Death Penalty
Privacy/Identity Theft
Domestic Violence
Child Abuse/Sex Offenders
Controlled Substances
Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses
Other Crimes and Sentencing
Procedural
Juries
Juvenile Justice
Corrections
Victims of Crime
Weapons
Courts/Judges/Legal Profession
Law Enforcement
Family Law
Civil Law
Death Penalty
SB 490 (Hancock-D) Death penalty
Substitutes, upon approval of the voters in the November 2012 general election, life-without-possibility-of-parole (LWOP) for the death penalty as punishment for persons convicted of first-degree murder with special circumstances. States that in any case where a defendant was sentenced to death prior to or following enactment of this measure, upon voter approval, the sentence of each defendant shall convert to LWOP.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
Privacy/Identity Theft
SB 24 (Simitian-D) Privacy: security breach notification
Amends California's security breach notification law to provide that any agency, person, or business required to issue a notification under existing law must meet additional requirements regarding that notification. Requires that, any agency, person, or business that must provide a security breach notification under existing law to more than 500 California residents as a result of a single breach would be required to submit the notification electronically to the Attorney General.
Chapter 197, Statutes of 2011
SB 102 (Correa-D) Telecommunications: customer privacy
Requires a commercial seller of mobile telephony service communications devices (commonly known as "cell phones") that incorporate geotagging, as defined, capability to disclose this capability to a potential purchaser prior to completing a sale of the device. Prohibits the commercial seller from selling a mobile telephony service communications device to a purchaser with the geotagging capability activated or operational without first obtaining the purchaser's consent, in writing, acknowledging that the purchaser has been informed of the existence of the geotagging capability and consents to this capability being activated or operational.
(In Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee)
SB 208* (Alquist-D) Identity theft and restitution
Provides that restitution in an identity theft case shall include, for a reasonable period of time, the costs of repairing the victim's credit and monitoring the victim's credit report.
Chapter 45, Statutes of 2011
SB 242 (Corbett-D) Privacy: social networking Internet Web sites: minors
Requires social networking Internet Web sites to (1) establish a default privacy setting for registered users that prohibits the display of any information about the user without the agreement of the user, as specified, (2) establish a process for new users to set their privacy settings as part of the registration process that explains privacy options in plain language, and (3) remove personal identifying information in a timely manner upon request. Provides that a social networking Internet Web site that willfully and knowingly violates the bill's provisions shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 for each violation.
(Failed passage on Senate Floor)
SB 602 (Yee-D) Reader Privacy Act
Enacts the Reader Privacy Act, placing restrictions relative to user information on commercial businesses that offer "book services," the rental, purchase, borrowing, browsing, or viewing of books, to the public.
Chapter 424, Statutes of 2011
SB 636 (Corbett-D) Personal information: Internet disclosure
Makes specified changes in law relating to the disclosure of protected personal information about domestic violence and stalking victims, including changes to the "Safe at Home" program.
Chapter 200, Statutes of 2011
SB 761 (Lowenthal-D) Online privacy
Requires the Attorney General, by 7/1/12, to adopt regulations that require online businesses to provide California consumers with a method for the consumer to opt out of the collection or use of his/her information by the business.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 850 (Leno-D) Confidential information: medical records
Requires electronic health record systems or electronic medical record systems to automatically record and preserve any change or deletion of any electronically stored medical information and enacts related requirements. Clarifies that existing law relating to the destruction of medical records applies to medical information, thus including information kept in both physical and electronic form.
Chapter 714, Statutes of 2011
AB 3 (Miller-R) Confidential home addresses: vehicles
Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to provide notice of outstanding toll evasion violations to individuals who have requested a confidential home address.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 143 (Fuentes-D) Privacy rights: pupil records
Adds to the list of people who may obtain a pupils' school records, for specified purposes, a minor's counsel of record and requires those in receipt of such records to certify that the information shall not be disclosed to another person.
Chapter 434, Statutes of 2011
AB 439 (Skinner-D) Confidentiality of Medical Information Act
Provides an affirmative defense for a violation of the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act so that the plaintiff may not be awarded nominal damages if the defendant establishes that defense, as specified. Applies to actions brought on or after 1/1/12.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 452 (Ma-D) Privacy: electronic tracking devices
Expands the misdemeanor offense of using an electronic tracking device on a non-consenting party to include use of a third party to employ the device. Provides for numerous exemptions, including law enforcement, legal guardians, and authorized and commercial service providers. Makes it a misdemeanor to require or compel another person to undergo subcutaneous implantation of an electronic tracking device.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 665 (Torres-D) Invasion of privacy: disorderly conduct
Doubles the misdemeanor penalties - to a maximum jail term of one year and a maximum fine of $2,000 - for a second or subsequent conviction of violating another person's reasonable expectation of privacy, or the first conviction where the victim is a minor, by doing any of the following: (1) looking into a bedroom, bathroom, changing room or similar place through a hole or by means of any instrumentality, (2) using a concealed video recording device, camera, camcorder, mobile phone, or other electronic device to record or film the body or underclothing of another person while the person is in or using a bedroom, bathroom, fitting room or similar place, and (3) using a concealed video recording device, camera or other electronic device to record or film the body or underclothing of another person for sexual gratification.
Chapter 658, Statutes of 2011
AB 733 (Ma-D) Privacy rights: access to pupil records
Makes numerous technical changes to conform state law with the federal Family Education Rights and Privacy Act regarding access to pupil records without parental consent or judicial order, as well as makes more substantive changes that are permitted by federal law.
(Held at Senate Desk)
AB 846 (Bonilla-D) Identity theft: foster youth
Adds the Department of Social Services (DSS) to the list of entities authorized to request credit reports on behalf of specified foster youth and clarifies the procedures for DSS and the county welfare departments to use when handling suspected identity theft that may be discovered during this process. Requires the Office of Privacy Protection, in consultation with the DSS and other stakeholders, to develop a list of nonprofit organizations and governmental agencies that assist consumers with identity theft issues.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1219* (Perea-D) Private information: credit cards
Provides clarification for those instances when an entity that accepts credit cards may not request certain types of personal identification information to complete the transaction. Creates an express exemption from the prohibition against the collection and retention of zip code information when the zip code is used solely for prevention of fraud, theft, or identify theft in a sales transaction at a retail motor fuel dispenser or retail motor fuel payment island automated cashier.
Chapter 690, Statutes of 2011
Domestic Violence
SB 154 (Wolk-D) Domestic violence: vital records
Deletes a 1/1/12 sunset date relative to Solano County increasing fees for certified copies of vital records, thereby extending existing law indefinitely.
Chapter 120, Statutes of 2011
SB 430 (Kehoe-D) Domestic violence: strangulation and suffocation
States in statute that a traumatic condition, as that term is used in the "felony" domestic violence statute, can result from strangulation or suffocation.
Chapter 129, Statutes of 2011
SB 480 (Vargas-D) Domestic violence: public social services
Provides that in determining whether a county has failed to meet the federal work requirements relative to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the number of cases subject to the federal work participation requirements is not to include specified cases granted a federally recognized good cause domestic violence waiver.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 557 (Kehoe-D) Domestic violence: family justice centers
Authorizes, until 1/1/14, the City of San Diego, the City of Anaheim, the County of Alameda and the County of Sonoma to create a two-year pilot project for the establishment of a family justice centers (FJCs) to assist victims of domestic violence and allows for the FJCs to be staffed by, among others, law enforcement, medical, social service, and child welfare personnel.
Chapter 262, Statutes of 2011
SB 636 (Corbett-D) Personal information: Internet disclosure
Makes specified changes in law relating to the disclosure of protected personal information about domestic violence and stalking victims, including changes to the Safe at Home program.
Chapter 200, Statutes of 2011
SB 723 (Pavley-D) Restraining orders
Authorizes the court to issue, and requires the court to consider at the time of sentencing in any domestic violence case, an order valid for up to 10 years restraining the defendant from any contact with the victim, regardless of the disposition of the sentence.
Chapter 155, Statutes of 2011
AB 545 (John A. Pérez-D) Domestic violence
Expands felony domestic violence to include acts against former fiancés and fiancées, as well as current and former dating relationships.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 588 (V. Manuel Pérez-D) Domestic violence: victims: tenancy
Amends existing law so that a tenant who is a victim of domestic violence has more time to provide notice of intent to terminate a lease early. Provides that upon informing the landlord of intent to terminate a tenancy because he/she is a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, the tenant must also provide the landlord with a substantiating court order or police report, as specified, that was issued or written within the last 180 days. (Existing law requires the order or report to have been issued or written within the last 60 days.)
Chapter 76, Statutes of 2011
AB 593 (Ma-D) Domestic violence: writ of habeas corpus
Deletes the 1/1/11 repeal date on provisions of law that allow a writ of habeas corpus to be prosecuted on grounds that evidence relating to intimate partner battering and its effects was not introduced at the trial, thereby affecting the outcome of the trial.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1165 (Achadjian-R) Domestic violence: probation: terms
Provides immunity from liability relative to good faith conduct in decisions made in cases involving formal probation decisions for individuals convicted of domestic violence.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
ACR 82 (Mitchell-D) Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Recognizes October 2011 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and urges Californians to take a stand against domestic violence by raising awareness about this issue and the resources available to victims seeking to escape abuse.
Resolution Chapter 119, Statutes of 2011
Child Abuse/Sex Offenders
SB 54 (Runner-R) Sex offenders: residency restrictions
Makes the following two changes to the residency restrictions now applicable to registered sex offenders: (1) provides that the residency restriction of 2,000 feet of any public or private school or park where children regularly gather shall be measured by the shortest practical pedestrian or vehicle path, and (2) provides a judicial process whereby registered sex offenders could be relieved of this restriction, as specified.
(Failed passage in Senate Public Safety Committee; reconsideration granted)
SB 57 (Runner-R) Sex offenders: registration
Requires persons required to register as sex offenders to provide the registering law enforcement agency with the persons online names and addresses, e-mail addresses and instant messaging user names for all his/her social networking Internet Website accounts. Requires that changes in this information be updated within 30 days. Authorizes the law enforcement agency to share this information with other law enforcement entities. Defines a social networking Website as one that allows persons, including juveniles, to communicate with acquaintances and strangers, construct a public or semi-public profile, set a list of users or members with whom they share a connection, and view and traverse their list of connections with others within the system.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 123 (Liu-D) California Runaway, Homeless, and Exploited Youth Act
Requires the California Emergency Management Agency, subject to the availability of adequate resources, to develop a statewide plan for runaway, homeless, and exploited youth in collaboration with the Senate Office of Research and various stakeholders.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 179 (Pavley-D) Tolling of parole: sexually violent predators
Tolls the parole period of any person subject to commitment as a sexually violent predator from the initial finding of probable cause through release from dismissal of proceeding or release from confinement. Provides that for an individual committed to the Department of Health as a sexually violent predator, the toll is from the date the prisoner is released until a court order is entered. Double-jointed with AB 117 (Assembly Budget Committee), Chapter 39, Statutes of 2011.
Chapter 359, Statutes of 2011
SB 271 (Wyland-R) Rape kits: evidence
Provides that a county's remaining share of funds attributable to the increase in penalties as required by the DNA Fingerprint, Unresolved Crime and Innocence Protection Act may be used by a local sheriff, police department, district attorney, or other law enforcement agency for expenditures and administrative costs made or incurred for utilizing a laboratory, other than the Department of Justice Laboratory, as specified, to expedite the analysis and processing of rape kits and uploading rape kit information to the CAL-DNA Databank and the Federal Bureau of Investigation Combined DNA Index System.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 492 (Correa-D) Sexually violent predators: civil commitment
Requires the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to refer to the Department of Mental Health (DMH) for assessment any person in the custody of the CDCR, including the Division of Juvenile Facilities and persons on parole or for whom a warrant of arrest is outstanding, who has committed a sexually violent offense, as defined. Requires the Director of DMH to identify and evaluate individuals who are in custody under the jurisdiction of the DMH and who have convictions for sexually violent offenses at least six months prior to their release.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 531 (Rubio-D) Sex offense cases: search warrants: HIV testing
Requires, if a victim requests an HIV test of a defendant against whom an information or indictment has been presented for a crime in which, by force or threat of force, the defendant is alleged to have compelled the victim to engage in sexual activity, the HIV test to be administered not later than 48 hours after the date on which the search warrant is issued. Requires the local health officer to disclose the HIV test results as soon as practicable.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 534 (Corbett-D) Sexual assault victims: medical exams
Makes changes to sexual assault forensic protocol to conform California to federal requirements for Violence Against Women Act funding.
Chapter 360, Statutes of 2011
SB 557 (Kehoe-D) Child abuse: family justice centers
Authorizes the City of San Diego, the City of Anaheim, the County of Alameda, and the County of Sonoma to create a two-year pilot project for the establishment of family justice centers to assist victims of sexual assault and allows for the centers to be staffed by, among others, law enforcement, medical, social service, and child welfare personnel. Sunsets on 1/1/14.
Chapter 262, Statutes of 2011
SB 622 (Corbett-D) Sex offenders: registration: out-of-state
Clarifies that sex offender registration in California for an out-of-state conviction is based on the elements of the convicted offense or proven or stipulated facts in the record of conviction. Requires sex offender registration in California if a person committed an offense that requires registration in the state of conviction.
Chapter 362, Statutes of 2011
SB 756 (Price-D) Registered sex offenders
Clarifies jurisdiction for prosecuting a sex offender registrant for failing to register. Authorizes a district attorney in a jurisdiction where a sex offender was supposed to register to issue an arrest warrant.
Chapter 363, Statutes of 2011
SCR 15 (Evans-D) Sexual Assault Awareness Month: Denim Day California
Designates the month of April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month, recognizes 4/27/11 as Denim Day California, and encourages everyone to wear jeans on that day to help communicate the message that there is no excuse for, and never an invitation to, rape or sexual assault.
Resolution Chapter 76, Statutes of 2011
AB 12 (Swanson-D) Prostitution involving minors
Requires the court to impose a special fine of up to $25,000 in a case where a defendant is convicted of prostitution involving a minor. Provides that the proceeds of such funds be available, upon legislative appropriation, to fund programs and services for sexually exploited minors in the county of conviction.
Chapter 75, Statutes of 2011
AB 90 (Swanson-D) Human trafficking: minors
Provides that any crime in which the defendant persuaded or induced a minor to engage in a commercial sex act can be the basis of criminal profiteering asset forfeiture. Provides that any crime in which the defendant coerced or forced a minor to engage in a commercial sex act can be the basis of criminal profiteering asset forfeiture. Defines a commercial sex act as sexual conduct for which anything of value is given or received by any person. Provides that the proceeds of criminal asset forfeiture in such cases be used for programs to assist minors who are sexually exploited or the victims of human trafficking.
Chapter 457, Statutes of 2011
AB 322 (Portantino-D) Rape kits: forensic evidence
Creates a pilot project, commencing 7/1/12, in 10 counties to have the Department of Justice test all rape kits collected after the start date of the pilot project in those counties to determine if such testing increases their arrest rates in rape cases. Sunsets on 1/1/16.
Vetoed
AB 421 (Smyth-R) Sexually violent predators: mental health
Changes procedures in sexually violent predator commitment proceedings. Specifies each party receives 10 peremptory challenges in selecting the jury. Allows the prosecuting attorney access to all records concerning the defendant without obtaining a court order. Expresses findings regarding the necessity for indeterminate terms for sexually violent predator commitment proceedings.
(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee; reconsideration granted)
AB 543 (Torres-D) Sex offenders: social networking prohibition
Makes it a misdemeanor, punishable by up to six months in county jail and/or a fine of up to $1,000, for a registered sex offender on parole or probation, whose victim was under the age of 18, or who used the Internet in the commission of the crime, to access an Internet social networking site. Requires the informational statement registered sex offenders must sign to include a notice regarding the social networking site prohibition, if applicable.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 625 (Ammiano-D) Sex offender registration
Establishes a three-tiered registration system for sex offenders for periods of 10 years, 20 years, or life.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
AB 653 (Galgiani-D) Sex offenders: registration of Internet accounts
Requires a person required to register under the Sex Offender Registration Act to register his/her Internet accounts and Internet identifiers, defined to include e-mail addresses and designations used for the purposes of chatting, instant messaging, social networking, or other similar Internet communication. Requires the person to update this information within five days of establishing an Internet account or creating or using an Internet identifier not previously disclosed, and requires that information to be forwarded by local law enforcement agencies to the Department of Justice.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 717 (Ammiano-D) Child Abuse Central Index
Makes several changes to the laws concerning the Child Abuse Central Index maintained by the Department of Justice.
Chapter 468, Statutes of 2011
AB 755 (Galgiani-D) Sex offenders: CAL E-STOP
Requires every registered sex offender to inform the law enforcement agency with which he/she last registered of all Internet identifiers or service providers and must sign a statement acknowledging this responsibility.
(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee; reconsideration granted)
AB 757 (Blumenfield-D) Sex offenders: public information
Provides that with respect to those person whose application for exclusion from the Department of Justice (DOJ) Internet Web site was granted by DOJ pursuant to existing law, if at any time after exclusion, any law enforcement agency notifies DOJ that, based on facts known to the agency about the offender, the agency believes that public safety may be compromised by the continued exclusion of the offender from public posting on the Internet Web site, DOJ shall, 30 days after notifying the offender, make information about the offender available to the public on the Internet Web site.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 764 (Swanson-D) Child abuse victims: income tax checkoffs
Allows the addition of the Child Victims of Human Trafficking Fund check-off to the personal income tax form upon the removal of another voluntary contribution fund from the form.
Chapter 465, Statutes of 2011
AB 765 (Achadjian-R) Rape by fraud
Provides that rape occurs where the victim submits to sexual intercourse because she believes that the person committing the act is the victim's cohabitant and this belief is induced by any artifice, pretense or concealment by the perpetrator, with the intent to induce the victim's belief.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 799 (Swanson-D) Sexually exploited minors pilot project: Alameda County
Extends the sunset of the existing Alameda County pilot project relating to sexually exploited minors an additional five years, and requires the Alameda County district attorney to provide a report to the Legislature on the pilot contingent upon local funding and operation of the pilot.
Chapter 51, Statutes of 2011
AB 813 (Fletcher-R) Sex offenders: punishment
Provides good faith immunity for members of the Sex Offender Management Board, and immunity from civil liability for certified sex offender management professionals for any criminal acts committed by a person who receives supervision or treatment. Creates an exception to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act to allow the Sex Offender Management Board to discuss matters pertaining to the application of a sex offender treatment provider in a closed session. Makes other clarifying changes related to sex offenders.
Chapter 357, Statutes of 2011
AB 883 (Cook-R) Sex offenders: registration
Requires registration as a sex offender for any person who has been convicted in any other court, including any state, federal, or military court, of any offense that, based on the elements of the conviction offense or proven or stipulated facts in the record of conviction would have been punishable as one or more of specified sex crimes included in the Sex Offender Registration Act.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 884 (Cook-R) Sexually violent offenders: notification
Requires law enforcement agencies to notify enumerated individuals and entities within five days if a person required to register under the Sex Offender Registration Act for specified crimes registers in the jurisdiction.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 885 (Cook-R) Registered sex offenders: driver's licenses
Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to include identifying information on the driver's licenses of sex offenders.
(Failed passage in Assembly Transportation Committee)
AB 996 (Donnelly-R) Human trafficking
Adds human trafficking committed with the purpose of sexual slavery to the list of offenses requiring registration as a sex offender.
(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1022 (Fletcher-R) Sex offenders: registration
Authorizes state and local law enforcement to provide information available on the Department of Justice's Web site of registered sex offenders, upon request, by e-mail or other electronic notification.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1188 (Pan-D) Crimes: serious and violent felonies
Adds four new offenses relating to child abuse to the list of "violent" felonies, adds five new offenses related to human trafficking and the abuse of a child to the "serious" felony list.
(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee; reconsideration granted)
AB 1226* (Cook-R) Child abuse crimes
Makes it a felony for a parent, guardian, or caregiver having the care, custody, and control of a child under 18 years of age to knowingly fail to report the child's death and the location of the child's remains to law enforcement, emergency medical personnel, or the coroner within two hours of the discovery of the child's death or as soon as possible thereafter if reasonable and expedient means to notify were not previously available. Provides that the reporting requirement described above is fulfilled if the child dies in a hospital or other medical care facility or under the care of a licensed medical professional.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 1243* (Fletcher-R) Sex crimes
Includes the infliction of great bodily injury on the victim or another person among the list of circumstances listed in Proposition 83 (Jessica's Law), approved by the voters at the 11/7/06 statewide general election, that if committed by any person in the commission by the defendant of rape, sodomy, or oral copulation would subject the defendant to imprisonment in the state prison for 15 years to life.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1384 (Bradford-D) Expungement standards
Allows a court, in its discretion and in the interest of justice, to determine that a defendant, who has been convicted of a misdemeanor and not granted probation or an infraction, should be granted expungement relief after the lapse of one year from the date of pronouncement of the judgment. Establishes that these expungement provisions shall not apply to a person who is convicted of a misdemeanor lewd and lascivious act on a child 14 or 15 years old when the perpetrator was 10 or more years older than the victim.
Chapter 284, Statutes of 2011
ACR 24 (Hall-D) Child Abuse Prevention Month
Acknowledges the month of April 2011 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 15, Statutes of 2011
ACR 32 (Harkey-R) Child sexual abuse
Declares 4/29/11 as the day of the annual Talk About Abuse to Liberate Kids (TAALK)-a-Thon sponsored by TAALK, and encourages all adults in California to be knowledgeable and outspoken about the prevention of child sexual abuse.
Resolution Chapter 64, Statutes of 2011
Controlled Substances
SB 129 (Leno-D) Medical marijuana
Prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of a person's status as a qualified patient (medical marijuana user) or on the basis of the person's positive drug test for marijuana, provided the person is a qualified patient and the medical use of marijuana does not occur at the place of employment or during hours of employment. Contains an exception to the prohibition when an employer hires a person in a safety-sensitive position, as specified. Creates, for a person who has suffered discrimination as described above, a civil action for damages, injunctive relief, attorney's fees and costs, and any other appropriate equitable relief to protect the peaceable exercise of the right or rights secured.
(On Senate Inactive File)
SB 260 (Cannella-R) Pseudoephedrine and other controlled chemicals
Provides that any person or entity that possesses one-half pound or more of pseudoephedrine, or a specified related chemical, or one-half pound of a substance containing pseudoephedrine or a related chemical, as specified, is guilty of a felony, punishable by a prison term of two, four, or six years and a fine of up to $10,000, unless enhancements apply based on the weight or volume of the substance.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 315 (Wright-D) Pseudoephedrine: sale or distribution by prescription only
Allows sale or distribution of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, norpseudoephedrine or phenylpropanolamine by prescription only and provides that a person who obtains one of these drugs without a prescription is guilty of an alternate misdemeanor-infraction.
(In Senate Health Committee)
SB 360 (DeSaulnier-D) Controlled Substance
Makes changes to the law regarding security printers for prescription forms for controlled substance prescriptions, as specified. Establishes the Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System and revises the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program to allow controlled substance subscribers and pharmacists to have Internet access to the controlled substance prescription history of persons under their care.
Chapter 418, Statutes of 2011
SB 420 (Hernandez-D) Synthetic cannabinoid compounds
Provides that every person who sells, dispenses, distributes, furnishes, administers, or gives, or offers to sell, dispense, distribute, furnish, administer, or give, or possesses for sale any synthetic cannabinoid compound, or any synthetic cannabinoid derivative, to any person, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding $1,000, or by both the fine and imprisonment.
Chapter 420, Statutes of 2011
SB 626 (Calderon-D) Cannabis products
Requires the Board of Equalization to establish a voluntary task force to conduct a study, and submit the results of that study to the Legislature by a specified date, to determine, among other things, the most efficient means to obtain compliance under the Sales and Use Tax Law by sellers of cannabis and cannabis products engaged in business in this state, as provided. Provides that all costs of the study be contingent upon the availability of outside, nonstate resources.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 676 (Leno-D) Industrial hemp
Creates an eight-year, four-county pilot project with respect to the cultivation and processing of industrial hemp. Defines "industrial hemp", as specified. Redefines marijuana to exclude industrial hemp. Allows the closely-regulated cultivation and processing of industrial hemp during the pilot period to conclude on 1/1/20. Imposes a testing regimen to ensure program hemp has no psychoactive properties. Implements the pilot project in Imperial, Kern, Kings, and San Joaquin Counties, except as specified. Requires the Attorney General and the Hemp Industries Association to submit reports to the Legislature by 1/1/18, regarding the economic and law enforcement impacts of industrial hemp cultivation.
Vetoed
SB 847 (Correa-D) Medical Marijuana Program: zoning restrictions
Prohibits a medical marijuana cooperative, collective, dispensary, operator, establishment or provider that operates through a storefront or mobile retail outlet from being located within a 600-feet radius of a school unless the local governing entity (city council or board of supervisors) enacts an ordinance regulating the residential location of such medical marijuana entities.
Vetoed
AB 67 (Huber-D) Sentencing: methamphetamine
Provides that any person granted probation for the sale of methamphetamine shall serve at least 180 days in the county jail.
(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 223 (Ammiano-D) Marijuana: Compassionate Use Act of 1996
Makes findings and declarations regarding medical marijuana, and provides that it is the intent of the Legislature to improve the Compassionate Use Act of 1996 and the state's medical marijuana program by establishing a comprehensive and multidisciplinary commission that is empowered to address issues regarding the legality and implementation of the Compassionate Use Act of 1996 and the state's medical marijuana law.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 486* (Hueso-D) Controlled substances
Provides that any person who sells, gives, dispenses, or distributes naphthylpyrovalerone and specified variations, and cathinone and specified variations, or who offers to do such acts, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Chapter 656, Statutes of 2011
AB 507 (Hayashi-D) Controlled substances: pain management
Makes technical and conforming changes to existing law related to severe chronic intractable pain and to the California Intractable Pain Treatment Act. Repeals provisions in existing law which permits the Department of Justice to employ a physician to interview and examine any patient in connection with the prescription possession or use of a controlled substance, requires the patient to submit to the interview and examination, and permits the physician to testify in prescribed administrative proceedings.
Chapter 396, Statutes of 2011
AB 639 (Norby-R) Controlled substances: asset forfeiture
Prohibits a California law enforcement agency from transferring seized drug assets to federal authorities for forfeiture unless a California court finds that the federal forfeiture is necessary or appropriate, as specified. States that drug assets are "seized" when the agency takes control of the property. Requires payment of a fine of up to 24% of the value of the forfeited assets if the property is transferred to federal authorities in violation of this bill. Requires the Attorney General to post its annual forfeiture report on-line for public access and to require that the report include data on federal forfeitures, as specified.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1017 (Ammiano-D) Marijuana cultivation: reduced penalty
Makes the cultivation of marijuana alternatively punishable as a misdemeanor with a penalty of imprisonment in a county jail for a period of not more than one year.
(On Assembly Floor Inactive File)
AB 1280 (Hill-D) Controlled substances: ephedrine: retail sale
Repeals existing statutory provisions for over-the-counter sales of pseudoephedrine and related products and replaces them with new purchase limits consistent with federal law and requires the electronic tracking of purchases.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1300 (Blumenfield-D) Medical marijuana: cooperatives/collectives
Provides that a local government entity may enact an ordinance regulating the location, operation or establishment of a medical marijuana cooperative or collective. Authorizes a local government entity to enforce such ordinances through civil or criminal remedies and actions. Authorizes a local government entity to enact any ordinance that is consistent with the Medical Marijuana Program, which is intended to implement the Compassionate Use Act (medical marijuana initiative).
Chapter 196, Statutes of 2011
ACR 69 (Hueso-D) Synthetic cannabinoids and stimulants
Urges law enforcement, first responders, schools, local elected official, and parents to educate youth and raise awareness about the risks associated with synthetic drugs.
Resolution Chapter 84, Statutes of 2011
ACR 84 (Butler-D) Red Ribbon Week
Proclaims 10/22/11 - 10/30/11, as Red Ribbon Week and encourages all Californians to help build drug-free communities and participate in drug prevention activities.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses
SB 28 (Simitian-D) Vehicles: electronic wireless communications devices
Increases the penalties related to using a wireless communications device while operating a vehicle, prohibits bicyclists from using a handheld communications device while riding a bicycle, establishes an education program regarding the dangers of talking or texting using a wireless communications device while driving, and adds dangers of talking or texting while driving to the list of items that the Department of Motor Vehicles must include in an examination for a driver's license.
Vetoed
SB 29 (Simitian-D) Automated traffic enforcement systems
Makes several changes to the laws regarding automated traffic enforcement systems to ensure that red light camera programs are designed to maximize traffic safety and are implemented in a lawful and transparent manner.
Vetoed
SB 247 (Wyland-R) Vehicular crimes: juvenile justice
Enacts Pamela and Izaiah's Law to give prosecutors the discretion to prosecute otherwise eligible minors directly in adult criminal court instead of juvenile court for the crimes of vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and causing great bodily injury while driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, as specified. Makes minors alleged to have committed one of these offenses eligible for commitment to the Division of Juvenile Justice.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 333 (La Malfa-R) Vehicles: speed limits
Allows, until 1/1/16, a person to drive a large truck or a vehicle pulling a trailer at up to 65 miles per hour on a specified section of Interstate 5 in northern California, contained within the counties of Tehama, Glenn, Colusa and Yolo.
(Failed passage in Assembly Transportation Committee)
SB 565 (DeSaulnier-D) Vehicles
Makes technical changes to various Vehicle Code and Public Utilities Code provisions.
Chapter 341, Statutes of 2011
SB 627 (Walters-R) Driving and traffic violator schools
Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to approve or disapprove a license renewal application for an owner, operator, or instructor of a driving school or traffic violator school within 30 days of receiving a complete application.
Vetoed
SB 691 (Lieu-D) Vehicles: engineering and traffic survey
Revises the definition of "engineering and traffic survey" to specify conditions that are considered to be conditions not readily apparent to the driver.
(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)
SB 780 (Emmerson-R) Driving offenses: punishment
Eliminates the 10 year "wash-out" for driving-under-the-influence and to provide for an enhancement of five years if a person flees an accident where a death occurred and that person is charged with murder.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 190 (Wieckowski-D) Vehicle Code violation: spinal cord injury
Authorizes, pending an affirmative decision by the board of supervisors, each county to assess an additional penalty assessment of $3 on all Vehicle Code violations, other than parking fines, to provide additional support to the spinal cord injury research program at the University of California.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 353 (Cedillo-D) Vehicles: checkpoints
Requires the driver of a motor vehicle to stop and submit to a sobriety checkpoint inspection conducted by a law enforcement agency when signs and displays are posted requiring that stop. Requires that a peace officer or any other authorized person not cause the impoundment of a vehicle at a sobriety checkpoint, established pursuant to these provisions or any other law, if the driver's only offense is, among other offenses, the failure to hold a valid driver's license.
Chapter 653, Statutes of 2011
AB 432 (Hall-D) Traffic violations: notice to appear
Provides that only a peace officer or qualified employee of a law enforcement agency may issue a notice to appear for specified traffic offenses, including those recorded by an automated traffic enforcement system.
(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)
AB 476 (Bonnie Lowenthal-D) Tow trucks: illegal operation
Authorizes a law enforcement agency, an impounding agency, or the person in possession of the tow truck, or any person acting on behalf of that agency or person to release a tow-truck, before the expiration of that 30-day period to the registered or legal owner or his/her agent only if certain conditions are met, including, but not limited to, the requirement that the legal owner or the legal owner's agent pay all towing and storage fees related to the impoundment of the tow truck.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)
AB 520 (Ammiano-D) DUI: ignition interlock devices
Allows a person who is convicted of a wet reckless the ability to apply for a restricted license early if he/she complies with specified requirements including installing an ignition interlock device.
Chapter 657, Statutes of 2011
AB 529 (Gatto-D) Speed limits: downward speed zoning
Requires the Department of Transportation to revise its regulations so that state and local authorities have greater flexibility in setting speed limits on roads under their jurisdictions. Double-jointed with AB 345 (Atkins-D) , 2011-12 Session, which is on the Senate Inactive File.
Chapter 528, Statutes of 2011
AB 539 (Williams-D) Speeding: school zones
Doubles fines for speed limit violations in school zones under specified conditions.
(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)
AB 877 (Skinner-D) Nonprosecution of pending nonfelony vehicle violations
Prohibits prosecution of certain nonfelony Vehicle Code violations that occurred prior to the defendant serving 90 days or longer in a consecutive12-month period in a county correctional facility, court or county rehabilitation facility, or in involuntary home detention. Prohibits the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) from suspending, revoking, or refusing to issue or renew a driver's license as a result of DMV having received a notice that a person failed to appear regarding a pending nonfelony Vehicle Code violation occurring prior to the defendant having served 90 days or longer in a consecutive 12-month period in a county correctional facility, court or county rehabilitation facility, or in involuntary home detention, if the offense that gave rise to the notice occurred prior to incarceration. Exempts from these provisions nonfelony offenses wherein the DMV is required by law to immediately suspend or revoke a person's driver's license upon notice of conviction of the offense. Exempts from these provisions nonfelony offenses for driving under the influence or reckless driving.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1008 (Cook-R) Automated traffic enforcement systems
Prohibits, starting 1/1/12, a local agency from installing an automated traffic enforcement system, and requires a traffic safety study for those local government agencies already operating an automated traffic enforcement system.
(Failed passage in Assembly Local Government Committee; reconsideration granted)
AB 1041 (Ma-D) San Francisco: video enforcement of transit lane violation
Extends the authority of the City and County of San Francisco to use automated parking control devices (i.e., video cameras) on public transit vehicles to enforce transit lane parking violations until 1/1/16, and expands the program to any transit lane within the city, and removes the prohibition on wireless transmission of video images.
Chapter 325, Statutes of 2011
AB 1104 (Pan-D) Driving under the influence
Requires, rather than allows, driver's license revocations for specified driving under the-influence to be delayed until offenders are released from prison or county jail. Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to notify the Department of Motor Vehicles 30 days prior to the release of an inmate whose license has been suspended.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1311 (Miller-R) Automated speed enforcement systems
Authorizes a local authority to participate in a local traffic safety program that studies the feasibility of using an automated speed enforcement system for speed enforcement only in areas designated as school zones.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)
AB 1323 (Gatto-D) Vehicle theft crimes: costs
Directs the proceeds from the sale of property forfeited by persons convicted of auto theft to county-based programs that deter, investigate, and prosecute vehicle theft crimes.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 1358 (Fuentes-D) Vehicles misdemeanor: violations: amnesty
Authorizes a county to extend the existing amnesty program for Vehicle Code infractions to misdemeanor Vehicle Code violations and failure to appear, allowing a person who owes an outstanding fine to pay 50% of the fine, except as specified.
Chapter 662, Statutes of 2011
AB 1389 (Allen-D) Vehicles: sobriety checkpoints: impoundment
Codifies the case of Ingersoll v. Palmer to separate sobriety checkpoints from vehicle inspection checkpoints.
Vetoed
Other Crimes and Sentencing
SB 9 (Yee-D) Sentencing
Authorizes a prisoner who was under 18 years of age at the time of committing an offense for which the prisoner was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole to submit a petition for recall and resentencing to the sentencing court.
(On Assembly Third Reading File)
SB 285 (Correa-D) Massage therapy instruction: fraud
Makes it a misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in county jail and/or a fine of up to $2,500, to provide a certificate, diploma or other document, or otherwise affirm a person has received instruction in massage therapy, knowing the person has not received training "consistent with that document or affirmation." Provides that when a person is prosecuted for a crime in connection with massage therapy, including crimes relating to prostitution, the arresting law enforcement agency may provide to the California Massage Therapy Council information concerning the person's massage therapy training, including the name of any school attended by the person.
Chapter 149, Statutes of 2011
SB 291 (Vargas-D) Bail: extradited defendants
Provides (1) where a defendant has been extradited back to California to face charges, bail shall be set at $100,000, (2) in these circumstances a 48-hour noticed hearing is required before the court can set bail in any other amount, and (3) the provisions of this bill are not intended to preclude the ex-parte process for raising bail through an affidavit of a law enforcement officer in a felony or specified misdemeanor domestic violence matter, as specified.
Chapter 67, Statutes of 2011
SB 296 (Wright-D) Petition for exemption or release from gang injunctions
Establishes a process whereby a person subject to a gang injunction can petition for a hearing for exemption or relief from the injunction in whole or in part, and requires that the person seeking relief establish that he/she is not a gang member, has not supported acts prohibited by the injunction, and has not within three years obtained gang tattoos, been arrested or been documented to have associated with gang members.
Vetoed
SB 308 (Cannella-R) Crime
Provides that prosecution of an accessory to murder may be commenced within 10 years after commission of the offense.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 387 (La Malfa-R) Statute of limitations: felony hit and run
Enacts the Joshua Lacy Law. Extends the statute of limitations for fleeing an accident where a death or injury occurred from three to six years.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 390 (La Malfa-R) Assault and battery: search and rescue teams
Includes search and rescue personnel in existing misdemeanor assault and battery crimes applicable where the victim is a firefighter, peace officer, emergency medical technician or other similarly-situated professional. Double-jointed to AB 109 (Assembly Budget Committee), Chapter 15, Statutes of 2011 and SB 406 (Liu-D) , Chapter 250, Statutes of 2011.
Chapter 249, Statutes of 2011
SB 406 (Liu-D) Battery: security and custodial officers
Includes custody assistants and security officers, as defined, in a special misdemeanor battery section under which defendants who commit a simple battery against specified public officials and private professionals are punished by a jail term of up to one year and an enhanced fine of up to $2,000. Double-jointed with AB 109 (Assembly Budget Committee), Chapter 15, Statutes of 2011 and SB 390 (La Malfa-R) , Chapter 249, Statutes of 2011.
Chapter 250, Statutes of 2011
SB 425 (Calderon-D) Cruelty to animals
Provides for minimum fines for specified dog fighting and cockfighting violations and allows for forfeiture of property acquired through cockfighting.
Chapter 562, Statutes of 2011
SB 428 (Strickland-R) Lester's Law of 2011
Enacts Lester's Law which makes technical and corrective changes to various code sections relating generally to criminal justice laws, as specified.
Chapter 304, Statutes of 2011
SB 576* (Calderon-D) Sentencing: choice of terms
Extends the sunset date on specified sentencing provisions from 1/1/12 to 1/1/14, allowing courts to select a lower, middle, or upper term for both base term sentences and enhancements by exercise of the court's discretion.
Chapter 361, Statutes of 2011
SB 586 (Pavley-D) Elder abuse
Imposes a series of restrictions on the issuance of signature stamps by state-chartered banks and credit unions. Increases the fines for various financial crimes against dependent adults. Double-jointed with AB 109 (Assembly Budget Committee), Chapter 15, Statutes of 2011 and AB 332 (Butler-D) , Chapter 366, Statutes of 2011.
Vetoed
SB 717 (Walters-R) Elder or dependent abuse
Provides that specified crimes against the elderly or dependent individuals shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by a fine not to exceed $6,000, or by both fine and imprisonment, or by imprisonment in the state prison for two, three, or four years, without regard to whether or not the violation occurred under circumstances likely to produce great bodily harm or death.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 718 (Vargas-D) Elder and dependent adult abuse: mandated reporting
Allows mandated reporters to report known or suspected elder abuse over the Internet, and requires an Internet report to contain the same information elements as a telephone report. Allows a written abuse report that is currently required as a follow-up to the telephone report to be submitted through a confidential Internet reporting tool, if the county or long-term care ombudsman program chooses to implement such a system. Requires that county ombudsmen who implement the Internet reporting option report to the relevant legislative policy committees on the effectiveness of this reporting tool.
Chapter 373, Statutes of 2011
SB 794 (Blakeslee-R) Battery: "gassing": state hospitals
Provides that a person confined in a state hospital who commits battery by "gassing" upon a peace officer or hospital employee is guilty of an alternate felony-misdemeanor, punishable by a jail term of up to six months or a prison term of two, three, or four years. Defines gassing as intentionally throwing or placing human excrement, bodily fluids or bodily substances on another person so as to contact the person's skin or membranes. Requires a Department of Mental Health (DMH) hospital director to immediately investigate any reported gassing, and refer documented cases to the district attorney. Authorizes the director to order testing the perpetrator for hepatitis and tuberculosis. Requires DMH to report to the Legislature by 1/1/16, on DMH gassing incidents and implementation of this bill.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 796 (Blakeslee-R) Crimes: prohibited items in state hospitals
Provides, (1) except as specified, a person who possesses with the intent to deliver, or delivers, to a patient in a state hospital a wireless communication device, tobacco products or currency, except as authorized, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000 for each item, (2) notwithstanding the above provisions, if a person visiting a patient in a state hospital, upon being searched or subjected to a metal detector, is found to be in possession of any of these items, the item shall be subject to confiscation but shall be returned on the same day the person visits the patient, unless the item is held as evidence in a case where the person is cited for smuggling contraband, as specified, and (3) notice of this provision shall be posted in all areas where visitors are searched prior to visitation with a patient.
Chapter 201, Statutes of 2011
SB 853 (Runner-R) Penalty enhancements: alcohol and drugs
Requires that any person convicted of any serious felony, as specified, receive a one-year sentence enhancement if at the time of the offense that person was under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance, as specified. Requires that the enhancement imposed be served consecutive to the punishment imposed for the underlying felony.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 894 (Runner-R) Crimes: firearms
Provides that carrying a loaded firearm is punishable by three years imprisonment in the state prison, if the offender was previously convicted of a felony.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 917 (Lieu-D) Animal abuse
Conforms the misdemeanor penalty for overloading, torturing, tormenting, et cetera, an animal to other subdivisions within the same section thus allowing for up to one year in jail for the misdemeanor portion of the existing wobbler, and makes it unlawful for any person to sell an animal as part of a commercial transaction on any street, parking lot, carnival, et cetera. Double-jointed with AB 109 (Assembly Budget Committee), Chapter 15, Statutes of 2011.
Chapter 131, Statutes of 2011
AB 12 (Swanson-D) Prostitution involving minors
Requires the court to impose a special fine of up to $25,000 in a case where a defendant is convicted of prostitution involving a minor. Provides that the proceeds of such funds be available, upon legislative appropriation, to fund programs and services for sexually exploited minors in the county of conviction.
Chapter 75, Statutes of 2011
AB 26 (Donnelly-R) Immigration
Provides that California adopt a series of measures to regulate immigration patterned after legislation in Arizona. Prohibits public officials and agencies from adopting a policy that limits or restricts the enforcement of federal immigration laws or that restricts the sharing of a person's immigration status, as specified. Prohibits an employer from either knowingly or intentionally employing an unauthorized alien.
(Failed passage in Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 60 (Jeffries-R) Sentencing
Makes felony battery against a peace officer, or felony battery with injury against a firefighter, custodial officer, emergency medical technician, lifeguard, process server, or animal control officer engaged in the performance of his/her duties, as specified, a "strike" for the purpose of enhancing a defendant's sentence under the "Three Strikes Law" for as much as 25-years-to-life in the state prison.
(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee; reconsideration granted)
Similar bills are SB 390 (La Malfa-R) , Chapter 249, Statutes of 2011 and SB 406 (Liu-D) , Chapter 250, Statutes of 2011.
AB 90 (Swanson-D) Human trafficking: minors
Provides that any crime in which the defendant persuaded or induced a minor to engage in a commercial sex act can be the basis of criminal profiteering asset forfeiture. Provides that any crime in which the defendant coerced or forced a minor to engage in a commercial sex act can be the basis of criminal profiteering asset forfeiture. Defines a commercial sex act as sexual conduct for which anything of value is given or received by any person. Provides that the proceeds of criminal asset forfeiture in such cases be used for programs to assist minors who are sexually exploited or the victims of human trafficking.
Chapter 457, Statutes of 2011
AB 161 (Eng-D) Trespass: private property
Subjects a juvenile who has a sustained petition in a juvenile adjudication to specified prohibitions from entering, or refusing to leave, property where an underlying prior offense occurred when the owner notifies the juvenile through law enforcement.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 179 (Gorell-R) Contempt: criminal street gangs
Specifies the penalties for the disobedience of an injunction that restrains the activities of a street gang includes imprisonment in a county jail for not more than six months, or by a fine not exceeding $1,000, or by both that fine and imprisonment. Provide, for a second violation occurring within seven years of the first violation, for imprisonment in a county jail for not more than nine months, or by a fine not exceeding $2,500, or by both the fine and imprisonment. For a third and subsequent violation occurring within seven years of a prior violation, provides for imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, or by a fine not exceeding $5,000, or by both that fine and imprisonment.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 316 (Carter-D) Crimes: copper theft
Creates a separate section for grand theft of copper materials and adds a fine of up to $2,500 on to the existing penalties, as specified. Double-jointed with AB 109 (Assembly Budget Committee), Chapter 15, Statutes of 2011.
Chapter 317, Statutes of 2011
AB 326 (Cedillo-D) Counterfeit marks
Provides immunity for any person, including, but not limited to, law enforcement, from liability to any person for costs, damages, or other claims or expenses as a result of actions taken or omitted in good faith in the course of donating counterfeit marked goods pursuant to this provision. Provides that no person who is granted immunity by this provision shall be criminally prosecuted or be subjected to any criminal penalty for or because of any action taken or omitted in good faith in the course of donating goods pursuant to this provision.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 332 (Butler-D) Elder abuse
Increases the fines for fraud, embezzlement, theft, et cetera, against an elder or dependent adult when the amount taken is more than $950. Double-jointed with SB 586 (Pavley-D) , which was vetoed.
Chapter 366, Statutes of 2011
AB 364 (Bonilla-D) Asset preservation in large-scale theft cases
Allows the seizing and preservation of assets of a criminal defendant charged with a single large-scale financial crime. Repeals a stand-alone restitution provision in the white collar crime law and to thereby ensure that constitutional and statutory mandatory restitution apply in such cases.
Chapter 182, Statutes of 2011
AB 366 (Allen-D) Persons found incompetent to stand trial
Revises the procedures governing the involuntary administration of antipsychotic medication to state hospital patients.
Chapter 654, Statutes of 2011
AB 376 (Fong-D) Shark fins
Makes it unlawful for any person to possess, sell or trade a shark fin.
Chapter 524, Statutes of 2011
AB 379 (Hagman-R) Bail Fugitive Recovery Persons Act
Provides for the regulation of bail fugitive recovery persons, defined as a person given written authorization by the bail or depositor of bail and contracted to investigate, surveil, locate, and arrest a bail fugitive and any person employed to assist the bail or depositor of bail to investigate, surveil, locate, and arrest a bail fugitive. Requires that bail fugitive recovery persons be at least 18 years of age and complete one power of arrest course.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 426 (Bonnie Lowenthal-D) Transit crime violations: fare evasion
Adds the North County Transit District and the Southern California Regional Rail Authority to the list of districts with the authority to adopt a civil administrative adjudication process for specified transit violations.
Chapter 100, Statutes of 2011
AB 469 (Swanson-D) Misdemeanor: wage order violation
Provides that, in addition to being subject to a civil penalty, any employer who pays or causes to be paid to any employee a wage less than the minimum fixed by an order of the Industrial Welfare Commission shall be subject to paying restitution of wages to the employee. Makes it a misdemeanor if an employer willfully violates specified wage statutes or orders, or willfully fails to pay a final court judgment or final order of the Labor Commissioner for wages due. Extends the period within which the Division of Labor Standards may commence a collection action, as defined, from one year to three years. Extends the time required for a subsequently convicted employer to maintain a bond from six months to two years and requires that a subsequently convicted employer provide an accounting of assets, as specified, to the Labor Commissioner. Requires an employer to provide each employee, at the time of hiring, with a notice that specifies the rate and the basis, whether hourly, salary, commission, or otherwise, of the employee's wages and to notify each employee in writing of any changes to the information set forth in the notice within seven calendar days of the changes unless such changes are reflected on a timely wage statement or another writing, as specified. No notice is required for an employee who is employed by the state or any subdivision thereof, exempt from the payment of overtime, or covered by a collective bargaining agreement containing specified information.
Chapter 655, Statutes of 2011
AB 518 (Wagner-R) Elder abuse: mandated reporters
Deletes the 1/1/13 repeal date of the Financial Elder Abuse Reporting Act of 2005, which extends mandated reporting requirements to officers and employees of financial institutions. Makes other technical and conforming changes.
(In Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee)
AB 665 (Torres-D) Disorderly conduct
Doubles the misdemeanor penalties - to a maximum jail term of one year and a maximum fine of $2,000 - for a second or subsequent conviction of violating another person's reasonable expectation of privacy, or the first conviction where the victim is a minor, by doing any of the following: (1) looking into a bedroom, bathroom, changing room or similar place through a hole or by means of any instrumentality, (2) using a concealed video recording device, camera, camcorder, mobile phone, or other electronic device to record or film the body or underclothing of another person while the person is in or using a bedroom, bathroom, fitting room or similar place, and (3) using a concealed video recording device, camera or other electronic device to record or film the body or underclothing of another person for sexual gratification.
Chapter 658, Statutes of 2011
AB 702 (Swanson-D) Prostitution: human trafficking: expungement
Provides that a person who was adjudicated a ward of the court for the commission of a violation of specified provisions prohibiting prostitution may petition a court to have his/her records sealed as pertains to the prostitution offenses without showing that he/she has not been subsequently convicted of a felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, or that rehabilitation has been attained.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 708 (Knight-R) Crimes involving hidden recordings
Provides that a criminal complaint in specified offenses relating to concealed cameras be filed within one year of the camera being found. Double-jointed with AB 109 (Assembly Budget Committee), Chapter 15, Statutes of 2011.
Chapter 211, Statutes of 2011
AB 716 (Dickinson-D) Crimes: transit districts
Eliminates the sunset date on the law that allows Sacramento Regional Transit and Fresno Area Express to issue prohibition orders banning persons from entering district property for determined periods of time for specified offenses, and adds the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, until 1/1/15, to the prohibition order program.
Chapter 534, Statutes of 2011
AB 891 (Garrick-R) Theft: motor vehicle
Applies existing penalties for automobile theft to a person who has previously been convicted of one or more misdemeanor violations. Prohibits a person subject to punishment for previously having been convicted of two or more specified offenses from being granted probation, except in unusual cases in which the court finds that the interests of justice would best be served by probation.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 918 (Block-D) Crimes: felonies
Adds pimping, pandering, and human trafficking to the list of offenses used to establish a pattern of criminal activity for the purpose of enhancing the sentence of a person who commits a crime for the benefit of a criminal street gang.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1026 (Knight-R) Assault crimes
Places the crimes of assault with a deadly weapon and assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury in separate paragraphs of subdivision (a) of Penal Code Section 245.
Chapter 183, Statutes of 2011
AB 1060 (Roger Hernández-D) Crimes at sea
Creates a special maritime criminal jurisdiction to extend the power of the state to prosecute crimes committed on ships sailing outside California's territorial waters.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 1111 (Fletcher-R) Collection of fines and fees from homeless youth
Provides that where the court, in the course of routine efforts to collect fines, obtains information that a person under the age of 25 who has not paid a citation for truancy, loitering, curfew violations or illegal lodging is homeless, the court shall not garnish the person's wages or levy against his/her bank accounts. Allows garnishment and bank account levies to go forward when the person reaches the age of 25 or is no longer homeless.
Chapter 466, Statutes of 2011
AB 1117 (Smyth-R) Crimes: animal abuse
Prohibits a person who has been convicted of specified animal abuse crimes from owning or caring for an animal for a specified period of time. Double-jointed to AB 1279 (Fletcher-R) which is at the Senate Desk.
Chapter 553, Statutes of 2011
AB 1264 (Hagman-R) Statewide Bail Commission
Repeals the uniform countywide schedule of bail and instead establishes the Statewide Bail Commission. Requires the Commission to prepare, adopt, and annually revise a statewide bail schedule for all bailable felony offenses and for all misdemeanor and infraction offenses except Vehicle Code infractions.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1293 (Blumenfield-D) Elder abuse: theft or embezzlement
Allows the seizing and preservation of assets of a criminal defendant charged with felony elder or dependent adult financial abuse.
Chapter 371, Statutes of 2011
AB 1369* (Gatto-D) Illegal acts: tax deduction disallowance by businesses
Disallows deductions for income derived by a taxpayer from specified illegal activities. Expands existing law by additionally denying deductions for expenses, including deductions for costs of goods sold, attributable to the taxpayer's gross income directly derived from certain criminal profiteering activities.
Chapter 454, Statutes of 2011
AB 1432* (Mitchell-D) Crimes
Provides that a parent or guardian of a child under 14 years of age who knowingly fails to report to law enforcement within 24 hours that the child has died when the death occurred under circumstances that would cause a reasonable person to believe that the death occurred as a result of a crime, or that the child has disappeared under circumstances that would lead a reasonable person to believe the child is in danger of physical harm, is guilty of a felony.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
ACR 6 (Donnelly-R) Human trafficking
Recognizes the month of January as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, and also recognizes 2/1/11 as California's Free From Slavery Day.
Resolution Chapter 5, Statutes of 2011
HR 13 (Yamada-D) Elder and Vulnerable Adult Abuse Awareness Month
Proclaims and acknowledges the month of May 2011, and every year thereafter, as the Elder and Vulnerable Adult Abuse Awareness Month.
Adopted by the Assembly
Procedural
SB 687 (Leno-D) Criminal procedure: informants
Provides that a defendant cannot be convicted based on the uncorroborated testimony of an in-custody informant.
Chapter 153, Statutes of 2011
SB 795 (Blakeslee-R) Use of antipsychotic medication on defendants
Provides that if informed consent is not obtained from the defendant, and the treating psychiatrist is of the opinion that the defendant lacks capacity to make decisions regarding antipsychotic medication, or that the defendant is a danger to others, as specified, then the treating psychiatrist shall file a petition with the committing court for issuance of an emergency order within 24 hours after determining that antipsychotic medication has become medically necessary and appropriate.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 142 (Fuentes-D) Criminal procedure: pleas
Provides for an additional advisement when a non-citizen pleads guilty so that the person is aware that if he/she is deported and returns to the United States, he/she could be charged with a separate federal offense.
Vetoed
AB 271 (Nestande-R) Civil appeals: class actions
Requires an appellate court to permit an appeal from an order granting or denying class action certification to join a defendant pursuant to those provisions if the petition to appeal is filed within 14 days of entry of the order.
(Failed passage in Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 281 (Gorell-R) Gang injunctions
Increases misdemeanor penalties for contempt of court violations related to civil gang injunctions. Increases the related fines.
(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee; reconsideration granted)
AB 934 (Feuer-D) Privileged communications
Amends the state's "litigation privilege" statute to exempt certain actions arising in the context of landlord-tenant law.
(Failed passage on Assembly Floor)
AB 1067 (Huber-D) Civil procedure: orders
Provides that an order denying a motion for reconsideration made, as specified, is not itself separately appealable. Provides that if the order that was the subject of a motion for reconsideration is appealable, then the denial of the motion for reconsideration is reviewable as part of an appeal from that order.
Chapter 78, Statutes of 2011
Juries
AB 141 (Fuentes-D) Jurors: electronic communications
Adds to existing jury admonishments the duty not to conduct research or disseminate information and also requires the court to clearly explain, as part of that admonishment, that the prohibition on research, dissemination of information, and conversation applies to all forms of electronic or wireless communication. Clarifies that existing prohibitions of communications between the officer having the jury under his charge and members of that jury includes electronic or wireless communications. Makes the willful disobedience by a juror of a court admonishment related to the prohibition of any form of communication or research about the case, including all forms of electronic or wireless communication or research, a contempt of court and a misdemeanor.
Chapter 181, Statutes of 2011
AB 622 (Dickinson-D) Civil grand juries
Permits, until 1/1/17, any witness called to testify before a civil grand jury to have counsel present on his/her behalf while giving sworn testimony, except as provided.
Chapter 679, Statutes of 2011
AB 1133 (Silva-R) Grand jurors: conflict of interest
Requires a grand juror who is an employee of, or who was employed within the prior three years by, an agency within the civil grand jury's investigative jurisdiction to inform the foreperson and court of that fact and require the grand juror to recuse himself/herself from participating in any grand jury civil investigation of that agency. Specifies that this bill shall not be interpreted to preempt any local policies, in addition to any local rules.
Chapter 184, Statutes of 2011
Juvenile Justice
SB 123 (Liu-D) California Runaway, Homeless, and Exploited Youth Act
Requires the California Emergency Management Agency, subject to the availability of adequate resources, to develop a statewide plan for runaway, homeless, and exploited youth in collaboration with the Senate Office of Research and various stakeholders.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 240 (Rubio-D) Truancy: collective action
Provides that a pupil's absence due to a collective action, as defined and specified, is an excused absence, prohibits any absence due to a collective action from being counted in determining whether a pupil is a truant.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 247 (Wyland-R) Minors: fitness hearing
Gives prosecutors the discretion to prosecute otherwise eligible minors directly in adult criminal court instead of juvenile court for the crimes of vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and causing great bodily injury while driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, as specified. Makes minors alleged to have committed one of these offenses eligible for commitment to the Division of Juvenile Justice.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 248 (Wyland-R) Juvenile offenders: forensic specimens
Requires individuals, including juveniles, convicted or adjudicated of specified misdemeanors to give a DNA sample.
(Failed passage in Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 695 (Hancock-D) County juvenile detention facilities: Medi-Cal
Authorizes, until 1/1/14, Medi-Cal benefits to be provided to a Medi-Cal eligible individual awaiting adjudication in a county juvenile detention facility if the county agrees to pay the state's share of Medi-Cal expenditures and administrative costs.
Chapter 647, Statutes of 2011
SB 913 (Pavley-D) Juvenile offenders: medical care
Provides that probation officers with the statutory authority to order a medical exam for an arrested minor, as specified, and order medical, surgical, dental or other remedial care recommended by an attending health care professional for an arrested minor where the officer has made reasonable efforts to notify and obtain the consent of a parent or guardian, and the parent or guardian does not object, as specified.
Chapter 256, Statutes of 2011
SB 926 (Runner-R) Dependent children: relative placements: disclosure
Authorizes counsel for the child or counsel's agent to disclose to a relative who is being assessed for the possibility of placement of the child the fact that the child is in custody and other related information, as specified.
Chapter 132, Statutes of 2011
SB 927 (Runner-R) Juvenile case files
Authorizes an attorney for a sibling of the minor in a juvenile dependency proceeding in which the sibling is the subject to inspect the minor's dependency case file under certain circumstances. Excludes mental health records, counseling reports, and mental health evaluations from being accessed under these provisions.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
AB 8* (Huber-D) Division of Juvenile Justice: facilities: closures
Prohibits the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from closing any youth correctional facility within six months of the effective date of this bill.
(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee; reconsideration granted)
AB 73 (Feuer-D) Dependency proceedings: public access
Creates a four-year pilot in three counties, to test whether California should consider moving from presumptively closed juvenile dependency hearings to presumptively open juvenile dependency hearings.
(In Assembly Human Services Committee)
AB 161 (Eng-D) Juveniles: trespass: private property
Subjects a juvenile who has a sustained petition in a juvenile adjudication to specified prohibitions from entering, or refusing to leave, property where an underlying prior offense occurred when the owner notifies the juvenile through law enforcement.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 177 (Mendoza-D) Juveniles: parenting classes
Expands the existing statute authorizing courts to order a parent or guardian of a child who is a first-time status or criminal offender, and is committed to their custody to attend anti-gang violence parenting classes when specified factors exist.
Chapter 258, Statutes of 2011
AB 220 (Solorio-D) Interstate Compact for Juveniles
Extends the 1/1/12 sunset on the Interstate Compact for Juveniles to 1/1/14.
Chapter 356, Statutes of 2011
AB 321 (Roger Hernández-D) Juvenile offenders: obscene material
Requires community service and counseling, and authorizes new educational efforts for minors adjudicated for "sexting."
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 396 (Mitchell-D) Juvenile inmates: Medi-Cal
Requires the Department of Health Care Services to develop a process to allow counties and the Division of Juvenile Facilities within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to receive any available federal financial participation for health care services provided to juvenile detainees who are admitted as inpatients in a medical institution and who are eligible for Medi-Cal.
Chapter 394, Statutes of 2011
AB 446 (Carter-D) Juveniles: restorative justice program
Authorizes counties to adopt a restorative justice program for juvenile offenders.
Vetoed
AB 526 (Dickinson-D) Gang and youth violence: evidence-based practices
Requires the Secretary of the Emergency Management Agency to identify and implement evidence-based practices to address gang and youth violence. Requires the California Emergency Management Agency to make recommendations on the most effective role of the agency in developing a plan to shift state-funded crime prevention and juvenile justice programs toward evidence-based practices over a three year period.
(In Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 694 (Gorell-R) Juvenile offenders
Expands the class of juvenile offenders who may be committed to the Division of Juvenile Facilities to include those who previously suffered a sustained petition for a specified serious or violent offense as listed in the Welfare and Institutions Code, effective 1/1/12.
(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee; reconsideration granted)
AB 791 (Ammiano-D) Dependent children: birth certificates
Requires the court, when denying or terminating reunification services with a parent or guardian, to order that a dependent child's caregiver be provided with the child's birth certificate, or, when appropriate, if the child is 16 years of age or older, that the child receive his/her birth certificate.
Chapter 59, Statutes of 2011
AB 1043 (Torres-D) Juveniles: sexting
Extends the juvenile court's jurisdiction to include minors who engaged in sexting, as defined, images of themselves or other minors. Requires a court to order a minor who engaged in sexting to perform 24 or 40 hours of community service, as provided.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1110 (Lara-D) Juveniles: dependent children
Requires additional reporting and court oversight concerning the receipt of Supplemental Security Income for foster youth.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1122 (John A. Pérez-D) Juvenile offenders: tattoo removal
Enacts, until 1/1/17, the California Voluntary Tattoo Removal Program in California Emergency Management Agency, as specified, and provides that it be funded with federal and private monies.
Chapter 661, Statutes of 2011
AB 1147 (Yamada-D) Dependent children: status reports
Requires social workers to document the services provided to allow a minor parent in foster care to provide a safe home for his/her child and provides for reimbursement by the state, if appropriate.
Vetoed
AB 1294 (Furutani-D) Juvenile reentry programs
Requires county juvenile probation departments, subject to an appropriation for this purpose, to identify community reentry programs and eligible youthful offenders, and coordinate enrollment.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
Corrections
SB 26* (Padilla-D) Prisons: wireless communication devices
Provides that any inmate found to be in possession of a wireless communication device shall be subject to time credit denial or loss of up to 90 days. Facilitates the deployment of managed access technology that will prevent smuggled cell phones from sending or receiving communications within the secure perimeter of a prison. Provides that any person, employee or nonemployee who possesses cell phones with the intent to deliver, or delivers, to an inmate is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by six months in jail for each device and a fine of up to $5,000 per device. Deletes the provision relative to an extension of discharge pertaining to a ward. Prohibits California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from accessing data from a captured wireless device unless a search warrant has been obtained. Provides for a fine when a contractor discloses or uses information.
Chapter 500, Statutes of 2011
SB 55 (Runner-R) Parole: placement at release: registration.
Provides that any parolee who presents a low-risk of re-offense, as specified, and cannot be returned to prison for a parole violation, shall register with the sheriff of the county of the person's residence within 10 days of establishing or changing his/her residence. Makes failure to register a misdemeanor.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 59 (Runner-R) Parole: release
Exempts specified persons placed on parole from the provision that requires inmates released on parole, to be returned to the county of last legal residence.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
SB 92 (Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee)Budget Act of 2011: public safety
Makes statutory changes necessary to implement the Public Safety portions of the 2011-12 Budget. (See California State Legislative Web site for detailed information.)
Chapter 36, Statutes of 2011
SB 139 (Alquist-D) Corrections: state prisons: searches
Requires, until 1/1/04, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to oversee and conduct periodic and random searches of employees and venders entering the secure perimeter of a state prison under the jurisdiction of CDCR for contraband. Requires CDCR to provide a written report to the Legislature at least quarterly regarding these searches.
Vetoed
SB 151* (Correa-D) State employees: memoranda of understanding
Provides legislative ratification for the memoranda of understanding (MOU) between the State and Bargaining Units (BUs) 2, 6, 7, 9, 10, and 13. Approves addenda to MOUs entered into by the State and BUs 12, 16, 18, and 19 which provides members with two Professional Development Days. Approves addenda to BUs 1, 3, 4, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, and 21 which will exempt employees in these bargaining units who work at the State Compensation Insurance Fund from the Personal Leave Program.
Chapter 25, Statutes of 2011
SB 210 (Hancock-D) Prisoners: alternative incarceration
States findings and declarations of the Legislature relative to alternative incarceration for nonviolent inmates. Authorizes the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to enter into contracts with Alternative Incarceration Facilities, as defined, for housing certain nonviolent inmates who meet certain criteria.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 391* (Gaines-R) Inmates: parole hearings
Requires the Board of Parole Hearings to deny parole for specified crimes committed by an inmate unless the inmate proves that the gravity of the current convicted offense or offenses, or that the timing and gravity of current or past convicted offense or offenses, is such that consideration of the public safety does not require a more lengthy period of incarceration, and that a parole date can be fixed at the meeting.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 407 (Cannella-R) Jail inmates: workers' compensation
Creates certain limitations for inmates of a county, city, or city and county entitled to workers' compensation benefits for any injury arising during the course of assigned employment subject.
(Failed passage in Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee; reconsideration granted)
SB 434 (Anderson-R) Undocumented criminal immigrants
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to bill the federal government for the incarceration of all undocumented inmates in California prisons. Requires the Attorney General to use all legal means to obtain compliance with the request for reimbursement. Requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to collect data on the number of incarcerated undocumented aliens in California and publish that data on the Web site of the DOJ.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 484 (Rubio-D) Dept. of Corrections & Rehabilitation: health care rates
Provides the Legislative Analyst's Office with the same level of access to confidential Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation health care services contracts, including rates, as the Joint Legislative Audit Committee and the Bureau of State Audits.
Chapter 336, Statutes of 2011
SB 542 (Price-D) Inmates: tattoos
Creates rules and regulations for the tattooing of inmates in state prison.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
SB 601 (Hancock-D) Corrections: prisons: accountability report
Requires the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to develop and make public a Corrections Accountability Report.
Vetoed
SB 608 (DeSaulnier-D) Prison Industry Authority: nonprofit organizations
Authorizes the Prison Industry Authority to offer their goods and services for sale to nonprofit organizations who meet specified requirements.
Chapter 307, Statutes of 2011
SB 678 (Negrete McLeod-D) Probation
Authorizes counties to form community corrections multi-disciplinary teams for the purpose of providing evidence-based rehabilitation programs, and allows the members of those teams to share privileged information of probationers.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
SB 680 (Wright-D) Corrections: Internal Affairs
Provides that the Bureau of Independent Review shall provide public review and monitoring, rather than public oversight, of specified investigations conducted by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and deletes specified required elements from the reporting mandate.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 700 (La Malfa-R) Corrections: Prison Industry Authority
Creates an exception to the requirements imposed on state agencies to purchase Prison Industry Authority (PIA) products to allow the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to enter into contracts with private entities or other public agencies for locally produced perishable goods provided at a lower price than the price available from PIA, provided that the contract is to provide these goods to a facility that is located in a county with a population of 50,000 or less.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 852* (Harman-R) Corrections: victim notification
Amends several statutes as well as Proposition 8, which was approved by the voters in June 1982, to give crime victims the right to receive notification of an offender's custody status by e-mail.
Chapter 364, Statutes of 2011
SB 858 (Gaines-R) Chief Probation Officer of Nevada County
Provides that the Chief Probation Officer of Nevada County over adult and juvenile probation shall be appointed and removed by the Board of Supervisors of Nevada County instead of the court.
(Failed passage in Senate Public Safety Committee; reconsideration granted)
SB 906 (DeSaulnier-D) Defendants: incarceration
Prohibits the Department of Correction and Rehabilitation, when notified by a prosecuting attorney or court that two defendants are either co-defendants or co-conspirators, in the commission of a violent felony, from housing those two inmates within sight or sound of each other, and requires to the extent possible, those inmates be housed in separates facilities.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 5X1 (Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee)Public Safety Realignment of 2011
Makes various technical, clarifying, and conforming changes to implement the 2011 Public Safety Realignment proposal as contained in AB 109 (Assembly Budget Committee), Chapter 15, Statutes of 2011, and AB 116 (Assembly Budget Committee), Chapter 136, Statutes of 2011, pertaining to the Public Safety Realignment of 2011. (See California State Legislature Web site for detailed information)
(Died on Assembly Third Reading)
SCA 1X1 (Steinberg-D) Corrections
Enacts the Schools and Local Public Safety Protection Act of 2011 which transfers responsibility for various state correctional programs to counties.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
A similar bill is ACA 2X1 (Blumenfield-D) which died in Assembly Budget Committee.
AB 44 (Logue-R) Inmates: release: notification
Extends from 45 days to 60 days the period of time in which the Board of Parole Hearings or the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation must notify local law enforcement of the scheduled release of an inmate convicted of a violent felony.
Chapter 355, Statutes of 2011
AB 94 (Assembly Budget Committee)AB 900 bond funding for jail construction
Makes technical changes to AB 111 (Assembly Budget Committee), Chapter 16, Statutes of 2011, pertaining to public safety realignment. These changes are intended to make it easier for locals to access and utilize jail construction funding authorized by AB 900 (Solorio), Chapter 7, Statutes of 2007, which establishes a two-phase construction plan for local jail facilities supported by $1.22 billion in bond authority.
Chapter 23, Statutes of 2011
AB 109 (Assembly Budget Committee)Criminal Justice Realignment Budget Trailer Bill
Makes statutory changes that are necessary to implement provisions of the Budget Bill related to realignment of certain low level offenders, adult parolees, and juvenile offenders from state to local jurisdiction. (See California State Legislative Web site for specific information.)
Chapter 15, Statutes of 2011
AB 111 (Assembly Budget Committee)Criminal Justice Realignment Budget Trailer Bill
Makes statutory changes that are necessary to implement provisions of the Budget Bill related to realignment of low level offenders.
Chapter 16, Statutes of 2011
AB 116 (Assembly Budget Committee)Criminal Justice Realignment Budget Trailer Bill
Makes statutory changes necessary to implement the public safety portions of the 2011-12 Budget.
Chapter 136, Statutes of 2011
AB 117 (Assembly Budget Committee)Criminal Justice Realignment Budget Trailer Bill
Makes specified corrections to AB 109 (Assembly Budget Committee), Chapter 15, Statutes of 2011, concerning public safety realignment of certain felons, adult parolees, and juvenile offender from state to local jurisdictions.
Chapter 39, Statutes of 2011
AB 118 (Assembly Budget Committee)Public Safety Realignment Budget Trailer Bill
Provides the statutory framework, allocation methodology, and the majority of the dedicated revenue to implement the Governor's Public Safety Realignment. Provides funding of $5.6 billion to support local public safety responsibilities being realigned from the state to local governments. By 2014-15, this dedicated revenue is expected to grow to $6.8 billion, allowing for over $1 billion in potential funding to support these programs and commensurate county costs. (See California State Legislative Web site for specific information.)
Chapter 40, Statutes of 2011
AB 175* (Donnelly-R) Inmates: transfers
Removes the sunset date from the provision allowing the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to transfer an inmate to an out-of-state facility without the consent of that inmate, except in specified instances.
(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 178 (Gorell-R) Pretrial releases
Requires any person released from county jail before sentencing due to a court order or policy to relieve overcrowding to sign a release agreement, as specified. Applies the same penalties to a person released under court order or policy to relieve overcrowding and who fails to appear as would apply to a person released on their "own recognizance." Applies the same penalty enhancement to a person released due to a court order or policy to relieve overcrowding who commits a new felony offense while on release, as would apply to a person who commits such an offense while on an "own recognizance" release.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 216 (Swanson-D) Inmate education programs
Waives the open course requirement for California community college courses offered in state correctional facilities and allows attendance hours generated by credit courses to be funded at the credit rate, instead of the noncredit funding rate.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 219 (Portantino-D) California Recidivism Goals Development and Achievement Act
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to reduce the recidivism rate of 2010 by 20% by 2015, and 40% by 2020.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 235 (Halderman-R) Clemency records: public records
Prohibits the Governor from imposing any restriction whatsoever on public access to writings relating to applications for clemency. Requires the Governor, prior to making any materials relating to an application for clemency public, to redact the home address, telephone number, and e-mail address of a victim of crime, or a family member of a victim of crime, from the materials.
(In Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 257 (Galgiani-D) Inmate release: notification
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to develop a statewide e-mail victim notification system for crime victims who request notification of parole hearings and/or release dates.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 355 (Solorio-D) Corrections: parole: crisis care
Repeals explicit statutory authorization for the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to contract for crisis care services for parolees with mental health problems.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 386 (Galgiani-D) Prisons: telehealth systems
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to establish a telehealth program at all state prisons by 1/1/16.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 420 (Davis-D) Inmate residency: redistricting
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to furnish to the Citizens Redistricting Commission, not sooner than 4/1/20, and not later than 7/1/20, specified information regarding the "last known place of residence," as defined, of each inmate incarcerated in a state adult correctional facility, except an inmate whose "last known place of residence is outside of California."
Chapter 548, Statutes of 2011
A similar bill was ACR 21 (Davis-D) which was unassigned to a committee.
AB 489 (Cook-R) Correctional Peace Officer Standards and Training
Re-establishes the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (CPOST) to reclaim responsibility for developing and monitoring training for correctional peace officers from the Corrections Standards Authority (CSA), which assumed this responsibility following the reorganization of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation in 2005. Does not change current law related to training, other than reconstituting CPOST and substituting CPOST for CSA in sections of law related to correctional officer training. Adds a member to CPOST's executive board and specifies how this member will be selected.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 568 (Skinner-D) Pregnant inmates: restraints
Provides that pregnant inmates or wards may not be shackled by the wrists, ankles, around the abdomen, or to another person, unless deemed necessary for the safety and security of the inmate, the staff, or the public. Provides that in cases where restraints are deemed necessary, the least restrictive means shall be used.
Vetoed
AB 648 (Block-D) Clemency
Requires an application for commutation of sentence be served on the district attorney (DA) 10 days before the Governor can act. Authorizes the DA to submit a written recommendation to the Governor regarding the commutation. Requires the DA to make reasonable efforts to notify the victim(s) of the crime or related crimes, as well as the victims' families, who may also submit a recommendation to the Governor regarding the commutation. Recasts existing law that requires the Governor to report to the Legislature at the beginning of each session, information on each case of reprieve, pardon, and commutation, and requires the report to be made available to the public.
Chapter 437, Statutes of 2011
AB 826 (Atkins-D) Mentally ill parolees
Enacts detailed statutory authority for the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to create an Integrated Services for Mentally Ill Parolees Program.
(On Senate Inactive File)
AB 828 (Swanson-D) Drug felonies: food stamps
Provides that a conviction for a drug felony does not make an individual ineligible to receive CalFresh benefits, if otherwise eligible.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1016 (Achadjian-R) Mentally disordered offenders
Clarifies that commencing 1/1/12, a county is to be reimbursed for specified nontreatment costs incurred that are associated with a trial of a mentally disordered offender. Requires the specified costs to be paid by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Chapter 660, Statutes of 2011
AB 1114 (Bonnie Lowenthal-D) Mentally ill inmates
Defines a new procedure under which the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation may obtain an order from an administrative law judge to authorize involuntary administration of psychotropic medication to a mentally ill inmate.
Chapter 665, Statutes of 2011
AB 1197 (Hill-D) Jail facility construction funding
Modifies the manner in which the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Corrections Standards Authority awards project funds.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1281 (Garrick-R) Parole hearings: audioconferencing
Allows prosecutors, victims, family members of victims, and designated victim representatives to appear at "lifer" parole hearings through audioconferencing, if audioconferencing is available.
Vetoed
AB 1284 (Hagman-R) Probation bonds
Provides that in lieu of revoking probation, the court, as a condition for continuing a defendant's probation, may order the defendant to post a bond from a licensed surety not to exceed $10,000 if the defendant was convicted of a misdemeanor and not to exceed $25,000 if the defendant was convicted of a felony, to secure compliance with any or all of the terms and conditions of probation. Requires the court, within 10 days of noncompliance with the terms of probation after a bond has been posted, to notify the defendant, the surety, and the bail agent of the probation revocation hearing. Requires the court to declare the bond forfeited if the defendant does not appear at the hearing.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 10X1* (Bonnie Lowenthal-D) Prison health care: overpayments
Requires that monies recovered prior to 1/1/11 from an overpayment of a medical contract expenditure under the authority of the federal health care receiver, that would otherwise be credited to the fiscal year in which the expenditure was drawn, be augmented to the appropriation for the 2010-11 fiscal year.
(Died in Assembly Budget Committee)
AB 16X1 (Blumenfield-D) Public Safety Realignment of 2011
Makes various changes to the Public Safety Realignment of 2011 state budget bill. (Refer to the California Legislature's bill information Web site for details of provisions.)
Chapter 13, Statutes of 2011, First Extraordinary Session
AB 17X1 (Blumenfield-D) Criminal Justice Realignment of 2011
Makes various changes to the Public Safety Realignment of 2011 state budget trailer bill. (Refer to the California Legislature's bill information Web site for details of provisions.)
Chapter 12, Statutes of 2011, First Extraordinary Session
AB 42X1 (Jeffries-R) State prison inmate fire crews
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), upon appropriation by the Legislature, annually allocated funds available to the CDCR, to reimburse the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (DFFP) for its costs associated with the administration of the state prison inmate fire crew program. Requires that the Department of Finance work with both the CDCR and the DFFP to resolve any disputed reimbursement amounts.
(Died at Assembly Desk)
ACA 14 (Silva-R) Governor: pardons and commutations
Prohibits the Governor from granting a pardon or commutation during the 30-day period immediately preceding the end of his/her term of office. Provides that any pardon or commutation issued in violation of these provisions is void.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
ACA 15 (Mansoor-R) Governor: pardons and commutations
Requires the Governor, at least 30-days prior to granting a pardon or commutation, to provide written notice of the pardon or commutating to the agency that prosecuted the case in which the person was convicted, and to each victim of the crime or crimes for which that person was convicted. Provides that any pardon or commutation issued in violation of these provisions is void.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
ACA 2X1 (Blumenfield-D) Corrections
Enacts the School and Local Public Safety Protection Act of 2011 which transfers responsibility for various state correctional programs to counties.
(Died in Assembly Budget Committee)
A similar bill is SCA 1X1 (Steinberg-D) which died in Senate Rules Committee.
AJR 1 (Donnelly-R) Undocumented criminals
Urges Congress and the President of the United States to restore full funding for the federal State Criminal Alien Assistance Program and to fully reimburse states for the cost of incarcerating undocumented criminals.
(Refused adoption on Assembly Floor)
Victims of Crime
SB 208* (Alquist-D) Identity theft: restitution
Provides that restitution in an identity theft case shall include, for a reasonable period of time, the costs of repairing the victim's credit and monitoring the victim's credit report.
Chapter 45, Statutes of 2011
SB 534 (Corbett-D) Sexual assault victims: medical exams
Makes changes to sexual assault forensic protocol to conform California to federal requirements for Violence Against Women Act funding.
Chapter 360, Statutes of 2011
SB 557 (Kehoe-D) Family justice centers
Authorizes the City of San Diego, the City of Anaheim, the County of Alameda and the County of Sonoma to create a two-year pilot project for the establishment of a family justice centers (FJCs) to assist victims of specified abuse and allows for the FJCs to be staffed by, among others, law enforcement, medical, social service, and child welfare personnel. Provisions of this bill sunset on 1/1/14.
Chapter 262, Statutes of 2011
SB 723 (Pavley-D) Restraining orders
Authorizes the court to issue, and requires the court to consider at the time of sentencing in any domestic violence case, an order valid for up to 10 years restraining the defendant from any contact with the victim, regardless of the disposition of the sentence.
Chapter 155, Statutes of 2011
SB 852* (Harman-R) Victim notification: release of prisoners
Amends several statutes as well as Proposition 8 which was approved by the voters in June 1982, to give crime victims the right to receive notification of an offender's custody status by e-mail.
Chapter 364, Statutes of 2011
AB 764 (Swanson-D) Child victims of crimes
Allows the addition of the Child Victims of Human Trafficking Fund check-off to the personal income tax form upon the removal of another voluntary contribution fund from the form.
Chapter 465, Statutes of 2011
AB 886 (Cook-R) Victim impact statement
Prohibits a court from releasing statements from a crime victim to the public prior to the statement being heard in court.
Chapter 77, Statutes of 2011
AB 898 (Alejo-D) Crime victims: restitution fines
Raises the minimum restitution fine for a felony conviction and for a misdemeanor conviction. Increases are to be phased-in over a three-year period of time beginning on 1/1/12.
Chapter 358, Statutes of 2011
AB 906 (Galgiani-D) Protection of murder victims and witnesses
Expands eligibility to participate in the Safe at Home Program to include a witness who has testified or subpoenaed to testify in a murder trial, as specified.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
ACR 45 (Perea-D) Crime Victims' Rights Week
Recognizes the week of 4/10/11 through 4/16/11, inclusive, as Crime Victims' Rights Week in California.
Resolution Chapter 34, Statutes of 2011
Weapons
SB 124 (De León-D) Ammunition: definition
Defines handgun ammunition as "ammunition capable of being used in pistols, revolvers, and other firearms capable of being concealed upon the person, notwithstanding that the ammunition may also be used in some rifles," with specified exemptions. Amends the definition of "armor-piercing ammunition" to read: "handgun ammunition designed to penetrate metal or armor means any ammunition, except a shotgun shell, that is designed to penetrate a body vest or body shield when discharged from a handgun," with additional specified characteristics. Conforms several statutes that refer to "handgun ammunition designed primarily to penetrate metal or armor" by deleting the word "primarily" from each of these statutes.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 269 (La Malfa-R) Firearms: Dealers' Record of Sale Special Account
Requires the Department of Justice, on or before July 1, to annually issue a report to the Legislature regarding the status of the revenues generated by the Dealers' Record of Sale fees pursuant to this article of law. Requires the report to contain information regarding the balance of the Dealer's Record of Sale Special Account and expenditures and loans from the Account.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
SB 313 (Correa-D) Firearms
Exempts from those existing provisions of law that subjects individuals to possess an unsafe handgun, those handguns for which production ceased prior to 1/1/00, and for which production has not resumed, and handguns that are commemorative or custom-made, and for which production was or is limited to 1,000 or fewer firearms.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 404 (Anderson-R) Handgun safety certificates exemptions
Expands the exemption from the handgun safety certificate requirement that currently applies to any active or honorably retired member of the military, as specified, to include any honorably discharged member of the military, as specified. Requires licensed firearms dealers, at the time a firearm is delivered to the purchaser, to provide to every handgun purchaser who is exempted from possessing a handgun safety certificate, a copy of the instruction manual on handgun safety, published by the Department of Justice. Deletes the requirement that firearms dealers post all charges required by government agencies and all fees charged by the dealer in connection with firearms safety certificates, and that they may not misstate those amounts.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 427 (De León-D) Ammunition and firearms
Clarifies that ammunition records could not be provided to a non-authorized person or third-party, unless there is written consent of the purchaser. Provides that ammunition vendors must provide local law enforcement written notice of intent to conduct business. Requires a court issuing an injunction against gang activity to state whether any or all the defendants are enjoined from possession of a firearm.
Vetoed
SB 465 (Wright-D) Concealed firearm license
Provides that the good cause requirement needed to apply for a concealed weapon permit is deemed met for any applicant who is a member of Congress of the United States, a statewide elected official, or a Member of the Legislature, for purposes of protection or self-defense, and that those persons are required to comply with all other requirements for obtaining or renewing the license.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
SB 610 (Wright-D) Concealed weapons permit
Provides with respect to applications for a license to carry a concealed handgun that (1) the licensing authority shall make the determination of good cause, as specified, and upon making that determination of good cause, the licensing authority shall give written notice to the applicant of the licensing authority's determination. If the licensing authority determines that good cause exists, the notice shall inform the applicants to proceed with the specified training requirements; (2) the applicant shall not be required to pay for any training courses prior to the determination of good cause being made, as specified; (3) if the license is denied, the notice shall provide which requirement was not satisfied; and (4) no applicant shall be required to obtain liability insurance as a condition to obtain a license.
Chapter 741, Statutes of 2011
SB 661 (Lieu-D) Gun-free school zones
Revises provisions of existing law making it an offense to possess a firearm in a school zone, to instead, except from that prohibition of a handgun that is lawfully possessed, either unloaded and in a locked container inside a motor vehicle or unloaded and inside a locked trunk of a motor vehicle. Increases the size of the zone to include an area up to 1,500 feet from the grounds of the public or private school. Creates an exception to the school zone firearms possession prohibitions, for firearms that are otherwise lawfully possessed or transported in a vehicle on a driveway parking lot of a school.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 798 (De León-D) Imitation firearms
Provides the intent of the Legislature to occupy the entire field of regulation of spot marker guns which expel a projectile larger than 16mm, and that no city, county, city and county, or other local government entity may enact any ordinance or resolution prohibiting or regulating the manufacture, sale, possession, or use of any spot marker gun which expels a projectile larger than 16mm.
(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee)
SB 819 (Leno-D) Firearms
Provides that the Department of Justice may use dealer record of sale funds for costs associated with its firearms-related regulatory and enforcement activities regarding the possession, as well as the sale, purchase, loan, or transfer, of firearms, as specified.
Chapter 743, Statutes of 2011
SB 894 (Runner-R) Firearms: felonies
Provides that the offense of an ex-felon carrying a concealed weapon is punishable by three years imprisonment in the state prison, if the offender was previously convicted of a felony.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SJR 7 (Padilla-D) Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act
Adopts findings and declarations expressing the support of the California Legislature for H.R. 308 and S. 32, which ban large capacity magazines.
Resolution Chapter 63, Statutes of 2011
SJR 10 (De León-D) Firearms trafficking
Urges the President and the Congress of the United States to pursue a comprehensive approach to stem the trafficking of illicit United States firearms into Mexico.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 144 (Portantino-D) Open carrying of unloaded handguns
Makes it a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine to openly carry an unloaded handgun on one's person or in a vehicle. Makes it a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in county jail and a $1,000 fine to openly carry an unlawfully possessed unloaded handgun and ammunition in public in an incorporated city. Establishes specified exceptions to this prohibition. Makes it a misdemeanor, punishable by up to six months in jail and a fine of up to $1,000 for the driver of a vehicle to knowingly allow a person to bring an openly carried, unloaded handgun into the vehicle. Makes conforming and nonsubstantive technical changes to affected statutes.
Chapter 725, Statutes of 2011
AB 613 (Hagman-R) Ammunition
Repeals specified provisions of AB 962 (de Leon-D) , Chapter 628, Statutes of 2009, relating to the sale and delivery of handgun ammunition.
(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee; reconsideration granted)
AB 809 (Feuer-D) Firearms
Commencing 1/1/14, (1) conforms requirements for reporting and record retention involving the transfer of long guns with those of handguns; (2) repeals the prohibition on peace officers, Department of Justice employees, and the Attorney General from retaining or compiling records of long gun transfers; (3) expands the requirement for a personal handgun importer to report certain information relative to bringing a handgun into the state, as specified; (4) expands the reporting requirements to apply to the importation of long guns; and (5) expands requirements for firearms dealers to keep a register or record of information pertaining to firearms transactions to include information pertaining to transactions involving all guns.
Chapter 745, Statutes of 2011
AB 811 (Hall-D) Private Patrol Operators: firearms
Establishes procedures allowing Private Patrol Operators to own firearms and to assign those firearms to employees of the Private Patrol Operator who are licensed security guards. States findings and declarations of the Legislature, and the intent of the Legislature in connection with these procedures.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 829 (Knight-R) Firearms: peace officers
Expands the authority of law enforcement agencies to issue identification and concealed weapons permits to honorably retired peace officers, and makes conforming changes.
(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee; reconsideration granted)
AB 1331 (Davis-D) Deadly weapons
Delays from1/1/11 until 1/1/17 the implementation of SB 1080 (Senate Public Safety Committee), Chapter 711, Statutes of 2010, and SB 1115 (Senate Public Safety Committee), Chapter 178, Statutes of 2010, which reorganizes without substantive change Penal Code provisions relating to deadly weapons and makes numerous cross-referencing changes.
(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee; reconsideration granted)
AB 1402 (Assembly Public Safety Committee)Non-substantive deadly weapons reorganization
Makes minor non-substantive changes to the various deadly weapons provisions that have been reorganized and renumbers by the enactment of SB 1080 (Senate Public Safety Committee), Chapter 711, Statutes of 2010.
Chapter 285, Statutes of 2011
Courts/Judges/Legal Profession
SB 78 (Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee)Budget Act of 2011: Public Safety
Makes statutory changes necessary to implement the administration of justice portion of the 2011 Budget Act. (Refer to the California Legislature's bill information Web site for details of provisions.)
Chapter 10, Statutes of 2011
SB 151* (Correa-D) State employees: memoranda of understanding
Provides legislative ratification for the memoranda of understanding (MOU) between the State and Bargaining Units (BUs) 2, 6, 7, 9, 10, and 13. Approves addenda to MOUs entered into by the State and BUs 12, 16, 18, and 19 which provides members with two Professional Development Days. Approves addenda to BUs 1, 3, 4, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, and 21 which will exempt employees in these BUs who work at the State Compensation Insurance Fund from the Personal Leave Program.
Chapter 25, Statutes of 2011
SB 163 (Evans-D) State Bar Act
Implements major changes to the governance structure of the State Bar to maximize the Bar's prioritization of public protection in all of its activities and makes other reforms to the Bar's governance structure.
Chapter 417, Statutes of 2011
SB 182 (Corbett-D) Judiciary: demographic data
Adds gender identity and sexual orientation to the list of demographic data provided by judicial applicants, nominees, appointees, justices, and judges required to be collected and released by the Governor, the Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation of the State Bar, and the Administrative Office of the Courts.
Chapter 720, Statutes of 2011
SB 221 (Simitian-D) Small claims court: jurisdiction
Increases the small claims court jurisdictional limit from $7,500 to $10,000 in an action brought by a natural person. Delays, until 1/1/15, operation of this section with respect to bodily injury claims resulting from vehicle accidents.
Chapter 64, Statutes of 2011
SB 326 (Yee-D) Court records: public access
Requires the Judicial Council to adopt a rule of court regarding access to court records.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 405 (Corbett-D) Judgeships
Ratifies the Judicial Council's conversion authority for the 2011-12 fiscal year relative to subordinate judicial officer positions.
Chapter 705, Statutes of 2011
SB 503 (Vargas-D) Judges' retirement
Allows a judge to make a one-time written election at the time of retirement to purchase service credit in the Judge's Retirement System II for any number of whole years a judge served as a full-time subordinate judicial officer.
Vetoed
SB 671 (Price-D) Shorthand reporters: requirements
Requires the Court Reporters Board of California to establish continuing education requirements for renewal of a shorthand report certificate.
Vetoed
SB 848 (Emmerson-R) Court of appeal districts
Removes the Counties of Inyo, San Bernardino, and Riverside (Division Two) from the Fourth Appellate District and creates the new Seventh Appellate District consisting of those counties.
(Failed passage in Senate Judiciary Committee)
SCR 38 (Price-D) Courts: 50th anniversary: African American justices
Acknowledges the 50th anniversary of service by African American justices in the California Courts, and encourages all Californians to share in statewide and local celebrations throughout the year to recognize the contributions and diversity of these and other judicial trailblazers.
(In Assembly Rules Committee)
AB 20 (Halderman-R) Construction defect actions
Regulates attorney-client communications regarding certain construction defects.
(Failed passage in Assembly Judiciary Committee; reconsideration granted)
AB 110 (Blumenfield-D) Budget Trailer Bill: Judiciary
Enacts statutory changes intended to mitigate reductions to the state Judiciary's budget.
Chapter 193, Statutes of 2011
AB 126 (Davis-D) Courts: judicial appointments
Requires members of the State Bar's Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation to complete a specified minimum amount of time of training annually in the areas of fairness and bias in the judicial appointments process. Requires the State Bar, in collecting and releasing statewide demographic data on all judicial applicants, and the Administrative Office of the Courts, in collecting and releasing demographic data on justices and judges, to use specified ethnic and racial categories.
Chapter 667, Statutes of 2011
AB 201 (Butler-D) Veterans courts
Authorizes superior courts to develop and implement veterans' courts. Establishes standards and procedures for veterans' courts and specifies that county participation in the veterans' courts program is voluntary.
Vetoed
AB 259 (Smyth-R) County public defender
Allows the appointment of a judge or elected official to the office of the public defender in any county.
(Failed passage in Senate Public Safety Committee; reconsideration granted)
AB 295 (Bonnie Lowenthal-D) Courts: California Case Management System
Requires the Judicial Council to provide an annual status report relative to the California Case Management System, on or before December 1 of each year until project completion and full implementation. The report additionally would be required to include all costs of the trial courts in support of these projects, total estimated costs to complete these projects, a general description of the nature of costs that justice partners, as defined, will incur from making changes as necessary to access the California Case Management System, and an explanation for deviation from any recommendation of the California Technology Agency pursuant to specified provisions. Requires the Administrative Office of the Courts, on or before December 1 of each year until project completion and full implementation, to annually provide to those chairpersons an independent project oversight report for the California Case Management System.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 314 (Gorell-R) Court facilities
Requires that contracts pertaining to the acquisition and construction of court facilities to be subject to the provisions of the Public Contract Code.
(In Assembly Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Committee)
AB 572 (Wieckowski-D) Attorneys: annual membership fee
Requires the Board of Governors of the State Bar of California to charge an annual membership fee for active members for 2012.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 618 (Furutani-D) Court interpreters
Provides that a person charged with a crime who is unable to understand English has the right to a competent interpreter that is not shared with another person, which includes a witness or co-defendant during any trial proceeding.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 803 (Wagner-R) Electronic court reporting
Requires the Judicial Council to "implement" electronic court reporting in all trial courts, and ends the prohibition on use of electronic recording.
(Failed passage in Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 810 (Wagner-R) Courts: translators
Revises and recasts provisions relating to court interpreters and translators, as well as deletes obsolete language as a result of trial court restructuring.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 973 (Campos-D) Trial courts: budget process: public notice
Requires trial courts, prior to adopting a baseline budget plan for the fiscal year, to allow public input and comment on the prosed plan and to hold a public hearing on the plan.
Chapter 687, Statutes of 2011
AB 990 (Allen-D) Court transcripts
Prohibits a court, party, or person that does not purchase a transcript, but, pursuant to a specified rule of court, requests another party to lend it that party's copy of the transcript or is temporarily in possession of the transcript, from distributing, publishing, emailing, selling, or reproducing a copy or portion thereof without paying a fee to the reporter.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 1089 (Alejo-D) Court proceedings
Permits bilingual judges, at the beginning of a court calendar, to help non-English speaking litigants by providing an unofficial interpretation of typical remarks the judge makes regarding court decorum and scheduling when a court interpreter is not immediately available.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 1208 (Charles Calderon-D) Trial courts: administration
Addresses governance and funding within California's judicial branch.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1316 (Smyth-R) Lawyer-client privilege
Provides an exception to the lawyer-client privilege if the lawyer reasonably believes that disclosure of any confidential communication relating to representation of a client is necessary to prevent the client from committing a crime or fraud that is reasonably certain to result in substantial injury to the financial interests or property of another person and in furtherance of which the client has used or is using the lawyer's services.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 1404 (Assembly Judiciary Committee)Trust accounts
Corrects a technical error in AB 940 (Assembly Judiciary Committee), Chapter 129, Statutes of 2009, in order to avoid potential confusion.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
AB 1405 (Assembly Judiciary Committee)Judgeships
Authorizes 50 additional judges, upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act, to be allocated to the various county superior courts, pursuant to uniform criteria approved by the Judicial Council.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
ACR 47 (Davis-D) African American justices
Acknowledges the 50th anniversary of service by African American justices in the California courts.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
HR 10 (Hayashi-D) Chief Justice Earl Warren Day
Designates 3/19/11, and each March 19th thereafter, as Chief Justice Earl Warren Day.
Adopted by the Assembly
Law Enforcement
SB 33 (Simitian-D) Elder and dependent adult abuse: reporting
Deletes the 1/1/13 sunset date on the Elder and Dependent Adult Financial Abuse Reporting Act, originally enacted in 2005. Double-jointed with SB 718 (Vargas-D) , Chapter 373, Statutes of 2011.
Chapter 372, Statutes of 2011
SB 61 (Pavley-D) Wiretapping: authorization
Extends the sunset provision on the law that authorizes wiretaps by law enforcement, under specified circumstances, from1/1/12 to 1/1/15.
Chapter 663, Statutes of 2011
SB 78 (Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee)Budget Act of 2011: Public Safety
Makes statutory changes necessary to implement the Public Safety portion of the 2011-12 Budget Bill. (Refer to the California legislative Web site for specifics of the bill.)
Chapter 10, Statutes of 2011
SB 151* (Correa-D) State employees: memoranda of understanding
Provides legislative ratification for the memoranda of understanding (MOU) between the State and Bargaining Units (BUs) 2, 6, 7, 9, 10, and 13. Approves addenda to MOUs entered into by the State and BUs 12, 16, 18, and 19 which provides members with two Professional Development Days. Approves addenda to BUs 1, 3, 4, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, and 21 which will exempt employees in these bargaining units who work at the State Compensation Insurance Fund from the Personal Leave Program.
Chapter 25, Statutes of 2011
SB 248 (Wyland-R) Forensic specimens: offenders
Requires people convicted or adjudicated of specified misdemeanors to give a DNA sample.
(Failed passage in Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 271 (Wyland-R) Evidence: rape kits: expedited processing
Provides that a county's remaining share of funds attributable to the increase in penalties as required by DNA Fingerprint, Unresolved Crime and Innocence Protection Act, may be used by a local sheriff, police department, district attorney, or other law enforcement agency for expenditures and administrative costs made or incurred for utilizing a laboratory, other than the Department of Justice Laboratory, as specified, to expedite the analysis and processing of rape kits and uploading rape kit information to the CAL-DNA Databank and the Federal Bureau of Investigation Combined DNA Index System.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 329 (Correa-D) County penalties: forensic laboratories
Requires, for the purposes of providing supplemental funding for the DNA Fingerprint, Unsolved Crime and Innocence Protection Act, as specified, an additional penalty to be levied in an unspecified amount in each county for the late payment of any fine, penalty, or forfeiture imposed by the courts for any violation of the Vehicle Code, or a local ordinance adopted pursuant to the Vehicle Code, that is committed by the driver of a vehicle while it is in motion.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 406 (Liu-D) Battery: security officers and custodial officers
Includes custody assistants and security officers, as defined, in a special misdemeanor battery section under which defendants who commit a simple battery against specified public officials and private professionals are punished by a jail term of up to one year and an enhanced fine of up to $2,000. Double-jointed with SB 390 (La Malfa-R) , Chapter 249, Statutes of 2011, and AB 109 (Assembly Budget Committee), Chapter 15, Statutes of 2011.
Chapter 250, Statutes of 2011
SB 573 (Hernandez-D) Police personnel files
Provides that a District Attorney's office, the Attorney General's Office or a Grand Jury that is seeking access to police personnel files is required to obtain a court order for these records through the specified statutory discovery process except in criminal investigations or proceedings concerning the conduct of peace officers or custodial officers, or an agency or department that employs them.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 638 (De León-D) Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act
Prohibits a public agency from taking punitive action against a public safety officer, or denying promotion on grounds other than merit, because that officer is placed on a Brady list, as defined.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 914 (Leno-D) Search warrants
Requires a search warrant to search the contents of a portable electronic device that is found during a search incident to an arrest.
Vetoed
SB 930 (Evans-D) Law enforcement: in-home supportive services: fingerprinting
Repeals requirements that In-Home Supportive Services recipients provide fingerprint images and that provider timesheets include spaces for provider and recipient fingerprints.
Chapter 649, Statutes of 2011
SB 4X1 (Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee)Local Revenue Fund: 2011
Rescinds a provision that has created a maintenance of effort requirement for cities for the receipt of funds from the Local Law Enforcement Services Account in the Local Revenue Fund 2011.
Chapter 14, Statutes of 2011, First Extraordinary Session
SCR 21 (DeSaulnier-D) Martinez Police Sergeant Paul Starzyk Memorial Overcrossing
Designates the Pine Street Overcrossing of State Highway Route 4, in the City of Martinez, as the "Martinez Police Sergeant Paul Starzyk Memorial Overcrossing."
Resolution Chapter 70, Statutes of 2011
SCR 22 (Correa-D) California Peace Officers' Memorial Day
Designates 5/2/11 as California Peace Officers' Memorial Day and urges all Californians to use that day to honor California peace officers.
(In Assembly Rules Committee)
SCR 25 (Negrete McLeod-D) CHP Officer Thomas P. Coleman Memorial Highway
Designates a segment of State Highway Route 10, in San Bernardino County, as the "CHP Officer Thomas P. Coleman Memorial Highway."
Resolution Chapter 89, Statutes of 2011
SCR 28 (Strickland-R) Federal Correctional Officer Scott Williams Memorial Highway
Designates a portion of State Highway Route 1, in Santa Barbara County, as the "Federal Correctional Officer Scott Williams Memorial Highway."
Resolution Chapter 91, Statutes of 2011
SCR 30 (Anderson-R) CHP Officer Dan N. Benavides Memorial Highway
Designates a section of State Highway Route 15, in San Diego County, as the "CHP Officer Dan N. Benavides Memorial Highway."
Resolution Chapter 92, Statutes of 2011
SCR 34 (Evans-D) Deputy Frank Trejo Memorial Interchange
Designates the State Route 101 interchange at State Highway Route 12, in Sonoma County, as the "Deputy Frank Trejo Memorial Interchange."
Resolution Chapter 93, Statutes of 2011
SCR 37 (Anderson-R) Border Patrol Agent Robert Rosas Memorial Highway
Designates a section of State Highway Route 8, in San Diego County, as the "Border Patrol Agent Robert Rosas Memorial Highway."
Resolution Chapter 54, Statutes of 2011
SCR 50 (Fuller-R) Deputy Daniel Lee Archuleta Memorial Interchange
Designates the interchange of State Highway Route 99 and State Highway Route 119 as the "Deputy Daniel Lee Archuleta Memorial Highway."
(In Senate Rules Committee)
SCR 53 (Evans-D) CHP Officer Paul C. Jarske Memorial Highway
Designates a specified portion of State Highway Route 101, in the County of Mendocino, as the "CHP Officer Paul C. Jarske Memorial Highway."
(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)
AB 40 (Yamada-D) Elder abuse: reporting
Requires mandated reporters of elder or dependent adult abuse to report suspected or known instances of elder or dependent adult abuse, which is believed to have occurred in a long-term care facility, to both the Long-Term Care Ombudsman and local law enforcement.
(In Senate Human Services Committee)
AB 74 (Ma-D) Public event: threat assessment
Requires any state agency holding an event with expected attendance over 10,000 to conduct a threat assessment, as specified.
Chapter 666, Statutes of 2011
AB 163 (Jeffries-R) Background check: Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Subjects an applicant for employment with the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection or the Board of Forestry to criminal background checks, including convictions and arrests, to determine whether the applicant is eligible for employment.
(Failed passage in Assembly Natural Resources Committee; reconsideration granted)
AB 168 (Gorell-R) Local Safety and Protection Account: appropriation
Appropriates $506.4 million from the General Fund to be deposited in the Local Safety and Protection Account.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 192* (Logue-R) Law enforcement
Provides for an annual transfer of $500 million from the General Fund to the Local Safety and Protection Account.
(In Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee)
AB 239 (Ammiano-D) Crime laboratories: oversight
Reconvenes the Crime Laboratory Review Task Force to make recommendations regarding a statewide oversight body and to perform specified tasks relating to crime laboratories in California.
Vetoed
AB 308 (Ammiano-D) Criminal investigations
Requires, by 1/1/13, the Department of Justice in consultation with the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training and other specified entities, 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 Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 322 (Portantino-D) Forensic evidence: rape kits
Creates a pilot project, commencing 7/1/12, in 10 counties to have the Department of Justice test all rape kits collected after the start date of the pilot project in those counties to determine if such testing increases their arrest rates in rape cases. Sunsets on 1/1/16.
Vetoed
AB 353 (Cedillo-D) Vehicles: checkpoints
Requires the driver of a motor vehicle to stop and submit to a sobriety checkpoint inspection conducted by a law enforcement agency when signs and displays are posted requiring that stop. Requires that a peace officer or any other authorized person not cause the impoundment of a vehicle at a sobriety checkpoint, established pursuant to these provisions or any other law, if the driver's only offense is, among other offenses, the failure to hold a valid driver's license.
Chapter 653, Statutes of 2011
AB 367 (Smyth-R) Elder and dependent adult abuse: reporting
Allows mandated and non-mandated reporters of elder and dependent adult abuse to report suspected elder and dependent adult abuse occurring within a community, to any adult protective services agency or law enforcement agency, regardless of whether the agency lacks geographical or subject matter jurisdiction or obligation to receive the report.
(In Assembly Aging and Long Term Care Committee)
AB 388 (Roger Hernández-D) Criminal procedure: search warrants
Establishes rules regarding tracking device search warrants.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 434 (Logue-R) Forensic laboratories: county penalties
Allows funds remaining in a county's DNA Identification Fund to be expended to reimburse a regional state crime laboratory for costs associated with the analysis and comparison of crime scene DNA with forensic identification samples.
Chapter 195, Statutes of 2011
AB 489 (Cook-R) Correctional Peace Officer Standards and Training
Re-establishes the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to reclaim responsibility for developing and monitoring training for correctional peace officers from the Corrections Standards Authority, which assumed this responsibility following the reorganization of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation in 2005.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 526 (Dickinson-D) Gang and youth violence
Requires the Secretary of Emergency Management Agency to identify and implement evidence-based practices to address gang and youth violence.
(In Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 701 (Wagner-R) Missing persons: mobile telephone location
Authorizes a peace officer to require a mobile telephony service carrier to provide the location of a mobile communication device, with a global positioning system, where the subscriber for the mobile telephony service has authorized the carrier to provide the requested information to a peace officer, where a missing person report has been filed for an at-risk child or elder.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 801 (Swanson-D) Code enforcement officers: training
Establishes minimum training standards and a continuing education requirement for code enforcement officers.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 811 (Hall-D) Firearms: Private Patrol Operators
Establishes procedures allowing Private Patrol Operators to own firearms and to assign those firearms to employees of the Private Patrol Operators who are licensed security guards.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 829 (Knight-R) Peace officers: firearms
Expands the authority of law enforcement agencies to issue identification and concealed weapons permits to honorably retired peace officers.
(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee; reconsideration granted)
AB 855 (Ma-D) Forensic laboratories: county penalties
Allows funds remaining in a local DNA Identification Fund to be expended by a local law enforcement agency for the costs of using an authorized, independent laboratory, other than the Department of Justice, to analyze and expedite the testing of DNA samples.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 911 (Ma-D) Police protection districts
Allows police protection districts to treat violations of rules, regulation, or ordinances as either misdemeanors or infractions.
(In Senate Governance and Finance Committee)
AB 1010 (Furutani-D) Law enforcement: communications
Gives city attorneys prosecuting misdemeanors the ability to record conversations.
Chapter 659, Statutes of 2011
AB 1377 (Butler-D) Peace officers: airport law enforcement
Places an airport law enforcement officer regularly employed by the Los Angeles World Airports, within a different category of peace officers, whose authority extends to any place within California without restrictions on arrest powers, and authority to carry specified firearms.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 41X1* (Solorio-D) Law enforcement: vehicle license fees
Imposes, for all initial and renewal vehicle registrations due on and after 1/1/12, an additional vehicle license fee equal to 0.15% of the market value. Requires all revenues from the additional license fee to be deposited in the General Fund. During the 2011-12 fiscal year, an amount as specified, would be transferred to the Local Law Enforcement Services Account in the Local Revenue Fund 2011. Requires transfer of revenues, during the 2012-13 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, to be allocated according the following order: first to be transferred to the Local Law Enforcement Services Account in the Local Revenue Fund 2011, and second, a total of $35,000,000 to be transferred to the Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement and Bureau of Investigation and Intelligence Fund.
(Died at Assembly Desk)
ACR 6 (Donnelly-R) Human trafficking
Recognizes the month of January as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, and recognizes 2/1/11 as California's Free From Slavery Day.
Chapter 5, Statutes of 2011
ACR 15 (Conway-R) Detective Monty L. Conley & Detective Joe R. Landin Highway
Designates a portion of State Highway Route 198, in Tulare County, as the "Detective Monty L. Conley and Detective Joe R. Landin Memorial Highway."
Resolution Chapter 51, Statues of 2011
ACR 29 (Bonilla-D) Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month
Designates the month of February 2011 as "Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month."
Resolution Chapter 30, Statutes of 2011
ACR 31 (Olsen-R) CHP Officer Earl Scott Memorial Highway
Designates a portion of State Highway Route 219 in Stanislaus County as the "CHP Officer Earl Scott Memorial Highway."
Resolution Chapter 47, Statutes of 2011
ACR 33 (Harkey-R) Officer Richard T. Steed Memorial Highway
Designates a segment of State Highway Route 5 in Orange County as the "Officer Richard T. Steed Memorial Highway."
Resolution Chapter 73, Statutes of 2011
ACR 37 (Conway-R) CHP Officer Justin W. McGrory Memorial Highway
Designates a four-mile segment of Interstate 15 as the "CHP Officer Justin W. McGrory Memorial Highway."
Resolution Chapter 49, Statutes of 2011
ACR 39 (Nielsen-R) Deputy Dennis "Skip" Sullivan Memorial Bridge
Designates the Bear Creek Bridge on State Highway Route 44, in Shasta County, as the "Deputy Dennis 'Skip' Sullivan Memorial Bridge."
Resolution Chapter 40, Statutes of 2011
ACR 41 (Mitchell-D) CHP Officer Philip Dennis Ortiz Memorial Highway
Designates a segment of Interstate 405, in Los Angeles County, as the "CHP Officer Philip Dennis Ortiz Memorial Highway."
Resolution Chapter 52, Statutes of 2011
ACR 58 (Knight-R) Captain Ted Hall and Engineer Arnie Quinones Memorial
Designates an interchange on State Highway Route 14 as the "Captain Ted Hall and Engineer Arnie Quinones Memorial Interchange."
Resolution Chapter 107, Statutes of 2011
ACR 66 (V. Manuel Pérez-D) Deputy Probation Officer Irene Rios Memorial Highway
Designates a portion of State Highway Route 8, in Imperial County, as the "Deputy Probation Officer Irene B. Rios Memorial Highway."
Resolution Chapter 99, Statues of 2011
ACR 70 (Smyth-R) CHP Officers Gayle W. Wood, Jr. and James E. McCabe Memorial
Designates a segment of State Highway Route 5 as the "CHP Officers Gayle W. Wood, Jr. and James E. McCabe Memorial Highway."
Resolution Chapter 109, Statutes of 2011
ACR 75 (Nielsen-R) CHP Officer Charles T. Smith Memorial Highway
Designates a segment of State Highway Route 5 as the "CHP Officer Charles T. Smith Memorial Highway."
Resolution Chapter 113, Statutes of 2011
ACR 76 (Chesbro-D) CHP Officer Thomas R. Adams and CHP Officer Paul C. Jarske
Designates a segment of State Highway Route 101 as the "CHP Officer Thomas R. Adams Memorial Highway" and another segment of State Highway Route 101 as the "CHP Officer Paul C. Jarske Memorial Highway."
Resolution Chapter 114, Statutes of 2011
AJR 9 (Cook-R) Public alert and warning system
Urges the Congress of the United States to expedite a solution to provide a public alert and warning system to alert and warn the American people in situations of war, terrorists attack, natural disaster, or other hazards to the public safety, health, and well-being of the American people.
Resolution Chapter 41, Statutes of 2011
AJR 17 (Solorio-D) Law enforcement: federal funding
Urges the Congress and the President of the United States to increase funding for various law enforcement and crime prevention programs and to fully reimburse states for the cost of incarcerating undocumented criminals.
Resolution Chapter 124, Statutes of 2011
Family Law
SB 154 (Wolk-D) Marriage records: fees: Solano County
Deletes a 1/1/12 sunset date relative to Solano County increasing fees for certified copies of marriage records, thereby extending existing law indefinitely.
Chapter 120, Statutes of 2011
SB 254 (Harman-R) Marriage: putative spouses
Prohibits the court from making specified declarations or orders, relative to a marriage, unless the party or parties that believed in good faith, that the marriage was valid, requests the court to do so.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
SB 261 (Harman-R) Child custody: deceased parent
Specifies that a court, in the event of the death of a parent, retains jurisdiction to make any orders required to affect the right of a parent to custody and prescribes notice requirements in this regard.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
SB 375 (Wright-D) Paternity
Authorizes a presumed father to file a motion for genetic tests within two years after he becomes aware of facts that lead him to reasonably believe that he may not be the biological father of the child.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
SB 377 (Wright-D) Paternity
Invalidates a voluntary declaration of paternity that is signed by a minor parent, if it is not also signed by the parent or guardian of a minor parent. Requires the Department of Child Support Services to provide the oral and written information relating to the voluntary declaration of paternity to the parent or guardian of a minor parent.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
SB 481 (Wright-D) Spousal support
Requires the court to consider the extent to which income for support was already capitalized and paid to the other spouse in the division of community property, in order to avoid double-counting the income, when the result is inequitable.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
SB 651 (Leno-D) Domestic partnerships
Eliminates the requirement that domestic partners have a common residence in order to establish a registered domestic partnership.
Chapter 721, Statutes of 2011
AB 198 (Beall-D) Adoption: fingerprinting of adoptive parents
Requires the Department of Social Services, the county social services department, or a licensed adoption agency or foster family agency, to require each foster-to-adoption applicant, as defined, to submit fingerprint images and related information to the Department of Justice for purposes of conducting a criminal records check that shall apply to both an approval for adoption and licensure as a foster family home or certified family home of a licensed foster family agency.
(In Assembly Human Services Committee)
AB 225 (Nielsen-R) Child custody: ex parte orders
Requires that a party seeking an ex parte order in a child custody case to notify all parties at least one court day before the matter is to be heard.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
AB 454 (Silva-R) Protective orders: early termination
Requires that a party protected by a protective order receive notice when an action is filed by another party to terminate or modify that order in advance of the expiration date specified by the order, prior to the court making any judgment on that action.
Chapter 101, Statutes of 2011
AB 499 (Atkins-D) Minors: medical care: consent
Authorizes a minor, who is 12 years of age or older, to consent to medical care related to the prevention of a sexually transmitted disease.
Chapter 652, Statutes of 2011
AB 687 (Fletcher-R) Adoption
Makes several changes to the adoption process.
Chapter 462, Statutes of 2011
AB 993 (Wagner-R) Mediation and counseling services
Specifies that a mediator and a licensed mental health professional are not liable for damages for an act or omission, constituting ordinary negligence that occurs on or after 1/1/12, during the performance of child custody mediation and counseling services.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 1217 (Fuentes-D) Family law: assisted reproduction
Clarifies parentage rights of parties using assisted reproduction technology.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
AB 1349 (Hill-D) Paternity: conflicting presumptions
Authorizes a presumed father to bring a motion within two years of execution of a voluntary declaration of paternity to set aside that declaration.
Chapter 185, Statutes of 2011
AB 1406 (Assembly Judiciary Committee)Dissolution of marriage: disclosure
Provides a specified timeframe for serving mandatory disclosure declarations in a dissolution proceeding.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
Civil Law
SB 5 (Harman-R) Intervention: initiatives
Provides that the official proponent of a state initiative statute or constitutional amendment that has been approved by the voters has the right to intervene and participate in any court action challenging the constitutionality of the initiative statue or constitutional amendment.
(Failed passage in Senate Judiciary Committee)
SB 111 (Yee-D) Civil rights: language restrictions
Makes it a violation of the Unruh Civil Rights Act to adopt or enforce a policy that limits or prohibits the use of any language in a business establishment, unless the language is justified by a business necessity and notification has been provided of the circumstances and the time when the language restriction is required to be observed, and of the consequences for its violation.
Vetoed
SB 190 (Lowenthal-D) Mechanics liens
Updates several cross-references and makes technical corrections to various new mechanics liens provisions enacted in last year's SB 189 (Lowenthal-D) , Chapter 697, Statutes of 2010, which overhauled the mechanics lien law. Clarifies circumstances under which a mechanic's lien is invalidated, and contains a delayed operative date of 7/1/12, consistent with the provisions of SB 189.
Chapter 44, Statutes of 2011
SB 264 (Correa-D) Liability: recreational activities: skateboard parks
Removes the sunset date on existing law relative to skateboarding at a local public facility. Requires copies of the records of claims and lawsuits be filed annually by local public agencies with the Legislature.
Chapter 232, Statutes of 2011
SB 273 (Harman-R) Multiple-party accounts
Bases a party's ownership interest in a multiple-party account on the proportion of the party's net contributions to the account.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
SB 284 (Harman-R) Real property: marketable title
Provides a 1/1/13 sunset date on existing law relative to an option to purchase real property, as specified, and after 1/1/13, provides that an option to purchase real property expires of record six months after the date the instrument that creates or gives constructive notice of the option is recorded.
Chapter 46, Statutes of 2011
SB 328 (Kehoe-D) Eminent Domain Law: conservation easement
States that a person authorized to acquire property for public use by eminent domain shall exercise that power to acquire property that is subject to a conservation easement only as provided in this bill.
Chapter 589, Statutes of 2011
SB 384 (Evans-D) Civil actions
Allows, until 1/1/15, a motion for summary adjudication of a legal issue or claim for damages (other than punitive damages) that does not completely dispose of a cause of action, affirmative defense, or an issue of duty, upon the stipulation of the parties and a prior determination by the court that the motion will further the interests of judicial economy by reducing the time required for trial or significantly increasing the ability of the parties to settle.
Chapter 419, Statutes of 2011
SB 424 (Rubio-D) Mechanics liens: design professionals
Gives, beginning 7/1/12, design professionals providing services for private works of improvement the ability to convert a design professional's lien into a mechanics lien.
Chapter 127, Statutes of 2011
SB 426 (Calderon-D) Tenancy: eviction: notices
Classifies any building or property used to willfully conduct unlawful dogfighting or cockfighting as a public nuisance, and allows for the eviction of any person who commits or maintains such a nuisance.
Chapter 128, Statues of 2011
SB 474 (Evans-D) Commercial construction contracts
Regulates indemnification agreements in specified private commercial and public works construction contracts.
Chapter 707, Statutes of 2011
SB 491 (Evans-D) Civil procedure: probate of wills
Clarifies that the provisions that authorize a court clerk to issue a summons are applicable when a person files an objection to the probate of a will in contested will cases.
(Held at Assembly Desk)
SB 558 (Simitian-D) Elder and dependent adults: damages
Changes the evidentiary standard of proof for elder and dependent abuse or neglect cases from clear and convincing to preponderance of the evidence. Clarifies that punitive damages may not be imposed against an employer unless the requirements for other civil case exemplary damages against employers are satisfied; this requirement would not apply to the recovery of compensatory damages or attorney's fees and costs.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 559 (Padilla-D) Discrimination: genetic information
Expands the prohibited bases of discrimination under the Unruh Civil Rights Act and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act to include genetic information.
Chapter 261, Statutes of 2011
SB 603 (Berryhill-R) Vexatious litigants: represented plaintiffs
Expands the applicability of California's vexatious litigant statute to include plaintiffs represented by counsel.
(Failed passage in Senate Judiciary Committee; reconsideration granted)
SB 647 (Senate Judiciary Committee)Civil law: omnibus bill
Enacts the annual omnibus bill of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Chapter 308, Statutes of 2011
SB 652* (Steinberg-D) Professional sports teams: relocation agreements
Provides that a professional sports team that has previously entered into a financial agreement with a "home public entity" shall not enter into a relocation agreement unless it first gives the home public entity a bond, undertaking, or deposit in an amount adequate to ensure that all of its obligations under the financial agreement will be satisfied.
(On Senate Inactive File)
SB 731 (Senate Judiciary Committee)Civil actions
Clarifies that existing law relating to vexatious litigation applies to matters in the Courts of Appeal.
Chapter 49, Statues of 2011
SB 783* (Dutton-R) Civil rights: special access: liability
Imposes pre-litigation procedural requirements upon the filing of any claim under the state's civil rights and equal access to public or housing accommodation laws, including claims of violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act in state-owned facilities.
(Failed passage in Senate Judiciary Committee)
SB 857 (Lieu-D) Unlawful strike damages: public employment
Specifies that the Public Employment Relations Board has no authority to award damages for strike-preparation expenses or for costs, expenses, or revenue losses incurred during an unlawful strike.
Chapter 539, Statutes of 2011
AB 78 (Mendoza-D) Immigrants' rights
Provides that a person without legal authority to reside in the United States but who has continuously resided in California since 1/1/07, shall have the same rights and responsibilities that are afforded to any other legal permanent resident.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 158 (Halderman-R) Civil actions: damages
Creates a defense for manufacturers, distributors and sellers that exempts them from punitive damages liabilities, with a narrow exception, so long as they comply with federal or state agency regulations.
(Failed passage in Assembly Judiciary Committee; reconsideration granted)
AB 173* (Gatto-D) Civil claims: Armenian Genocide victims
Extends a 12/31/10 statutory deadline in order to authorize any victims of the Armenian Genocide, or their heirs or beneficiaries, who reside in California, and have a claim arising out of an insurance policy purchased or in effect in Europe or Asia from 1875-1923, to bring suit in California seeking benefits under those insurance policies from insurers. Provides that such actions shall not be dismissed for failure to comply with the otherwise applicable statute of limitation provided that the action is filed on or before 12/31/16.
Chapter 70, Statutes of 2011
AB 265 (Ammiano-D) Tenancies: unlawful detainer
Gives a tenant who has received a three-day notice to quit or pay rent the right to redeem the tenancy after the three-day period has expired by tendering rent due and other fees and costs, as specified.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
AB 271 (Nestande-R) Appeals: class action certification
Requires an appellate court to permit an appeal from an order granting or denying class action certification to join a defendant pursuant to those provisions, if the petition to appeal is filed within 14 days of entry of the order.
(Failed passage in Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 312 (Bonnie Lowenthal-D) Civil rights: homeless persons
Adds homeless person to the list of individuals protected from violence and intimidation under the Ralph Civil Rights Act, thereby providing civil remedies to homeless persons who are injured as result of such violence.
Vetoed
AB 328 (Smyth-R) Inverse condemnation
Applies the doctrine of comparative fault and existing rules governing a plaintiff's ability to recover post-offer costs to inverse condemnation actions.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
AB 354 (Silva-R) Estates and trusts: property: wrongful taking
Provides that when a person has taken, concealed, or disposed of the real or personal property of a conservatee, minor, estate of a decedent, or trust by the use of undue influence in bad faith or through the commission of elder or dependent adult financial abuse, the person is liable for twice the value of the property recovered in a conservatorship, guardianship, estate, or trust proceeding.
Chapter 55, Statutes of 2011
AB 433 (Bonnie Lowenthal-D) Birth certificates: change of gender
Provides that an individual who has undergone a clinically appropriate treatment for the purpose of gender transition may file a petition with the superior court in any county in California to seek a judgment recognizing the change of gender, and if requested, the judgment must include an order for a new birth certificate.
Chapter 718, Statutes of 2011
AB 456 (Wagner-R) Mechanics liens
Amends sections of existing law relating to mechanics liens to provide that a proof of service affidavit shall show the name and address of the owner or reputed owner upon whom the copy of the claim of mechanics lien was served, and, if appropriate, the title or capacity in which the owner or reputed owner was served.
Chapter 673, Statute of 2011
AB 458 (Atkins-D) Guardianship
Establishes venue rules for guardianship cases when a guardianship proceeding is filed in one county and a custody or visitation proceeding has already been filed in one or more other counties. Creates a presumption that venue is proper in the county where the guardianship petition is filed if the proposed guardian and child have resided in that county for at least six months prior to the commencement of the guardianship proceeding.
Chapter 102, Statutes of 2011
AB 513 (Hall-D) Enforcement of obligations: gambling debt
Allows a tribal gaming operation or a gambling enterprise to enforce a gambling debt in state court.
(Failed passage in Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 534 (Swanson-D) Civil rights: homeless persons
Specifies that homeless persons are entitled to the rights set forth under existing law, and provides that a homeless person has the right to be free from violence or intimidation by threat of violence directed against that person in the basis of that person's status as a homeless person.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 556 (Wagner-R) Punitive damages
Limits punitive damage awards in California by having the judge, instead of the jury, decide what punitive damages will be.
(Failed passage in Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 559 (Swanson-D) Civil actions: costs
Exempts civil actions brought pursuant to the Fair Employment and Housing Act from the statute that provides discretion to judges to determine costs, in a case other than a limited civil case, if the prevailing party recovers a judgment that could have been rendered in a limited civil case.
Vetoed
AB 588 (V. Manuel Pérez-D) Victims of violence: tenancy
Amends existing law so that a tenant who is a victim of domestic violence has more time to provide notice of intent to terminate a lease early.
Chapter 76, Statutes of 2011
AB 699 (Wagner-R) Nonprobate transfers
Creates a new nonprobate property transfer instrument, the "Simple Revocable Transfer on Death Deed," which is effective upon death of the transferor.
(Failed passage in Senate Judiciary Committee)
AB 887 (Atkins-D) Gender discrimination
Clarifies the definition of gender under the Fair Employment and Housing Act and the Unruh Civil Rights Act as well as other anti-discrimination laws.
Chapter 719, Statutes of 2011
AB 929 (Wieckowski-D) Debtor exemptions: bankruptcy
Revises and expands the set of specific asset exemptions available to bankruptcy debtors (the "703 exemptions") to generally conform to the exemptions under existing law available to all debtors in California seeking to exempt specified property from enforcement of a monetary judgment (the "704 exemptions").
(On Senate Inactive File)
AB 992 (Nielsen-R) Civil liability: wildfires
Provides that damage caused by an escaping fire, other than an arson fire, shall not be deemed a trespass for purposes of damages for wrongful injuries to timber, trees, or underwood upon the land of another person.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 1023 (Wagner-R) Maintenance of the codes
Makes numerous technical changes in the California codes that have been recommended by the Legislative Counsel's Office. The changes do not make any substantive change in the law.
Chapter 296, Statutes of 2011
AB 1062 (Dickinson-D) Arbitration: appeals
Provides that an aggrieved party may immediately appeal from an order dismissing or denying a petition to compel arbitration unless the party who opposed the petition to arbitrate the civil action in court is 65-years of age or older or a dependent adult, as defined in Welfare and Institutions Code Section 15610.23.
(On Senate Inactive File)
AB 1067 (Huber-D) Civil procedure: orders
Provides that an order denying a motion for reconsideration made, as specified, is not itself separately appealable. Provides that if the order that was the subject of a motion for reconsideration is appealable, then the denial of the motion for reconsideration is reviewable as part of an appeal from that order.
Chapter 78, Statues of 2011
AB 1074* (Fuentes-D) Personal liability immunity: telecommunications
Provides that a retail or wholesale service provider of telecommunications service, or other service, involved in providing 9-1-1 service, as specified, shall not be liable for any civil claim, damage, or loss caused by an act or omission in the design, development, installation, maintenance, or provision of 9-1-1 service.
Chapter 297, Statues of 2011
AB 1082 (Gatto-D) Powers of attorney
Provides the same protections that are granted to non-statutory form powers of attorney to powers of attorney created using the statutory form provided in the Probate Code.
Chapter 113, Statute of 2011
AB 1108 (Nielsen-R) Consumer remedies: litigation costs
Requires the court to award court costs and attorney's fees to a prevailing party, whether the plaintiff or the defendant, in litigation filed pursuant to the Consumer Legal Remedies Act.
(Failed passage in Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 1207 (Furutani-D) Civil actions: limitations: real property development
Provides that limitation in existing law does not apply to an action in tort to recover damages for damage to real or personal property, or for personal injury or wrongful death from exposure to hazardous or toxic materials, pollution, hazardous waste, or associated environmental remediation activities.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 1288 (Gordon-D) Public guardians and conservators
Authorizes a public guardian or conservator of a person, to restrain any person from transferring, encumbering, or disposing of any real or personal property of the person held in a trust, as specified.
Chapter 370, Statutes of 2011
AB 1305 (Huber-D) Decedents' estates
Increases the monetary value of small estates consisting of real and personal property that may be summarily disposed of using simplified non-probate procedures such as the filing of an affidavit and a petition for a court order of succession to real property.
Chapter 117, Statues of 2011
AB 1318 (Davis-D) Civil damages
Prohibits a person, in any action to recover damages due to an unlawful strike, from recovering damages resulting from revenue losses caused by the strike or damages resulting from expenses incurred by the employer in anticipation of, or in preparation for, the strike. Defines "unlawful strike" as any strike that has been determined unlawful by a court or the Public Employment Relations Board.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 1354 (Huber-D) Public works: progress payments
Prohibits a public entity from retaining more than 5% of a contract price until final completion and acceptance of a project.
(In Assembly Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Committee)
AB 1388 (Wieckowski-D) Earnings withholding orders
Strikes the "for common necessaries of life" in an earnings withholding order exception, thus providing that wages cannot be levied for debt incurred for the common necessaries of life if those wages are necessary for the support of the debtor or his/her family, and also codifies an exception for debt incurred pursuant to an order or award for the payment of attorney's fees under specified Family Code sections, and makes a related clarifying change.
Chapter 694, Statutes of 2011
AB 1403 (Assembly Judiciary Committee)Civil actions
Provides that the deadline for acceptance or rejection of the addition or reduction of damages is 30 days from the date the conditional order is served by the clerk of the court, if a deadline is not set forth in the conditional order.
Chapter 409, Statutes of 2011
AB 1407 (Assembly Judiciary Committee)Liability: social hosts: alcoholic beverages
Clarifies California's social host liability statute which provides that a claim may be brought against an adult who knowingly furnishes alcohol at his/her residence to a person under 21 years of age. Provides that the adult know, or should have known, that the person served alcohol was under age 21. Specifies that a claim under the statute will be brought by, or on behalf of, a minor or a person who was harmed by that minor.
Chapter 410, Statutes of 2011
Index (in Bill Order)
| Bills | Author and Bill Title | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| SB 5 | Harman-R Intervention: initiatives | Civil Law |
| SB 9 | Yee-D Sentencing | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 24 | Simitian-D Privacy: security breach notification | Privacy/Identity Theft |
| SB 26* | Padilla-D Prisons: wireless communication devices | Corrections |
| SB 28 | Simitian-D Vehicles: electronic wireless communications devices | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| SB 29 | Simitian-D Automated traffic enforcement systems | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| SB 33 | Simitian-D Elder and dependent adult abuse: reporting | Law Enforcement |
| SB 54 | Runner-R Sex offenders: residency restrictions | Child Abuse/Sex Offenders |
| SB 55 | Runner-R Parole: placement at release: registration. | Corrections |
| SB 57 | Runner-R Sex offenders: registration | Child Abuse/Sex Offenders |
| SB 59 | Runner-R Parole: release | Corrections |
| SB 61 | Pavley-D Wiretapping: authorization | Law Enforcement |
| SB 78 | Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee Budget Act of 2011: Public Safety | Courts/Judges/Legal Profession |
| SB 92 | Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee Budget Act of 2011: public safety | Corrections |
| SB 102 | Correa-D Telecommunications: customer privacy | Privacy/Identity Theft |
| SB 111 | Yee-D Civil rights: language restrictions | Civil Law |
| SB 123 | Liu-D California Runaway, Homeless, and Exploited Youth Act | Child Abuse/Sex Offenders |
| SB 124 | De León-D Ammunition: definition | Weapons |
| SB 129 | Leno-D Medical marijuana | Controlled Substances |
| SB 139 | Alquist-D Corrections: state prisons: searches | Corrections |
| SB 151* | Correa-D State employees: memoranda of understanding | Corrections Courts/Judges/Legal Profession Law Enforcement |
| SB 154 | Wolk-D Domestic violence: vital records | Domestic Violence Family Law |
| SB 163 | Evans-D State Bar Act | Courts/Judges/Legal Profession |
| SB 179 | Pavley-D Tolling of parole: sexually violent predators | Child Abuse/Sex Offenders |
| SB 182 | Corbett-D Judiciary: demographic data | Courts/Judges/Legal Profession |
| SB 190 | Lowenthal-D Mechanics liens | Civil Law |
| SB 208* | Alquist-D Identity theft and restitution | Privacy/Identity Theft Victims of Crime |
| SB 210 | Hancock-D Prisoners: alternative incarceration | Corrections |
| SB 221 | Simitian-D Small claims court: jurisdiction | Courts/Judges/Legal Profession |
| SB 240 | Rubio-D Truancy: collective action | Juvenile Justice |
| SB 242 | Corbett-D Privacy: social networking Internet Web sites: minors | Privacy/Identity Theft |
| SB 247 | Wyland-R Vehicular crimes: juvenile justice | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| SB 248 | Wyland-R Juvenile offenders: forensic specimens | Juvenile Justice |
| SB 254 | Harman-R Marriage: putative spouses | Family Law |
| SB 260 | Cannella-R Pseudoephedrine and other controlled chemicals | Controlled Substances |
| SB 261 | Harman-R Child custody: deceased parent | Family Law |
| SB 264 | Correa-D Liability: recreational activities: skateboard parks | Civil Law |
| SB 269 | La Malfa-R Firearms: Dealers' Record of Sale Special Account | Weapons |
| SB 271 | Wyland-R Rape kits: evidence | Child Abuse/Sex Offenders Law Enforcement |
| SB 273 | Harman-R Multiple-party accounts | Civil Law |
| SB 284 | Harman-R Real property: marketable title | Civil Law |
| SB 285 | Correa-D Massage therapy instruction: fraud | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 291 | Vargas-D Bail: extradited defendants | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 296 | Wright-D Petition for exemption or release from gang injunctions | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 308 | Cannella-R Crime | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 313 | Correa-D Firearms | Weapons |
| SB 315 | Wright-D Pseudoephedrine: sale or distribution by prescription only | Controlled Substances |
| SB 326 | Yee-D Court records: public access | Courts/Judges/Legal Profession |
| SB 328 | Kehoe-D Eminent Domain Law: conservation easement | Civil Law |
| SB 329 | Correa-D County penalties: forensic laboratories | Law Enforcement |
| SB 333 | La Malfa-R Vehicles: speed limits | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| SB 360 | DeSaulnier-D Controlled Substance | Controlled Substances |
| SB 375 | Wright-D Paternity | Family Law |
| SB 377 | Wright-D Paternity | Family Law |
| SB 384 | Evans-D Civil actions | Civil Law |
| SB 387 | La Malfa-R Statute of limitations: felony hit and run | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 390 | La Malfa-R Assault and battery: search and rescue teams | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 391* | Gaines-R Inmates: parole hearings | Corrections |
| SB 404 | Anderson-R Handgun safety certificates exemptions | Weapons |
| SB 405 | Corbett-D Judgeships | Courts/Judges/Legal Profession |
| SB 406 | Liu-D Battery: security and custodial officers | Other Crimes and Sentencing Law Enforcement |
| SB 407 | Cannella-R Jail inmates: workers' compensation | Corrections |
| SB 420 | Hernandez-D Synthetic cannabinoid compounds | Controlled Substances |
| SB 424 | Rubio-D Mechanics liens: design professionals | Civil Law |
| SB 425 | Calderon-D Cruelty to animals | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 426 | Calderon-D Tenancy: eviction: notices | Civil Law |
| SB 427 | De León-D Ammunition and firearms | Weapons |
| SB 428 | Strickland-R Lester's Law of 2011 | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 430 | Kehoe-D Domestic violence: strangulation and suffocation | Domestic Violence |
| SB 434 | Anderson-R Undocumented criminal immigrants | Corrections |
| SB 465 | Wright-D Concealed firearm license | Weapons |
| SB 474 | Evans-D Commercial construction contracts | Civil Law |
| SB 480 | Vargas-D Domestic violence: public social services | Domestic Violence |
| SB 481 | Wright-D Spousal support | Family Law |
| SB 484 | Rubio-D Dept. of Corrections & Rehabilitation: health care rates | Corrections |
| SB 490 | Hancock-D Death penalty | Death Penalty |
| SB 491 | Evans-D Civil procedure: probate of wills | Civil Law |
| SB 492 | Correa-D Sexually violent predators: civil commitment | Child Abuse/Sex Offenders |
| SB 503 | Vargas-D Judges' retirement | Courts/Judges/Legal Profession |
| SB 531 | Rubio-D Sex offense cases: search warrants: HIV testing | Child Abuse/Sex Offenders |
| SB 534 | Corbett-D Sexual assault victims: medical exams | Child Abuse/Sex Offenders Victims of Crime |
| SB 542 | Price-D Inmates: tattoos | Corrections |
| SB 557 | Kehoe-D Domestic violence: family justice centers | Domestic Violence Child Abuse/Sex Offenders Victims of Crime |
| SB 558 | Simitian-D Elder and dependent adults: damages | Civil Law |
| SB 559 | Padilla-D Discrimination: genetic information | Civil Law |
| SB 565 | DeSaulnier-D Vehicles | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| SB 573 | Hernandez-D Police personnel files | Law Enforcement |
| SB 576* | Calderon-D Sentencing: choice of terms | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 586 | Pavley-D Elder abuse | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 601 | Hancock-D Corrections: prisons: accountability report | Corrections |
| SB 602 | Yee-D Reader Privacy Act | Privacy/Identity Theft |
| SB 603 | Berryhill-R Vexatious litigants: represented plaintiffs | Civil Law |
| SB 608 | DeSaulnier-D Prison Industry Authority: nonprofit organizations | Corrections |
| SB 610 | Wright-D Concealed weapons permit | Weapons |
| SB 622 | Corbett-D Sex offenders: registration: out-of-state | Child Abuse/Sex Offenders |
| SB 626 | Calderon-D Cannabis products | Controlled Substances |
| SB 627 | Walters-R Driving and traffic violator schools | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| SB 636 | Corbett-D Personal information: Internet disclosure | Privacy/Identity Theft Domestic Violence |
| SB 638 | De León-D Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act | Law Enforcement |
| SB 647 | Senate Judiciary Committee Civil law: omnibus bill | Civil Law |
| SB 651 | Leno-D Domestic partnerships | Family Law |
| SB 652* | Steinberg-D Professional sports teams: relocation agreements | Civil Law |
| SB 661 | Lieu-D Gun-free school zones | Weapons |
| SB 671 | Price-D Shorthand reporters: requirements | Courts/Judges/Legal Profession |
| SB 676 | Leno-D Industrial hemp | Controlled Substances |
| SB 678 | Negrete McLeod-D Probation | Corrections |
| SB 680 | Wright-D Corrections: Internal Affairs | Corrections |
| SB 687 | Leno-D Criminal procedure: informants | Procedural |
| SB 691 | Lieu-D Vehicles: engineering and traffic survey | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| SB 695 | Hancock-D County juvenile detention facilities: Medi-Cal | Juvenile Justice |
| SB 700 | La Malfa-R Corrections: Prison Industry Authority | Corrections |
| SB 717 | Walters-R Elder or dependent abuse | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 718 | Vargas-D Elder and dependent adult abuse: mandated reporting | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 723 | Pavley-D Restraining orders | Domestic Violence Victims of Crime |
| SB 731 | Senate Judiciary Committee Civil actions | Civil Law |
| SB 756 | Price-D Registered sex offenders | Child Abuse/Sex Offenders |
| SB 761 | Lowenthal-D Online privacy | Privacy/Identity Theft |
| SB 780 | Emmerson-R Driving offenses: punishment | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| SB 783* | Dutton-R Civil rights: special access: liability | Civil Law |
| SB 794 | Blakeslee-R Battery: "gassing": state hospitals | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 795 | Blakeslee-R Use of antipsychotic medication on defendants | Procedural |
| SB 796 | Blakeslee-R Crimes: prohibited items in state hospitals | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 798 | De León-D Imitation firearms | Weapons |
| SB 819 | Leno-D Firearms | Weapons |
| SB 847 | Correa-D Medical Marijuana Program: zoning restrictions | Controlled Substances |
| SB 848 | Emmerson-R Court of appeal districts | Courts/Judges/Legal Profession |
| SB 850 | Leno-D Confidential information: medical records | Privacy/Identity Theft |
| SB 852* | Harman-R Corrections: victim notification | Corrections Victims of Crime |
| SB 853 | Runner-R Penalty enhancements: alcohol and drugs | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 857 | Lieu-D Unlawful strike damages: public employment | Civil Law |
| SB 858 | Gaines-R Chief Probation Officer of Nevada County | Corrections |
| SB 894 | Runner-R Crimes: firearms | Other Crimes and Sentencing Weapons |
| SB 906 | DeSaulnier-D Defendants: incarceration | Corrections |
| SB 913 | Pavley-D Juvenile offenders: medical care | Juvenile Justice |
| SB 914 | Leno-D Search warrants | Law Enforcement |
| SB 917 | Lieu-D Animal abuse | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| SB 926 | Runner-R Dependent children: relative placements: disclosure | Juvenile Justice |
| SB 927 | Runner-R Juvenile case files | Juvenile Justice |
| SB 930 | Evans-D Law enforcement: in-home supportive services: fingerprinting | Law Enforcement |
| SCR 15 | Evans-D Sexual Assault Awareness Month: Denim Day California | Child Abuse/Sex Offenders |
| SCR 21 | DeSaulnier-D Martinez Police Sergeant Paul Starzyk Memorial Overcrossing | Law Enforcement |
| SCR 22 | Correa-D California Peace Officers' Memorial Day | Law Enforcement |
| SCR 25 | Negrete McLeod-D CHP Officer Thomas P. Coleman Memorial Highway | Law Enforcement |
| SCR 28 | Strickland-R Federal Correctional Officer Scott Williams Memorial Highway | Law Enforcement |
| SCR 30 | Anderson-R CHP Officer Dan N. Benavides Memorial Highway | Law Enforcement |
| SCR 34 | Evans-D Deputy Frank Trejo Memorial Interchange | Law Enforcement |
| SCR 37 | Anderson-R Border Patrol Agent Robert Rosas Memorial Highway | Law Enforcement |
| SCR 38 | Price-D Courts: 50th anniversary: African American justices | Courts/Judges/Legal Profession |
| SCR 50 | Fuller-R Deputy Daniel Lee Archuleta Memorial Interchange | Law Enforcement |
| SCR 53 | Evans-D CHP Officer Paul C. Jarske Memorial Highway | Law Enforcement |
| SJR 7 | Padilla-D Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act | Weapons |
| SJR 10 | De León-D Firearms trafficking | Weapons |
| SB 4X1 | Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee Local Revenue Fund: 2011 | Law Enforcement |
| SB 5X1 | Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee Public Safety Realignment of 2011 | Corrections |
| SCA 1X1 | Steinberg-D Corrections | Corrections |
| AB 3 | Miller-R Confidential home addresses: vehicles | Privacy/Identity Theft |
| AB 8* | Huber-D Division of Juvenile Justice: facilities: closures | Juvenile Justice |
| AB 12 | Swanson-D Prostitution involving minors | Child Abuse/Sex Offenders Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 20 | Halderman-R Construction defect actions | Courts/Judges/Legal Profession |
| AB 26 | Donnelly-R Immigration | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 40 | Yamada-D Elder abuse: reporting | Law Enforcement |
| AB 44 | Logue-R Inmates: release: notification | Corrections |
| AB 60 | Jeffries-R Sentencing | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 67 | Huber-D Sentencing: methamphetamine | Controlled Substances |
| AB 73 | Feuer-D Dependency proceedings: public access | Juvenile Justice |
| AB 74 | Ma-D Public event: threat assessment | Law Enforcement |
| AB 78 | Mendoza-D Immigrants' rights | Civil Law |
| AB 90 | Swanson-D Human trafficking: minors | Child Abuse/Sex Offenders Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 94 | Assembly Budget Committee AB 900 bond funding for jail construction | Corrections |
| AB 109 | Assembly Budget Committee Criminal Justice Realignment Budget Trailer Bill | Corrections |
| AB 110 | Blumenfield-D Budget Trailer Bill: Judiciary | Courts/Judges/Legal Profession |
| AB 111 | Assembly Budget Committee Criminal Justice Realignment Budget Trailer Bill | Corrections |
| AB 116 | Assembly Budget Committee Criminal Justice Realignment Budget Trailer Bill | Corrections |
| AB 117 | Assembly Budget Committee Criminal Justice Realignment Budget Trailer Bill | Corrections |
| AB 118 | Assembly Budget Committee Public Safety Realignment Budget Trailer Bill | Corrections |
| AB 126 | Davis-D Courts: judicial appointments | Courts/Judges/Legal Profession |
| AB 141 | Fuentes-D Jurors: electronic communications | Juries |
| AB 142 | Fuentes-D Criminal procedure: pleas | Procedural |
| AB 143 | Fuentes-D Privacy rights: pupil records | Privacy/Identity Theft |
| AB 144 | Portantino-D Open carrying of unloaded handguns | Weapons |
| AB 158 | Halderman-R Civil actions: damages | Civil Law |
| AB 161 | Eng-D Trespass: private property | Other Crimes and Sentencing Juvenile Justice |
| AB 163 | Jeffries-R Background check: Department of Forestry and Fire Protection | Law Enforcement |
| AB 168 | Gorell-R Local Safety and Protection Account: appropriation | Law Enforcement |
| AB 173* | Gatto-D Civil claims: Armenian Genocide victims | Civil Law |
| AB 175* | Donnelly-R Inmates: transfers | Corrections |
| AB 177 | Mendoza-D Juveniles: parenting classes | Juvenile Justice |
| AB 178 | Gorell-R Pretrial releases | Corrections |
| AB 179 | Gorell-R Contempt: criminal street gangs | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 190 | Wieckowski-D Vehicle Code violation: spinal cord injury | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 192* | Logue-R Law enforcement | Law Enforcement |
| AB 198 | Beall-D Adoption: fingerprinting of adoptive parents | Family Law |
| AB 201 | Butler-D Veterans courts | Courts/Judges/Legal Profession |
| AB 216 | Swanson-D Inmate education programs | Corrections |
| AB 219 | Portantino-D California Recidivism Goals Development and Achievement Act | Corrections |
| AB 220 | Solorio-D Interstate Compact for Juveniles | Juvenile Justice |
| AB 223 | Ammiano-D Marijuana: Compassionate Use Act of 1996 | Controlled Substances |
| AB 225 | Nielsen-R Child custody: ex parte orders | Family Law |
| AB 235 | Halderman-R Clemency records: public records | Corrections |
| AB 239 | Ammiano-D Crime laboratories: oversight | Law Enforcement |
| AB 257 | Galgiani-D Inmate release: notification | Corrections |
| AB 259 | Smyth-R County public defender | Courts/Judges/Legal Profession |
| AB 265 | Ammiano-D Tenancies: unlawful detainer | Civil Law |
| AB 271 | Nestande-R Civil appeals: class actions | Procedural Civil Law |
| AB 281 | Gorell-R Gang injunctions | Procedural |
| AB 295 | Bonnie Lowenthal-D Courts: California Case Management System | Courts/Judges/Legal Profession |
| AB 308 | Ammiano-D Criminal investigations | Law Enforcement |
| AB 312 | Bonnie Lowenthal-D Civil rights: homeless persons | Civil Law |
| AB 314 | Gorell-R Court facilities | Courts/Judges/Legal Profession |
| AB 316 | Carter-D Crimes: copper theft | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 321 | Roger Hernández-D Juvenile offenders: obscene material | Juvenile Justice |
| AB 322 | Portantino-D Rape kits: forensic evidence | Child Abuse/Sex Offenders Law Enforcement |
| AB 326 | Cedillo-D Counterfeit marks | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 328 | Smyth-R Inverse condemnation | Civil Law |
| AB 332 | Butler-D Elder abuse | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 353 | Cedillo-D Vehicles: checkpoints | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses Law Enforcement |
| AB 354 | Silva-R Estates and trusts: property: wrongful taking | Civil Law |
| AB 355 | Solorio-D Corrections: parole: crisis care | Corrections |
| AB 364 | Bonilla-D Asset preservation in large-scale theft cases | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 366 | Allen-D Persons found incompetent to stand trial | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 367 | Smyth-R Elder and dependent adult abuse: reporting | Law Enforcement |
| AB 376 | Fong-D Shark fins | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 379 | Hagman-R Bail Fugitive Recovery Persons Act | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 386 | Galgiani-D Prisons: telehealth systems | Corrections |
| AB 388 | Roger Hernández-D Criminal procedure: search warrants | Law Enforcement |
| AB 396 | Mitchell-D Juvenile inmates: Medi-Cal | Juvenile Justice |
| AB 420 | Davis-D Inmate residency: redistricting | Corrections |
| AB 421 | Smyth-R Sexually violent predators: mental health | Child Abuse/Sex Offenders |
| AB 426 | Bonnie Lowenthal-D Transit crime violations: fare evasion | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 432 | Hall-D Traffic violations: notice to appear | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 433 | Bonnie Lowenthal-D Birth certificates: change of gender | Civil Law |
| AB 434 | Logue-R Forensic laboratories: county penalties | Law Enforcement |
| AB 439 | Skinner-D Confidentiality of Medical Information Act | Privacy/Identity Theft |
| AB 446 | Carter-D Juveniles: restorative justice program | Juvenile Justice |
| AB 452 | Ma-D Privacy: electronic tracking devices | Privacy/Identity Theft |
| AB 454 | Silva-R Protective orders: early termination | Family Law |
| AB 456 | Wagner-R Mechanics liens | Civil Law |
| AB 458 | Atkins-D Guardianship | Civil Law |
| AB 469 | Swanson-D Misdemeanor: wage order violation | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 476 | Bonnie Lowenthal-D Tow trucks: illegal operation | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 486* | Hueso-D Controlled substances | Controlled Substances |
| AB 489 | Cook-R Correctional Peace Officer Standards and Training | Corrections Law Enforcement |
| AB 499 | Atkins-D Minors: medical care: consent | Family Law |
| AB 507 | Hayashi-D Controlled substances: pain management | Controlled Substances |
| AB 513 | Hall-D Enforcement of obligations: gambling debt | Civil Law |
| AB 518 | Wagner-R Elder abuse: mandated reporters | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 520 | Ammiano-D DUI: ignition interlock devices | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 526 | Dickinson-D Gang and youth violence: evidence-based practices | Juvenile Justice Law Enforcement |
| AB 529 | Gatto-D Speed limits: downward speed zoning | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 534 | Swanson-D Civil rights: homeless persons | Civil Law |
| AB 539 | Williams-D Speeding: school zones | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 543 | Torres-D Sex offenders: social networking prohibition | Child Abuse/Sex Offenders |
| AB 545 | John A. Pérez-D Domestic violence | Domestic Violence |
| AB 556 | Wagner-R Punitive damages | Civil Law |
| AB 559 | Swanson-D Civil actions: costs | Civil Law |
| AB 568 | Skinner-D Pregnant inmates: restraints | Corrections |
| AB 572 | Wieckowski-D Attorneys: annual membership fee | Courts/Judges/Legal Profession |
| AB 588 | V. Manuel Pérez-D Domestic violence: victims: tenancy | Domestic Violence Civil Law |
| AB 593 | Ma-D Domestic violence: writ of habeas corpus | Domestic Violence |
| AB 613 | Hagman-R Ammunition | Weapons |
| AB 618 | Furutani-D Court interpreters | Courts/Judges/Legal Profession |
| AB 622 | Dickinson-D Civil grand juries | Juries |
| AB 625 | Ammiano-D Sex offender registration | Child Abuse/Sex Offenders |
| AB 639 | Norby-R Controlled substances: asset forfeiture | Controlled Substances |
| AB 648 | Block-D Clemency | Corrections |
| AB 653 | Galgiani-D Sex offenders: registration of Internet accounts | Child Abuse/Sex Offenders |
| AB 665 | Torres-D Invasion of privacy: disorderly conduct | Privacy/Identity Theft Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 687 | Fletcher-R Adoption | Family Law |
| AB 694 | Gorell-R Juvenile offenders | Juvenile Justice |
| AB 699 | Wagner-R Nonprobate transfers | Civil Law |
| AB 701 | Wagner-R Missing persons: mobile telephone location | Law Enforcement |
| AB 702 | Swanson-D Prostitution: human trafficking: expungement | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 708 | Knight-R Crimes involving hidden recordings | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 716 | Dickinson-D Crimes: transit districts | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 717 | Ammiano-D Child Abuse Central Index | Child Abuse/Sex Offenders |
| AB 733 | Ma-D Privacy rights: access to pupil records | Privacy/Identity Theft |
| AB 755 | Galgiani-D Sex offenders: CAL E-STOP | Child Abuse/Sex Offenders |
| AB 757 | Blumenfield-D Sex offenders: public information | Child Abuse/Sex Offenders |
| AB 764 | Swanson-D Child abuse victims: income tax checkoffs | Child Abuse/Sex Offenders Victims of Crime |
| AB 765 | Achadjian-R Rape by fraud | Child Abuse/Sex Offenders |
| AB 791 | Ammiano-D Dependent children: birth certificates | Juvenile Justice |
| AB 799 | Swanson-D Sexually exploited minors pilot project: Alameda County | Child Abuse/Sex Offenders |
| AB 801 | Swanson-D Code enforcement officers: training | Law Enforcement |
| AB 803 | Wagner-R Electronic court reporting | Courts/Judges/Legal Profession |
| AB 809 | Feuer-D Firearms | Weapons |
| AB 810 | Wagner-R Courts: translators | Courts/Judges/Legal Profession |
| AB 811 | Hall-D Private Patrol Operators: firearms | Weapons Law Enforcement |
| AB 813 | Fletcher-R Sex offenders: punishment | Child Abuse/Sex Offenders |
| AB 826 | Atkins-D Mentally ill parolees | Corrections |
| AB 828 | Swanson-D Drug felonies: food stamps | Corrections |
| AB 829 | Knight-R Firearms: peace officers | Weapons Law Enforcement |
| AB 846 | Bonilla-D Identity theft: foster youth | Privacy/Identity Theft |
| AB 855 | Ma-D Forensic laboratories: county penalties | Law Enforcement |
| AB 877 | Skinner-D Nonprosecution of pending nonfelony vehicle violations | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 883 | Cook-R Sex offenders: registration | Child Abuse/Sex Offenders |
| AB 884 | Cook-R Sexually violent offenders: notification | Child Abuse/Sex Offenders |
| AB 885 | Cook-R Registered sex offenders: driver's licenses | Child Abuse/Sex Offenders |
| AB 886 | Cook-R Victim impact statement | Victims of Crime |
| AB 887 | Atkins-D Gender discrimination | Civil Law |
| AB 891 | Garrick-R Theft: motor vehicle | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 898 | Alejo-D Crime victims: restitution fines | Victims of Crime |
| AB 906 | Galgiani-D Protection of murder victims and witnesses | Victims of Crime |
| AB 911 | Ma-D Police protection districts | Law Enforcement |
| AB 918 | Block-D Crimes: felonies | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 929 | Wieckowski-D Debtor exemptions: bankruptcy | Civil Law |
| AB 934 | Feuer-D Privileged communications | Procedural |
| AB 973 | Campos-D Trial courts: budget process: public notice | Courts/Judges/Legal Profession |
| AB 990 | Allen-D Court transcripts | Courts/Judges/Legal Profession |
| AB 992 | Nielsen-R Civil liability: wildfires | Civil Law |
| AB 993 | Wagner-R Mediation and counseling services | Family Law |
| AB 996 | Donnelly-R Human trafficking | Child Abuse/Sex Offenders |
| AB 1008 | Cook-R Automated traffic enforcement systems | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 1010 | Furutani-D Law enforcement: communications | Law Enforcement |
| AB 1016 | Achadjian-R Mentally disordered offenders | Corrections |
| AB 1017 | Ammiano-D Marijuana cultivation: reduced penalty | Controlled Substances |
| AB 1022 | Fletcher-R Sex offenders: registration | Child Abuse/Sex Offenders |
| AB 1023 | Wagner-R Maintenance of the codes | Civil Law |
| AB 1026 | Knight-R Assault crimes | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 1041 | Ma-D San Francisco: video enforcement of transit lane violation | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 1043 | Torres-D Juveniles: sexting | Juvenile Justice |
| AB 1060 | Roger Hernández-D Crimes at sea | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 1062 | Dickinson-D Arbitration: appeals | Civil Law |
| AB 1067 | Huber-D Civil procedure: orders | Procedural Civil Law |
| AB 1074* | Fuentes-D Personal liability immunity: telecommunications | Civil Law |
| AB 1082 | Gatto-D Powers of attorney | Civil Law |
| AB 1089 | Alejo-D Court proceedings | Courts/Judges/Legal Profession |
| AB 1104 | Pan-D Driving under the influence | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 1108 | Nielsen-R Consumer remedies: litigation costs | Civil Law |
| AB 1110 | Lara-D Juveniles: dependent children | Juvenile Justice |
| AB 1111 | Fletcher-R Collection of fines and fees from homeless youth | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 1114 | Bonnie Lowenthal-D Mentally ill inmates | Corrections |
| AB 1117 | Smyth-R Crimes: animal abuse | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 1122 | John A. Pérez-D Juvenile offenders: tattoo removal | Juvenile Justice |
| AB 1133 | Silva-R Grand jurors: conflict of interest | Juries |
| AB 1147 | Yamada-D Dependent children: status reports | Juvenile Justice |
| AB 1165 | Achadjian-R Domestic violence: probation: terms | Domestic Violence |
| AB 1188 | Pan-D Crimes: serious and violent felonies | Child Abuse/Sex Offenders |
| AB 1197 | Hill-D Jail facility construction funding | Corrections |
| AB 1207 | Furutani-D Civil actions: limitations: real property development | Civil Law |
| AB 1208 | Charles Calderon-D Trial courts: administration | Courts/Judges/Legal Profession |
| AB 1217 | Fuentes-D Family law: assisted reproduction | Family Law |
| AB 1219* | Perea-D Private information: credit cards | Privacy/Identity Theft |
| AB 1226* | Cook-R Child abuse crimes | Child Abuse/Sex Offenders |
| AB 1243* | Fletcher-R Sex crimes | Child Abuse/Sex Offenders |
| AB 1264 | Hagman-R Statewide Bail Commission | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 1280 | Hill-D Controlled substances: ephedrine: retail sale | Controlled Substances |
| AB 1281 | Garrick-R Parole hearings: audioconferencing | Corrections |
| AB 1284 | Hagman-R Probation bonds | Corrections |
| AB 1288 | Gordon-D Public guardians and conservators | Civil Law |
| AB 1293 | Blumenfield-D Elder abuse: theft or embezzlement | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 1294 | Furutani-D Juvenile reentry programs | Juvenile Justice |
| AB 1300 | Blumenfield-D Medical marijuana: cooperatives/collectives | Controlled Substances |
| AB 1305 | Huber-D Decedents' estates | Civil Law |
| AB 1311 | Miller-R Automated speed enforcement systems | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 1316 | Smyth-R Lawyer-client privilege | Courts/Judges/Legal Profession |
| AB 1318 | Davis-D Civil damages | Civil Law |
| AB 1323 | Gatto-D Vehicle theft crimes: costs | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 1331 | Davis-D Deadly weapons | Weapons |
| AB 1349 | Hill-D Paternity: conflicting presumptions | Family Law |
| AB 1354 | Huber-D Public works: progress payments | Civil Law |
| AB 1358 | Fuentes-D Vehicles misdemeanor: violations: amnesty | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 1369* | Gatto-D Illegal acts: tax deduction disallowance by businesses | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 1377 | Butler-D Peace officers: airport law enforcement | Law Enforcement |
| AB 1384 | Bradford-D Expungement standards | Child Abuse/Sex Offenders |
| AB 1388 | Wieckowski-D Earnings withholding orders | Civil Law |
| AB 1389 | Allen-D Vehicles: sobriety checkpoints: impoundment | Drunk Driving/Other Vehicle Code Offenses |
| AB 1402 | Assembly Public Safety Committee Non-substantive deadly weapons reorganization | Weapons |
| AB 1403 | Assembly Judiciary Committee Civil actions | Civil Law |
| AB 1404 | Assembly Judiciary Committee Trust accounts | Courts/Judges/Legal Profession |
| AB 1405 | Assembly Judiciary Committee Judgeships | Courts/Judges/Legal Profession |
| AB 1406 | Assembly Judiciary Committee Dissolution of marriage: disclosure | Family Law |
| AB 1407 | Assembly Judiciary Committee Liability: social hosts: alcoholic beverages | Civil Law |
| AB 1432* | Mitchell-D Crimes | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| ACA 14 | Silva-R Governor: pardons and commutations | Corrections |
| ACA 15 | Mansoor-R Governor: pardons and commutations | Corrections |
| ACR 6 | Donnelly-R Human trafficking | Other Crimes and Sentencing Law Enforcement |
| ACR 15 | Conway-R Detective Monty L. Conley & Detective Joe R. Landin Highway | Law Enforcement |
| ACR 24 | Hall-D Child Abuse Prevention Month | Child Abuse/Sex Offenders |
| ACR 29 | Bonilla-D Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month | Law Enforcement |
| ACR 31 | Olsen-R CHP Officer Earl Scott Memorial Highway | Law Enforcement |
| ACR 32 | Harkey-R Child sexual abuse | Child Abuse/Sex Offenders |
| ACR 33 | Harkey-R Officer Richard T. Steed Memorial Highway | Law Enforcement |
| ACR 37 | Conway-R CHP Officer Justin W. McGrory Memorial Highway | Law Enforcement |
| ACR 39 | Nielsen-R Deputy Dennis "Skip" Sullivan Memorial Bridge | Law Enforcement |
| ACR 41 | Mitchell-D CHP Officer Philip Dennis Ortiz Memorial Highway | Law Enforcement |
| ACR 45 | Perea-D Crime Victims' Rights Week | Victims of Crime |
| ACR 47 | Davis-D African American justices | Courts/Judges/Legal Profession |
| ACR 58 | Knight-R Captain Ted Hall and Engineer Arnie Quinones Memorial | Law Enforcement |
| ACR 66 | V. Manuel Pérez-D Deputy Probation Officer Irene Rios Memorial Highway | Law Enforcement |
| ACR 69 | Hueso-D Synthetic cannabinoids and stimulants | Controlled Substances |
| ACR 70 | Smyth-R CHP Officers Gayle W. Wood, Jr. and James E. McCabe Memorial | Law Enforcement |
| ACR 75 | Nielsen-R CHP Officer Charles T. Smith Memorial Highway | Law Enforcement |
| ACR 76 | Chesbro-D CHP Officer Thomas R. Adams and CHP Officer Paul C. Jarske | Law Enforcement |
| ACR 82 | Mitchell-D Domestic Violence Awareness Month | Domestic Violence |
| ACR 84 | Butler-D Red Ribbon Week | Controlled Substances |
| AJR 1 | Donnelly-R Undocumented criminals | Corrections |
| AJR 9 | Cook-R Public alert and warning system | Law Enforcement |
| AJR 17 | Solorio-D Law enforcement: federal funding | Law Enforcement |
| HR 10 | Hayashi-D Chief Justice Earl Warren Day | Courts/Judges/Legal Profession |
| HR 13 | Yamada-D Elder and Vulnerable Adult Abuse Awareness Month | Other Crimes and Sentencing |
| AB 10X1* | Bonnie Lowenthal-D Prison health care: overpayments | Corrections |
| AB 16X1 | Blumenfield-D Public Safety Realignment of 2011 | Corrections |
| AB 17X1 | Blumenfield-D Criminal Justice Realignment of 2011 | Corrections |
| AB 41X1* | Solorio-D Law enforcement: vehicle license fees | Law Enforcement |
| AB 42X1 | Jeffries-R State prison inmate fire crews | Corrections |
| ACA 2X1 | Blumenfield-D Corrections | Corrections |