chapter 446, Statutes of 2007
SB 590 (Battin-R) Child sexual exploitation: Internet
Establishes the California Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Competitive Grant Program, to be administered by the Office of Emergency Services, to provide funding for state and local law enforcement agencies to combat online sexual exploitation of children. Provides that funding for the grant program is subject to appropriation in the Budget Act.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 594 (Romero-D) Witness Relocation and Assistance Program
Changes the name of the Witness Protection Program to the Witness Relocation and Assistance Program. Makes changes to the program to allow for reimbursement related to relocation, and allows for greater administrative funds by the Attorney General.
Chapter 455, Statutes of 2007
SB 629 (Correa-D) Automobile insurance: peace officers
Deletes a code section requiring peace officers and firefighters involved in a vehicular accident to submit the details of that accident to their private automobile insurance carrier within 30 days of the accident.
Chapter 211, Statutes of 2007
SB 690 (Calderon-D) Criminal history
Permits the release of local summary criminal history information for a scholarly or journalistic purpose. Requires the Attorney General and local criminal justice agencies to provide criminal history information to city attorneys in specified civil actions.
Chapter 560, Statutes of 2007
SB 692 (Ashburn-R) In-home supportive services: criminal background checks
Authorizes a background check by a nonprofit consortium or public authority to assist an aged or disabled adult who is ineligible for in-home supportive services (IHSS) in obtaining a criminal background check conducted by the Department of Justice (DOJ) on a provider, as described. Revises the definition of "employer" in the provisions that require DOJ to secure a criminal background check to include an aged or disabled adult, or that individual's authorized representative, who is ineligible to receive IHSS benefits and who receives in-home nonmedical domestic or personal care from a provider.
(On Assembly Third Reading File)
SB 695 (Wiggins-D) Public employment: Department of Fish and Game
Requires the state to pay law enforcement officers of the Department of Fish and Game (DFG) who are classified as rank and file, supervisory, or managerial the estimated average total compensation for each corresponding rank for the Alameda, Contra Costa, Monterey, Napa, Orange, and Sonoma County Sheriff's Departments, to be implemented through a memorandum of understanding. Requires the state and the exclusive representatives of the rank and file, supervisory, and managerial law enforcement officers of DFG to jointly survey annually and calculate the estimated average total compensation based on projected average total compensation for those departments, as specified.
(In Senate Public Employment and Retirement Committee)
SB 731 (Oropeza-D) Massage therapy: criminal background check
Provides that massage practitioners and massage therapists certified by the Massage Therapy Organization, which the bill creates, provide fingerprints for submission to the Department of Justice for a criminal background check.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 756 (Ridley-Thomas-D) Criminal investigations: eyewitness identifications
Directs the Department of Justice, in consultation with the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training and specified others, to develop guidelines for policies and procedures with respect to the collection and handling of eyewitness evidence in criminal investigations by all law enforcement agencies in California.
Vetoed
SB 776 (Vincent-D) Community care facilities: criminal history clearance
Allows county child welfare agencies to exchange criminal record clearances when a child in foster care moves with a relative from one county to another. Double-jointed with SB 172 (Alquist).
Chapter 580, Statutes of 2007
SB 798 (Battin-R) State Aeronautics Act: criminal background checks
Requires flight schools in California to run background checks through the Department of Justice for all applicants.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 846 (Harman-R) Criminal street gangs: registration
Requires annual registration and registration each time residence is changed for individuals convicted of street gang crimes and is required to register with the Chief of Police or Sheriff. Provides that violation of these provisions will be punishable as a misdemeanor. Requires the Department of Justice to establish a database containing gang registrant information for use by law enforcement entities.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 868 (Ridley-Thomas-D) In-home supportive services: criminal background checks
Requires a public authority, or nonprofit consortium, investigating potential in-home supportive service personnel to get criminal history information. Double-jointed with AB 182 (Ma).
Chapter 447, Statutes of 2007
SB 882 (Harman-R) Teacher credentialing: criminal history: fingerprints
Requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) to submit to the Department of Justice fingerprint images and related information required by the CTC of all applicants for an initial credential, or for the renewal of a credential, for purposes of obtaining certain information relating to convictions, arrests, and bail.
(In Senate Education Committee)
SB 1019 (Romero-D) Peace officer records: confidentiality
Abrogates the California Supreme Court holding in Copley Press, Inc. v. Superior Court and restores public access to meetings and hearings regarding peace officer discipline that were open to the public prior to Copley, subject to a number of additional restrictions.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
Identical to AB 1648 (Leno).
SB 1033* (Runner-R) Peace officers
Requires expungement of the conviction for those peace officers who were convicted of misdemeanor offenses involving domestic violence prior to 1/1/07 and have complied with the provisions allowing one-time exemption from firearm possession prohibitions, and the conditions of probation are met, as specified.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SCR 10 (Aanestad-R) Officer Matthew J. Redding Memorial Interchange
Designates the interchange of Stanford Ranch Road and Galleria Boulevard at State Highway Route 65 as the Officer Matthew J. Redding Memorial Interchange to honor the memory of Rocklin Police Officer Matthew J. Redding who was killed by a drunk driver while he was directing traffic around a felony police stop at 4:00 a.m. on 10/9/05.
Resolution Chapter 84, Statutes of 2007
SCR 11 (Negrete McLeod-D) Officer Manuel A. Gonzalez, Jr. Memorial Highway
Designates a portion of State Highway Route 71 in San Bernardino County as the Correctional Officer Manuel A. Gonzalez, Jr. Memorial Highway to honor the memory of Officer Gonzalez who on 1/10/05, while working at the California Institute for Men in Chino, was stabbed to death by an inmate.
Resolution Chapter 85, Statutes of 2007
SCR 14 (Florez-D) Officer John Palacios Memorial Highway
Designates an 11-mile segment on State Highway Route 269, between State Highway Route 198 and the City of Five Points in Fresno County, as the Officer John Palacios Memorial Highway to honor the memory of Officer Palacios. Officer John Palacios was struck and killed on 6/13/76 by a drunk driver while assisting the Department of the California Highway Patrol with a traffic accident on State Highway Route 269.
Resolution Chapter 92, Statutes of 2007
SCR 35 (Correa-D) California Peace Officers' Memorial Day
Designates Thursday, 5/3/07, as California Peace Officers' Memorial Day and urges all Californians to use that day to honor California peace officers.
Resolution Chapter 32, Statutes of 2007
SCR 38 (Cedillo-D) Los Angeles Police Officer Steven Gajda Memorial Highway
Designates a segment of State Highway Route 60 in the City of Los Angeles as the Los Angeles Police Officer Steven Gajda Memorial Highway to honor the memory of Officer Gajda who, on 12/31/97, was shot in the line of duty when identified gang members wanted on murder charges were fleeing the scene of a New Year's Eve disturbance. Officer Gajda succumbed from his injuries the next day.
Resolution Chapter 90, Statutes of 2007
SCR 46 (Machado-D) Anti-Bullying Week
Designates the second week in November 2007 as California Anti-Bullying Week.
Resolution Chapter 39, Statutes of 2007
SCR 51 (Maldonado-R) CHP Lieutenant Michael Elvin Walker Memorial Highway
Designates a portion of State Route 17 in Santa Cruz County as the California Highway Patrol Lieutenant Michael Elvin Walker Memorial Highway to honor the memory of Officer Walker who, on 12/31/05, came to the assistance of a motorist who had lost control on a curve and whose vehicle was disabled on the embankment of Highway 17 just south of Glenwood Drive. As Lieutenant Walker retrieved flares from the trunk of his patrol vehicle, another vehicle struck a Department of Transportation (Caltrans) truck that had responded to assist with traffic control, with the impact of the collision forcing the Caltrans truck forward, fatally striking Lieutenant Walker.
Resolution Chapter 110, Statutes of 2007
SCR 53 (Denham-R) CHP Officer Earl H. Scott Memorial Highway
Designates a portion of State Highway Route 99 in the County of Stanislaus as the California Highway Patrol Officer Earl H. Scott Memorial Highway to honor the memory of Officer Scott who was tragically killed in the early morning hours of 2/17/06, in the line of duty, just two days short of his fifth year anniversary as a highway patrolman, when he was fatally shot during a traffic stop on State Route 99 outside Ripon, California.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
SCR 57 (Maldonado-R) Officer Loren D. Scruggs Memorial Highway
Designates a portion of State Highway Route 101 in the City of Santa Maria in Santa Barbara County as the Officer Loren D. Scruggs Memorial Highway to honor the memory of Officer Scruggs who, on 4/23/71, at the age of 35 years, was killed in the line of duty near the Betteravia Avenue off-ramp on State Highway Route 101.
(At Assembly Desk)
AB 24 (Richardson-D) Vehicles: police pursuit
Requires that high school driver education classes include a component regarding the consequences of using a motor vehicle to evade a peace officer, including the frequency and likelihood of injuries and fatalities to the driver, other drivers, peace officers, and innocent bystanders.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 38 (Nava-D) Homeland security
Consolidates the Office of Emergency Services and the Office of Homeland Security into a new cabinet-level Department of Emergency Services and Homeland Security responsible for overseeing and coordinating emergency preparedness, response, recovery, and homeland security activities, as specified, and which would have access to state summary criminal history information maintained by the Department of Justice and authority to access and maintain intelligence and security procedure information exempt from the California Public Records Act.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 104 (Solorio-D) Criminal records: city attorneys
Requires criminal justice agencies to provide local criminal history information to city attorneys pursuing civil gang injunctions or drug abatement actions.
Chapter 104, Statutes of 2007
AB 128 (Dymally-D) Pupils: Gang Violence Mitigation Pilot Programs
Establishes the Gang Violence Mitigation Pilot program, until 1/1/12, to provide gang alternative education, counseling, and support services to elementary and middle school pupils in the Compton Unified School District, the Long Beach Unified School District, the Oakland Unified School District, and the San Bernardino Unified School District.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 136 (Emmerson-R) Search and Rescue Memorial
Authorizes the California State Sheriffs Search and Rescue Coordinators, in consultation with the Department of General Services (DGS), to be in charge of planning, construction, and maintenance of a memorial for search-and-rescue volunteers who have died in the line of duty in California. Establishes the Search and Rescue Memorial Review Committee consisting of representatives from DGS, the State Historic Preservation Office, the Assembly, and the Senate to identify an appropriate location for the memorial, and prohibits construction of the memorial until the master plan for the State Capitol Park is approved by the Joint Rules Committee.
Chapter 311, Statutes of 2007
AB 151* (Berryhill-R) County custodial officers
Grants to Glenn, Lassen, and Stanislaus counties the authority currently granted to Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Diego counties and seventeen other counties to employ "custodial deputy sheriffs" who are "employed to perform duties exclusively or initially relating to custodial assignments," pursuant to Section 830.1(c) of the Penal Code.
Chapter 84, Statutes of 2007
AB 166 (Bass-D) Public safety personnel: skin infections
Adds methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureaus (MRSA) or Staph/MRSA skin infection to the list of disputable presumptions for workers' compensation claims for public safety personnel.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 181 (Beall-D) County penalties: automated fingerprint identification fund
Removes the 20-year limitation on Automated Fingerprint and Digital Image Photographic Suspect Booking Identification System Fund.
Chapter 49, Statutes of 2007
AB 301 (Soto-D) Criminal street gangs: statewide prevention
Creates the position of the California Gang Prevention Coordinator, within the Department of Justice, who will be responsible for coordinating gang prevention efforts statewide, as specified. Requires the Attorney General to request funding for the position as part of the annual budget process and makes appointment to the position contingent on obtaining funds.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 325 (Nava-D) Peace officers: recruitment
Creates the Peace Officer Recruitment and Retention Commission, charged with making related recommendations to the Legislature and the Governor. Requires the Commission to develop and implement a pilot program in Los Angeles, Ventura, and Napa counties to create a media campaign to advertise and market the benefits of a law enforcement career, and track the number of new applicants drawn to the field of law enforcement as a result of the pilot program.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 376 (Nava-D) Airport police officers: retirement
Authorizes contracting agencies to include specified airport law enforcement officers within the local safety member classification.
(In Assembly Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Committee)
AB 416 (Garcia-R) Arson
Requires the Department of Justice, on or before 7/1/09, to make specified personal identifying information in the arson registry available to the public on its web site, including the last, first, and middle name of the registrant and any known aliases, a photograph of the registrant, the registrant's physical description, including but not limited to, sex race, hair color, eye color, weight, and date of birth, and the registrant's county of residence and ZIP code.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 419 (Lieber-D) Workers' compensation: public employees: leaves of absence
Deletes the restriction that limits safety employees, relative to leaves of absence, who are members of the Public Employees' Retirement System or the Los Angeles City Employees' Retirement System or subject to the County Employees' Retirement Law of 1937.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 440 (Parra-D) Law enforcement: offender data
Requires district attorneys to collect and submit annually to the Attorney General (AG), for purposes of a report from the AG to the Legislature, information regarding the disposition of specified child pornography offenses and offenses involving the luring of a child, including offender profiles by race, age, gender, and ethnicity, with particular focus on felonies that are reduced to misdemeanors.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 443 (Wolk-D) California Highway Patrol
Authorizes the Department of the California Highway Patrol to maintain its main headquarters operation within 20 miles of Sacramento, rather than restricting the site location to one within the city limits of Sacramento.
Chapter 207, Statutes of 2007
AB 459 (Cook-R) In-home supportive services: criminal background checks
Authorizes criminal background checks of potential in-home supportive services personnel conducted by the Department of Justice or an investigative consumer reporting agency, and allows potential providers or service recipients to be charged for the cost of conducting the investigations.
(In Assembly Human Services Committee)
AB 498 (Galgiani-D) Bail agents: access to warrant information
Allows a law enforcement agency, upon request of a bail agent or licensee, to provide to the bail agent the status of a defendant's bench warrant.
(On Senate Inactive File)
AB 506 (Lieu-D) Code enforcement offices: increased penalties for battery
Provides that battery with injury (non-serious, but requiring medical care) on a code enforcement officer is an alternate felony-misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for up to one year, a fine of up to $2,000, or both, or by imprisonment in state prison for 16 months, two or three years, and a fine of up to $10,000.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
Similar to AB 788 (Niello) and AB 1686 (Leno).
AB 525 (De Leon-D) Homeland security: training center
Requires the Director of the Department of Homeland Security, in conjunction with the Director of the Office of Emergency Services and other stakeholders, to examine the utilization of federal funding options for the development of a State Emergency Operations Center for the Southern California Region.
(On Senate Inactive File)
AB 528 (Aghazarian-R) Graffiti prevention: "Tag, You're It" Act of 2007
Creates the "Tag, You're It" Graffiti Vandalism Prevention and Prosecution pilot program under the Office of Emergency Services.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 569 (Portantino-D) Wiretaps
Extends the sunset date regulating government interception of electronic communications from 1/1/08 until 1/1/12.
Chapter 391, Statutes of 2007
AB 587 (Karnette-D) Antiterrorism: training courses
Appropriates $5 million from the Antiterrorism Fund to develop antiterrorism training courses and to reimburse local fire agencies, in the 2007-08, 2008-09, and 2009-10 fiscal years, local law enforcement agencies, and antiterrorism training activities.
Chapter 392, Statutes of 2007
AB 589 (Levine-D) Teen dating violence and sexual violence prevention
Requires school districts to develop policies, procedures, and training regarding the prevention of teen dating violence and sexual violence.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 621 (Smyth-R) Universities: reserve peace officers
Authorizes the trustees of the California State University and the Regents of the University of California to establish reserve peace officer programs to supplement their respective police departments.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 635 (Duvall-R) Peace officers: circumstance in aggravation
Includes community college and school district police, as specified, to provisions of law which make attempted murder on a peace officer a circumstance in aggravation.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 658 (Bass-D) Community Homicide and Violence Reduction Program
Establishes the Community Homicide and Violence Reduction Program to be administered by the Office of Emergency Services, in consultation with the Department of Public Health, to provide funding for community-based organizations to combat homicide and violence. Provides that funding for the grant program is subject to appropriation in the 2007 Budget Act.
Vetoed
AB 675 (Eng-D) School safety
Establishes the School Against Violence Emergency Response Project, which authorizes the Department of Education to award $50,000 a year for two years to up to 10 schools, to assist schools in recovering from violent or traumatic intergroup conflict on school campuses.
(In Assembly Education Committee)
AB 743 (Solorio-D) School security officers
Requires every school district to maintain a minimum ratio of one school security officer for every 500 pupils enrolled at each of its middle schools and comprehensive high schools.
(In Assembly Education Committee)
AB 788 (Niello-R) Battery: code enforcement officers
Includes a code enforcement officer within the list of specified positions upon which the crime of battery is punishable either as a misdemeanor or a felony.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
Similar to AB 506 (Lieu) and AB 1686 (Leno).
AB 790 (Karnette-D) State Penalty Fund: Witness Protection Program
Redirects 4% of funds from the State Penalty Fund, that currently go to the Driver Training Penalty Assessment Fund, to the Department of Justice to support the California Witness Protection Program.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 791 (Jeffries-R) Public Safety Agency
Creates the California Public Safety Agency, to be supervised by the Secretary of the California Public Safety Agency.
(In Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 802 (Salas-D) Criminal street gangs
Creates the California Commission on Gang Prevention and Intervention within the Department of Justice to create and oversee a statewide gang strategy.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 805 (Galgiani-D) Firearms
Deletes the address of a retired peace officer from the identification certificate required to carry a concealed weapon. Specifies that this certificate shall not be valid as identification for the sale, purchase, or transfer of a firearm.
Chapter 139, Statutes of 2007
AB 849 (Nakanishi-R) Public safety training facilities
Establishes the Public Safety Training Facilities Grant Program, to be administered by the Office of Emergency Services, to provide grants for training police, sheriff, and fire department personnel in counties with an average population density not exceeding 500 persons per square mile.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 890 (Aghazarian-R) Correctional Peace Officer Standards and Training
Reconstitutes the Commission on Correctional Peace Officer Standards and Training for purposes of correctional officer training, locating it within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and removing responsibility for the correctional officer training from the Corrections Standards Authority.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 907 (Strickland-R) Criminal history records: child welfare proceedings
Requires, among other things, a welfare agency to submit a parent's fingerprints to the Department of Justice for a complete criminal history when determining the parent's suitability for reunification.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 920 (Brownley-D) Sale of official information
Provides that certain persons who, for financial gain, disclose or solicit the exchange of information obtained in the course of a criminal investigation, with the knowledge that the disclosure of the information is prohibited, as specified, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000. Provides that those same certain persons who, for financial gain, solicit or sell any photograph or video taken without authorization inside a law enforcement or court facility, as specified, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000. Provides that any person who, for financial gain, solicits any of those certain persons to disclose information obtained in the course of a criminal investigation, the disclosure of which is prohibited, or who, for financial gain, solicits any of those certain persons to disclose any photograph or video taken without authorization inside a law enforcement or court facility, as specified, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000.
Chapter 401, Statutes of 2007
AB 988 (Charles Calderon-D) Federal homeland security grant funds
Authorizes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Office of Emergency Services (OES), as appropriate, and to the extent permissible by federal law, to include nonprofit organizations in the allocation of federal homeland security grant funds. Requires DHS and the OES, as appropriate, and to the extent permissible by federal law, to grant priority to training of local law enforcement personnel in the allocation of funds from applicable federal homeland security grants, subject to specified criteria.
(In Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 1029 (Caballero-D) Law enforcement: apprenticeship program
Establishes the Law Enforcement Apprenticeship Grant program, to be administered by the California Department of Education.
(In Senate Education Committee)
AB 1048 (Richardson-D) Illegal dumping enforcement officers
Authorizes the Attorney General to disseminate summary criminal history information to dumping enforcement officers upon the showing of a compelling need.
Chapter 201, Statutes of 2007
AB 1079* (Richardson-D) Crime laboratories
Creates within the Department of Justice a task force to study how to improve crime laboratories in the state.
Chapter 405, Statutes of 2007
AB 1082 (Garrick-R) Law enforcement
Provides that the Director of the Department of Homeland Security shall administer a program to reimburse local law enforcement in an amount equal to the prorated salary of any officer for the time the officer attends training on the federal Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1084 (Galgiani-D) Highway signs
Requires the Department of the California Highway Patrol (CHP) to pay for all costs to erect signs along the state highways that memorialize CHP officers killed in the line of duty.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)
AB 1093 (Sharon Runner-R) Bail: forfeiture
Authorizes a court, on its own motion, to vacate bail forfeiture and exonerate the bail amount for a defendant who is in custody anywhere outside the county where the case is located, or is surrendered to custody, if the bail agent provides written notification to the law enforcement agency in which the case is located verifying the defendant's arrest and custody status before the defendant is released from custody, as specified.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1125 (Richardson-D) Protective orders
Authorizes a law enforcement officer to issue an emergency protective order without contacting the court if certain conditions apply, including that the superior court has issued a standing order authorizing a law enforcement officer to issue an emergency protective order for that court, and the officer believes there is an immediate and present danger to the victim.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 1141 (Anderson-R) Vehicles: fleeing a peace officer
Expands the definition of a "peace officer" to include United States Customs Bureau and Border Protection officers and United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers when a person, while operating a motor vehicle with the intent to evade, willfully flees or otherwise attempts to elude a pursuing peace officer's motor vehicle.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1153 (Garcia-R) Mobilehome dealers: criminal background check
Requires that manufacturers, distributors, dealers, and sellers of manufactured homes, mobilehomes, and commercial coaches who apply for an occupational license must submit to a criminal background check.
Chapter 166, Statutes of 2007
AB 1198 (Benoit-R) Law enforcement costs: DUI
Gives law enforcement the right to recover the costs of routine police response and prosecution whenever a person operates a motor vehicle while thought to be potentially intoxicated (DUI).
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 1202 (Richardson-D) Port security: bond funds
Provides for the administration of the Proposition 1B California Port Security Grant Program by the Office of Homeland Security.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1229 (Carter-D) Law enforcement
Expands the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, from 14 to 15 members, by the addition of one member who is a peace officer in California of the rank of sergeant, or below, with a minimum of five years experience as a deputy sheriff, city police officer, marshal, or state-employed peace officer for whom the commission sets standards.
Chapter 409, Statutes of 2007
AB 1290 (Mendoza-D) Community crime prevention
Creates a pilot program in four Assembly districts for the purpose of uniting public agencies through joint powers authority to create anticrime programs.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 1311 (Berryhill-R) Records: confidentiality
Adds community service officers and public service officers employed by city, county, state, university, and college police departments to the statutory list of those occupations for which the Department of Motor Vehicles must hold confidential their home addresses, upon request.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)
AB 1374 (Hernandez-D) Reserve housing authority patrol officers
Permits a housing authority to hire reserve patrol officers who would be classified as peace officers.
Chapter 118, Statutes of 2007
AB 1381 (Nunez-D) Office of Gang and Youth Violence Policy
Creates within the Office of Emergency Services the Office of Gang and Youth Violence Policy.
Chapter 459, Statutes of 2007
AB 1394 (Krekorian-D) Crime statistics
Requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to collect and analyze statistics relating to crimes against intellectual property rights, forgery, and counterfeiting, as specified, and determine whether there is a relationship between those crimes and organized criminal enterprises. Requires DOJ to report its findings to the Legislature on or before 1/1/08.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1407 (Lieu-D) Redondo Beach Harbor Patrol Officers: arrest powers
Grants arrest powers, as specified, to employees of the Redondo Beach Fire Department who are (1) designated as harbor patrol officers, harbor patrol sergeants, or deputy harbor patrol masters, (2) authorized by local ordinance to enforce laws related to the preservation of peace in or about the properties owned, controlled, operated, or administered by any department of the City of Redondo Beach, and (3) authorized by a memorandum of understanding with the Chief of Police of the City of Redondo Beach permitting the exercise of that authority.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 1448 (Niello-R) Peace officers: impersonation: uniforms
Creates a new misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of up to $1,000, for a vendor of law enforcement uniforms to sell a uniform identifying a law enforcement agency without first verifying that a person purchasing a uniform is an employee of the agency identified on the uniform.
Chapter 241, Statutes of 2007
AB 1593 (Blakeslee-R) School volunteer aides: background checks
Requires school districts that use nonteaching volunteer aides to adopt a screening policy for those volunteers and to define what a nonteaching volunteer aide is for this purpose. Requires, as a minimum criminal background check, that districts utilize the Department of Justice's "Megan's Law" web site, which tracks registered sex offenders in California.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1595 (Lieber-D) Disaster mitigation and emergency services
Creates the Terrorism Prevention and Civil Liberties Protection Oversight Committee in the Department of Justice to advise and assist the state in preventing terrorist attacks while protecting civil liberties and human rights.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1597 (Solorio-D) Sheriffs' duties: coastline, harbors, and inland waterways
Provides that the Sheriff of the County of Orange is the sole and exclusive authority to provide security and safety for the coastlines, harbors, and inland waterways in that county.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1625 (Solorio-D) Crime prevention: criminal gangs
Creates the High Intensity Interstate Gang Activity Areas Task Force within the Office of Emergency Services (OES) to formulate a comprehensive strategy for addressing gang activity throughout the state and to advise OES on the appropriate disbursements of funds to regional high-activity gang areas. Specifies that the task force is to enhance crime prevention efforts through increased federal, state, and local law enforcement coordination.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1630 (Sharon Runner-R) Criminal street gangs: registration
Requires those who are convicted of a street gang crime to annually register and re-register upon changing his/her residence.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1648 (Leno-D) Peace officer records
Declares the intent of the Legislature to overturn the California Supreme Court decision in Copley Press v. Superior Court, 39 Cal 4th 1272 (2006), and restore public access to peace officer records and to restore public access to meetings and hearings that were open to the public prior to the Copley decision.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
Identical to SB 1019 (Romero).
AB 1662 (Garcia-R) Correctional peace officers
States the intent of the Legislature to achieve labor peace between the state employer and State Bargaining Unit (SBU) 6 in order to improve the performance and outcomes of California's correctional system. Provides that the members of SBU 6 shall receive a compensation adjustment of 6.1% as of 7/1/07 as a short-term solution relative to the impasse in negotiations with the state for a new bargaining agreement.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1686 (Leno-D) Battery on parking control officers
Defines "parking control officers" as persons employed by a city, county, or city and county to monitor and enforce state laws and local ordinances relating to parking, and makes it a misdemeanor to assault a parking control officer engaged in the performance of his/her duties if the person committing the assault knew or should have known the victim was a parking control officer, punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months or by a fine not exceeding $2,000.
Chapter 243, Statutes of 2007
ACR 7 (Wolk-D) Officer David Lamoree Memorial Highway
Designates a portion of State Route 12 in Solano County as the Officer David Lamoree Memorial Highway to honor the memory of Officer David Lamoree who was killed as the result of a head-on collision with a car on State Route 12 while driving to his home in Fairfield on 10/21/05.
Resolution Chapter 121, Statutes of 2007
ACR 20 (Cook-R) Deputy Greg A. Gariepy Memorial Highway
Names a portion of State Route 247 in San Bernardino County as the Deputy Greg A. Gariepy Memorial Highway who, on 6/22/05, while on patrol and en route to assist a fellow deputy, was involved in a fatal traffic accident on Old Woman Springs Road in the town of Yucca Valley.
Resolution Chapter 65, Statutes of 2007
ACR 27 (Charles Calderon-D) Deputy Sheriff Jerry Ortiz Memorial Highway
Designates the segment of State Route 60 between State Route 605 and State Route 19 as the Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff Jerry Ortiz Memorial Highway to honor the memory of Deputy Ortiz who was killed in the line of duty on 6/24/05 in Hawaiian Gardens while conducting an investigation.
Resolution Chapter 68, Statutes of 2007
ACR 31 (Berg-D) Officer Ernest R. Felio Memorial Highway
Designates a specified portion of State Highway Route 101 in Del Norte County as the California Highway Patrol Officer Ernest R. Felio Memorial Highway to honor the memory of Officer Felio whose life tragically ended in horrific violence, on the evening of September 7, 1980 on a road near the segment of Highway 101 in Del Norte County which this resolution names in his honor. Officer Felio was shot and killed during the course of a routine traffic stop. Officer Felio fulfilled the CHP's Code of Honor in that he laid down his life rather than swerve from the path of duty. Officer Felio's conduct was above reproach and projected an exemplary image of one of the finest CHP officers.
Resolution Chapter 70, Statutes of 2007
ACR 41 (Emmerson-R) Officer James M. Goodman Memorial Highway
Dedicates a segment of State Route 10 in San Bernardino County to honor the memory of deceased California Highway Patrol (CHP) Officer James M. Goodman who, while riding his CHP motorcycle in Redlands, was attempting to overtake a vehicle involved in a hit and run accident when a van crossed in front of him. Officer Goodman struck the vehicle and later succumbed to injuries as a result of the collision.
Resolution Chapter 72, Statutes of 2007
ACR 52 (Spitzer-R) National Missing Children's Day
Proclaims 5/25/07 as National Missing Children's Day.
Resolution Chapter 48, Statutes of 2007
ACR 58 (Fuller-R) CHP Officer Erick S. Manny Memorial Highway
Designates a portion of Interstate 5 in Kern County as the California Highway Patrol Officer Erick S. Manny Memorial Highway to honor the memory of Officer Manny who was killed in the line of duty on 12/21/05 while in pursuit of a speeding driver on State Highway Route 5 near the "Grapevine" and lost control of his patrol car.
Resolution Chapter 114, Statutes of 2007
ACR 59 (Cook-R) Lieutenant Jared M. Landaker Memorial Highway
Designates a 10-mile segment of State Highway Route 38, near Big Bear in San Bernardino County, as the Lieutenant Jared M. Landaker Memorial Highway, to honor the memory of United States Marine Lieutenant Landaker who was killed while piloting a United States Marine Corps Ch-46 helicopter in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, on 2/7/07, as he attempted to rescue injured Marines. Lt. Landaker had been scheduled to return home a week later.
Resolution Chapter 115, Statutes of 2007
ACR 63 (Keene-R) Butte County Officers: Memorial Highway
Designates as the Lieutenant Leonard B. "Larry" Estes and Deputy William R. "Bill" Hunter Memorial Highway the entire four-mile length of Highway 149 in Butte County to honor the memory of both men who were tragically killed by gunfire in the line of duty on 7/26/01 when they were ambushed by a suspect in the Inskip area of Paradise Ridge, in Butte County.
(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)
ACR 70 (Galgiani-D) Red Ribbon Week
Proclaims the period of 10/23/07 through 10/31/07 as Red Ribbon Week, and encourages all Californians to help build drug-free communities and participate in drug prevention activities.
Resolution Chapter 147, Statutes of 2007
AJR 29 (Eng-D) Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act
Memorializes the Legislature's support for the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, also known as the Matthew Shepard Act, and urges the United States Congress, including all members of the California delegation, to vote in favor of passage of, and the President of the United States to sign into law, legislation that strengthens the ability of federal, state, and local governments to investigate and prosecute hate crimes based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, and disability.
Resolution Chapter 109, Statutes of 2007
Family Law
SB 11 (Migden-D) Domestic partnerships
Revises the criteria for establishment of a domestic partnership in California to allow opposite-sex couples over 18 years of age to register as domestic partners, by removing the current limitation that at least one of the opposite-sex partners must be at least 62 years old.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 105* (Migden-D) Taxation: registered domestic partners
Clarifies SB 1827 (Migden), Chapter 802, Statutes of 2006, which enacted the requirement that registered domestic partners (RDPs) use the same tax filing status as married persons, that a RDP or a former RDP be treated as a spouse or former spouse.
Chapter 426, Statutes of 2007
SB 313 (Scott-D) Adoption
Makes changes to various sections of the Family Code pertaining to adoption. Specifically, (1) automatically joins necessary parties to actions filed for the purpose of determining the existence of a father and child relationship, and requires a man bringing an action to determine paternity and custody of a child to serve his pleading and give notice to the adoption agency and prospective adoptive parents, (2) clarifies that a court may still make a finding of a parent's abandonment in the event that a guardian has been appointed for the child, (3) defines "interested person" who intends to file a petition within six months to free a child from a parent's custody to include a person who may file an adoption petition and a licensed adoption agency to whom the child has been relinquished, (4) allows a court in determining whether a noncustodial birth parent's consent is necessary for the adoption of a child to disregard token efforts if that parent has otherwise failed to communicate or support the child for the period of one year, (5) authorizes a legal guardian who has been the child's legal guardian for more than six months to file a petition for adoption if the child is alleged to be abandoned, and (6) makes clarifying cross-references to code sections that refer to the requirements of placement of children for adoption.
Chapter 47, Statutes of 2007
SB 353 (Kuehl-D) Domestic Violence protective orders: animals
Allows a court, upon a showing of good cause, to include in a protective order a grant to the petitioner the care, possession, or control over an animal in a domestic violence protective order. Allows the court to order the respondent to stay away from the animal, and to forbid the respondent from abusing or otherwise disposing of the animal.
Chapter 205, Statutes of 2007
SB 403 (Harman-R) Child custody: drug and alcohol testing
Extends, until 1/1/09, the provisions of Section 3041.5 of the Family Code, which provides the authority for a court to order any person seeking custody or visitation with a child to undergo testing for alcohol or drugs.
Chapter 152, Statutes of 2007
SB 415 (Harman-R) Spousal support: change of circumstances
Provides that in a proceeding in which a spousal support order exists and a companion child support order is in effect, the termination of child support by operation of law shall constitute a change of circumstances that may be the basis for a request for modification of spousal support. Contains a sunset date of 11/1/11.
Chapter 247, Statutes of 2007
SB 523 (Yee-D) Child support: order to seek employment
Establishes a pilot project in San Mateo County to authorize the superior court, when issuing an initial child support order, to also order the child support obligor to seek employment and submit proof, as described, that he/she has done so. Prohibits a court from issuing a citation for contempt to the obligor for his/her failure to seek employment as ordered, unless the obligor has become delinquent in his/her child support payments. Requires the San Mateo County child support enforcement agency to report to the Department of Child Support Services and to the Legislature on the performance of the pilot program on or before 9/1/10. Contains a sunset date of 1/1/11.
Chapter 249, Statutes of 2007
SB 559* (Kehoe-D) Property taxation: change in ownership: exclusion
Allows registered domestic partners whose property was reassessed due to a change of ownership between 1/1/00 and 1/1/06 to apply to the county assessor to receive a reversal of the reassessment.
Chapter 555, Statutes of 2007
SB 694* (Ashburn-R) Child support obligations
Authorizes the transmission, filing, and recording of a lien record that arises by the operation of law against the real property of the support obligor, pursuant to provisions of existing law, by means of a digitized or a digital electronic record.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
SB 892 (Corbett-D) Family law: child support
Requires a child support obligor, after the filing of an application with the court to reduce or eliminate a child support security deposit, to serve the application and supporting financial information upon the child support obligee and any other party to the proceeding.
Chapter 441, Statutes of 2007
SCR 65 (Steinberg-D) Adoption
Designates November 2007 as Court Adoption and Permanency Month, and encourages courts and communities to join in activities to expedite permanency for children who have been abused or neglected.
Resolution Chapter 131, Statutes of 2007
AB 43 (Leno-D) Gender-neutral marriage
Redefines marriage in California as a "union between two persons," making it gender-neutral, and thereby permitting same-sex marriages in the state. Does not, however, require any clergy or religious official to solemnize any marriage in violation of his/her right to free exercise of religion, as guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the California Constitution.
Vetoed
AB 102 (Ma-D) Marriage licenses and domestic partnership certificates
Establishes a process for persons getting married, or registering as domestic partners, to adopt a new name and to have the new name reflected in the marriage license or certificate of domestic partnership registration. Allows use of the marriage license, or the domestic partnership certificate, as proof of identity of the person with the new name and allows the Department of Motor Vehicles to accept such proof for purposes of issuing new or duplicate driver's licenses.
Chapter 567, Statutes of 2007
AB 164 (Smyth-R) Child custody: child's records
Requires the court, beginning 1/1/08, when making an order of sole physical and legal custody to one parent to specify whether the parent without legal custody shall, nevertheless, have access to the child's medical and school records.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
AB 176 (Jones-D) CalWORKs: child support
Provides, effective 10/12/09, that a family no longer be mandated to assign their rights to past-due child support that accrued before receiving cash assistance when they apply for cash assistance.
Chapter 488, Statutes of 2007
AB 189 (Dymally-D) Collaborative law
Prohibits an attorney hired to represent one or more parties in a collaborative law process from serving as litigation counsel, except to ask the court to approve a settlement agreement.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 298 (Maze-R) Relative caregivers
Provides that a relative caregiver's preference for legal guardianship over adoption cannot constitute the sole basis for the social services agency or licensed county adoption agency to recommend removal of the child from the relative caregiver for purposes of adoption, provided the relative is not unwilling to accept legal or financial responsibility for the child. Requires that a relative caregiver be given information regarding permanency adoption.
Chapter 565, Statutes of 2007
AB 612 (Ruskin-D) Child custody evaluations
Provides that in the context of child custody evaluations, nonscientific labels and diagnoses that are not consistent with standards generally accepted by the medical, psychiatric, and psychological communities shall be specifically excluded as allowable diagnoses for court use.
(On Senate Inactive File)
AB 714 (Maze-R) Adoption: release of information to birth relative
Allows child welfare agencies to contact members of a child's birth family in the limited circumstance where the child was previously adopted but, for various reasons, the adoption was disrupted and the child has been returned to the custody of the agency.
Chapter 108, Statutes of 2007
AB 861 (Tran-R) Dissolution of marriage: estates and trusts
Revises, recasts, and expands the conditions a court may impose when severing the issue of marital status from the property division and other issues in a dissolution proceeding.
Chapter 141, Statutes of 2007
AB 1007 (Maze-R) Parent education programs
Requires all parties in a family law proceeding involving legal separation or marriage dissolution in which minor children are involved to attend a four-hour parent education program prior to judgment for separation or dissolution, subject to court discretion, and requires program costs to be borne by the participants.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 1156 (Levine-D) Child support: satellite wagering winnings
Requires a satellite wagering facility, if a wagerer's winnings are subject to federal income tax withholding, to determine if the wagerer is delinquent in his/her child support obligations and to withhold from the wagerer's winnings the amount of any delinquency. Requires the facility to forward the amount withheld to the Department of Child Support Services.
(In Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 1332 (Evans-D) Adoption
Makes changes to adoptions procedures and the Adoptions Assistance Program.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1679 (Evans-D) Support obligations
Includes within the definition of "support" attorney fees or costs awarded under the Family Code when the court orders those fees or costs payable as support.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
AJR 10 (Villines-R) Family Day
Memorializes the President and the Congress of the United States to proclaim the fourth Monday in September as Family Day, A Day to Eat Dinner With Your Children.
Resolution Chapter 52, Statutes of 2007
Civil Law
SB 138 (Calderon-D) Construction contracts
Addresses a potential loophole in a 2005 legislative enactment regulating indemnification agreements in residential construction contracts. Clarifies that all builders are subject to the statute by specifying expressly that contractors and general contractors that are not affiliated with the builder are within the rule applicable to every other builder.
Chapter 32, Statutes of 2007
SB 150 (Florez-D) Governmental liability: railroad quiet zones
Provides that neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for an injury caused by the establishment of a quiet zone, as specified.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
SB 183 (Corbett-D) Elderly and dependent adults: civil actions
Passes, without petition to the court, the right to commence or maintain a civil action under the Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act, after the death of the elder or dependent adult, to an intestate heir whose interest may be affected by the action or to the decedent's successor in interest or an interested person, if there is no personal representative of the decedent. Provides that if there is no personal representative, it may pass to "an interested person."
Chapter 48, Statutes of 2007
SB 216 (Cox-R) Judgments: social security numbers
Deletes, from existing law, the requirement that abstracts of a judgment contain the social security number of a judgment debtor or party ordered to pay support.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
SB 241 (Kuehl-D) Minors: payment for appointed guardianship counsel
Requires the court, in a guardianship proceeding where the court has appointed counsel for the minor, to determine whether the parent or parents of the minor are financially unable to pay all or a portion of the cost of appointed counsel and to order the county to pay that portion of the cost of appointed counsel that the parent or parents are unable to pay. Requires the Judicial Council to adopt financial eligibility guidelines for county payment of the court-appointed counsel for the minor.
Chapter 719, Statutes of 2007
SB 346 (Dutton-R) Liens and encumbrances
Prohibits a person from filing a lien or other encumbrance without providing evidence to the clerk of the pendency of an action or the issuance of a judgment upon which the lien is based.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
SB 362 (Simitian-D) Identification devices: subcutaneous implanting
Prohibits a person from requiring, coercing, or compelling any other individual to undergo the subcutaneous implanting of an identification device, as defined. Provides for the assessment of civil penalties for a violation thereof, as specified, and allows an aggrieved party to bring an action against a violator for damages and injunctive relief, subject to a three-year statute of limitations, or as otherwise provided.
Chapter 538, Statutes of 2007
SB 371 (Yee-D) Nonresidential tenancy: deposit
Permits a nonresidential landlord to use a deposit, as defined, to compensate the landlord for damages resulting from the termination of the lease under specified provisions regarding unpaid rent, rental loss, and detriment proximately caused by the lessee's failure to perform or which is likely to occur in the ordinary course of events, as specified. Provides that a deposit may be used for repair of damages to the premises caused by the tenant without requiring that the deposit was made for that purpose.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
SB 396 (Ridley-Thomas-D) Civil court filing fees
Requires the Judicial Council of California to establish a commission on civil fees in the courts that will review issues concerning civil fees in the courts and make recommendations to the Judicial Council and the Legislature regarding the levels and distributions of fees and any other changes in the uniform fee structure that may be necessary. Requires the Judicial Council to report to the Legislature on 3/1, of every odd-numbered year, on issues concerning civil fees in the courts.
Vetoed
Similar to SB 644 (Correa), Chapter 189, Statutes of 2007.
SB 423 (Harman-R) Exemplary damages
Limits the amount of exemplary damages that are available in actions for breach of an obligation not arising from contract to three times the amount of compensatory damages.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
SB 433 (Harman-R) Homestead exemptions
Entitles a judgment debtor not currently residing in the homestead to an automatic homestead exemption if their former spouse continues to reside in the home.
Chapter 153, Statutes of 2007
SB 454* (Harman-R) Estates and trusts: taxation exemption
Provides that a trust shall not be subject to tax if the trust derives no income from sources in this state and the beneficiaries of the trust are not residents of California.
(In Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee)
SB 459 (Florez-D) Public cemetery districts: interment rights
Creates a statutory scheme for succession to interment rights to plots, niches, or mausoleums in public cemetery districts when the owner has died, leaving no written instruction or designation of the person to whom the right would transfer.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
SB 552 (Cedillo-D) Reparations Fund: unconstitutional deportation of Americans
Establishes the 1930s Reparations Fund, in the State Treasury, for the unconstitutional deportation of Americans during the 1930s, and provides for a nine-member board of directors appointed by the Governor, with the consent of the Legislature, to administer the fund and make payments, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to eligible individuals, as specified and provided. Specifies the duties and responsibilities of the board and requires the board to make a report on its activities to the Governor and the Legislature, as specified.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
Similar to SB 216 (Cox).
SB 553 (Aanestad-R) Decedents' estates
Increases the size of estates that may be administered outside of the formal probate process.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
SB 611 (Steinberg-D) Financial abuse of elder and dependent adults
Permits the use of the Attachment Law, which authorizes the plaintiff to attach the defendant's property to secure the amount of the claimed debt of the defendant to the plaintiff, in cases involving financial abuse of an elder or dependent adult under the Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act. Provides that this remedy will be in addition to any other remedy sought or that may be available to the plaintiff.
Chapter 45, Statutes of 2007
SB 622 (Padilla-D) Misclassification of employees as independent contractors
Prohibits willful misclassification of employees as independent contractors. Authorizes the Labor and Workforce Development Agency to assess specified civil penalties from persons or employers violating this bill. Authorizes employees who suffer actual harm or a labor union or organization to bring actions to recover these civil penalties.
Vetoed
SB 639 (Harman-R) Foreign country money judgments
Repeals the current Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act (enacted in 1967) and enacts the new Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.
Chapter 212, Statutes of 2007
SB 641 (Corbett-D) Vehicle rental agreements: San Jose International Airport
Repeals Section 1936.5 of the Civil Code which specifically authorizes San Jose International Airport to design and construct a consolidated rental car facility and/or a common use transportation system, subject to specified cost restrictions, and permits the San Jose International Airport to collect a separate, unbundled fee of up to $10.15 per rental transaction to recoup its design, construction, and financing costs upon the commencement of operations of the consolidated facility.
Chapter 44, Statutes of 2007
SB 644 (Correa-D) Court records: social security numbers
Removes the requirement that abstracts of judgment requiring the payment of money contain the social security number of the judgment debtor, and instead requires only the last four digits of that person's social security number. Provides that the tax lien filings for record may only contain the last four digits of the assessee's social security number.
Chapter 189, Statutes of 2007
Similar to SB 216 (Cox).
SB 698 (Torlakson-D) Eminent domain
Clarifies that if a defendant's opposition to a pre-judgment order of possession asserts a hardship, that assertion must be supported by a declaration stating facts supporting the hardship, signed under penalty of perjury. Requires a public entity exercising the power of eminent domain, at the time of sending an offer to purchase, to provide the property owner with an informational pamphlet outlining the process and their rights.
Chapter 436, Statutes of 2007
SB 722 (Correa-D) Decedent estates
Amends the provisions of the Probate Code that prevent a person who feloniously, or intentionally, kills a decedent from inheriting any property, interest, or benefit of the decedent's estate or insurance policy.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
Similar to SB 644 (Correa), Chapter 189, Statutes of 2007.
SB 738 (Calderon-D) Works of improvement
Requires, under both the Contractors' State License Law, as applicable to public works of improvement only, and the State Contract Act, a contractor, prime contractor, or subcontractor, as applicable, to pay to the subcontractor not later than seven days, rather than the 10 days required in existing law, of receipt of each progress payment request.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
SB 747 (Corbett-D) Persons with disabilities: equal access rights
Expresses the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that will promote increased compliance by businesses with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, state laws that govern access to public facilities, and federal and state regulations adopted pursuant to those laws, through education and certification programs, with the complementary goal of reducing litigation that seeks attorney's fees and damages without facilitating compliance with those laws.
(At Assembly Desk)
SB 767 (Ridley-Thomas-D) Drug overdose treatment: liability
Confers a conditional immunity from civil liability and criminal prosecution for persons who administer an opioid antagonist with reasonable care, under the good faith belief that another person is experiencing a drug overdose, provided that the opioid antagonist was obtained through a licensed health care provider in conjunction with an opioid prevention and treatment training program. Provides that the provisions of the bill apply to specified counties and sunsets on 1/1/11.
Chapter 477, Statutes of 2007
SB 771 (Kuehl-D) Deceased personalities: testamentary instruments
Protects the publicity rights of celebrities who died before 1/1/85.
Chapter 439, Statutes of 2007
SB 777 (Kuehl-D) Discrimination: The California Student Civil Rights Act
Revises the current list of prohibited bases of discrimination and the kinds of prohibited instruction, activities, and instructional materials in the Education Code, and instead refers to the protected characteristics contained in the definition of hate crimes in the Penal Code. Defines disability, gender, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, and sexual orientation for this purpose. Changes the current references to "handicapped" individuals in the Education Code to instead refer to individuals with physical disabilities. Double-jointed with SB 859 (Scott), Chapter 723, Statutes of 2007, and AB 14 (Laird), Chapter 568, Statutes of 2007.
Chapter 569, Statutes of 2007
SB 800 (Corbett-D) Conservatorship and guardianship
Adds new procedural requirements intended to further protect the interests of conservatees.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 822 (Aanestad-R) Evaluation of practitioner of healing arts: psychology
Adds psychology to the qualified immunity provided under current law to medical, dental, podiatric, and veterinary school supervisors, or other persons, who provide information that is intended to aid in the evaluation of students' qualifications, fitness, character, or insurability as healing arts practitioners.
Chapter 36, Statutes of 2007
SB 836 (Kuehl-D) Fair employment: familial status
Adds "familial status" to the list of characteristics (i.e., race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, age, or sexual orientation) that are prohibited bases of discrimination under the employment provisions of the Fair Employment and Housing Act.
Vetoed
SB 919 (Machado-D) Unclaimed property
Requires the Controller to mail a notice to each apparent owner within one year after the receipt of a report of escheated property and the escheated property. Requires the Controller to establish and conduct an outreach program designed to inform owners about the possible existence of unclaimed property received pursuant to the law, and to establish a procedure to locate and notify owners of unclaimed property.
(In Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee)
SB 968 (Simitian-D) Contracts
Voids, as contrary to public policy, any provisions of a contract that provides for a penalty, including, but not limited to, a fee, an increased interest rate, or an accelerated payment schedule, based on behavior not directly related to the performance of the contract, including a default with a person or entity that is not a party of the contract.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
SCA 1 (McClintock-R) Eminent domain
Provides that private property may be taken, or damaged, only for a stated public use, and not without the consent of the owner for purposes of economic development, increasing tax revenue, or any other private use, nor for maintaining the present use by a different owner. Requires that property acquired in eminent domain be owned and occupied by the condemnor, except as specified, and be used only for the public use stated at the time of the taking. Provides that if the property ceases to be used for the state public use, the former owner would have the right to reacquire the property for its fair market value.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
AB 14 (Laird-D) Discrimination: Civil Rights Act of 2007
Enacts the Civil Rights Act of 2007. Cross-references protected classes in 51 anti-discrimination provisions located in 12 state codes to the Unruh Civil Rights Act (Section 51 of the Civil Code) or to Section 11135 of the Government Code (which prohibits discrimination in state-funded programs and activities based on race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, medical condition, sex [including gender identity], marital status, and sexual orientation), whichever is appropriate. Makes consistent these anti-discrimination statutes spread across various state codes. Expands the protected classes in some statutes to encompass those recently added to the Unruh Civil Rights Act or to Section 11135 of the Government Code. Double-jointed with SB 851 (Steinberg).
Chapter 568, Statutes of 2007
AB 250 (DeVore-R) Nonprobate transfers
Creates a new nonprobate property transfer instrument, to be called a "Revocable Transfer on Death Deed," which would be effective upon death of the transferor.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
AB 298 (Maze-R) Guardianship: relative caregivers
Establishes that a juvenile court can approve a proposed plan of legal guardianship with a relative without requiring proof of a compelling reason not to terminate parental rights. Revises the existing statutory order of preference governing permanent planning hearings so that adoption by a current caregiver remains first (as in current law), legal guardianship by a relative caregiver is moved to second, and adoption by an as-yet-unidentified family is third. Specifies that a relative caregiver's preference for legal guardianship over adoption, so long as it does not indicate an unwillingness to accept full responsibility for the child, may not alone be the sole basis to remove the child from the relative caregiver's home. Requires a court, prior to termination of a legal guardianship, to order the county child welfare agency to evaluate whether the child could safely remain in, or be returned to, the guardian's home if services were provided to the child or guardian and, if appropriate, to identify recommended family maintenance or reunification services to maintain the legal guardianship. Double-jointed with SB 84 (Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee).
Chapter 565, Statutes of 2007
AB 299 (Tran-R) Maintenance of the codes
Makes numerous technical changes in the California Codes that have been recommended by the Office of Legislative Counsel. The proposed changes will not make any substantive change in the law.
Chapter 130, Statutes of 2007
AB 310 (Silva-R) California Law Revision Commission: code clean-up
Makes various grammatical and other nonsubstantive changes in various code provisions in order to correct technical, cross-referencing, and other defects that exist in those provisions.
Chapter 263, Statutes of 2007
AB 316 (Spitzer-R) Guardianships and conservatorships: investments
Revises and expands the list of specified obligations and securities in which a guardian or conservator may invest funds of the estate without court authorization. Authorizes guardians and conservators to use covered call options and put options on long positions for securities held in the guardianship or conservatorship estate, after establishing a strategy of risk mitigation. Provides that, except where otherwise permitted, the guardian or conservator may make investments with income and assets of the estate or the ward or conservator only after court authorization. Establishes standards for the management of those investments.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 341 (Spitzer-R) Estates and trusts: creditors claims
Harmonizes separate Probate Code provisions for creditor claims against a trust and against an estate in probate, such as provisions for notice to creditors, statutes of limitations for filing creditors' claims, and allowance for late claims. Requires the trustee of a decedent's trust to give notice of the decedent's death to the Director of the Department of Health Services where the decedent was the surviving spouse of a person who received the medical services. Conforms the interest rate to be paid by a distributee of trust property on a claim filed by a public entity to the interest rate paid by a distributee of a probated estate on a claim made by a public entity against the decedent's estate.
Chapter 159, Statutes of 2007
AB 349 (Salas-D) Recorded instruments: translation certificates
Provides that a translation in English of an instrument executed or certified in whole or in part in any language, other than English, may be presented to the county clerk for verification that the translation was performed by a certified or registered court interpreter or by an accredited translator registered with the American Translators Association. Authorizes the county clerk to charge a fee of $10 for verification and certification of each document.
Chapter 231, Statutes of 2007
AB 361 (Ma-D) Decedents' estates: creditor claims
Requires the general personal representative or attorney of a decedent's estate to give notice of the administration of the estate to the Franchise Tax Board not later than 90 days after the date the letters of administration are first issued. Applies to all decedents' estates for which letters of administration are first issued on or after 7/1/08.
Chapter 105, Statutes of 2007
AB 410 (Adams-R) Disposition of tenants' unclaimed property
Increases to $960, from $300, the threshold amount of determining whether the landlord must dispose of the departed tenant's unclaimed property via a public sale, with the proceeds of the sale (less storage and sale costs) held for the tenant, or whether the landlord may dispose of the property in any manner or retain it for his/her own use.
(Failed passage in Senate Judiciary Committee)
AB 434 (Silva-R) Notaries public
Requires a notary public to either provide a photostatic copy, as specified, to a requesting member of the public, or acknowledge that the line item requested does not exist within 15 days of receipt of the request of the notary. Double-jointed with AB 886 (Runner).
Chapter 496, Statutes of 2007
AB 481 (Tran-R) Unlawful detainer: pleadings
Provides that a tenant in an unlawful detainer action who makes an affirmative defense of breach of warranty of habitability be forced to provide information describing the nature of the breach and other information not currently required in the responsive pleadings. Provides the amount-in-controversy threshold, beneath which a defendant may file a brief written statement in lieu of a formal answer to a complaint, be raised from $1,000 to $42,500.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 500 (Lieu-D) Civil actions: telephonic appearances
Permits a party in a general civil case who has provided notice to appear by telephone at specified conferences, hearings, and proceedings. Permits a court to require a party to appear in person at these hearings, conferences, or proceedings, if the court determines that a personal appearance will materially assist in the determination of the proceedings or in the effective management or resolution of the case. Requires the Judicial Council of California to adopt rules effectuating these provisions by 1/1/08 (this accompanying rule has already been drafted and is currently out for public comment). Repeals existing provisions that require the Judicial Council to adopt standards and procedures in connection with telephonic appearances and the superior courts to provide for telephonic appearances in certain matters.
Chapter 268, Statutes of 2007
AB 512 (Lieber-D) Contracts: translation
Expands the current foreign language translation requirements for specified contracts to include residential real estate mortgages, permits the use of a summary document translated in one of five languages, and requires the Secretary of the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency to develop the summary form.
(In Senate Banking, Finance and Insurance Committee)
AB 541 (Huffman-D) Liability: genetically engineered plants
Provides that the release of genetically modified plant material by a manufacturer, either directly or through licensees or agents, within property owned or operated by a person for whom the plant presence was not intended, shall constitute a private nuisance. Prohibits the open field production of pharmaceutical crops that are of the same plant species as crops grown for human or animal consumption. Provides that the Secretary of the Department of Food and Agriculture, or a county agricultural commissioner, shall investigate any suspected violations of this provision and levy a civil penalty for violations in an amount no less than $1,000 and no more than $10,000.
(In Assembly Agriculture Committee)
AB 604 (Walters-R) Deceased persons: cancellation of services
Permits a family member, attorney, or personal representative of a deceased person to cancel the deceased person's services, as defined by other than in-person cancellation.
Chapter 14, Statutes of 2007
AB 698 (Strickland-R) Defamation: agricultural products
Creates a new ground for lawsuits regarding agricultural products.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 859 (Plescia-R) Civil procedure: service of process
Makes various technical changes to the law governing the service of writs of attachment, execution, and possession.
Chapter 15, Statutes of 2007
AB 886 (Sharon Runner-R) Notaries public
Allows, among other things, a peace officer to seize a sequential journal of notarial acts from a notary public without a warrant, requires a thumbprint for all notarized documents, and requires all notaries public to provide a physical address as their business address.
Chapter 399, Statutes of 2007
AB 887* (De La Torre-D) Eminent domain: redevelopment
Requires a redevelopment agency to comply with certain notification requirements prior to adopting a resolution of necessity for the purposes of acquiring property by eminent domain and within a specified time prior to taking certain actions relating to redevelopment.
(On Senate Third Reading File)
AB 926 (Evans-D) Civil discovery
Revises provisions of the Civil Discovery Act to clarify the date for production of documents by cross-referencing existing statutory provisions for the benefit of the parties and the courts.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
AB 1013 (Krekorian-D) Unlawful detainer: nuisance abatement
Establishes a limited pilot project for two years in five California cities (Long Beach, Los Angeles, Oakland, Sacramento, and San Diego), which allows city prosecutors or city attorneys in those cities to file unlawful detainer actions to evict tenants who commit specified weapons and ammunition offenses on the rental property, while allowing a law-abiding tenant to remain under a "partial evacuation." Provides that this new pilot program is modeled after an existing pilot program that allows city prosecutors and city attorneys to file unlawful detainer actions to evict tenants who are violating specified controlled substances offenses on the rental property.
Chapter 456, Statutes of 2007
AB 1126 (Eng-D) Civil discovery: unlawful detainer: subpoenas
Adds a provision to the codes which establishes a five-day notice period for a discovery motion in an unlawful detainer, forcible entry, or forcible detainer case. Requires the Judicial Council to adopt rules prescribing, in any forcible entry, forcible detainer, or unlawful detainer action, the time for filing and serving opposition and reply papers relating to a motion to quash, summary judgment motion, or discovery motion. Specifies that the special time limits for discovery in an unlawful detainer case also apply discovery in other summary proceedings for the possession of real property. Clarifies that in an unlawful detainer action, a 20-day notice period is required if the personal records of a consumer are subpoenaed.
Chapter 113, Statutes of 2007
AB 1211 (Price-D) Depositions: costs
Provides that the requesting attorney, or a party representing himself/herself, has the obligation to timely pay for the deposition product or service, unless responsibility for the payment is otherwise provided by law or the deposition officer or entity is notified in writing that another party or identified person will be responsible for the payment. Defines deposition product or service, and does not prohibit or supersede an agreement between an attorney and a party allocating responsibility for the payment of deposition costs.
Chapter 115, Statutes of 2007
AB 1356 (Houston-R) Real property: equity purchasers
Permits a licensed representative of an "equity purchaser" to demonstrate financial responsibility by either surety bond or professional liability coverage.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 1361 (Karnette-D) Political Reform Act of 1974
Provides that in exercising its discretion to set the amount of a judgment in a civil action brought by the civil prosecutor, including the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC), or a person residing within the jurisdiction, the court must take into consideration any rules and regulations of the FPPC applicable to similar violations.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
AB 1505 (Parra-D) Class actions
Substantially rewrites rules regarding certification and administration of class action lawsuits.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 1549 (Aghazarian-R) Product liability
Provides that action for death or injury caused by a defective product must be brought within 10 years from the date of first sale, lease, or delivery for use or consumption to the initial consumer.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 1575 (Richardson-D) Vehicle liens
Increases the amount a lienholder may charge the legal owner or lessor of a vehicle for work or services rendered or performed at the request of any person other than the legal owner or lessor, without their written consent.
Chapter 121, Statutes of 2007
AB 1640 (La Malfa-R) Mental incapacity
Deletes various offensive terms relating to mental incompetence and replaces them with the term "mentally incapacitated." Deletes the terms "idiot," "imbecility," and "lunatics" as currently used in reference to mentally incompetent persons in various California statutes dealing with such issues as wharf construction, workers' compensation, and the capacity for committing a crime, and replaces them with the term "mentally incapacitated."
Chapter 31, Statutes of 2007
AB 1673 (Feuer-D) Retail sales: rebates
Provides that a retail seller that sells goods to the public in California and that indicates to the public the availability of a rebate for an item by displaying or advertising the net price of the item after redemption shall, at the time of sale, discount the sale price of the item by the amount of the rebate in exchange for the consumer transferring his/her right to the rebate to the seller and authorizing the seller to collect the rebate directly from the offeror of the rebate.
Vetoed
AB 1727 (Assembly Judiciary Committee) Conservators and guardians
Makes a dependent adult caregiver a disqualified beneficiary of a donative transfer (testamentary gift) from the dependent adult only if the instrument creating or modifying the gift is dated after the caregiving commenced. Prohibits the court from granting a conservatorship unless the court makes an express finding that a conservatorship is the least restrictive alternative needed for the protection of the conservatee. Creates new requirements on courts when guardianships and conservatorships are transferred from other jurisdictions. Authorizes a county's public guardian or adult protective services to petition to the court for orders in connection with an investigation of whether appointment of the public guardian would be appropriate, including orders for release of confidential medical and financial information about the proposed conservatee. Makes other technical and clarifying amendments to the Omnibus Conservatorship and Guardianship Reform Act of 2006 to ensure the proper implementation of the Act.
Chapter 553, Statutes of 2007
ACA 2 (Walters-R) Eminent domain
Proposes to place before the voters of California a constitutional amendment which prohibits the use of eminent domain for purposes of economic development, increasing tax revenue, or private use. Makes other changes relative to offers of just compensation and a property owner's right to repurchase.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
ACA 8 (De La Torre-D) Eminent domain
Proposes to place before the voters a constitutional amendment that prohibits or limits the use of eminent domain under certain circumstances.
(On Assembly Third Reading File)
ACR 35 (Evans-D) California Law Revision Commission
Reauthorizes the California Law Review Commission to study 19 specified topics previously authorized for study by the Legislature for its report and recommendations to the Legislature.
Resolution Chapter 100, Statutes of 2007
| Bill | Author and Bill Title | Reference Links |
|---|---|---|
| SB 3 | Harman-R Trespass: illegal immigrants | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 7 | Oropeza-D Smoking in vehicles with minor passengers | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| SB 11 | Migden-D Domestic partnerships | Family Law |
| SB 28 | Simitian-D Department of Motor Vehicles: personal information | Identity Theft |
| SB 29 | Simitian-D Pupil attendance: electronic monitoring | Identity Theft |
| SB 30 | Simitian-D Identity Information Protection Act of 2007 | Identity Theft |
| SB 31 | Simitian-D Identification documents | Identity Theft |
| SB 33 | Simitian-D Vehicles: wireless telephones | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| SB 39 | Migden-D Child abuse | Child Abuse |
| SB 40* | Romero-D Sentencing | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 67* | Perata-D Vehicles: speed contests and reckless driving | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| SB 81* | Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee Juvenile justice: budget trailer bill | Juvenile Justice Corrections |
| SB 82* | Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee Budget Act of 2007: Judiciary | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| SB 99* | Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee Prison construction | Corrections |
| SB 100* | Ducheny-D 2006 Budget augmentation: Corrections | Corrections |
| SB 101 | Ducheny-D 2006 Budget augmentation: Corrections | Corrections Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| SB 105* | Migden-D Taxation: registered domestic partners | Family Law |
| SB 109 | Runner-R School employees: drug offenses | Controlled Substances |
| SB 110 | Romero-D Sentencing commission | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 122 | Steinberg-D Hate crimes: homelessness | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 124* | Ducheny-D Toll evasion | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| SB 126 | Harman-R Child abuse and neglect | Child Abuse |
| SB 128 | Margett-R State claims: California Highway Patrol | Law Enforcement |
| SB 129 | Kuehl-D Criminal communications | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 138 | Calderon-D Construction contracts | Civil Law |
| SB 145* | Corbett-D Court facilities transfer | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| SB 150 | Florez-D Governmental liability: railroad quiet zones | Civil Law |
| SB 153* | Migden-D Victim services | Victims of Crime |
| SB 154 | Cedillo-D Workers' compensation: temporary disability | Law Enforcement |
| SB 165 | Ashburn-R Juvenile crime: programs of supervision | Juvenile Justice |
| SB 172* | Alquist-D Sex offenders | Sex Offenders |
| SB 177 | Migden-D Driver's license: DUI: ignition interlock | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| SB 183 | Corbett-D Elderly and dependent adults: civil actions | Civil Law |
| SB 194 | Battin-R Sex offenses: Internet | Sex Offenders |
| SB 198* | Battin-R Age discrimination: homeless youth | Juvenile Justice |
| SB 208 | Runner-R Correctional treatment center license fees | Corrections |
| SB 216 | Cox-R Judgments: social security numbers | Civil Law |
| SB 228* | Denham-R Decommissioning San Quentin State Prison | Corrections |
| SB 230 | Yee-D Police protection districts | Law Enforcement |
| SB 241 | Kuehl-D Minors: payment for appointed guardianship counsel | Civil Law |
| SB 248 | Padilla-D Firearms: law enforcement data collection | Weapons |
| SB 256 | Alquist-D Statutes of limitations | Sex Offenders |
| SB 263 | Romero-D State prison inmates: risk/needs assessments | Corrections |
| SB 265 | Romero-D Juvenile justice | Juvenile Justice |
| SB 266 | Steinberg-D Motor vehicle speed contest: forfeiture | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| SB 271 | Cedillo-D Street gang injunctions | Procedural |
| SB 285 | Runner-R Provisional licensing program | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| SB 299 | Romero-D State Prison Honor Program | Corrections |
| SB 304 | Romero-D Prisons: media access | Corrections |
| SB 313 | Scott-D Adoption | Family Law |
| SB 327 | Migden-D Firearms | Weapons |
| SB 328 | Corbett-D Personal information: prohibited practices | Identity Theft |
| SB 331* | Romero-D Trespass on tribal lands | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 340 | Ackerman-R Criminal history information | Law Enforcement |
| SB 346 | Dutton-R Liens and encumbrances | Civil Law |
| SB 353 | Kuehl-D Domestic Violence protective orders: animals | Family Law |
| SB 362 | Simitian-D Identification devices: subcutaneous implanting | Identity Theft Civil Law |
| SB 364 | Simitian-D Personal information: privacy | Identity Theft |
| SB 368 | Harman-R Distribution of child pornography | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 371 | Yee-D Nonresidential tenancy: deposit | Civil Law |
| SB 388 | Corbett-D Privacy: radio frequency identification tags | Identity Theft |
| SB 390 | Runner-R Gang Activity Prevention Grant Program | Juvenile Justice |
| SB 391 | Ducheny-D Corrections | Corrections |
| SB 396 | Ridley-Thomas-D Civil court filing fees | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions Civil Law |
| SB 403 | Harman-R Child custody: drug and alcohol testing | Family Law |
| SB 407 | Romero-D Domestic violence: evidentiary privilege | Domestic Violence |
| SB 409 | Ashburn-R Parole | Corrections |
| SB 415 | Harman-R Spousal support: change of circumstances | Family Law |
| SB 423 | Harman-R Exemplary damages | Civil Law |
| SB 425 | Margett-R Public safety: clean up | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 432 | Lowenthal-D Omnibus clean-up bill | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| SB 433 | Harman-R Homestead exemptions | Civil Law |
| SB 449 | Aanestad-R Crime records: victims of sex offenses | Sex Offenders Victims of Crime |
| SB 454* | Harman-R Estates and trusts: taxation exemption | Civil Law |
| SB 455* | Denham-R Salinas Valley State Prison wastewater treatment plant | Corrections |
| SB 459 | Florez-D Public cemetery districts: interment rights | Civil Law |
| SB 476 | Hollingsworth-R Vehicle: manslaughter | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 477 | Hollingsworth-R Burglary: intent to commit assault | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 479 | Hollingsworth-R Impersonating a peace officer to commit a sex act | Sex Offenders Other Crimes and Sentencing Law Enforcement |
| SB 481 | Runner-R Loan Assumption Program for Licensed Attorneys | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| SB 492 | Maldonado-R Vehicles: abandonment: fines | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| SB 495* | Denham-R California Agricultural Crime Prevention Program | Other Crimes and Sentencing Law Enforcement |
| SB 498 | Oropeza-D Saltwater-damaged vehicles | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| SB 501 | Hollingsworth-R Registered sex offenders | Sex Offenders |
| SB 502 | Hollingsworth-R Sexually violent predators: GPS | Sex Offenders |
| SB 503 | Hollingsworth-R Sexually violent predators | Sex Offenders |
| SB 511 | Alquist-D Interrogation: recording | Procedural |
| SB 514 | Dutton-R Sexual contact: murder | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 518 | Migden-D Juvenile justice | Juvenile Justice |
| SB 523 | Yee-D Child support: order to seek employment | Family Law |
| SB 525 | Lowenthal-D Administrative hearings: restitution orders | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| SB 529 | Migden-D Medical marijuana | Controlled Substances |
| SB 539 | Margett-R Trial Court Trust Fund | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| SB 542 | Romero-D Sexually violent predators: DNA testing | Sex Offenders |
| SB 547 | Correa-D Criminal justice facilities: property tax revenues | Corrections |
| SB 550 | Ashburn-R Gangs: safe school zones | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 552 | Cedillo-D Reparations Fund: unconstitutional deportation of Americans | Civil Law |
| SB 553 | Aanestad-R Decedents' estates | Civil Law |
| SB 559* | Kehoe-D Property taxation: change in ownership: exclusion | Family Law |
| SB 566 | Ridley-Thomas-D Peace officer standards and training: membership | Law Enforcement |
| SB 568 | Wiggins-D Jail treatment facility: mental competence | Corrections |
| SB 571 | Yee-D Organized retail crime | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 579* | Wiggins-D Public employees' retirement | Law Enforcement |
| SB 582 | Corbett-D Charitable solicitations | Law Enforcement |
| SB 590 | Battin-R Child sexual exploitation: Internet | Sex Offenders Law Enforcement |
| SB 591 | Cogdill-R Methamphetamine possession | Controlled Substances |
| SB 592 | Cogdill-R Methamphetamine: liability | Controlled Substances |
| SB 594 | Romero-D Witness Relocation and Assistance Program | Law Enforcement |
| SB 604 | Cox-R Prisoners: local cost reimbursements | Corrections |
| SB 605 | Alquist-D Santa Clara County: domestic violence | Domestic Violence |
| SB 608 | Wiggins-D Judges' Retirement System | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| SB 609 | Romero-D Criminal procedure: informants | Procedural |
| SB 610 | Corbett-D Criminal proceedings: commencement | Procedural |
| SB 611 | Steinberg-D Financial abuse of elder and dependent adults | Civil Law |
| SB 612 | Simitian-D Crime | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 622 | Padilla-D Misclassification of employees as independent contractors | Civil Law |
| SB 628 | Correa-D Controlled substances | Controlled Substances |
| SB 629 | Correa-D Automobile insurance: peace officers | Law Enforcement |
| SB 636 | Harman-R Death penalty appeals: appointment of counsel | Death Penalty |
| SB 639 | Harman-R Foreign country money judgments | Civil Law |
| SB 641 | Corbett-D Vehicle rental agreements: San Jose International Airport | Civil Law |
| SB 644 | Correa-D Court records: social security numbers | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions Civil Law |
| SB 649 | Assembly Judiciary Committee Trial court restructuring | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| SB 653 | Calderon-D False or misleading information | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 655 | Margett-R County jail inmates | Corrections |
| SB 686 | Corbett-D State Bar of California: one-year dues authorization | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| SB 690 | Calderon-D Criminal history | Law Enforcement |
| SB 692 | Ashburn-R In-home supportive services: criminal background checks | Law Enforcement |
| SB 694* | Ashburn-R Child support obligations | Family Law |
| SB 695 | Wiggins-D Public employment: Department of Fish and Game | Law Enforcement |
| SB 698 | Torlakson-D Eminent domain | Civil Law |
| SB 706 | Runner-R Eviction of drug dealing tenants | Controlled Substances |
| SB 712 | Cogdill-R Theft detection shielding devices | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 718 | Scott-D Jails: inmate welfare fund | Corrections |
| SB 722 | Correa-D Decedent estates | Civil Law |
| SB 731 | Oropeza-D Massage therapy: criminal background check | Law Enforcement |
| SB 738 | Calderon-D Works of improvement | Civil Law |
| SB 741 | Ackerman-R Pupils: identifying information | Identity Theft |
| SB 747 | Corbett-D Persons with disabilities: equal access rights | Civil Law |
| SB 751 | Cogdill-R Identity theft | Identity Theft |
| SB 756 | Ridley-Thomas-D Criminal investigations: eyewitness identifications | Law Enforcement |
| SB 767 | Ridley-Thomas-D Drug overdose treatment | Controlled Substances Civil Law |
| SB 771 | Kuehl-D Deceased personalities: testamentary instruments | Civil Law |
| SB 776 | Vincent-D Community care facilities: criminal history clearance | Law Enforcement |
| SB 777 | Kuehl-D Discrimination: The California Student Civil Rights Act | Civil Law |
| SB 787 | Battin-R Crimes: computers | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 796 | Runner-R Additional grand juries in Los Angeles | Juries |
| SB 798 | Battin-R State Aeronautics Act: criminal background checks | Law Enforcement |
| SB 800 | Corbett-D Conservatorship and guardianship | Civil Law |
| SB 804 | Hollingsworth-R Business establishments: unlawful entry | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 822 | Aanestad-R Evaluation of practitioner of healing arts: psychology | Civil Law |
| SB 836 | Kuehl-D Fair employment: familial status | Civil Law |
| SB 839 | Calderon-D Fireworks | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 844 | Calderon-D Crime: school zones | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 846 | Harman-R Criminal street gangs: registration | Law Enforcement |
| SB 848 | Corbett-D Speed traps | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| SB 851 | Steinberg-D Mentally ill offenders | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| SB 864 | Cogdill-R Local jails: overcrowding | Corrections |
| SB 866* | Runner-R Mental health: sexually violent predators | Sex Offenders |
| SB 868 | Ridley-Thomas-D In-home supportive services: criminal background checks | Law Enforcement |
| SB 878 | Cox-R Prison construction costs: mitigation | Corrections |
| SB 880 | Calderon-D Crime | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 882 | Harman-R Teacher credentialing: criminal history: fingerprints | Law Enforcement |
| SB 883 | Calderon-D Victims of crime compensation: mental health counseling | Victims of Crime |
| SB 884 | Lowenthal-D California Coastal Commission: gift or gratuity | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 889 | Maldonado-R Vehicles | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| SB 892 | Corbett-D Family law: child support | Family Law |
| SB 898 | Simitian-D Income tax checkoff: child abuse | Child Abuse |
| SB 912 | Negrete McLeod-D Highway safety: flares | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| SB 913 | Hollingsworth-R Sex offenders: group homes | Sex Offenders |
| SB 914 | Hollingsworth-R Community care facilities: housing sex offenders | Sex Offenders |
| SB 915 | Hollingsworth-R Group homes housing sex offenders: zoning | Sex Offenders |
| SB 919 | Machado-D Unclaimed property | Civil Law |
| SB 943 | Machado-D Prisons | Corrections |
| SB 959* | Romero-D Involuntary home detention | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 968 | Simitian-D Contracts | Civil Law |
| SB 987* | Romero-D State correctional system | Corrections |
| SB 989 | Ridley-Thomas-D Criminal street gangs | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 992 | Wiggins-D Substance abuse | Controlled Substances |
| SB 997 | Ridley-Thomas-D Firearms: buy-back program | Weapons |
| SB 999 | Yee-D Crime | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 1019 | Romero-D Peace officer records: confidentiality | Law Enforcement |
| SB 1022 | Steinberg-D Child abuse: central index | Child Abuse |
| SB 1033* | Runner-R Peace officers | Law Enforcement |
| SCA 1 | McClintock-R Eminent domain | Civil Law |
| SCR 8 | Battin-R Child Abuse Prevention Month | Child Abuse |
| SCR 10 | Aanestad-R Officer Matthew J. Redding Memorial Interchange | Law Enforcement |
| SCR 11 | Negrete McLeod-D Officer Manuel A. Gonzalez, Jr. Memorial Highway | Law Enforcement |
| SCR 14 | Florez-D Officer John Palacios Memorial Highway | Law Enforcement |
| SCR 35 | Correa-D California Peace Officers' Memorial Day | Law Enforcement |
| SCR 38 | Cedillo-D Los Angeles Police Officer Steven Gajda Memorial Highway | Law Enforcement |
| SCR 46 | Machado-D Anti-Bullying Week | Law Enforcement |
| SCR 50 | Harman-R Child abuse and neglect | Child Abuse |
| SCR 51 | Maldonado-R CHP Lieutenant Michael Elvin Walker Memorial Highway | Law Enforcement |
| SCR 53 | Denham-R CHP Officer Earl H. Scott Memorial Highway | Law Enforcement |
| SCR 57 | Maldonado-R Officer Loren D. Scruggs Memorial Highway | Law Enforcement |
| SCR 65 | Steinberg-D Adoption | Family Law |
| SJR 12 | Simitian-D Elder abuse awareness stamp | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SR 10 | Perata-D Administration of Justice | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| AB 14 | Laird-D Discrimination: Civil Rights Act of 2007 | Civil Law |
| AB 24 | Richardson-D Vehicles: police pursuit | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses Law Enforcement |
| AB 36 | Niello-R Public employees' retirement: fraud | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 38 | Nava-D Homeland security | Law Enforcement |
| AB 39 | Benoit-R Undocumented criminal aliens | Corrections |
| AB 42 | Sharon Runner-R Grand theft: subsidized housing | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 43 | Leno-D Gender-neutral marriage | Family Law |
| AB 58 | Soto-D Shock pens | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 60 | Nava-D Vehicles: bicycles | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 66* | Dymally-D Inmate HIV testing | Corrections |
| AB 76 | Lieber-D Female offenders | Corrections |
| AB 79 | Galgiani-D Parole | Corrections |
| AB 95 | Beall-D Domestic violence: probation: treatment programs | Domestic Violence |
| AB 101 | Ma-D Video enforcement of parking violations in San Francisco | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 102 | Ma-D Marriage licenses and domestic partnership certificates | Family Law |
| AB 104 | Solorio-D Criminal records: city attorneys | Law Enforcement |
| AB 112 | Wolk-D Highways: Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zones | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 115 | Horton-R Sex offenders: registration | Sex Offenders |
| AB 116 | Aghazarian-R Child abuse: endangerment: controlled substances | Child Abuse Controlled Substances |
| AB 117 | Beall-D Traffic offenses: additional offenses | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 128 | Dymally-D Pupils: Gang Violence Mitigation Pilot Programs | Law Enforcement |
| AB 129 | Emmerson-R Imitation firearms | Weapons |
| AB 136 | Emmerson-R Search and Rescue Memorial | Law Enforcement |
| AB 148 | Alarcon-D Sex offenders | Sex Offenders |
| AB 151* | Berryhill-R County custodial officers | Law Enforcement |
| AB 159 | Jones-D New judgeships | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| AB 160 | Lieber-D California Sentencing Commission | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 161 | Bass-D Anti-Recidivism grants | Corrections |
| AB 164 | Smyth-R Child custody: child's records | Family Law |
| AB 166 | Bass-D Public safety personnel: skin infections | Law Enforcement |
| AB 176 | Jones-D CalWORKs: child support | Family Law |
| AB 181 | Beall-D County penalties: automated fingerprint identification fund | Law Enforcement |
| AB 189 | Dymally-D Collaborative law | Family Law |
| AB 191* | Assembly Budget Committee Budget Trailer Bill: juvenile justice reform | Juvenile Justice |
| AB 225 | Beall-D Crime | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 226 | Huff-R Vehicles: removal | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 227 | Beall-D Trial court funding | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| AB 228 | Strickland-R Battery | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 229 | Strickland-R Prohibited weapons | Weapons |
| AB 235 | Tran-R Statute of limitations: child pornography | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 247 | Gaines-R Minors: fitness hearing: vehicular manslaughter | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses Juvenile Justice |
| AB 248 | Gaines-R Vehicles: violations: punishment | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 250 | DeVore-R Nonprobate transfers | Civil Law |
| AB 259 | Adams-R Controlled substances: Schedule I | Controlled Substances |
| AB 261 | Lieber-D Sex offenders: statute of limitations | Sex Offenders |
| AB 268 | Charles Calderon-D Evidence: admissibility of hearsay statements | Procedural |
| AB 278 | Huff-R Controlled substances | Controlled Substances |
| AB 279 | Huff-R Unlawful demonstrations: military funerals | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 282 | Cook-R Crimes: military decorations | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 289 | Spitzer-R Domestic violence: protective orders | Domestic Violence Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 298 | Maze-R Relative caregivers | Family Law Civil Law |
| AB 299 | Tran-R Maintenance of the codes | Civil Law |
| AB 301 | Soto-D Criminal street gangs: statewide prevention | Law Enforcement |
| AB 303 | Spitzer-R Manslaughter: vehicular | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 310 | Silva-R California Law Revision Commission: code clean-up | Civil Law |
| AB 312 | Dymally-D Dependent children: reunification services | Juvenile Justice |
| AB 316 | Spitzer-R Guardianships and conservatorships: investments | Civil Law |
| AB 318 | Silva-R Controlled substances | Controlled Substances |
| AB 321 | Nava-D School zone: speed limits | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 325 | Nava-D Peace officers: recruitment | Law Enforcement |
| AB 334 | Levine-D Firearms: loss and theft | Weapons |
| AB 336 | Dymally-D Substance abuse | Controlled Substances |
| AB 337 | Dymally-D Cocaine penalties | Controlled Substances |
| AB 341 | Spitzer-R Estates and trusts: creditors claims | Civil Law |
| AB 348 | Garcia-R Sex offenses: enforcement teams | Sex Offenders |
| AB 349 | Salas-D Recorded instruments: translation certificates | Civil Law |
| AB 352 | Solorio-D Weapons | Weapons |
| AB 360 | Carter-D Juvenile court law: purpose | Juvenile Justice |
| AB 361 | Ma-D Decedents' estates: creditor claims | Civil Law |
| AB 362 | De Leon-D Ammunition | Weapons |
| AB 367 | De Leon-D Court-ordered debts | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| AB 369 | Solorio-D Court-appointed special advocate program | Child Abuse |
| AB 370 | Adams-R Sex offenders: residency restrictions | Sex Offenders |
| AB 375 | Garcia-R Domestic violence: probation | Domestic Violence |
| AB 376 | Nava-D Airport police officers: retirement | Law Enforcement |
| AB 378 | Benoit-R Elder and dependent adult abuse | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 379 | Galgiani-D Crimes: children | Sex Offenders |
| AB 386 | Benoit-R Sexually violent predator proceedings: release notification | Sex Offenders |
| AB 395 | Swanson-D Child abduction | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 403 | Tran-R Attorney-client privilege | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| AB 406 | Galgiani-D Homicide trial costs: Merced County | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| AB 407 | Swanson-D Probation Youth Success Act | Juvenile Justice |
| AB 410 | Adams-R Disposition of tenants' unclaimed property | Civil Law |
| AB 416 | Garcia-R Arson | Other Crimes and Sentencing Law Enforcement |
| AB 419 | Lieber-D Workers' compensation: public employees: leaves of absence | Law Enforcement |
| AB 421 | Benoit-R Department of Motor Vehicles: abstract of record of court | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 425 | Adams-R Motorcycles: helmets | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 426 | Galgiani-D Serious and violent felonies | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 430 | Benoit-R Speed contests and reckless driving. | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 434 | Silva-R Notaries public | Civil Law |
| AB 439 | Ma-D Prisoners: work camps: electronic monitoring | Corrections |
| AB 440 | Parra-D Law enforcement: offender data | Sex Offenders Law Enforcement |
| AB 441 | Parra-D Methamphetamine | Controlled Substances Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 442 | Parra-D Sex offenses | Sex Offenders |
| AB 443 | Wolk-D California Highway Patrol | Law Enforcement |
| AB 457 | Cook-R Corrections: investigations | Corrections |
| AB 458 | Cook-R Costs of incarceration: undocumented criminal aliens | Corrections |
| AB 459 | Cook-R In-home supportive services: criminal background checks | Law Enforcement |
| AB 467 | Feuer-D Courts: access to justice | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| AB 468 | Ruskin-D Abandoned vehicle abatement | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 475 | Emmerson-R Criminal procedure: options | Procedural |
| AB 476 | De La Torre-D Fireworks | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 478 | Wolk-D Bicycle lamps and reflectors | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 481 | Tran-R Unlawful detainer: pleadings | Civil Law |
| AB 487 | Garcia-R Parole: sex offenders: specialized supervision | Sex Offenders |
| AB 496 | Villines-R Controlled substances: forfeiture | Controlled Substances |
| AB 498 | Galgiani-D Bail agents: access to warrant information | Law Enforcement |
| AB 499 | Swanson-D Sexually exploited minors | Child Abuse |
| AB 500 | Lieu-D Civil actions: telephonic appearances | Civil Law |
| AB 502 | Charles Calderon-D Domestic violence | Domestic Violence |
| AB 506 | Lieu-D Battery | Other Crimes and Sentencing Law Enforcement |
| AB 508 | Swanson-D Food stamps: eligibility: drug felonies | Corrections |
| AB 512 | Lieber-D Contracts: translation | Civil Law |
| AB 525 | De Leon-D Homeland security: training center | Law Enforcement |
| AB 528 | Aghazarian-R Graffiti prevention: "Tag, You're It" Act of 2007 | Law Enforcement |
| AB 534 | Smyth-R Crimes against children | Child Abuse Sex Offenders Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 541 | Huffman-D Liability: genetically engineered plants | Civil Law |
| AB 565 | Berryhill-R Arson: registration | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 569 | Portantino-D Wiretaps | Law Enforcement |
| AB 582 | Evans-D Court transcription fees | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| AB 587 | Karnette-D Antiterrorism: training courses | Law Enforcement |
| AB 589 | Levine-D Pupils: teen dating violence and sexual violence prevention | Sex Offenders Law Enforcement |
| AB 601 | Arambula-D Sex offenders | Sex Offenders |
| AB 602 | DeVore-R Parking violations: hearings | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 604 | Walters-R Deceased persons: cancellation of services | Civil Law |
| AB 605 | Walters-R Speed contest: forfeiture | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 612 | Ruskin-D Child custody evaluations | Family Law |
| AB 621 | Smyth-R Universities: reserve peace officers | Law Enforcement |
| AB 635 | Duvall-R Peace officers: circumstance in aggravation | Law Enforcement |
| AB 638 | Bass-D Dependent children and wards of the court: services | Juvenile Justice |
| AB 639 | Hancock-D Parolees: issuance of California identification cards | Corrections |
| AB 645 | Feuer-D Traffic violations: adjudication | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 648 | Adams-R Sentencing: enhancements: illegal aliens | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 658 | Bass-D Community Homicide and Violence Reduction Program | Law Enforcement |
| AB 664 | Parra-D Prison Industry Authority | Corrections |
| AB 667 | Smyth-R Law enforcement animals | Other Crimes and Sentencing Corrections |
| AB 670 | Spitzer-R Animals: bites: owner information | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 673 | Hayashi-D Mandatory reports: child abuse and neglect | Child Abuse |
| AB 675 | Eng-D School safety | Law Enforcement |
| AB 676 | Tran-R Serious felonies: penalty enhancement | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 678 | Gaines-R Vehicular manslaughter | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 679 | Benoit-R Illegal dumping: assessments | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 684 | Leno-D Industrial hemp | Controlled Substances |
| AB 686 | Gaines-R Minors: fitness hearing | Juvenile Justice Weapons |
| AB 692 | Mullin-D Attorneys: referral services | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| AB 698 | Strickland-R Defamation: agricultural products | Civil Law |
| AB 702 | Portantino-D Musical performances or productions: deceptive acts | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 703 | Ruskin-D Social security numbers | Identity Theft |
| AB 714 | Maze-R Adoption: release of information to birth relative | Family Law |
| AB 716 | DeVore-R Prison design plans | Corrections |
| AB 717 | Fuller-R Victim Compensation Fund | Victims of Crime |
| AB 718 | Fuller-R Statutes of limitation: sex offenses | Sex Offenders |
| AB 732 | DeVore-R Crimes: punishment | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 737 | Keene-R Small claims court jurisdiction | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| AB 743 | Solorio-D School security officers | Law Enforcement |
| AB 755 | Lieber-D Corporal punishment | Child Abuse |
| AB 758 | Plescia-R Traffic violator schools | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 777 | Levine-D Animal cruelty: elephants | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 779 | Jones-D Security of personal information | Identity Theft |
| AB 780 | Silva-R Attempted murder | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 787 | Soto-D Crime | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 788 | Niello-R Code enforcement officers: battery | Other Crimes and Sentencing Law Enforcement |
| AB 790 | Karnette-D State Penalty Fund: Witness Protection Program | Law Enforcement |
| AB 791 | Jeffries-R Public Safety Agency | Law Enforcement |
| AB 801 | Walters-R Vehicles: license plates | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 802 | Salas-D Criminal street gangs | Law Enforcement |
| AB 803 | Strickland-R Statute of limitations: sex crimes | Sex Offenders |
| AB 805 | Galgiani-D Firearms | Weapons Law Enforcement |
| AB 808 | Parra-D Vehicles: licensure application or renewal | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 814 | Hayashi-D Consumer Sales Security Act | Identity Theft |
| AB 821 | Nava-D Lead ammunition: condors | Weapons |
| AB 824 | Saldana-D Inmate work camps | Corrections |
| AB 841 | Portantino-D Crime | Sex Offenders |
| AB 849 | Nakanishi-R Public safety training facilities | Law Enforcement |
| AB 854 | Keene-R Firearms | Weapons |
| AB 858* | Spitzer-R Crime victim trusts | Victims of Crime |
| AB 859 | Plescia-R Civil procedure: service of process | Civil Law |
| AB 860 | Salas-D Jury trial on prior convictions | Procedural |
| AB 861 | Tran-R Dissolution of marriage: estates and trusts | Family Law |
| AB 863 | Davis-D Los Angeles County Superior Court employees | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| AB 878 | Davis-D Vehicle registration fees | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 881 | Mullin-D Vehicles: child passengers: restraint systems | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 886 | Sharon Runner-R Notaries public | Civil Law |
| AB 887* | De La Torre-D Eminent domain: redevelopment | Civil Law |
| AB 890 | Aghazarian-R Correctional Peace Officer Standards and Training | Corrections Law Enforcement |
| AB 893 | Walters-R Vehicles: speeding | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 894 | Nakanishi-R Criminal street gangs | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 900* | Solorio-D Prison construction | Corrections |
| AB 907 | Strickland-R Criminal history records: child welfare proceedings | Law Enforcement |
| AB 919 | Houston-R Electronic communication devices: threats to safety | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 920 | Brownley-D Sale of official information | Law Enforcement |
| AB 924 | Emmerson-R Criminal profiteering forfeiture: vehicle theft | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 926 | Evans-D Civil discovery | Civil Law |
| AB 931 | Ruskin-D Community corrections | Corrections |
| AB 932 | Jeffries-R Conservation camps: weight lifting equipment | Corrections |
| AB 985 | Saldana-D Environment: judicial review | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| AB 988 | Charles Calderon-D Federal homeland security grant funds | Law Enforcement |
| AB 996 | Spitzer-R Parole hearings: victim testimony | Corrections Victims of Crime |
| AB 998 | Garrick-R Theft: motor vehicle: penalties | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 1002 | Anderson-R Sex offenders: information | Sex Offenders |
| AB 1007 | Maze-R Parent education programs | Family Law |
| AB 1013 | Krekorian-D Unlawful detainer: nuisance abatement | Weapons Civil Law |
| AB 1029 | Caballero-D Law enforcement: apprenticeship program | Law Enforcement |
| AB 1035 | La Malfa-R Crime | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 1048 | Richardson-D Illegal dumping enforcement officers | Law Enforcement |
| AB 1049 | Solorio-D Parole: reentry program: YouthBuild model | Corrections |
| AB 1067 | Cook-R Harmful matter | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 1068 | Cook-R Sex offenders: schools | Sex Offenders |
| AB 1069 | Cook-R Abandoned property: vehicles and mobilehomes | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 1079* | Richardson-D Crime laboratories | Law Enforcement |
| AB 1081 | Garrick-R Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: mutual aid | Corrections |
| AB 1082 | Garrick-R Law enforcement | Law Enforcement |
| AB 1084 | Galgiani-D Highway signs | Law Enforcement |
| AB 1093 | Sharon Runner-R Bail | Other Crimes and Sentencing Law Enforcement |
| AB 1099 | Portantino-D Traffic violator schools | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 1105 | Garrick-R Firearms | Weapons |
| AB 1115 | Sharon Runner-R Prosecutions: time: limitations | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 1121 | Lieber-D Inmates | Corrections |
| AB 1125 | Richardson-D Protective orders | Domestic Violence Victims of Crime Law Enforcement |
| AB 1126 | Eng-D Civil discovery: unlawful detainer: subpoenas | Civil Law |
| AB 1133 | Dymally-D Sentencing: three strikes | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 1141 | Anderson-R Vehicles: fleeing a peace officer | Law Enforcement |
| AB 1145 | Huff-R Graffiti: forfeiture of vehicle | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 1153 | Garcia-R Mobilehome dealers: criminal background check | Law Enforcement |
| AB 1156 | Levine-D Child support: satellite wagering winnings | Family Law |
| AB 1158 | Benoit-R Witnesses: conditional examinations | Procedural |
| AB 1165 | Maze-R Driving under the influence: repeat offense | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 1168 | Jones-D Social security numbers | Identity Theft |
| AB 1171 | Sharon Runner-R Necrophilia | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 1172 | Sharon Runner-R Inmate release | Corrections |
| AB 1176 | Spitzer-R Sexually violent predators | Sex Offenders |
| AB 1187 | DeSaulnier-D Sturgeon, lobster, striped bass, salmon: penalties | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 1191 | Parra-D Sex offenses against children | Sex Offenders |
| AB 1196 | Gaines-R Flamethrowers | Weapons |
| AB 1197 | Aghazarian-R Sex offenders: housing | Sex Offenders |
| AB 1198 | Benoit-R Law enforcement response costs | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses Law Enforcement |
| AB 1199 | Richardson-D White collar crime: enhancement | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 1200 | Saldana-D Vehicles: hit-and-run: multiple convictions: penalties | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 1202 | Richardson-D Port security: bond funds | Law Enforcement |
| AB 1210 | Horton-R Gang-related crimes: hearsay | Procedural |
| AB 1211 | Price-D Depositions: costs | Civil Law |
| AB 1215 | Benoit-R Vehicles: DUI | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 1218 | Duvall-R Firearms | Weapons |
| AB 1229 | Carter-D Law enforcement | Law Enforcement |
| AB 1235 | Fuller-R Sex offenders: Internet web site: GPS monitoring | Sex Offenders |
| AB 1248 | Evans-D Courts | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| AB 1253* | Caballero-D Salinas Valley State Prison | Corrections |
| AB 1258 | Caballero-D Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zones | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 1264 | Eng-D Courts: delay reduction: unnamed defendants | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| AB 1275 | DeSaulnier-D Domestic violence: child abuse: fees | Domestic Violence Child Abuse |
| AB 1278 | Ma-D Crimes: human trafficking | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 1290 | Mendoza-D Community crime prevention | Law Enforcement |
| AB 1291 | Mendoza-D Juvenile justice: anti-gang violence parenting classes | Juvenile Justice |
| AB 1298 | Jones-D Personal information: disclosure | Identity Theft |
| AB 1299 | Fuller-R Records: confidentiality and access: child abuse | Child Abuse |
| AB 1300 | Price-D Division of juvenile facilities | Juvenile Justice |
| AB 1311 | Berryhill-R Records: confidentiality | Law Enforcement |
| AB 1332 | Evans-D Adoption | Family Law |
| AB 1334 | Swanson-D Condom distribution to state and local prisoners | Corrections |
| AB 1340 | Jones-D Safe and Secure Court Facility Bond Act of 2008 | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| AB 1348 | Spitzer-R Sexually violent predators: conditional release program | Sex Offenders |
| AB 1349 | Galgiani-D Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation: San Joaquin County | Corrections |
| AB 1356 | Houston-R Real property: equity purchasers | Civil Law |
| AB 1357 | Parra-D Handgun safety certificates: exemptions | Weapons |
| AB 1361 | Karnette-D Political Reform Act of 1974 | Civil Law |
| AB 1372 | Parra-D Theft: copper | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 1374 | Hernandez-D Reserve housing authority patrol officers | Law Enforcement |
| AB 1381 | Nunez-D Office of Gang and Youth Violence Policy | Law Enforcement |
| AB 1385 | Garrick-R Vehicles: DUI: penalties | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 1388 | Berryhill-R Probation | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 1394 | Krekorian-D Crime statistics | Law Enforcement |
| AB 1405 | Maze-R Joint assessment of status: confidential information | Juvenile Justice |
| AB 1407 | Lieu-D Redondo Beach Harbor Patrol Officers: arrest powers | Law Enforcement |
| AB 1416 | Sharon Runner-R Child endangerment: driving under the influence | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 1424 | Davis-D Elder and dependent adult abuse | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 1448 | Niello-R Peace officers: impersonation: uniforms | Law Enforcement |
| AB 1461 | Krekorian-D Alcohol and drug abuse | Controlled Substances |
| AB 1464 | Benoit-R Vehicle registration: preclusion | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 1471 | Feuer-D Firearms: microstamping | Weapons |
| AB 1475 | Galgiani-D Mandatory child abuse reporting: computer technicians | Child Abuse |
| AB 1487 | Berryhill-R Vehicles: driving under the influence | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 1491* | Benoit-R Court facilities | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| AB 1504 | Anderson-R Credit reporting: identity theft: children | Juvenile Justice |
| AB 1505 | Parra-D Class actions | Civil Law |
| AB 1509 | Spitzer-R Sex offenders: community placement | Sex Offenders |
| AB 1514 | Maze-R Juveniles: psychotropic medication | Juvenile Justice |
| AB 1520 | Portantino-D Criminal procedure: recording communications | Procedural |
| AB 1531 | DeSaulnier-D Parking spaces for persons with disabilities | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 1539 | Krekorian-D Sentencing | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 1547 | Beall-D Juvenile court: termination of jurisdiction | Juvenile Justice |
| AB 1549 | Aghazarian-R Product liability | Civil Law |
| AB 1556 | Horton-R Crimes: hazardous waste | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 1557 | Feuer-D Jury selection: peremptory challenges | Juries |
| AB 1575 | Richardson-D Vehicle liens | Civil Law |
| AB 1581 | Fuller-R Traffic-actuated signals that detect motorcycles & bicycles | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 1582 | Charles Calderon-D Marijuana: possession: penalty | Controlled Substances |
| AB 1584 | Maze-R Crime: trespassing | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 1587 | De La Torre-D Personal information: pharmacy | Identity Theft |
| AB 1589 | Duvall-R Vehicles: reports: reexaminations: removal | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 1593 | Blakeslee-R School volunteer aides: background checks | Law Enforcement |
| AB 1595 | Lieber-D Disaster mitigation and emergency services | Law Enforcement |
| AB 1597 | Solorio-D Sheriffs' duties: coastline, harbors, and inland waterways | Law Enforcement |
| AB 1625 | Solorio-D Crime prevention: criminal gangs | Law Enforcement |
| AB 1627 | Sharon Runner-R Solicitation: controlled substance offenses | Controlled Substances |
| AB 1628 | Sharon Runner-R Vandalism: punishment | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 1629 | Sharon Runner-R Parole | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 1630 | Sharon Runner-R Criminal street gangs: registration | Law Enforcement |
| AB 1631 | Sharon Runner-R Sentencing: 10-20-life | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 1640 | La Malfa-R Mental incapacity: deletion of demeaning terminology | Other Crimes and Sentencing Civil Law |
| AB 1645 | La Malfa-R Firearms: order of seizure by the Governor | Weapons |
| AB 1648 | Leno-D Peace officer records | Law Enforcement |
| AB 1655 | Lieber-D Division of Juvenile Justice | Juvenile Justice |
| AB 1657 | Sharon Runner-R Underage drinking | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 1658 | Sharon Runner-R Underage drinking | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 1660 | La Malfa-R Victims' rights: presence during criminal proceedings | Victims of Crime |
| AB 1662 | Garcia-R State employment: State Bargaining Unit 6 | Corrections Law Enforcement |
| AB 1669 | Leno-D Crime victims: trauma center grants | Victims of Crime |
| AB 1673 | Feuer-D Retail sales: rebates | Civil Law |
| AB 1679 | Evans-D Support obligations | Family Law |
| AB 1686 | Leno-D Assault and battery: parking control officers | Other Crimes and Sentencing Law Enforcement |
| AB 1694 | La Malfa-R Crime | Child Abuse |
| AB 1705 | Niello-R Sentencing: enhancement | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 1706* | Assembly Public Safety Committee Sex offenders: registration | Sex Offenders |
| AB 1708 | Swanson-D California Sentencing Commission | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 1723 | Assembly Judiciary Committee Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| AB 1724 | Jones-D Vehicle forfeiture | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 1725 | Lieu-D Judicial candidates | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| AB 1726 | Assembly Judiciary Committee Court interpreters | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |
| AB 1727 | Assembly Judiciary Committee Conservators and guardians | Civil Law |
| AB 1743 | Huffman-D San Quentin State Prison: condemned inmate facilities | Death Penalty Corrections |
| ACA 2 | Walters-R Eminent domain | Civil Law |
| ACA 8 | De La Torre-D Eminent domain | Civil Law |
| ACR 6 | Ma-D Teenage dating violence | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| ACR 7 | Wolk-D Officer David Lamoree Memorial Highway | Law Enforcement |
| ACR 9 | Dymally-D Legislative Task Force on Substance Abuse | Controlled Substances |
| ACR 11 | Beall-D Domestic Violence Awareness Month | Domestic Violence |
| ACR 20 | Cook-R Deputy Greg A. Gariepy Memorial Highway | Law Enforcement |
| ACR 24 | Blakeslee-R Correctional facilities: reimbursement | Corrections |
| ACR 27 | Charles Calderon-D Deputy Sheriff Jerry Ortiz Memorial Highway | Law Enforcement |
| ACR 28 | Ma-D National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| ACR 31 | Berg-D Officer Ernest R. Felio Memorial Highway | Law Enforcement |
| ACR 34 | Nakanishi-R Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| ACR 35 | Evans-D California Law Revision Commission | Civil Law |
| ACR 41 | Emmerson-R Officer James M. Goodman Memorial Highway | Law Enforcement |
| ACR 44 | Maze-R Sexual Assault Awareness Month | Sex Offenders |
| ACR 51 | Spitzer-R Hate Crimes Awareness Month | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| ACR 52 | Spitzer-R National Missing Children's Day | Law Enforcement |
| ACR 58 | Fuller-R CHP Officer Erick S. Manny Memorial Highway | Law Enforcement |
| ACR 59 | Cook-R Lieutenant Jared M. Landaker Memorial Highway | Law Enforcement |
| ACR 63 | Keene-R Butte County Officers: Memorial Highway | Law Enforcement |
| ACR 70 | Galgiani-D Red Ribbon Week | Controlled Substances Law Enforcement |
| AJR 10 | Villines-R Family Day | Family Law |
| AJR 29 | Eng-D Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act | Law Enforcement |
| AJR 38 | Levine-D Training for Realtime Writers Act of 2007 | Courts and Judges/Legal Professions |