Criminal Justice and Judiciary

Death Penalty
Domestic Violence
Gang Violence
Child Abuse
Sex Offenders
Controlled Substances
Drunk Driving/Vehicle Code
Other Crimes and Sentencing
Procedural
Juries
Juvenile Justice
Victims' Rights
Weapons
Attorneys
Courts and Judges
Law Enforcement
Family Law
Civil Law
Corrections

Death Penalty

AB 4 (Baldwin-R) Murder: special circumstances

Expands the list of special circumstances authorizing imposition of the death penalty to include murders where the defendant intentionally killed the victim who was under age 14, and the defendant knew or should have known that the victim was under age 14.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 35 (Strickland-R) Death penalty: rape and child molestation

Authorizes imposition of the death penalty under two new "special circumstances." First, for a person convicted of rape where the person has a prior conviction for rape. Second, for a person convicted of lewd or lascivious acts on a child under age 14, or convicted of committing lewd and lascivious acts on a child under age 14 accomplished by force, violence or fear, where the person has a prior conviction for either offense.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 371 (Havice-D) Murder: special circumstances

Expands death penalty eligibility to include those people who commit a deliberate, premeditated murder and two deliberate and premeditated attempted murders at the same time.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 589 (Margett-R) Murder: special circumstances

Expands the "special circumstances" list allowing imposition of the death penalty to include the murder of peace officers employed by a state hospital under the jurisdiction of the State Department of Mental Health or Development Services.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2125 (Rod Pacheco-R) Criminal procedure: death penalty

Gives capital cases priority for trial over all other criminal and civil cases unless the court finds in the interest of justice that it is not appropriate.

Chapter 268, Statutes of 2000

Domestic Violence

SB 907 (Murray-D) Voter information: domestic violence

Permits a voter to have the residence address, telephone number, precinct number and occupation declared confidential if the Secretary of State certifies that the voter, or the spouse or children living with the voter, is either subject to a threat of violence, or a subject of stalking.

(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

SB 968 (Ortiz-D) Reports: Child Safety and Family Violence Act

Requires, until January 1, 2005, that whenever a report of domestic violence is filed with a law enforcement agency, an investigation is conducted, and the report is substantiated, the report of domestic violence must be provided to a child protective service agency whenever the investigating officer has a reasonable suspicion that a minor was residing in the home at the time of the domestic violence incident. Provides that a report of domestic violence will not by itself serve as a basis of an investigation by child protective services.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 1100 (Speier-D) Office for Prevention of Violence Against Women and Families

Establishes the Office for Prevention of Violence Against Women and Families in the State Department of Health Services. This office would develop procedures and screening tools for detection of domestic violence and implement routine and repeated screening for recipients of Medi-Cal, comprehensive perinatal services, Access for Infants and Mothers, and state-only family planning.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 1198 (Solis-D) Domestic violence: appropriation

Appropriates $25 million from the State General Fund to the State Department of Health Services for local assistance for the purposes of expanding the battered women's shelter program.

(Died in Assembly Human Services Committee)

SB 1318 (Alpert-D) Public records: confidentiality

Extends the protections provided by the current "Address Confidentiality for Victims of Domestic Violence" program to victims of stalking, and revises certain notification procedures relating to termination of certification as a program participant.

Chapter 562, Statutes of 2000

SB 1340 (Solis-D) Domestic violence courts

Creates the Domestic Violence Court Task Force to recommend model guidelines for establishing and operating domestic violence courts. Appropriates $100,000 from the General Fund for the support of the Domestic Violence Court Task Force.

Vetoed by the Governor

Similar legislation was AB 1705 (Gallegos), which died in Assembly Appropriations Committee, and AB 1754 (Gallegos), which also died in Assembly Appropriations Committee.

SB 1425 (Figueroa-D) Domestic violence: forensic evidence

Establishes a uniform approach for collecting forensic evidence in domestic violence crimes, and requires health care professionals to perform enumerated steps relating to victim support and assistance.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 1691* (Speier-D) Domestic violence: tax deduction

Provides a 25 percent credit for employer costs associated with a workplace domestic violence program. The credit applies for tax years 2001 through 2005. Where the credit exceeds the tax, the credit could be carried over for eight years.

(Died in Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee)

SB 1944 (Solis-D) Domestic violence

Expands the hearsay exception concerning a threat of infliction of injury by permitting statements to specific medical personnel. Amends the statute concerning the response of law enforcement to potential dual arrest domestic violence situations by changing references from "primary" to "dominant" aggressor.

Chapter 1001, Statutes of 2000

SB 2059 (Solis-D) Probation officers: training: domestic violence

Expands and sets forth in statute the domestic violence training requirements for probation officers, as specified.

Vetoed by the Governor

AB 205 (Leach-R) Domestic violence: name change

Requires that a name change of an individual who is currently involved in the Confidentiality of Victims of Domestic Violence Program also be kept confidential. Double-joined with SB 1314 (Peace).

Chapter 33, Statutes of 2000

AB 578 (Honda-D) Public instruction: domestic violence

Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to develop training standards for teachers on domestic violence and sexual assault recognition and appropriate prevention responses. Provides that the use of these standards be optional for school districts.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 1705 (Gallegos-D) Domestic Violence Court Trust Fund

Appropriates $15 million from the General Fund to the newly-created Domestic Violence Court Trust Fund to create new domestic violence courts and to improve existing domestic violence courts.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

Similar legislation was SB 1340 (Solis), which was vetoed by the Governor, and AB 1754 (Robert Pacheco), which died in Assembly Appropriations Committee.

AB 1754 (Robert Pacheco-R) Domestic Violence Court Trust Fund

Appropriates $3.4 million from the General Fund to the newly created Domestic Violence Court Services Trust Fund to be used for probation and other services ordered by domestic violence courts. Funds are to be allocated by the Judicial Council.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

Similar legislation is AB 1705 (Gallegos), which died in Assembly Appropriations Committee, and SB 1340 (Solis), which was vetoed by the Governor.

AB 1886 (Lowenthal-D) Domestic violence: batterers' intervention program

Imposes specified requirements before a person is deemed eligible to work as a "facilitator" in intervention programs for batterers.

Chapter 544, Statutes of 2000

AB 1917 (Jackson-D) Domestic violence prevention: education

Recommends, if money is provided in the annual Budget Act, the adopted course of study for grades one through 12, include age appropriate instruction in domestic violence prevention, with a minimum of two hours in grades one through six and four hours in grades seven to 12. Requires domestic violence prevention to be considered in the next cycle for adoption of the curriculum frameworks for health, personal and public safety and accident prevention.

(Died in Senate Education Committee)

AB 2063 (Zettel-R) Elder abuse: domestic violence

Makes evidence of other or prior abuse of an elder or dependent adult admissible in a criminal prosecution for domestic violence and makes evidence of domestic violence admissible in a prosecution for abuse of an elder or dependent adult.

Chapter 97, Statutes of 2000

AB 2166 (Cardenas-D) Housing assistance plan: domestic violence

Increases, by six months, the maximum time period that shelters may provide transitional housing for domestic violence victims. Requires specific data relating to housing needs of domestic violence victims to be included in the statewide housing plan.

Vetoed by the Governor

AB 2357 (Honda-D) Victims of Domestic Violence Employment Leave Act

Enacts the Victims of Domestic Violence Employment Leave Act which, with regard to employers with 25 or more employees, additionally prohibits an employer from discharging or discriminating or retaliating against an employee who is a victim of domestic violence and who takes time off to seek medical attention, to obtain services from a domestic violence program, to obtain psychological counseling, or to participate in safety planning. Requires employees to give the employer reasonable advance notice of the intention to take time off for any of the purposes summarized above, as provided, and requires an employer to maintain the confidentiality of an employee who requests time off pursuant to provisions of existing law or under provisions added by the bill.

Chapter 487, Statutes of 2000

AB 2589 (Cardenas-D) Domestic violence cases: court interpreters

Requires that (1) a court interpreter who speaks the language of the party be appointed in certain proceedings involving domestic violence for a party who is deaf, hearing impaired, or does not speak or understand English proficiently, (2) interpreter fees be waived in certain circumstances, and (3) court interpreters have at least six hours of domestic violence training. Requires the Judicial Council to conduct a related public education program, and report to the Legislature by January 1, 2005.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 2914* (Assembly Judiciary Committee) Temporary restraining orders

Provides that where an ex parte temporary restraining order is issued with notice to the responding party in a family law matter, the applicant must serve any supporting documents on the respondent at least 15 days before the hearing.

Chapter 90, Statutes of 2000

Gang Violence

SB 167 (Hayden-D) Street gangs: public nuisance

Grants to a district attorney, a city attorney, or the Attorney General, in a single provision of the Penal Code, the authority to bring a civil action against an alleged criminal street gang or its members to abate a public nuisance.

(Failed passage on Senate Floor)

SB 865 (Hughes-D) Gangs: CLEAR project

Extends the repeal date of the Community Law Enforcement and Recovery Demonstration Project, a multiagency gang intervention program, until January 1, 2004.

Chapter 653, Statutes of 2000

SB 978 (Solis-D) Gang and pregnancy prevention

Requires every local police department in this state to establish within the department a unit or division comprised of officers who are specially trained to work with at-risk youth and in-gang and pregnancy prevention.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SB 1803 (Karnette-D) Long Beach street gangs

Appropriates $93,000 to the City of Long Beach to create a civil injunction program against criminal street gangs.

(Failed passage in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 565 (Florez-D) Statewide gang prevention program

Requires the Office of Crime and Violence Prevention within the State Department of Justice (DOJ) to develop a statewide plan to recommend the coordination of violence, crime and gang prevention programs and resources. Requires the report to be prepared jointly with DOJ, the State Department of Social Services, the Board of Corrections, the Office of Drug and Alcohol Programs, the Office of Criminal Justice Planning, nonprofit community-based organizations, chief probation officers and the State Department of Education.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

AB 1415 (Margett-R) L.A. Interagency Police Apprehension Crime Clearinghouse

Appropriates $17.4 million to enable the Los Angeles Interagency Metropolitan Police Apprehension Crime Task Force (LA IMPACT) to form a gang drug crime intervention unit among participating cities and enables the Los Angeles County Regional Criminal Information Clearinghouse to form a unit dealing with gang-related, drug-related, and violence crimes. Requires independent evaluations of both programs.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2280 (Florez-D) Office of Violence, Crime and Gang Prevention

Establishes the Office of Violence, Crime, and Gang Prevention within the Office of Criminal Justice Planning, responsible for several existing state programs relating to at-risk youths and young adults.

(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

Child Abuse

SB 9 (Rainey-R) Reporting of crimes

Requires any person who is present and observes the actual commission of a specified crime against a minor that the person reasonably believes is under the age of 14 years, to notify a peace officer as soon as reasonably possible. Provides that the failure to notify, as required, be punishable as a misdemeanor.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SB 445 (Monteith-R) Children's services

Permits moneys paid to each county that exceeds the costs related to administering Child Support Programs be used by the district attorney for children-related services, including child abuse and child molestation services and the prosecution of child abuse and molestation cases.

(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

SB 647 (Rainey-R) Child abuse multidisciplinary team

Establishes a special account in the General Fund to support child abuse multidisciplinary teams and multidisciplinary centers, to be administered by the State Office of Criminal Justice Planning.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 802 (Haynes-R) Children: dependency hearings

Makes numerous changes to the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act.

(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

SB 1343 (Monteith-R) Parole: child abuse

Enacts "Dustin's Law," by requiring the State Department of Corrections or the State Board of Prison Terms to notify within 45 days, if requested and if addresses are provided, the immediate family of a person to be paroled following incarceration for child abuse or molestation, as specified, of the release and conditions of parole for the parolee.

Chapter 314, Statutes of 2000

SB 1363 (Johnson-R) Parole: lifetime: child molesters

Grants the State Board of Prison Terms the power to impose lifetime parole upon inmates convicted of sex crimes against children under 14 years of age.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SB 1716 (Ortiz-D) Child custody proceedings: allegations of sexual abuse

Authorizes the court, when allegations of child sexual abuse, as defined, are made in child care proceedings, to take reasonable, temporary steps to protect the child's safety, as specified; authorizes the court to request the local child welfare service agency to conduct an investigation; and requires the child welfare agency to report back to the court regarding its investigation. Directs the Judicial Council to develop standards for training in the nature of child sexual abuse. Provides that on or after January 1, 2005, court connected and private custody evaluators shall not engage in evaluating, investigating, or mediating child custody issues unless they have completed child sexual abuse training. Requires, in any contested proceeding, where the court has appointed a child custody evaluator and the court determines there are serious allegations of child sexual abuse, the allegations be investigated by an evaluator who would be required to consult with both child welfare services and law enforcement. Double-joined with SB 1611.

Chapter 926, Statutes of 2000

SB 1784 (Figueroa-D) Children: molestation

Expands the list of priors which make annoying and molesting a child under the age of 14 a felony punishable by two, four or six years.

Chapter 657, Statutes of 2000

SB 1951 (Costa-D) Child abuse: probation officers

Expands the updated training that probation officers receive concerning child abuse identification and reporting, as specified.

Chapter 178, Statutes of 2000

SB 2026 (Polanco-D) Crimes against minors: increased penalties

Increases the penalty for involuntary manslaughter, from two, three or four years, to three, five, or seven years when the victim was a child under the age of 12 years and was under the care of the defendant.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SJR 17 (Haynes-R) Child sexual abuse

Urges the President and Congress to reject and condemn any suggestions that sexual relations between children and adults, except for those that may be legal in the various states under statutes pertaining to marriage, are anything but abusive, destructive, exploitive, reprehensible, and punishable by law.

(Died at Assembly Desk)

AB 4 (Baldwin-R) Murder: special circumstances

Expands the list of special circumstances authorizing imposition of the death penalty to include murders where the defendant intentionally killed the victim who was under age 14 and the defendant knew, or should have known, that the victim was under age 14.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 35 (Strickland-R) Child abuse: death penalty

Authorizes imposition of the death penalty under two new "special circumstances." First, for a person convicted of rape where the person has a prior conviction for rape. Second, for a person convicted of lewd or lascivious acts on a child under age 14, or convicted of committing lewd and lascivious acts on a child under age 14 accomplished by force, violence or fear, where the person has a prior conviction for either offense.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 226 (Runner-R) Child protective agencies

Requires the Counties of Los Angeles, Santa Clara, San Joaquin, and Yuba to establish a pilot program in which any interview with a child by a representative of a child protective agency, in the course of investigating an allegation of child abuse neglect, molestation, or sexual abuse would be recorded by an audio or audio and video recording device. Interviews with a child by a law enforcement officer, however, would be exempt from this requirement.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 325 (Battin-R) Child abuse: three strikes

Changes the "three strikes law" to provide that a person convicted of a specified sexual offense upon a child and has one prior conviction for a specified sexual offense upon a child is sentenced the same as if it were a "third strike."

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 804 (Keeley-D) Abuse and neglect

Expands the types of behaviors constituting abuse and neglect which may bring a child under the jurisdiction of the juvenile dependency court to include educational neglect.

(Died in Assembly Human Services Committee)

AB 1241 (Rod Pacheco-R) Child abuse reporting

Makes multiple substantive and nonsubstantive changes to the mandatory child abuse reporting laws.

Chapter 916, Statutes of 2000

AB 1330 (Soto-D) Crimes against children

Makes it either a misdemeanor or a felony for any person who uses a camcorder or photographic camera of any type, to photograph the breasts, genitals, pubic, or rectal area of a child under 18 years of age, with specified sexual intent, or to use a camcorder or photographic camera of any type, to photograph the breasts, genitals, pubic, or rectal area of a child under 18 years of age, and sell or publish in print or on the Internet that photograph or videotaped image with the intent of arousing, appealing to, or gratifying the sexual intent of that person or another person. Provides that a violation of either of these offenses is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year and a fine of $10,000, or by imprisonment in the state prison and by a fine of $10,000.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 1422 (Torlakson-D) Reporting of crimes

Enacts the Sherrie Iverson Child Victim Protection Act. Makes it a misdemeanor for someone to fail to report a murder, rape or an assault against a person under the age of 14.

Chapter 477, Statutes of 2000

AB 1447 (Granlund-R) Child Abuse records

Requires the State Department of Justice to maintain reports of known or suspected cases of child abuse determined not to be unfounded in a place that is readily available to authorized persons.

(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

AB 1713 (Soto-D) Enhancements: violent felony in the presence of a minor

Creates a sentence enhancement imposing an additional term of one, two, or three years for a violent felony, as defined, that is committed in the immediate presence of, or is witnessed by, any child under the age of 16 years and makes related changes.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 1724 (Gallegos-D) Child abuse victims

Establishes the Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Intervention Account (CAMIA), with an unspecified amount of General Fund money to be deposited into the account, to be administered by the State Office of Criminal Justice Planning to fund local government multidisciplinary teams and multidisciplinary centers to coordinate activities of various agencies that investigate and prosecute child abuse. Specifies that CAMIA funds may be used only to build, operate, or maintain a multidisciplinary center, staff a multidisciplinary team, provide direct services, or provide child forensic interview training to multidisciplinary teams or persons who conduct child abuse investigations or any specified agency.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2515 (Washington-D) Juvenile crime prevention program

Establishes a juvenile crime prevention program within the Office of Child Abuse Prevention of the State Department of Social Services.

(Died in Senate Health and Human Services Committee)

Similar legislation was AB 1134 (Washington-D) which died in Assembly Appropriations Committee.

AB 2709 (Olberg-R) Violent felony: child abuse

Expands the current list of violent felonies to include specified felony child abuse offenses.

(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

ACR 142 (Battin-R) Child abuse and neglect

Acknowledges the month of April as Child Abuse Prevention Month and its concomitant "Safe at Home" campaign as a positive effort to promote public awareness of child abuse and its prevention.

Resolution Chapter 52, Statutes of 2000

AJR 24 (Romero-D) Child sexual abuse

Rejects and condemns any characterization of specified research relating to child sexual abuse that implies or suggests that sexual relations between children and adults are anything but abusive, destructive, exploitative, reprehensible, and punishable by law.

(Died in Assembly Rules Committee)

Identical to AJR 48 (Baldwin-R), which died in Assembly Rules Committee.

Sex Offenders

SB 446 (Dunn-D) Sex offenders: registration

Requires a current photograph to be forwarded to the State Department of Justice prior to the release from custody of any person required to register as a convicted sex offender. Double-joined to AB 1340, which became Chapter 648, Statutes of 2000, and AB 2502, which became Chapter 240, Statutes of 2000.

Chapter 649, Statutes of 2000

SB 451* (Schiff-D) Sexually violent predators

Authorizes the State Board of Prison Terms, upon a showing of good cause, to order that a person who is sexually violent be referred to the State Department of Mental Health and remain in custody for a full evaluation for no more than 45 days beyond the person's scheduled release date, and revises procedures relating to probable cause review and hearing, including that the person remain in custody pending the completion of the hearing.

Chapter 41, Statutes of 2000

Similar legislation was SB 2018 (Schiff), which became Chapter 420, Statutes of 2000.

SB 1414 (Rainey-R) Registered sex offenders

Requires the State Department of Justice (DOJ) to post on the Internet, on a monthly basis, information, organized by zip code, about the number, category and offenses for persons required to register as sex offenders. Requires DOJ to report annually (rather than by July 1, 2000) to the Legislature concerning the operation and public use of its 900 telephone number program and CD-ROM program ("Megan's Law"). Deletes the January 1, 2001 sunset date on Megan's law.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 1463 (Johnson-R) Sexual Predator Apprehension Teams

Requires, commencing July 1, 2001, the Attorney General to establish two Sexual Predator Apprehension Teams to provide support and investigative services to law enforcement agencies in Imperial, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego Counties.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 2018* (Schiff-D) Sexually violent predators: commitment evaluations

Makes available updated psychological evaluations to courts considering extensions of commitment of persons previously committed to Atascadero State Mental Hospital as a sexually violent predator (SVP). Requires, beginning July 1, 2001, the State Department of Justice, in consultation with the State Department of Mental Health (DMH), to update every ten days information systems data on persons released under the DMH Forensic Conditional Release Program, and makes several changes pertaining to SVP commitments.

Chapter 420, Statutes of 2000

Similar legislation was SB 451 (Schiff), which became Chapter 41, Statutes of 2000.

SB 2038 (Alarcon-D) Parole: sexual predators

Authorizes the parole authority to provide a drug treatment program on a voluntary basis to a sexual predator while he/she is on parole.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 347 (Battin-R) Sex offenses: Internet directory

Directs the State Department of Justice to create and maintain an Internet site that lists persons required to register as sex offenders.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 412 (Brewer-R) Sex offenders: registration

Provides that any person who fails to register as a convicted sex offender may be prosecuted in the county where the arrest for the violation was made, or in the county in which the person is required to register.

(Failed passage in Senate Public Safety Committee)

AB 506 (Wayne-D) Sex offenses: sentencing

Makes intent to commit a specified sexual offense during a residential burglary a "one-strike" offense, punishable by life in prison, adds sexual assault on an unconscious person and continuous sexual abuse of a child to the list of qualifying one-strike offenses, and adds non-forcible drugging of a victim of the purposes of committing a sexual offense to the list of qualifying factors for one-strike sentencing.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 876 (Maldonado-R) Trials: sexually violent predators

Requires cities or counties to be reimbursed for the costs of annual trials to extend the commitments of sexually violent predators.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1091 (Bates-R) Registration of juvenile sex offenders

Requires sex offenders enrolled in any university, college or community college to register with the campus police department.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1300* (Rod Pacheco-R) Sex offenders: parole

Enacts the Sex Offender Containment Act. Requires longer and more scrutiny, as well as intensified supervision of high-risk sex offenders released on parole, including indefinite parole upon a showing of good cause and a new program of intensive parole for high-risk offenders by the State Department of Corrections. Requires that any person sentenced to prison for a specified sex offense that is defined as a violent felony be retained on parole for five years, not three as in current law. Requires a report to the Legislature relative to recidivism rates of parolees. Sunsets on July 1, 2006.

Chapter 142, Statutes of 2000

AB 1302 (Thomson-D) Parole: sex offenders

Provides that on or after January 1, 2001, whenever any paroled person is returned to custody or has his/her parole revoked for conduct that requires the paroled person to register as a sex offender, the parole authority will be required to report the circumstances that were the basis for the return to custody or revocation of parole to the law enforcement agency and the district attorney that has primary jurisdiction over the community in which the circumstances occurred and to the State Department of Corrections.

Chapter 484, Statutes of 2000

AB 1306 (Leach-R) Sentencing: sex offenses

Provides that the commission of a listed sex crime by means of administering a controlled substance shall be a circumstance in aggravation subjecting a defendant to 25 years-to-life in state prison. Adds sodomy and oral copulation in concert, and continuous sexual abuse of a child, to the list of one-strike sex crimes. Adds rape, sodomy, and oral copulation, where the victim is prevented from resisting by an intoxicating substance, to the list of "one-strike" sex crimes. Provides that a person shall receive a three-year additional and consecutive enhancement of sentence where, for the purpose of committing a felony involving sexual conduct, the person administers a controlled substance against the victim's will or without a victim's knowledge.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1340 (Honda-D) Sex offenders: registration and Megan's Law

Makes a number of changes to the sex offender registration and public disclosure statutes, including (1) extending the sunset on the CD-ROM public disclosure statute from 2001 until 2005, (2) authorizes information with their parents or legal guardians, (3) adds "attempted commission" of enumerated sex offenses to the public disclosure statute, (4) replicates the existing secondary disclosure language now applicable for serious sex offenders to the State Department of Justice disclosures concerning high-risk sex offenders, and (5) adds the State Department of Corrections and the State Department of the Youth Authority to the existing immunity provision applicable to the law enforcement for good faith disclosure under Megan's Law. Double-joined with SB 446, which became Chapter 649, Statutes of 2000.

Chapter 648, Statutes of 2000

AB 1458 (Wiggins-D) Sexually violent predator law: expansion

Requires the State Department of Corrections to establish and operate a sex offender inmate treatment program and revises the definition of "sexually violent predator" and "predatory."

Vetoed by the Governor

AB 1742 (Correa-D) Statute of limitations: DNA evidence in sex crimes

Extends the statute of limitations for the prosecution of sex offenses to within ten years of the commission of the crime or within one year of the date on which DNA testing that links a named suspect to the offense is completed by the laboratory testing the evidence.

Chapter 235, Statutes of 2000

AB 1845 (Runner-R) Sexually violent predators

Expands the definition of a "sexually violent predatory" to include conduct with any person 18 years of age or older with whom a relationship has been established or promoted or with whom a familial relationship exists.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1988 (Strickland-R) Paroled sex offenders: placement in communities

Clarifies that current law prohibiting the placement of inmates paroled for specified offenses against children within one-quarter mile of elementary schools applies to residing in the prohibited area, and applies for the duration of the parole period, as specified.

Chapter 153, Statutes of 2000

AB 2027* (Correa-D) Sex offender registration: sergeants-at-arms

Adds legislative sergeant-at-arms to the list of law enforcement officials who receive from the State Department of Justice, on a monthly basis, a CD-ROM containing specified sex offender registration information.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

AB 2072 (Pescetti-R) Sex offenders: registration

Requires registered sex offenders enrolled in any university, college or community college to register with the campus police, even if not residing on campus. Specifies the penalty for not registering as a misdemeanor or a felony, based on the offense requiring registration.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2320 (Dickerson-R) Expungement exception: statutory rape

Makes convictions for felony statutory rape crimes ineligible for expungement.

Chapter 226, Statutes of 2000

AB 2502 (Romero-D) Sex offenders: duty to register

Makes technical, notification-related revisions to the sex offender registration statute concerning the registration of persons who are granted conditional release without supervised probation, or discharged upon payment of a fine.

Chapter 240, Statutes of 2000

AB 2554 (Brewer-R) Sex offender registration: use of data

Prohibits the use of information derived from registered sex offender information for purposes relating to housing and accommodations except to protect children and other tenants or occupants who are at risk.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 2849 (Havice-D) Sexually violent predators

Recasts existing law defining "sexually violent predator" and, among other things, enumerates what constitutes a "conviction" for purposes of these provisions. Double-joined with AB 1458.

Chapter 643, Statutes of 2000

AB 2866* (Migden-D) Budget: sex offenses

Makes numerous changes in existing law relating to general government to implement provisions of the Budget Bill for the 2000-2001 fiscal year, including authorizing the State Board of Control to enter into an interagency agreement with the University of California, San Francisco to establish a Victims of Crimes Recovery Center at the San Francisco General Hospital.

Chapter 127, Statutes of 2000

ACR 148 (Correa-D) Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Proclaims that, henceforth, the month of April shall be designated as Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

(Died in Senate Rules Committee)

Controlled Substances

SB 68 (Murray-D) Methamphetamine and powdered cocaine

Classifies methamphetamine, currently a Schedule II drug, as a Schedule I drug, and increases the penalties for possession, possession for sale, and sale of methamphetamine. Classifies powdered cocaine (cocaine hydrochloride), currently a Schedule II drug, as a Schedule I drug, and thereby raises the punishment for possession of cocaine for sale to be equal to that for possession of that Schedule I drug cocaine base ("rock" cocaine) for sale.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SB 273 (Knight-R) Drug offenders: enhancements

Expands the list of drug crimes subject to enhancements to include specified offenses involving the possession, transportation, and sale of opiates and opiate derivatives.

(Failed passage in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SB 550* (Johnston-D) Dronabinol: reclassification

Moves the controlled substance dronabinol, an orally taken pharmaceutical form of synthetic medicinal marijuana, from Schedule II to Schedule III, and thereby reduces restrictions for physicians in prescribing the drug. Provides that the bill does not change the criminal penalties for the unlawful use of dronabinol.

Chapter 8, Statutes of 2000

SB 848 (Vasconcellos-D) Medicinal marijuana

Establishes a voluntary statewide Medical Marijuana Registration Identification Card Program administered by the State Department of Health Services.

(Died on Assembly Floor)

SB 983 (Bowen-D) Hazardous substances: controlled substances

Directs the State Department of Toxic Substances Control to develop regulations governing the cleanup of illegal drug laboratories.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 1292 (Rainey-R) Controlled substances: retail distributors

Makes it a misdemeanor for any retail distributor to sell in a single transaction more than four packages of a product that he/she knows to contain ephedrine, or to knowingly sell more than 25 grams of ephedrine, as defined. Makes the four package limitation inapplicable to any product that is lawfully sold, transferred, or furnished over the counter without a prescription pursuant to specified provisions of federal law. Makes clarifying changes.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SB 1808 (Speier-D) Terminally ill persons

Exempts specified licensed persons from civil and criminal liability, disciplinary action, and criminal or other sanctions in connection with the good faith provision to a health facility patient of a controlled substance for pain management, including cases involving terminally ill patients, where the treatment may hasten the patient's death.

(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

SB 1866 (Vasconcellos-D) Controlled substances: asset forfeiture: substance abuse

Sets out specified requirements for federal adoption of a state or local seizure under the asset forfeiture law. Changes the distribution of money forfeited or the proceeds of sale of property seized. Requires the Attorney General to publish a required report on drug forfeiture in electronic form and requires additional public reports for state forfeiture, as specified.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 1989 (Poochigian-R) Illegal drug labs: CLEANUP

Enacts the Comprehensive Clandestine Drug Laboratory Environmental Response and Liability Act.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 2074 (Alarcon-D) Methamphetamine: sales: fines

Requires the court to impose a fine not to exceed $50,000 on any person convicted of selling or possessing for sale more than 14.25 grams of methamphetamine, and requires the fines be deposited in the California Drug-Endangered Children Protection Fund.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

SB 2089 (Johannessen-R) Medicinal marijuana

Amends existing medical marijuana statutes by requiring extensive physician documentation, limits medical approval of marijuana use, and makes violation of such documentation a licensure offense. Specifically limits the amount of marijuana a medical patient may possess and makes violation of the standard a crime.

(Died in Senate Health and Human Services Committee)

SB 2116* (Rainey-R) Controlled substance

Increases the $20,000 fine to $8 million where the amounts of controlled substances are in excess of 20, 40, or 80 kilos by weight. Adds to the list of offenses involving certain drugs, where refusal to complete a drug rehabilitation program is an offense, the offense of being under the influence of certain drugs while in possession of a loaded firearm.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

AB 163 (Wayne-D) Clonazepam: unauthorized possession

Provides that simple possession of clonazepam is a misdemeanor in the Health and Safety Code.

(Failed passage in Senate Public Safety Committee)

AB 382* (Cardoza-D) Standoff Chemical Agent Detector

Authorizes the Office of Criminal Justice Planning to buy a Standoff Chemical Agent Detector to be used by the Central Valley High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area to detect methamphetamine labs. Specifies the $500,000 appropriated in the 2000 Budget Act shall be used for this purchase.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 438 (Maddox-R) Pupils: controlled substances

Requires school districts to immediately suspend and recommend expulsion for students who possess any Schedule I or Schedule II controlled substance of the Health and Safety Code. Current law provides discretion to the principal and district officials to decide if expulsion is warranted. Deletes the exemption for the first offense of the possession of not more than one ounce of non-concentrated marijuana from the list of offenses for which school district officials must recommend expulsion, unless they find expulsion is inappropriate due to the particular circumstances. Requires school and district officials to recommend expulsion, unless it is found that expulsion is inappropriate due to the particular circumstances, for any student unlawfully possessing any Schedule III, IV, or V controlled substance of the Health and Safety code, which includes medicinal drugs.

(Died in AssemblyAppropriations Committee)

AB 751* (Gallegos-D) Unlicensed dispensing of prescription drugs and devices

Defines as a misdemeanor the providing of a substance purported to be a prescription drug or device by a non-licensed pharmacist or medical professional. Removes a sunset clause from the existing statutes that allows public health officials to close a business that is involved in the dispensing of prescription drugs or devices without a license.

Chapter 350, Statutes of 2000

AB 979 (Florez-D) Methamphetamine: regional task force

Authorizes, until January 1, 2005, the establishment of a nine-county Central Valley Methamphetamine Task Force to reduce the number of incidences of methamphetamine manufacturing and trafficking, administered by the State Office of Criminal Justice Planning, and provides that funding shall be provided upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 1021 (House-R) Controlled substances: disposal

Makes it a felony for any person engaged in the manufacture, possession, sale or use of a controlled substance to dispose, dump or place a controlled substance, or drug paraphernalia, into a water source.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 1085 (Robert Pacheco-R) Controlled substances: family mobilehome parks

Clarifies that the enhancement for drug crimes involving minors that occur in specified places, such as playgrounds, day-care centers, public swimming pools, etc. apply in "family mobilehome parks."

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

AB 1255 (Wright-D) Social Services Budget Trailer bill

Allows counties to provide CalWORKs services that will assist individuals to obtain or retain unsubsidized employment to individuals that would otherwise be eligible for CalWORKs but who have been convicted of any offense classified as felony possession or use of a controlled substance.

(Died on Assembly Inactive File)

AB 1313 (Rod Pacheco-R) Drug offenders

Increases the penalty for selling methamphetamine from two, three, or four to three, four, or five years in state prison. Expands the enhancement (one, two, or three years in state prison) for using a minor to sell cocaine base with a prior prison commitment for the same conduct to include cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin. Expands the enhancement (three, four, or five years in state prison) for possession for sale and sale of cocaine base, heroin, and methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of a school to include possession for sale of powder cocaine. Expands the felony offense of a minor employing a fellow minor to commit a drug transaction to include methamphetamine.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2018 (Thomson-D) Controlled substances: Schedule II triplicate prescription

Changes existing triplicate prescription requirements for Schedule II controlled substances to reduce administrative complexities.

Chapter 1092, Statutes of 2000

AB 2044 (Rod Pacheco-R) Methamphetamines: 2nd degree murder

Codifies case law and declares the manufacture of methamphetamine an inherently dangerous felony for purposes of the second degree felony-murder rule.

(Failed passage in Senate Public Safety Committee)

AB 2106 (Davis-D) Controlled substances

Makes possession of specified chemicals (gamma-butyrolactone [GBL], or any of the salts or isomers of GBL or GHB, or a substance containing GBL and sodium hydroxide) a felony, punishable by two, four, or six years in state prison.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2209 (Frusetta-R) Controlled substance cleanup costs

Authorizes a property owner to apply to the court to recover the reasonable cleanup costs for his/her property as a result of illegal drug activities on that property.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 2240 (Bates-R) Prescriptions: electronic transmission

Eliminates the requirement that electronically transmitted prescriptions be reduced to a written or hard copy under specified conditions, and authorizes prescribers to electronically enter prescriptions and hospital drug orders into a pharmacy's or hospital's computer from any location, with the permission of the pharmacy or hospital.

Chapter 293, Statutes of 2000

AB 2610 (Rod Pacheco-R) Methamphetamine and cocaine

Increases the penalty for selling methamphetamine from two, three, or four years in state prison to three, four, or five years. Expands the enhancement (one, two, or three years in state prison) for using a minor to sell cocaine base with a prior prison commitment for the same conduct to include cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2715 (Olberg-R) Controlled substances: schoolyard drug trafficking

Expands the number of offenses and controlled substances for which a conviction subjects a person to an enhancement of an additional three, four, or five years in the state prison if the violation is on the grounds of, or within 1,000 feet of, a school at any time.

(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 2828 (Battin-R) Marijuana: advertising

Makes it a misdemeanor for any person to advertise any transaction involving marijuana that is prohibited by law.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

Drunk Driving/Vehicle Code

SB 322 (Leslie-R) Driving under the influence

Changes from an infraction to a misdemeanor for a person under the age of 21 years who has 0.05 percent or more, by weight, of alcohol in his/her blood to drive a vehicle.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SB 567 (Speier-D) Child passenger restraint systems

Increases the fines for violations of child passenger restraint laws and requires that children less than six years of age or weighing less than 60 pounds be properly restrained in a child passenger restraint system.

Chapter 675, Statutes of 2000

SB 772 (Alarcon-D) Enhancements: driving under the influence

Provides for an enhancement of one year in state prison for each additional injured victim for a felony conviction of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or both, if that act proximately causes bodily injury. Provides a one-year additional county jail enhancement for each additional injured victim, if the person proximately causes bodily injury or death to more than one victim in any one instance of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs if the person is convicted of a misdemeanor. Provides a three, four, or five year enhancement in state prison for each additional injured or deceased victim if the person proximately causes death or great bodily injury, as defined, to any person other than the defendant who drives under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Places no limitation on the number of enhancements that may be imposed under these changes.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SB 775 (Haynes-R) Plea bargaining: serious felonies

Includes driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs causing death or serious injury in the definition of "serious felony" to existing law which was amended by initiative statute, prohibiting plea bargaining in any case in which the indictment or information charges any serious felony.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SB 1026 (Karnette-D) Financial responsibility: crimes

Makes it a misdemeanor to make, sell, or use false documentation as evidence of proof of financial responsibility as required by the Vehicle Code.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

SB 1333 (Sher-D) Abandoned vehicle fee

Extends, until January 1, 2015, the authority for local entities to impose a $1 vehicle registration surcharge for abandoned vehicle abatement. Double-joined with SB 2084 (Polanco).

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 1765 (Hayden-D) Vehicle forfeiture: storage

Narrows and clarifies the reasons that a vehicle may be impounded because a person is driving on an invalid license and makes changes to the notice and procedure requirements of the poststorage hearing.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 1990 (Poochigian-R) Driving while under the influence

Provides that a person who commits gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated while a licensed commercial driver and driving a commercial vehicle shall receive an additional term of three years.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SB 2004 (Speier-D) Pursuit intervention termination management system

Mandates the installation in all vehicles of a specified electronic or electromechanical device whish could deactivate the fuel system of a vehicle when it is the subject of a pursuit by law enforcement.

(Died in Senate Transportation Committee)

AB 681 (Calderon-D) Vehicles: traffic violator schools

Makes changes regarding the licensure, oversight, training of instructors, and the operation of traffic violator schools.

(Died in Senate Transportation Committee)

AB 722 (Reyes-D) Enhanced sentences: driving under the influence

Provides that a person convicted of a felony: (1) driving under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or a combination of alcohol and drugs; (2) gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated; or (3) vehicular manslaughter and the person proximately caused death or injury to more than one victim, shall receive a two-year enhancement in prison for each additional injured victim and a four-year enhancement in prison for each additional death. Further provides that no more than six enhancements may be imposed pursuant to this bill.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 803 (Torlakson-D) Driving under the influence

Requires a person between the ages of 18 and 21 convicted of a first violation of driving with a blood alcohol level of 0.05 percent or higher to, in addition to any other penalties, complete the educational component of a driving-under-influence program, and requires completion of the entire program for a second or subsequent violation. Prohibits the State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) from reinstating that person's license until DMV receives proof of completion of the program. Double-joined with AB 2227 (Torlakson).

Chapter 1063, Statutes of 2000

AB 834 (Cardoza-D) Unlawful conduct: insurance

Makes it a felony to produce or sell any false, altered, forged, etc. document of evidence of automobile insurance and makes it a misdemeanor to possess such documents or to present them to a peace officer or the State Department of Motor Vehicles.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

AB 1133 (Thompson-R) Vehicle forfeiture

Expands the definition of "ownership of a vehicle" in forfeiture proceedings for a person arrested for driving without a valid license. Enables a peace officer to immediately impound a vehicle and initiate forfeiture proceedings against the person arrested for driving under the influence.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 1150 (Thompson-R) Driving under the influence

Makes driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol and negligently causing great bodily injury inflicted upon a peace officer in the performance of his/her duties punishable by 16 months, two, or four years in the state prison.

(Failed passage in Senate Public Safety Committee)

AB 1769 (Robert Pacheco-R) Driving under the influence

Creates a new felony offense of driving under the influence (DUI) offense involving an accident that results in the termination of a pregnancy. Increases the penalties for specified DUI offenses.

(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 1777 (Cunneen-R) Driving offenses: alcohol

Makes it unlawful for a person to drive a vehicle in violation of the condition of probation requiring that the person not drive a vehicle with any measurable amount of alcohol in his/her blood. Requires the probationer, upon the request of a peace officer, to submit to a preliminary alcohol screening test and provides that the person's vehicle be towed.

(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 1792 (Villaraigosa-D) Vehicles: disabled persons' parking

Makes changes in the application process for disabled placards, increases the penalty for misuse of a placard, and authorizes the State Department of Motor Vehicles to conduct a specified audit of placard applications.

Chapter 524, Statutes of 2000

AB 2227* (Torlakson-D) Driving under the influence: programs: ignition interlock

Makes clarifying changes to provisions regarding a county's role in determining which driving under-the-influence (DUI) programs that are needed in that county and to require anyone charged with driving on a suspended license that was suspended because of a DUI to be required to install an interlock device if they plea to a different charge, unless the court finds that in the interest of justice it should not be installed. Double-joined with AB 803 and SB 2084.

Chapter 1064, Statutes of 2000

AB 2295 (Florez-D) Driver's licenses: controlled substances

Reinstates provisions of law that became inoperative June 30, 1999, which required a six-month driver's license suspension for any controlled substance conviction, regardless of whether the offense was related to driving.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2729 (Wesson-D) Vehicles: towing service

Increases the penalties for specified offenses by tow truck drivers.

Chapter 641, Statutes of 2000

AB 2733 (Wesson-D) Road rage

Authorizes the suspension of the driving privilege for a person convicted of assault on another motorist and requires the State Department of Education to prepare materials for use in school districts that include discussion on aggressive driving behavior. Provides that the school district has the option to utilize the material or not.

Chapter 642, Statutes of 2000

AB 2734 (Cox-R) Vehicles: disabled veterans

Removes, for purposes of qualifying for the disabled veterans exemption from vehicle license fees and vehicle registration fees, the requirement that the 100 percent disability substantially impair or interfere with the person's mobility.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2744 (Oller-R) Minors: driving under the influence

Removes from the jurisdiction of the informal juvenile and traffic court, specified Vehicle Code provisions concerning the operation of a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs, as specified.

Chapter 228, Statutes of 2000

AB 2908 (Assembly Transportation Committee) Miscellaneous transportation matters

Makes several noncontroversial and/or technical changes to current statutes related to commercial vehicle modifications, a highway relinquishment to the City of Covina, a clarification for issuing driver licenses to persons under 18, driving on the left hand side of the road, repeals the California Commuter and Intercity Right of Way Preservation Act, and the Santa Clara County Transit District.

Chapter 860, Statutes of 2000

ACR 62 (Havice-D) Sober Graduation Month

Designates May 31 to June 30, 2000, as Sober Graduation Month.

Resolution Chapter 43, Statutes of 2000

Other Crimes and Sentencing

SB 7 (Figueroa-D) Healing arts: physicians

Requires health insurance employees that act to deny, significantly delay, terminate, or otherwise limit health care to be licensed to practice medicine in California. Provides that a violation of the bill's provisions constitutes a misdemeanor.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 52 (Haynes-R) Voluntary intoxication

Makes evidence of voluntary intoxication inadmissible to show that a person did not actually form the requisite specific intent when the crime charged is a violent crime under Penal Code Section 667.5. Provides that if evidence shows that a defendant was voluntarily intoxicated at the time of the alleged violent crime, the court shall instruct the jury that they may not consider the evidence as negating the capacity to form, or the actual formation of, any mental state or specific intent that is required.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SB 79 (Hayden-D) Three Strikes Task Force

Establishes a task force to review and assess the Three Strikes Law and recommend any changes that may be required to serve public safety purposes in a fair and efficient manner.

(Failed passage on Senate Floor)

SB 226 (Karnette-D) Sentencing enhancements

Authorizes the court to impose three, five, or seven years of imprisonment upon any person who personally inflicts great bodily harm upon any other person.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SB 840 (Rainey-R) School safety

Imposes a mandatory minimum incarceration of six months for any misdemeanor battery of a school employee, regardless of injury, and allows a fine of up to $2,000. Imposes a five-year prison enhancement upon a defendant where the victim of a serious felony is a school employee or student, in addition to any other enhancements related to the serious felony.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SB 850 (Hayden-D) Hate crimes

Includes, within existing hate crimes, situations where an individual associates with a person protected under hate crimes and is targeted as a victim because of that association.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SB 878 (Hayden-D) Felony murder

Provides that after a conviction of more than one defendant of first degree felony murder, the court shall determine prior to imposing the sentence on the defendant who did not physically or directly commit the murder, whether the imposition of a sentence of first degree murder is proportionate to the offense committee by the defendant and to the defendant's culpability of the offense, based on specified factors.

(Died on Senate Inactive File)

SB 1060 (Bowen-D) Fighting dogs

Makes it a misdemeanor to own a dog trained to fight, attack or kill that has been debarked or surgically silenced, and requires a veterinarian to report the performance of an operation to debark to law enforcement authorities.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

SB 1326 (Hayden-D) Hate crimes

Adds hate crimes to the list of offenses that are to be reported in the annual school crime report.

(Died on Assembly Third Reading File)

SB 1361 (Rainey-R) Child abduction: sentencing

Requires that if probation is granted or sentence is suspended for maliciously taking or concealing a child the person be imprisoned in a county jail for at least six months, except in unusual cases where the interests of justice would best be served by a lesser penalty.

(Failed passage in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SB 1368 (Brulte-R) Newborn abandonment

Provides that no parent or lawful custodian of a child 72 hours old or younger may be prosecuted for the crime of child abandonment if they voluntarily surrender physical custody of the child to an employee at a hospital emergency room.

Chapter 824, Statutes of 2000

Similar legislation was AB 1764 (Maddox-R), which died on Senate Inactive File.

SB 1386 (Alpert-D) Alcohol and drug assessment programs

Allows counties to create a program to assess criminal offenders whose crime substantially involved alcohol and substance abuse and to create a report on those offenders that the court can use in sentencing such offenders appropriately.

Chapter 165, Statutes of 2000

SB 1462 (Perata-D) Rodeos: humane care of animals

Regulates rodeos in a manner similar to the regulations of traveling circuses or carnivals. Defines "rodeo" and, among other things, provides that a violation is an infraction and imposes fines of $500 to $2,000 for a first violation, and a fine of $1,500 to $5,000 for each subsequent violation.

Chapter 992, Statutes of 2000

SB 1486 (Schiff-D) Trespass of residence: increased penalties

Creates the crime of "aggravated trespass," committed where the defendant trespassed in the residence of another while a resident or other specified individuals are present. Provides that the crime of aggravated trespass be a misdemeanor, with a maximum imprisonment of one year in the county jail, not six months as in other forms of residential trespass, and a fine of $1,000.

Chapter 563, Statutes of 2000

SB 1510 (Escutia-D) Tobacco products: tobacco sales

Prohibits self-service displays of tobacco products, prohibits the free distribution of cigarettes on private property open to the public, and requires minimum package size, no less than 20 per package, for cigarettes.

(Died on Senate Unfinished Business File)

SB 1569 (Hayden-D) Hate crimes

Expands the scope of existing hate crime laws.

(Failed passage in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 1599 (Bowen-D) Privacy: video providers

Makes current law regarding cable television corporations, subscriber information and privacy applicable to video providers.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

SB 1616 (Monteith-R) Vandalism: graffiti abatement

Deletes the adoption of a graffiti abatement program as a condition for the court to order a person, convicted of graffiti vandalism, to keep the damaged property or another property free of graffiti.

Chapter 50, Statutes of 2000

SB 1807 (Vasconcellos-D) Addiction: treatment

Requires the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs to establish an office-based opiate treatment program, as specified, and authorizes a person participating in a deferred entry of judgment program or a preguilty plea program, as specified, to also participate in a licensed methadone or levoalphacetylmethadol program.

Chapter 815, Statutes of 2000

SB 1859 (Chesbro-D) Threats against public officials

Eliminates a requirement that a law enforcement agency must notify the State Department of Justice of any threat against a public official.

Chapter 233, Statutes of 2000

SB 1865 (Perata-D) Air pollution: civil and criminal penalties

Increases, in most cases, the existing civil and criminal penalties for air quality violations to make them similar to penalties for water pollution and hazardous waste law and to reorganize the air quality provisions so that like violations appear in the same sections.

Chapter 805, Statutes of 2000

SB 1867 (Speier-D) Rental property: presumption of theft

Treats any item of rental property the same as automobiles in regard to rebuttable presumptions of fraud or embezzlement that may be made when the renter of property fails to return it after expiration of the lease or rental, despite a demand for the return of the property.

Chapter 176, Statutes of 2000

SB 1945 (Ortiz-D) Anti-abortion crimes: reporting

Establishes a reporting requirement for anti-abortion crimes, and requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to develop a related training course.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 1955 (Senate Public Safety Committee) Public safety

Makes corrections to specified Penal and Vehicle Code provisions. This is the annual committee omnibus bill.

Chapter 287, Statutes of 2000

SB 1988 (Speier-D) Insurance fraud

Enacts the Anti-Auto Theft and Insurance Fraud Act of 2000, which targets and invokes licensure penalties, fees and criminal charges for a variety of licensed professionals including chiropractors, lawyers and physicians convicted of insurance fraud. Provisions relating to chiropractors will be submitted to the voters. Requires that any person convicted of auto insurance fraud be subject to a one-year suspension of their driver's license.

Chapter 867, Statutes of 2000

SB 2097 (Hayden-D) Wrongful convictions of innocent persons

Requests the Regents of the University of California, as well as any interested private postsecondary institution, to consider the creation of law school projects that undertake teaching and research on wrongful convictions of innocent persons, that study the causes of those wrongful convictions, and that propose remedies for this problem.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 2106 (Lewis-R) Criminal profiteering: asset forfeiture

Imposes liability on the law enforcement agency responsible for damage caused to property while in the possession of a law enforcement officer, if that property was seized for purposes of forfeiture. States that when a minor is convicted of a second computer-related crime within two years, the family home computer will not be subject for forfeiture under specified conditions.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 2116* (Rainey-R) Crimes

Provides for the reinstatement of misdemeanor charges in the case of a defendant who has regained mental competency. Provides that punishment involving the use of a weapon of mass destruction is to be both imprisonment and a fine.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SB 2149 (Polanco-D) Exotic animals

Makes it a crime to sell or exchange an exotic animal by an individual or private dealer to a hunting ranch.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 2154 (Ortiz-D) Statute of limitations

Provides that the statute of limitations for sexual conduct by an employee of a public health or detention facility or a department under the State Youth and Adult Correctional Agency shall run at discovery and to provide that this provision shall apply retroactively.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SR 39 (Hayden-D) Sentencing and probation: remorse

Requests the Judicial Council to consider making revisions to the California Rules of Court governing the factors to be considered when deciding whether or not to grant probation or to impose an aggravated sentence and to report any recommendations to the Legislature by July 1, 2001.

Read and adopted

Identical to SCR 39 (Hayden), which died in Assembly Public Safety Committee.

AB 11 (Cox-R) Public social services: crimes

Creates a new crime for public assistance recipients who fail to report, in writing, within 10 days, any fact that affects eligibility.

(Died in Assembly Human Services Committee)

AB 67 (Cunneen-R) Criminal law: imprisonment

Reduces "good-time" participation credits from one-third the time served to no more than 20 percent for a non-violent felon convicted under the three-strikes law for the time served in the county jail awaiting trial.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 204 (Baldwin-R) Child pornography

Prohibits an attorney representing a person accused of obscenity-related offenses from receiving copies of the material in preparation of his/her defense. Allows an attorney to review the material in private, but requires that any viewing take place in the presence of either a court-appointed master, security officers or law enforcement personnel.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 559 (Nakano-D) Elder/dependent abuse

Increases the misdemeanor fine for criminal negligence involving the "abuse" of elders or dependent adults, as specified.

Chapter 214, Statutes of 2000

AB 571 (Rod Pacheco-R) Assault: peace officers and firefighters

Authorizes a court to impose up to three full consecutive sentences for each violation involving assault with a deadly weapon, with force likely to result in great bodily injury on an on-duty peace officer or firefighter, when the offender should have known the victim was an on-duty peace officer or firefighter.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 663 (Rod Pacheco-R) Vehicular manslaughter and attempted murder of officials

Eliminates prison custody credits for (1) a person convicted of attempted murder of a specified official, where the intent to the crime was to retaliate for an official act, and (2) those convicted of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated with specified prior similar or related convictions.

(Failed passage in Senate Public Safety)

AB 741 (Rod Pacheco-R) Prosecution of hate crimes: local grants

Appropriates $5 million to the Office of Criminal Justice Planning (OCJP) for expenditure in support of the prosecution of hate crimes. Requires funds to be expended for grants to counties on a competitive basis, based on specified criteria, to support the prosecution of hate crimes. Requires counties receiving grants to report to OCJP on the effectiveness of the grants. Requires OCJP to evaluate the success of the program based on certain minimum criteria and report its conclusions to the Legislature not later than January 1, 2002. Allows OCJP to spend up to three percent of the appropriation to administer the program. Sunsets January 1, 2003.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 1035 (House-R) Depictions of sexual conduct by minors

Creates a forfeiture scheme that may be used against defendants convicted for the first time for child pornography crimes.

(Failed passage in Senate Public Safety Committee)

AB 1038 (Robert Pacheco-R) Prisoners: gassing

Applies existing laws relative to gassing in state prisons to also apply in local jails and youth authority facilities.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1083 (Calderon-D) Animal cruelty

Prohibits any person who knowingly produces, prepares, makes, sells, buys, transports, delivers, or possesses any image, as specified, that depicts in any manner the intentional and malicious maiming, mutilating, torturing, or wounding of a live animal, or the malicious and intentional killing of an animal, as prohibited under existing law, if that maiming, mutilating, torturing, wounding, or killing of the animal actually occurred during the production of the depiction and for the purpose of producing the depiction.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 1100 (House-R) Sentencing

Provides that any person found to have inflicted great bodily injury in the commission of a felony, other than an accomplice, that causes the victim to become comatose due to brain injury in a permanent unconscious condition shall be punished by a term of imprisonment of 15 years in the state prison, which shall be imposed in addition and consecutive to the punishment prescribed for that felony.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 1301 (Washington-D) Pornography

Requires the California Health and Human Services Agency to conduct a study to determine whether there is any connection between pornography and sexual abuse, and to report its findings to the Legislature on or before August 31, 2000. Requires the State Board of Equalization to make recommendations to the Legislature, on or before August 31, 2000, regarding an appropriate method to impose a tax upon pornography.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 1331 (Papan-D) Robbins Rape Evidence Law: removal of name

Removes the name of former Senator Alan Robbins from the Robbins Rape Evidence Law.

Chapter 375, Statutes of 2000

AB 1712 (Cunneen-R) High technology crimes

Creates, within the Office of Criminal Justice Planning, a three-year pilot program to award competitive grants to law enforcement agencies and nonprofit organizations to develop instructional courses on the investigation and prosecution of high technology crimes.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1713 (Soto-D) Violent felony in the presence of a minor

Creates a sentence enhancement imposing an additional term of one, two, or three years for a violent felony, as defined, that is committed in the immediate presence of, or is witnessed by, any child under the age of 16 years and makes related changes.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 1767 (Zettel-R) Expanded forfeiture of computer equipment

Expands the computer and high-tech equipment forfeiture statute to most crimes in which such equipment could be used to commit the crime.

Chapter 628, Statutes of 2000

AB 1769 (Robert Pacheco-R) Felony offense: DUI: terminating a pregnancy

Creates a new felony offense of driving under the influence (DUI) involving an accident that results in the termination of a pregnancy. Increases the penalties for specified DUI offenses.

(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 1770 (Pescetti-R) Solicitation of murder

Defines certain circumstances related to marital or similar relationships, such as violation of a protective order, as factors in aggravation in a conviction for solicitation for murder.

(Failed passage in Senate Public Safety Committee)

AB 1785 (Villaraigosa-D) Hate violence

Requires the State Department of Education to include the reporting of hate-motivated incidents and hate crimes, as defined, on the standard crime reporting form and revises the state educational curriculum to include human relations education.

Chapter 955, Statutes of 2000

AB 1787 (Maddox-R) Trespass: registered process servers

Allows a process server to leave the vehicle under the vehicular trespass exemption in order to complete the service of process and requires the server to immediately leave upon completion of the service or if requested by the owner or occupant of the property.

Chapter 149, Statutes of 2000

AB 1789 (Zettel-R) Sentencing: great bodily injury: child

Raises the sentence enhancement for infliction of great bodily injury, from three to four, five, or six years if the victim is a child under the age of five years.

Chapter 919, Statutes of 2000

AB 1808 (Wayne-D) Determinate Sentencing Law

Eliminates the prohibitions on the imposition of enhancements on subordinate terms and clarifies a court's power to strike the punishment for an enhancement.

Chapter 689, Statutes of 2000

AB 1809 (Runner-R) Crime registry

Creates a statewide hate crime registry to be administered by the State Department of Justice.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1819 (Shelley-D) Elder abuse

Expands current training received by law enforcement agencies to include training in the physical and psychological abuse of elder and dependent adults, to expand the definition of "mental suffering" and requires the State Attorney General to establish a media campaign addressing the issue, subject to an appropriation.

Chapter 559, Statutes of 2000

AB 1833 (Maldonado-R) Escape: mentally disordered offenders

Makes an escape from a state hospital or mental health facility by a mentally disordered offender or sexually violent predator punishable as an alternate misdemeanor/felony.

(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 1840 (Bates-R) Crime prevention programs: fines

Mandates the imposition of an additional $10 penalty when a person is convicted of specified crimes and provides that the amounts collected are to be held in trust for crime prevention purposes. Adds to the list of crimes subject to the mandatory penalty increase.

Chapter 399, Statutes of 2000

AB 1853 (Calderon-D) Cruelty

Creates the crime of possessing, producing, selling, transporting, or purchasing material depicting the intentional killing or wounding of human beings ("snuff films") or live animals ("crush films") when the conduct actually occurred during the course of producing the depictions.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1862 (Torlakson-D) Identity theft: data base

Establishes, effective September 1, 2001, a data base of victims of identity theft and maintain a toll-free number to assist victims in clearing their names in criminal records, public records, employment histories and credit files, and other records.

Chapter 631, Statutes of 2000

AB 1869 (Dickerson-R) First degree robbery: bank ATM machines

Classifies the robbery of a person servicing an ATM machine as first-degree robbery, as is currently the law for the robbery of a person using an ATM.

(Failed passage in Senate Public Safety Committee)

AB 1881 (Gallegos-D) Mentally disordered offenders

Allows an outpatient mentally disordered offender to waive the annual trial on his/her continued involuntary treatment and prohibits credit for time spent on outpatient status against inpatient commitment time.

Chapter 324, Statutes of 2000

AB 1897 (Davis-D) Identity theft: remedies

Creates a judicial process whereby victims of identity theft can clear their names.

Chapter 956, Statutes of 2000

AB 1899 (Havice-D) Violence: assault and battery

Adds nonsworn employees of probation departments engaged in the performance of his/her duty to existing battery laws pertaining to specified public safety personnel.

Chapter 236, Statutes of 2000

AB 1949 (Hertzberg-D) Identity theft: regional pilot projects

Enacts the Identity Theft Victim's Protection Act of 2000, which will, as a three-year pilot project, direct the State Department of Justice (DOJ) to establish special Regional Identity Theft Units in designated regions, as specified. Appropriates the sum of $3 million from the General Fund to DOJ for purposes of the identity theft pilot project established pursuant to the provisions of this bill.

Vetoed by the Governor

AB 1964 (Dutra-D) Minors: hate crimes

Makes it a felony to commit any act that causes or tends to cause or encourage a minor to commit a violation of any person's civil right.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 1993 (Romero-D) False evidence by peace officer

Enacts a specific crime and penalty applicable to peace officers and others who plant or move physical evidence with the specific intent that a person will be charged with a crime.

Chapter 620, Statutes of 2000

AB 2003 (Shelley-D) Arrests: assault

Adds dating relationships to the list of specified personal relationships where a peace officer is authorized to make an arrest without a warrant when the officer has probable cause to believe a misdemeanor assault or battery has been committed by a suspect against the other person in that current or former relationship.

Chapter 47, Statutes of 2000

AB 2021 (Steinberg-D) Internet: luring a child

Creates a new infraction/misdemeanor for luring a child 12 years or younger away from their parent's house without the parent's consent and with the intent to avoid consent.

Chapter 621, Statutes of 2000

AB 2029 (Correa-D) Home invasion robbery

Creates a new crime of home invasion robbery, which is the taking of personal property in the possession of another from his/her person or immediate presence, within any inhabited dwelling, against the victim's will and accomplished by means of force or fear, and is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for three, six, or eight years.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 2063 (Zettel-R) Character evidence: elder abuse

Makes evidence of other or prior abuse of an elder or dependent adult admissible in a criminal prosecution for domestic violence and makes evidence of domestic violence admissible in a prosecution for abuse of an elder or dependent adult.

Chapter 97, Statutes of 2000

AB 2064 (Washington-D) Criminal penalties

Expands existing crimes and enhancements to include violations which occur within 1,000 feet of a public park, public library, ocean-front beach, and other specified locations.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 2073 (Strickland-R) Candidates: publication of false information

Makes it a misdemeanor punishable by a fine between $10,000 and $100,000 for any person to willfully publish, or cause to be published, false information concerning a candidate for public office, in a mass communication, with knowledge of the falsity and intent to damage the public reputation of the candidate.

(Failed passage in Assembly Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments Committee)

AB 2107 (Scott-D) Elder abuse

Makes a number of changes, effective July 1, 2001, in the law with respect to selling annuities and other insurance products to elders and clarifies the definition of financial abuse for the purpose of the Elder Abuse and Dependent Civil Protection Act.

Chapter 442, Statutes of 2000

AB 2120 (Bates-R) Arson: religious structures

Makes arson of a church or synagogue, where great bodily injury is inflicted, subject to an enhancement of three, four, or five years in the state prison, and makes arson of a church or synagogue, where the damage exceeds $1 million punishable by ten years to life in state prison (current law is $5 million).

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2203 (Baldwin-R) Sexual battery

Creates a new alternative felony-misdemeanor offense of sexual battery after having entered, without consent, an inhabited dwelling house or the inhabited portion of any other building.

(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 2232 (Oller-R) Computer crimes: unauthorized access

Increases the penalties for specified computer crimes and expands the definition of injury. Double-joined with AB 2727.

Chapter 634, Statutes of 2000

AB 2233 (Rod Pacheco-R) Sentencing

Authorizes full-term consecutive sentences and enhancements, potentially increasing the length of prison sentences for persons convicted of violent felonies.

(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 2248 (Cox-R) Crimes: stolen firearms

Increases the penalty for grand theft of a firearm or explosive, and receiving a stolen firearm or explosive to four, seven, or ten years in the state prison.

(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 2342 (House-R) Child endangerment

Provides that any woman who gives birth to a child who tests positive for a controlled substance is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 2371 (Lempert-D) Victims of Crime Restitution Fund

Allows, among other things, the State Board of Control to enforce any portion of a restitution fine that remains outstanding at the termination of probation or parole.

Chapter 545, Statutes of 2000

AB 2425 (Corbett-D) Stalking

Increases the longest prison term for repeat stalking by one year, makes technical revisions to the notice requirements for persons about to be released from jail on stalking charges, and requires, contingent upon a Budget Act appropriation, intensive parole for persons released from prison for stalking convictions, and requires the State Department of Corrections to evaluate the parole program and report to the Legislature, as specified.

Chapter 669, Statutes of 2000

AB 2426 (Wesson-D) Tobacco products: packaging

Establishes a minimum pack size for the sale or distribution of cigarettes and a minimum quantity for the sale or distribution of loose tobacco. Specifies that any person, firm, corporation, or business that violates these provisions is liable for an infraction. Specifies that any person, firm, corporation, or business that violates these provisions is liable in an action brought by the Attorney General, a district attorney, a county counsel, or a city attorney for a civil penalty of $200 for a first violation, $500 for a second violation, and $1,000 for each succeeding violation in excess of two violations.

(Died on Senate Inactive File)

AB 2447 (Wright-D) Sentencing: three strikes

Imposes factors for the court to consider in determining whether to strike a prior "serious" or "violent" felony conviction for the purpose of the "Three Strikes" law.

(Failed passage on the Assembly Floor)

AB 2479 (Kuehl-D) Cruelty to animals

Establishes regulations for the operation of live animal markets, and violation of these regulations shall result in a written warning, and a subsequent violation punishable by a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $1,000. Provides for a waiver of the fine if a specified course is successfully completed within six months of the judgment.

Chapter 1061, Statutes of 2000

AB 2512 (Washington-D) Bail

Requires the court to notify a bail surety that it may be disqualified from acting as a surety due to unpaid judgements.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2580 (Cox-R) Vandalism: cemeteries and places of worship

Extends the crimes covering vandalism of places of worship or religious educational institutions to vandalism of cemeteries. Transfers specified acts relating to destruction or mutilation of cemetery graves and markers from the Health and Safety Code to the Penal Code.

Chapter 546, Statutes of 2000

AB 2584 (Margett-R) Assault and battery

Creates a new special misdemeanor for assault with intent to cause serious bodily injury on a public safety official (code enforcement officer) with a maximum jail term for assault or battery of one year in the county jail, and creates a new special alternative felony-misdemeanor of battery on a public safety official causing injury requiring medical treatment.

(Failed passage in Senate Public Safety Committee)

AB 2594 (Cox-R) Insurance fraud: illegal referral fees

Increases the potential fines for the related criminal offenses of insurance fraud and illegal referral fee payments to obtain the referral of patients.

Chapter 843, Statutes of 2000

AB 2595 (Cardenas-D) Bail: foreign or domestic jurisdiction

Stays or prevents bail forfeiture if (1) the bailed defendant was deported from the United States, (2) the bailed defendant was refused entry into the United States, or (3) the defendant was arrested in a foreign country or another domestic jurisdiction and the (California) prosecuting agency cannot extradite the defendant, or does not pursue extradition where extradition is possible.

Vetoed by the Governor

AB 2650 (Nakano-D) Terrorist threats

Includes non-verbal communications in conduct covered by the terrorist threats crime defined in Penal Code Section 422.

(Failed passage in Senate Public Safety Committee)

AB 2661 (Ackerman-R) Child pornography

Increases the penalties for certain child pornography crimes where the minor is under the age of 14 and prohibits probation for an offender who possesses more than 50 images of child pornography where the child is under the age of 14.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 2664 (Battin-R) Vehicular manslaughter

Expands the statute of limitations for misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter from one to two years.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

AB 2710 (House-R) Dairy products: unlawful processing

Prohibits any milk producer to sell or give away any milk that could be used to produce manufactured dairy products intended for resale by unlicensed processors and to direct both the State Department of Food and Agriculture and the State Department of Health Services to promptly and effectively enforce actions against violators. Makes it a crime to use unauthorized business labels for any dairy product.

Vetoed by the Governor

AB 2727 (Wesson-D) Computer crimes: civil liability

Does away with the conviction requirement contained in existing law which allows a civil suit for damages against any person convicted under Penal Code Section 507, which prohibits altering or damaging any data, software, computer, computer system, or computer network in order to defraud, deceive, or extort. Allows a suit for civil damages, regardless of whether a conviction is obtained with remedies. Establishes a statute of limitations period of three years from the date of the act complained of, or the date of discovery of the damage, whichever is later.

Chapter 635, Statutes of 2000

AB 2826 (Cardoza-D) Special circumstances

Authorizes imposition of the death penalty or life without the possibility of parole under three new "special circumstances."

(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

ACR 118 (Dutra-D) Vandalism and graffiti

States that the Legislature sends its support and condolences to Congregation Beth Torah, the students, faculty and administration of Washington High School, and the community of Fremont for the acts of vandalism and anti-Semitic and racist graffiti on their properties. States that the Legislature denounces these acts and resolves to combat hatred, promote unity, and assist in bringing those responsible for these crimes to justice.

Resolution Chapter 18, Statutes of 2000

Procedural

SB 52 (Haynes-R) Voluntary intoxication

Makes evidence of voluntary intoxication inadmissible to show that a person did not actually form the requisite specific intent when the crime charged is a violent crime under Penal Code Section 667.5. Provides that if evidence shows that a defendant was voluntarily intoxicated at the time of the alleged violent crime, the court shall instruct the jury that they may not consider the evidence as negating the capacity to form, or the actual formation of, any mental state or specific intent that is required.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SB 116 (Johnson-R) Criminal procedure: nolo contendere

Allows a nolo contendere plea in a misdemeanor criminal matter to be used against a defendant as an admission in any related civil suit initiated by the defendant.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

SB 591 (Morrow-R) Criminal procedure: capital cases

Provides that the judge in a capital case shall not receive his/her salary until he/she affirms that no record remains pending and uncertified for 120 or more days after delivery of the record to appellate counsel.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SB 916 (Brulte-R) Expert testimony in medical malpractice actions

Requires that, in any action based on professional negligence against a health care provider, expert testimony be admitted by the court only from health care providers who practice and have practices for at least five years in the same area of health or medicine that is at issue in the action.

(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee.

SB 1342 (Burton-D) Forensic testing: post conviction

Creates a procedure for the post-conviction testing of DNA evidence for defendants who did not have that technology available at the time of trial and where identity was a significant issue that resulted in his/her conviction.

Chapter 821, Statutes of 2000

SB 1574 (Alarcon-D) Criminal procedure: deferred entry of judgment

Allows probation departments to collect reasonable costs of probation services associated with handling deferred entry of judgment cases.

Chapter 42, Statutes of 2000

SB 1698 (Hayden-D) Criminal procedure: sentencing

Requires the Governor to appoint a panel of scholars and jurists to analyze and make recommendations concerning the adequacy of California's safeguards against the possibility of executing an individual who is innocent of the capital crime for which he/she has been convicted.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

SB 1715 (Ortiz-D) Child witness: closed circuit television

Extends, from January 1, 2001, to January 1, 2003, the sunset clause from the provisions of law allowing child victims of violent crimes to testify by closed-circuit television in specified circumstances.

Chapter 207, Statutes of 2000

SB 1955 (Senate Public Safety Committee) Omnibus bill

Extends the sunset date to January 1, 2005, to arraign a defendant in custody in Nevada County when an accusatory pleading is filed in Sierra County. Deletes the court reporter assignment requirement imposed on courts in non-capitol criminal, juvenile, or civil commitment cases. Makes numerous technical, clarifying, and non-substantive changes to various sections of the Evidence Code, Penal Code, Vehicle Code, and Welfare and Institutions Code.

Chapter 287, Statutes of 2000

SB 2027 (Sher-D) Public Records Act: Attorney General's review

Creates a procedure for appealing to the Attorney General (AG) a denial by a public agency of a written request for disclosure of public records (in addition to a court action, available under current law). Allows a court to award up to $100 per day (maximum of $10,000) when the public agency's action resulted in the denial of plaintiff's right to access the requested records. Allows a public agency against whom the AG has rendered an adverse opinion to engage outside counsel in defense of a lawsuit resulting from the denial of access to public records, and expressly state that the AG is not precluded from representing the public agency on other matters. Provides that the AG be immune from suit or discovery in any suit for any action taken as a result of review under this bill. Provides that all AG opinions issued under this review procedure are to be published annually in a special volume of opinions, made available on the Internet and sold for reasonable cost of publication and distribution.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 2153 (Schiff-D) Discovery referees

Requires the filing of any peremptory challenge motion to remove a discovery referee within ten days after notice of the appointment or, if the party has not yet appeared in the action, within ten days after the appearance.

Chapter 1011, Statutes of 2000

AB 495 (Robert Pacheco-R) Evidence: hearsay exceptions

Creates a new business records exception to the hearsay rule, allowing admission into evidence of business records when the requirements of the current business records exception cannot be satisfied.

(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)

AB 557 (Nakano-D) Forensic identification: felony conviction

Adds burglary in the first degree to the list of crimes for which a person convicted of, pleaded guilty or no contest to, or found not guilty by reason of insanity shall, regardless of the sentence imposed or disposition rendered, be required to give specimens of blood, a saliva sample, a right thumbprint, and a full palm impression of each hand for law enforcement identification analysis. Becomes operative January 1, 2001 if funds are appropriated in the Budget Act to fund the costs incurred by the State Department of Justice.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

AB 664 (Maddox-R) Criminal appeals

Creates a new prosecution right to appeal a court order dismissing offenses.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 1799 (Baugh-R) Indemnification: erroneously convicted persons

Increases the potential compensation for wrongful incarceration after a person has been found factually innocent from a maximum of $10,000 to a sum equivalent to $100 per day of incarceration and to exclude the amount received from the definition of gross income.

Chapter 630, Statutes of 2000

AB 1891 (Lowenthal-D) Elder abuse: witnesses: conditional examination

Allows conditional examinations of elder or dependent adults, as specified.

Chapter 186, Statutes of 2000

AB 2172 (Aanestad-R) Drug court: search and seizure

Authorizes the court in diversion and deferred entry of judgement drug cases to impose a warrantless search condition, permitting a search by a peace or probation officer at any time of the day or night, with or without probable cause.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 2374 (Lempert-D) Discovery: marriage and family therapists

Adds marriage and family therapists and licensed clinical social workers to the list of organized medical committees and peer review bodies whose proceedings and records are currently exempt from discovery in civil litigation.

Chapter 136, Statutes of 2000

AB 2447 (Wright-D) Three strikes

Imposes factors for the court to consider in determining whether to strike a prior "serious" or "violent" felony conviction for the purpose of the "Three Strikes" law.

(Failed passage on the Assembly Floor)

Juries

SB 801 (Poochigian-R) Jury service: judges' exemption

Creates an exemption from jury duty for judges, excluding temporary judges.

(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

SB 1591 (Knight-R) Grand juries: records

Requires a court to preserve all records, testimony, and other documents collected by the grand jury during its civil investigations which are relevant to its final report and may not destroy them, if a cause of action for defamation is filed against any person who served on the grand jury within a period of one year, for so long as that cause of action is pending.

(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

SB 1864 (Mountjoy-R) Jury service: exemption for the self employed

Creates an exemption from jury duty for persons who are self-employed full-time in a licensed business that is the primary source of his/her income, and for whom jury service would cause a substantial financial hardship.

(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

AB 592* (Migden-D) Jurors: fees

Requires Judicial Council to conduct a two-year pilot project in at least three counties for juror child and dependent care reimbursement, as specified. Appropriates $250,000 for this purpose.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 1098 (Romero-D) Grand jury investigation

Permits the State Attorney General to petition the court to convene a special county grand jury to investigate Medi-Cal fraud. Permits a grand jury investigating Medi-Cal fraud in one county (County A) to share information with the grand jury in another county (County B) about crimes committed in County B.

Chapter 322, Statutes of 2000

AB 1796 (Papan-D) Grand jurors: compensation

Increases the compensation paid to grand jurors from $10 per day and 15 cents per mile for travel to and from court, to $25 per day and the mileage reimbursement paid to county employees for travel to and from court.

Vetoed by the Governor

AB 1814 (Lempert-D) Jury service: breast-feeding

Requires the Judicial Council to adopt a rule of court specifically allowing a mother who is breastfeeding a child to postpone jury duty for a period of one year and ensures that the mother requesting the postponement will not have to appear in court to make this request, and provides that at the end of the one year period jury duty may be further postponed upon written request by the mother of a breastfed child. Requires the Judicial Council to adopt a standardized jury summons that is understandable and has consumer appeal, and that will be used around the state. Requires the standardizing jury summons to make specific reference to the rules for breastfeeding mothers.

Chapter 266, Statutes of 2000

AB 1862 (Torlakson-D) Identity theft: data base

Establishes, effective September 1, 2001, a database of victims of identity theft and maintains a toll-free number to assist victims in clearing their names in criminal records, public records, employment histories and credit files, and other records.

Chapter 631, Statutes of 2000

AB 2406 (Migden-D) Jurors: examination

Authorizes parties to a criminal action to directly question prospective jurors.

Chapter 192, Statutes of 2000

AB 2418 (Migden-D) Jury service

Provides that no eligible person shall be exempt from service as a trial juror by reason of sexual orientation. Provides that a party may not use a peremptory challenge to remove a prospective juror on the basis of an assumption that the prospective juror is biased merely because he/she is a member of an identifiable group distinguished on racial, religious, ethnic, sexual orientation, gender, or similar grounds.

Chapter 43, Statutes of 2000

AB 2555 (House-R) Jury trials

Requires that, upon the request of either parent, all issues of fact be presented to and decided by a jury in juvenile dependency proceedings to terminate parental rights and order a permanent placement plan for abused or neglected children, and in family court proceedings to declare a child free from parental control due to abandonment or neglect.

(Failed passage in Assembly Judiciary Committee)

AB 2567 (Jackson-D) Criminal actions: access to jurors

Requires an attorney to inform a former juror of the juror's absolute right not to discuss the deliberations or verdict.

Chapter 242, Statutes of 2000

AB 2819* (Cardoza-D) Jury service: physicians and surgeons and registered nurses

Provides that every physician and surgeon, and every registered nurse, who is employed by a health care facility, as defined, shall be excused from jury service on the basis of undue hardship to the public during any period and in any area of the state in which the Governor has declared a state of emergency because of an epidemic caused by any contagious disease.

(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)

AB 2866* (Migden-D) State government budget: juror fees

Increases jurors' fees from $5 to $15 per day in civil and criminal cases. Appropriates $19.2 million for juror fees.

Chapter 127, Statutes of 2000 - Item Vetoed

Juvenile Justice

SB 501 (Knight-R) Juveniles: release of names

Requires law enforcement to disclose the "name of any minor taken into custody for the commission of any serious felony, graffiti offense, and the offenses allegedly committed, at the time the minor is taken into custody upon the request of interested persons."

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SB 502 (Knight-R) Juvenile justice: escape

Provides that any minor "committed" to any residential facility in lieu of placement in a county facility who takes, or attempts to take, an unauthorized leave from the facility is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in county jail.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SB 548 (Poochigian-R) Juveniles: release from custody

Provides that a minor 14 years of age or older, who is taken into custody by a peace officer for specified offenses, cannot be released until that minor is brought before a judicial officer. Requires the probation officer to have the minor, or the minor's parents, guardian, or relative, or both, sign a written promise to appear, as specified above, as a condition for the release of the minor.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SB 650 (Karnette-D) Arrests and citations issued by school employees

Authorizes certain school personnel and their designees to cite into court minors believed to have committed a misdemeanor or infraction on school grounds, as specified.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SB 894 (Leslie-R) Housing minors in adult facilities

Requires minors who have been found unfit for juvenile court to be housed only in adult detention facilities, as specified.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SB 1351 (Monteith-R) Juvenile offenders: expulsion

Requires school principals to immediately suspend and recommend the transfer or expulsion of a pupil who has been convicted of causing serious injury to another pupil who attends the same school, regardless of whether or not the offense occurred on or off campus, as specified.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 1391 (Schiff-D) Juvenile court hearings

Opens juvenile dependency court hearings to the public, at the option of the presiding judge of the juvenile court in any county.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 1473 (Johnson-R) Juveniles: firearms

Expands the mandatory juvenile detention law relating to firearms.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 1474 (Lewis-R) Juvenile justice: conditions of probation

Requires certain juvenile offenders to disclose the source of a concealable firearm as a condition of probation, as specified.

(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

SB 1542* (Schiff-D) Turning Point Academy

Creates a pilot project to establish a boot camp academy for first-time juvenile offenders who are minors, 15 years or older, and use a firearm at a school or during a school activity. Appropriates $9,210,000 from the General Fund to the State Department of the Military for this purpose.

Chapter 366, Statutes of 2000

Similar legislation was SB 1937 (Schiff), which died in Senate Public Safety Committee.

SB 1603 (Peace-D) Juvenile justice: promise to appear

Amends the promise to appear requirements necessary for a minor to be released from custody, as specified.

Chapter 663, Statutes of 2000

SB 1611 (Bowen-D) Juvenile court orders

Authorizes a County Juvenile Justice Commission to access juvenile court records and other confidential records in order to investigate possible abuses in the foster care and juvenile justice systems, provided that the identity of the minors named in the records are kept confidential. Authorizes a juvenile court to join in its proceedings a private service provider, in order to effectuate its orders regarding the care, custody and control of a dependent child. Double-joined with SB 1716 (Ortiz), and AB 2921 (Assembly Human Services Committee).

Chapter 908, Statutes of 2000

SB 1735 (Hayden-D) Adult and youth correctional system: violence

Declares the intent of the Legislature to establish a reporting system on violence in the State Department of the Youth Authority and the State Department of Corrections. Requires the Inspector General (IG) to initiate research of violence in the correctional system. Requires the IG to contract with independent academic researchers to analyze violence in the correctional system and make recommendations for its reduction.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 1850 (Costa-D) Juvenile justice

Establishes the Juvenile Justice Outreach and Crime Prevention Program administered by the State Department of Justice, to assist local agencies in developing comprehensive juvenile delinquency prevention and intervention strategies, and appropriates $26 million from the General Fund for this purpose.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 1901 (Morrow-R) Probation and parole: sober homes

Requires that the court or a probation department, the State Department of Corrections, or the State Department of the Youth Authority only order or arrange for placement, or refer, persons under the jurisdiction of the court or the respective departments to a sober living home.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SB 1930* (Alpert-D) Juvenile and youth facilities

Enacts the Juvenile and Youth Violence Prevention, Detention and Public Protection Bond Act of 2000, subject to voter approval.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 1943 (Ortiz-D) Youth Authority Victim Services and Restitution

Makes several technical changes concerning the State Department of Youth Authority ward trust accounts.

Chapter 481, Statutes of 2000

SB 1954* (Polanco-D) Juvenile facilities

Creates a new licensing category for juveniles from 13 to 18 years of age and deletes the requirement that in order for the court to place a minor in an out-of-state group home, it first must determine that in-state facilities are unavailable or inadequate to meet the needs of the minor.

(Died in Senate Health Committee)

SB 2062* (Perata-D) Mentally ill juvenile offenders

Authorizes the State Board of Corrections (BOC) to administer and award mentally ill juvenile offender crime reduction grants to counties. Provides that the BOC may award individual grants not to exceed $150,000 up to a total of $2 million to assist counties in establishing the strategy committees. Appropriates $2 million to implement the provisions of the bill.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 2092 (Schiff-D) Conservatorship: minors

Establishes notice and other requirements for coordinating cases involving minors subject to mental health conservatorship proceedings when the minor is also a ward or dependent of the juvenile court.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 2098 (Hayden-D) State Department of the Youth Authority: mental health

Requires that psychiatrists, psychologists, and other personnel employed at the State Department of the Youth Authority be currently licensed in their profession and also be certified as specialists in the treatment of children and adolescents.

Chapter 659, Statutes of 2000

SB 2121 (Johnson-R) Crime and delinquency prevention

Authorizes the State Board of Control to award grants on a competitive basis to three counties to conduct a pilot program to study the efficacy of treating minor children between the ages of eight and 14, who have been detained in county juvenile halls and camps who have demonstrated antisocial, aggressive, or violent behavior with a prescribed regimen of noninvasive nutritional therapies that may include mineral, enzyme, and vitamin therapies.

(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

SB 2160 (Schiff-D) Dependent children: appointment of counsel

Requires the court to determine that a dependent child would benefit from the appointment of counsel, unless the court makes findings on the record to the contrary. Requires the court to determine, prior to appointment of counsel, that counsel has a caseload and training that allows adequate representation of the dependent child. Appointed counsel, with the consent of the dependent child, if he/she is of sufficient age and maturity, holds the psychotherapist/client, physician/patient, and clergyman/penitent privileges. Provides appointed counsel access to all records of the dependent child maintained by specified health care providers and deletes counsel's current general access to a child's medical or child care records as may be requested under the Evidence Code. Provides that either the child or counsel may invoke specified privileges.

Chapter 450, Statutes of 2000

SB 2196* (Alpert-D) At-Risk Youth Early Intervention Program

Increases the apportionments to programs for high-risk first-time offenders and transitioning high-risk youths.

Chapter 662, Statutes of 2000

AB 203 (Washington-D) At-risk youth

Authorizes a Los Angeles County-based pilot project to study the effectiveness of providing the tax credits for employing at-risk youths.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

AB 235 (Kuehl-D) California Youth Violence Prevention Authority

Creates the California Youth Violence Prevention Authority within the Governor's Office with duties and responsibilities related to the prevention of youth violence, including the production of a statewide plan for the coordination of violence prevention programs by January 1, 2001.

(Died on Assembly Inactive File)

AB 565 (Florez-D) Youthful offender plan

Requires the Office of Crime and Violence Prevention within the State Department of Justice (DOJ) to develop a statewide plan to recommend the coordination of violence, crime and gang prevention programs and resources. Requires the report to be prepared jointly by DOJ, the State Department of Social Services, the State Board of Corrections, the Office of Drug and Alcohol Programs, the Office of Criminal Justice Planning, nonprofit community-based organizations, chief probation officers and the State Department of Education.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

AB 686 (Aroner-D) Dependent children: termination of jurisdiction

Requires the county welfare department to verify to the juvenile dependency court that it has provided certain information and services to the dependent minor prior to termination of court jurisdiction, authorizes the court to continue jurisdiction if it found that such information and services were not provided and that it would be harmful to the child's best interest to terminate jurisdiction, and require the presence of the 18-year old child in court during the termination hearing. Double-joined with AB 2921 (Assembly Human Services Committee) and AB 1987 (Steinberg).

Chapter 911, Statutes of 2000

AB 788 (Maldonado-R) Juvenile justice: balanced and restorative justice history

Establishes a balanced and restorative justice model for California's juvenile justice system, as specified.

Vetoed by the Governor

AB 795 (Maldonado-R) School attendance: convictions

Prohibits a student who has been convicted of a violent felony or a sex offense from attending an elementary, middle, junior high, comprehensive senior high, opportunity, or continuation school.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1017 (Cardoza-D) State loan: Merced County

Provides the statutory authority for the state to forgive $4.5 million of the $5 million loan made from the state General Fund to the County of Merced in 1995 for, among other things, matching funds for the local amount required under the Violent Offender/Truth in Sentencing Grant Program paid in either 1998-99 or 1999-00.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1368 (Robert Pacheco-R) Juveniles

Creates a presumption that a minor age 14 or older who commits any felony is ineligible for a program of informal probation. Creates a presumption that a minor age 14 or older who commits any felony is to be tried as an adult if he/she has two previous felony adjudications.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 1716 (Robert Pacheco-R) Dependency proceedings: paternity findings

Requires the juvenile court to consider specified factors when making its inquiry into the paternity of a child, and to enter its findings in the minutes of the court.

Chapter 56, Statutes of 2000

AB 1913* (Cardenas-D) Juvenile justice funding

Appropriates $121.3 million for a juvenile justice initiative to be administered by the State Board of Corrections.

Chapter 353, Statutes of 2000

AB 2104 (Strom-Martin-D) Emotionally disturbed wards

Establishes, until January 1, 2006, two demonstration projects in Humboldt and Riverside Counties for seriously disturbed wards of the courts and requires the state to reimburse the counties for up to 50 percent of operational costs. Requires the State Board of Corrections (BOC) to implement a pilot program to establish additional facilities (up to 200 beds) and requires the state to reimburse counties for up to 50 percent of operational costs. Appropriates up to $7.3 million annually to BOC.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 2228 (Aroner-D) Juvenile offenders: mental health screening

Establishes the "Juvenile Probation Assessment Pilot Project" to be administered by the State Department of Mental Health.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 2280 (Florez-D) Crime prevention

Establishes an Office of Violence, Crime, and Gang Prevention within the Office of Criminal Justice Planning, responsible for several existing state programs relating to at-risk youths and young adults.

(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 2375 (Honda-D) Juveniles: special education

Revises and clarifies existing law pertaining to the responsibilities of county welfare department child protective services personnel and juvenile court personnel to ensure that educational services are provided to children adjudged a dependent of the court, including special education services for children with learning disabilities or whose exceptional needs justify accommodations.

Vetoed by the Governor

AB 2446 (Wildman-D) State funding for youth centers

Expressly includes the "California Police Activities League" within a non-exclusive list of nonprofit agencies serving youth for purposes of eligibility to apply for state youth center funding.

Chapter 59, Statutes of 2000

AB 2568* (Oller-R) Preston Castle: transfer of title

Directs the Director of the State Department of General Services to transfer title of Preston Castle in Ione to the Preston Castle Foundation, at no cost other than the state's cost to perform the transfer. Requires the foundation, as a condition of the transfer to receive approval from the State Department of the Youth Authority of a final plan for the future use of the castle, and accept the property "as is" and discharge the state from any future liability associated with the property.

Vetoed by the Governor

AB 2730 (Aanestad-R) Juvenile halls

Amends the amounts levied for additional penalties on fines for criminal offenses and the increase shall be deposited in the Juvenile Halls Fund.

(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

AB 2744 (Oller-R) Minors: driving under the influence

Removes from the jurisdiction of the informal juvenile and traffic court specified Vehicle Code provisions concerning the operation of a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs, as specified.

Chapter 228, Statutes of 2000

AB 2776 (Aanestad-R) Juvenile courts

Allows individuals who are part of the juvenile justice system to be transferred to county jail for up to six months.

(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 2876* (Aroner-D) Health and welfare programs

Omnibus Social Services Budget Trailer Bill which makes changes to programs to, among other things, establish the Juvenile Crime Prevention Program to serve up to 16 sites, with programs to be chosen by the State Department of Social Services through a competitive process.

Chapter 108, Statutes of 2000

AB 2885* (Cardenas-D) Juvenile justice program

New formula for a juvenile justice institution, $121.3 million for the State Board of Corrections for competitive grants distributed to local Juvenile Justice Coordinating Councils on a per capita basis (i.e., overall population).

Chapter 100, Statutes of 2000 - Item Vetoed

AB 1913 (Cardenas), Chapter 353, Statutes of 2000, was a compromise which reinstated the juvenile program.

ACR 104 (Dickerson-R) State Department of the Youth Authority: firefighters

Honors the dedicated firefighters of the State Department of the Youth Authority for their efforts during the "Fire Sieges of 1999."

Resolution Chapter 9, Statutes of 2000

Victims' Rights

SB 580 (Lewis-R) Stalking: victim notification: conditions of parole

Requires that victims of stalking or felony domestic violence be notified of any change in the parole status or location of their offender. Requires custodial agents to make "reasonable attempts" to locate stalking or felony domestic violence victims who have requested notification but for whom a current address or phone number is not available.

Chapter 561, Statutes of 2000

SB 1482 (Rainey-R) Victim restitution: payment to third parties

Adds "any third party" who has paid compensation to the victim to those parties to whom the defendant may be ordered to pay restitution. Specifically allows victims to assign their rights under a restitution order to an insurer, as specified.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SB 1613 (Burton-D) Crime victims recovery program

Establishes the Victim Recovery Center Program, consisting of six victim recovery centers to provide specified services to victims of violent crimes, as defined, who are not eligible for services from recognized support centers for victims of rape, domestic violence, or child abuse.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SB 1802 (Chesbro-D) Victims of Crime program

Provides a specific Public Records Act exemption for Victims of Crime Program records. Creates a presumption in lieu of disclosure for information provided about payments made by the Victims of Crime Program used to determine the amount of restitution a convicted defendant owes a victim. Provides that a victim is not waiving the medical provider-patient privilege by submitting bills and treatment records to the Victims of Crime Program in order to qualify for payments under that program.

Chapter 198, Statutes of 2000

SB 2072 (Speier-D) Government records: personal information

Provides that the suppression of State Department of Motor Vehicle records may be continued for two additional periods of one year each if a letter is submitted to the department stating that the person continues to have a reasonable cause to believe that he/she is the subject of stalking or that there exists a threat of death or great bodily injury. Allows the suppression of the record to be continued at the end of the second one-year period by submitting verification acceptable to the department.

Chapter 1008, Statutes of 2000

AB 524 (Lempert-D) Fines

Requires a board of supervisors to establish priorities of payment relative to penalties, forfeitures, restitution fines or restitution orders with respect to amounts collected by the State Franchise Tax Board.

(Died in Senate Rules Committee)

AB 1349 (Correa-D) Public records: disclosure of victim information: victims

Protects victims of unlawful sexual intercourse by including the offense on the list of specified offenses where the victims' identity is protected by law enforcement agencies.

Chapter 184, Statutes of 2000

AB 1862 (Torlakson-D) Identity theft: victims

Establishes, effective September 1, 2001, a database of victims of identity theft and maintain a toll-free number to assist victims in clearing their names in criminal records, public records, employment histories and credit files, and other records.

Chapter 631, Statutes of 2000

AB 2084 (Wright-D) Victims of crime: eligibility

Expands eligibility of the Victims of Crime Program, administered by the State Board of Control.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2491 (Jackson-D) Victims of crime: indemnification

Makes numerous changes to the Victims of Crime Program and renames the State Board of Control the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board. Appropriates $2.45 million.

Chapter 1015, Statutes of 2000 - Item Vetoed

Governor Item Vetoed $1.45 million.

AB 2683 (Bock-I) Victims of crimes: witnesses

Authorizes the State Board of Control to grant an additional extension of time for good cause for victims and derivative victims of crimes to submit claims under the Victims of Crime program (1) for an individual who is called to testify in a proceeding against a defendant as a victim of prior acts of the defendant in a trial for sex crimes or domestic violence, as specified, and (2) for a victim of a sexually violent offense who is called to testify in the trial of a person identified as a possible sexually violent predator. Prohibits reimbursement of expenses submitted more than three years after it is incurred by the victim or derivative victim.

Chapter 974, Statutes of 2000

AB 2685 (Bock-I) Victims: Restitution Fund

Requires the State Office of Criminal Justice and Planning develop and make available a "notification of eligibility" card for the Victims of Crime Program for victims and derivative victims of violent crimes, as specified. Provides that the district attorney and the law enforcement officer with primary responsibility for investigating the crime committed against the victim provide the "notification of eligibility" card to the victims and derivative victims.

Chapter 444, Statutes of 2000

AB 2716 (Bock-I) Homicide Prevention and Victim Services Fund

Creates the Homicide Prevention and Victim Services Fund, to be administered by the Office of Criminal Justice Planning, to provide grants to cities and counties to support violence prevention and victim services programs, particularly in the areas of domestic violence, school-based violence prevention, juvenile offenders, parolee programs, and mental health programs.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2866* (Migden-D) State Government Budget Trailer Bill: victims

Makes changes in existing law relating to general government to, among other things, authorize the State Board of Control to enter into an interagency agreement with the University of California, San Francisco to establish a Victims of Crimes Recovery Center at the San Francisco General Hospital.

Chapter 127, Statutes of 2000 - Item Vetoed

AB 2877* (Thomson-D) Omnibus Public Health Budget Trailer Bill

Allows, among other things, monies in the Restitution Fund appropriated in the annual Budget Act to be used to fund programs and activities operated by the State Department of Mental Health that address the problem of unequal protection for, and unequal services to, crime victims with disabilities.

Chapter 93, Statutes of 2000

Weapons

SB 31 (Peace-D) Firearms: delivery and transfer

Makes a number of changes to the Dangerous Weapons' Control Law, including: authorizing the State Department of Justice to require that licensed dealers and sheriff's offices, in smaller counties, report in a manner and format prescribed by the State Department of Justice, the date and time of delivery of a handgun to the purchaser or transferee of that firearm or the person being loaned that firearm until July 1, 2003, and requires submission of such information after that date.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 547 (Lewis-R) Firearms: Previously convicted felons

Creates a specific new felony for any person who has been convicted of a felony under the laws of the United States, of the State of California, or any other state, government, or country, and who has not been relieved of the prohibition against owning, possessing, or having custody or control of a firearm, and who attempts to purchase any firearm, punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for 16 months, or two or three years.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SB 611* (Alarcon-D) Chemical and biological agents

Greatly expands the definitions of, and the penalties for the use and threatened use of biological agents, toxins and chemical weapons.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SB 778 (Haynes-R) Firearms: Carrying unlawfully in public

Allows a defendant to present evidence as an affirmative defense to a charge of unlawful possession of a firearm in public or in a vehicle, as specified; allows evidence to be presented to the jury that the otherwise unlawful use or display of a firearm was in lawful defense of one's self or another as an affirmative defense if a judge, after a hearing, determines that a jury may reasonably conclude the firearm was used or displayed in that manner; and, to provide that this defense would not be available to a person who is ineligible to own, possess, or control a firearm and to impose the burden of proving this fact upon the prosecution.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

SB 1212 (Perata-D) Product liability: firearms

Repeals existing law that provides in a product liability action, no firearm or ammunition shall be deemed defective in design on the basis that the benefits of the product do not outweigh the risk of injury posed by its potential to cause serious injury, damage, or death when discharged.

(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

SB 1473 (Johnson-R) Juveniles: firearms

Expands the mandatory juvenile detention law relating to firearms.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 1475 (Johnson-R) California Project Exile Pilot Program of 2000

Enacts the California Project Exile Pilot Program of 2000, as specified, and appropriates $19.5 million for the program, as specified, with a sunset on the program of January 1, 2004.

(Failed passage in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SB 1489 (Hayden-D) Pepper spray

Sets forth findings and declarations of the Legislature as to health effects of pepper spray, as specified. Directs the State Department of Justice, in consultation with the Office of Environmental Health Hazards Assessments, to review and report to the Legislature as to the effects of pepper spray, as specified. Directs the State Department of Justice to work with law enforcement to develop best practice guidelines for its use.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 1496 (Solis-D) Gun Buyback Pilot Program of 2000

Establishes, until January 1, 2003, the Gun Buyback Pilot Program of 2000, subject to a one-time appropriation of not less than $5 million in the annual Budget Act.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 1608 (Brulte-R) Firearms: possession by felon

Requires the State Department of Justice to conduct a study and report to the Legislature by January 1, 2002, as specified, on the arrests and penalties applied for violations of Penal Code Sections 12021 and 12021.1 pertaining to persons prohibited from possessing or controlling firearms.

Chapter 624, Statutes of 2000

SB 1713 (Leslie-R) Persons prohibited from possessing firearms

Adds a specific new prohibition on "attempts to purchase" a firearm by persons otherwise prohibited from possessing a firearm, punishable as a felony. prohibits juvenile offenders adjudged a ward of the juvenile court and found to have committed Welfare and Institutions Code Section 707(b) offenses from possessing or controlling a firearm for life (currently until age 30/punishable as a wobbler), with violations punishable as a felony.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SB 1953 (Mountjoy-R) Firearm safety

Authorizes any public secondary school to offer instruction, in any of grades 10 to 12, in firearm safety, including the use of firearms in hunting.

(Died in Senate Education Committee)

SB 2052 (Schiff-D) Firearms and deadly weapons: seizure by law enforcement

Increases from 10 days to 30 days the time within which the police must file a petition for a court hearing to determine if a firearm or other deadly weapon seized in a domestic violence incident should not be returned to the owner. Allows for an extension of the time within which the police must file a petition for a court hearing to determine if a firearm or other deadly weapon seized from a person detained for investigation of his/her mental status should be returned.

Chapter 254, Statutes of 2000

SB 2135 (Knight-R) Vicarious firearm enhancements

Requires prosecutors to file all possible firearm use enhancement allegations and forbids any plea bargaining where it is alleged that the defendant personally used a firearm. Makes related changes to eliminate the power of a court to dismiss an allegation that the defendant personally used a firearm. Forbids probation in any case in which a firearm use allegation is filed. Extends the enhancement for personally using a firearm to any defendant who causes another person to use a firearm.

(Failed passage in Senate Public Safety Committee)

AB 9* (Cardoza-D) Tax credits: gun safes

Authorizes a $150 tax credit under California law for the purchase of a new gun safe during the 2000 through 2003 tax years.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 17 (Jackson-D) Firearms: state preemption

Eliminates the Legislature's expressed intention that the state occupy the field of regulating the registration and licensing of firearms. Also authorizes local authorities to require permits or licenses for concealable weapons within a residence, a place of business, or on other private property.

(Died on Assembly Floor)

AB 32* (Scott-D) Firearm restrictions

Applies the five-year prohibition on the possession of firearms by people who have been held for evaluation in a psychiatric facility for up to 72 hours as a possible danger to self or others but not held further or granted a hearing to determine dangerousness - to those persons held between the time the prior law on this issue was held to be unconstitutional by the Sacramento County Superior Court (1997) and the time AB 1587 became operative in 2000 in response to the court ruling.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

AB 156* (Strickland-R) Tax credits: firearm locking device

Authorizes a tax credit for the purchase of trigger locks for personal, noncommercial use in California, effective for taxable years 1999 through 2003.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 273 (Scott-D) Firearms: licensing and registration

Repeals, effective July 1, 2002, the Basic Firearms Safety Instruction and Certificate program, administered by the State Department of Justice, and replaces it with a handgun safety licensing program, subject to appropriation in the 2001-02 Budget Act.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 305 (Robert Pacheco-R) Firearms

Increases the penalty for possession of a gun by an ex-felon if the weapon is concealed or loaded and carried in a public place, from 16 months, two, or three years in state prison to three, four, or five years.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 346 (Runner-R) Concealed firearms: license to carry

Authorizes the Director of Consumer Affairs to establish the qualifications whereby he/she may, until December 31, 2003, issue to a person licensed to provide private security services a separate license to carry a nonexposed pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person if the individual meets specified criteria, including three years of lack of objection by specified local law enforcement officials where the licensee resides and where he/she is employed. Imposes related restrictions, conditions, and requirements upon this approval, including a requirement that the director notifies specified law enforcement officials upon issuance of a license.

(Died in Assembly Consumer Protection, Governmental Efficiency, and Economic Development Committee)

AB 392 (Strickland-R) Firearms: possession while intoxicated

Provides that any person who brandishes a firearm while intoxicated shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in a county jail or by imprisonment in the state prison.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 719 (Briggs-R) Firearms: license to carry

Deletes training requirements for persons certified as firearms trainers at the time of applying to renew a license to carry a concealed weapon.

Chapter 123, Statutes of 2000

AB 1033 (Floyd-D) Short-barreled shotgun

Defines a short-barreled shotgun as, among other things, a shotgun having a barrel or barrels of less than 18 inches in length or a shotgun having an overall length of less than 26 inches.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 1097* (Romero-D) Firearms: gun shows

Creates a Firearm Law Enforcement Unit within the State Department of Justice (DOJ), as specified, and appropriates $1.9 million from the State General Fund to DOJ for this purpose, and makes related changes.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 1438 (Briggs-R) Firearms: state sponsored advertising

Appropriates $4 million for TV, radio and billboard advertising to inform the public of the so-called "10-20-life law," which created a 10-year sentence enhancement for using a gun in the commission of specified violent or serious felonies, a 20-year enhancement for firing a gun in the commission of these felonies, and a 25-year-to-life sentence for firing a gun in the commission of these felonies that causes great bodily harm or death.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1607 (Shelley-D) Firearms: licensing

Requires any person who wants to buy a concealable gun to obtain a license from the State Department of Justice (DOJ) and requires handguns to be registered with the DOJ.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1717 (Hertzberg-D) State Department of Justice: ballistics testing systems

Requires the Attorney General to conduct a study to evaluate ballistics identification system to determine the feasibility and potential benefits to law enforcement of utilizing a statewide ballistics identification system capable of maintaining a database of ballistic images and information from test-fired and sold firearms, as specified, and to report back to the Legislature no later than June 1, 2001.

Chapter 271, Statutes of 2000

AB 1961 (Machado-D) Firearms

Revises California statutory definitions of machine guns to essentially conform to the federal definition of machine guns.

Chapter 668, Statutes of 2000

AB 1989 (Dickerson-R) Restrictions on possession and ownership

Adds two crimes -- (1) dissuading a witness, and (2) making a credible threat against another person -- to the list of misdemeanors which subject a convicted defendant to a 10-year ban on firearm possession. Double-joined with SB 31.

Chapter 400, Statutes of 2000

AB 2009 (Runner-R) Firearms

Authorizes a person who has an ex parte protective order against him/her to request a hearing prior to selling or relinquishing his/her gun. Requires the court to hold an expedited hearing to determine if the person, against whom the protective order has been obtained, should be disqualified from owning the gun.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2053 (Wesson-D) Imitation firearms

Adds as a condition to the prohibited acts in current law "for commercial purposes" relative to imitation firearms. Limits the approved markings to an imitation firearm where the coloration of the entire exterior surface of the device is bright orange or bright green, either singly or in combination. Provides that any person who for commercial purposes purchases, sells, manufactures, ships, transports, distributes, or receives, by mail order or in any other manner, a firearm where the coloration of the entire exterior surface of the firearm is bright orange or bright green, either singly, or in combination, or as the predominant color in combination with other colors in any pattern, is liable for a civil fine in an action brought by the city attorney of the city or the district attorney of the county of not more than 10 thousand dollars ($10,000) for each violation.

Chapter 275, Statutes of 2000

AB 2191 (Pescetti-R) Firearms: felons

Increases the penalties for any person previously convicted of a felony who has a firearm in his/her possession to five or ten years in the state prison depending on the circumstances.

(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 2243 (Maldonado-R) Firearms: felons

Creates a new felony for any person who has been convicted of a prior specified violent offense to attempt to purchase or receive any firearm.

(Failed passage in Senate Public Safety Committee)

AB 2248 (Cox-R) Stolen firearms

Increases the penalty for grand theft of a firearm or explosive, and receiving a stolen firearm or explosive to four, seven, or ten years is the state prison.

(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 2351 (Zettel-R) Olympic pistols

Exempts listed Olympic-style pistols from the existing restrictions in law on both unsafe handguns and assault weapons, as specified.

Chapter 967, Statutes of 2000

AB 2487 (Robert Pacheco-R) Firearms: buyback program

Authorizes a tax credit under both the personal income tax and bank and corporation tax laws for money donated to a county Firearms Buyback Program Fund.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2523 (Thomson-D) Brandishing a handgun in public

Increases the maximum county jail term for brandishing a handgun in a public place from six months (with a minimum three-months' term) to a maximum of one year in county jail (with a minimum of three months), or a minimum of 16 months in the state prison.

Chapter 478, Statutes of 2000

AB 2536* (Scott-D) Crime prevention

Requires that the State Department of Justice produce public service announcements in both English and Spanish to inform the public on changes in firearms laws; how to obtain more information on current laws; and a gun owner's responsibilities for the safe storage of a firearm as included in the State Department of Justice Basic Firearms Safety Course and Penal Code Section 12080, as specified. Appropriates $125,000 to implement the provisions of this bill.

Chapter 479, Statutes of 2000

AB 2579 (Bates-R) Firearms: large capacity magazines

Defines "large-capacity magazine" as a detachable, ammunition-feeding device with the capacity to accept more than 10 rounds, but shall not include an ammunition-feeding device that has been permanently altered so that it cannot accommodate more than 10 rounds.

(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 2780 (House-R) Firearms

Redefines the term "large capacity magazine" to include only detachable magazines for purposes of California Assault Weapons Law.

(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AJR 53 (Jackson-D) Gun control

Memorializes the Congress to pass common sense gun legislation including laws that limits handgun purchases, requires background checks, reinstates a specified waiting period, requires child safety locks, and bans specified weapons.

Resolution Chapter 70, Statutes of 2000

HR 26 (Machado-D) Gun shows: moratorium

Requests the Governor to place a moratorium on all gun shows that would take place on state-owned property until the Attorney General and local law enforcement officials are satisfied that existing federal and state laws relating to gun shows are sufficiently enforced.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

Attorneys

SB 758 (Morrow-R) Mobilehome Residency Law: attorney's fees

Requires the court to award reasonable attorney's fees to the prevailing party in such an action brought pursuant to that law.

(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

SB 1367 (Schiff-D) State Bar of California

Authorizes the State Bar to collect $318 as membership dues for the year 2001, on top of the ongoing authorization to collect $77, for a total dues bill of $395. Double-joined with SB 1420.

Chapter 118, Statutes of 2000

SB 1420 (Burton-D) State Bar of California

Revises the codes relating to the operation of the State Bar Court to reflect the California Supreme Court's adoption of a court rule providing for a de novo review by the State Bar Review Court of any decision or ruling by a State Bar hearing judge that finally disposes of a proceeding. Requires the State Bar to review its workload standards to measure the effectiveness and efficiency of its disciplinary activities programs, and to use those standards in reassessing the State Bar's staffing needs in that area. Amends screening process of applicants for appointment or reappointment as a State Bar court judge. Allows pro Tempore judges to be appointed by either the California Supreme Court or the Board of Governors of the State Bar when a regular judge is unable to serve.

Chapter 246, Statutes of 2000

SB 1782 (Morrow-R) Attorneys

Expresses legislative intent that the California Supreme Court adopt rules permitting admission to the State Bar for certain out-of-state attorneys.

Chapter 247, Statutes of 2000

AB 1042 (Cedillo-D) State Bar: Baby Bar

Requires, until January 1, 2003, a student attending an unaccredited law school only to take the law students' examination, after which he/she would be notified, based on the score of the examination, of the probability of passing the general bar examination. Provides, until January 1, 2003, that the passing of the law students' examination shall not be a condition of receiving credit for law study or of eligibility to take the general bar examination. Repeals all requirements relating to the law students' examination as of January 1, 2003. States legislative intent to make the bill apply retroactively.

Vetoed by the Governor

AB 1138 (Strom-Martin-D) Unlawful practice of law: estate planning

Codifies legislative language regarding emergent and existing problems in the area of estate planning services, as delivered by inadequately trained persons or by "living trust mills" set up in various forms around the state. Prohibits a person from engaging in activities constituting the unauthorized practice of law in connection with estate planning service. Specifies that it is not intended to apply to the performance of an estate planning service that does not constitute the unauthorized practice of law.

(Failed passage on Assembly Unfinished Business)

AB 1153 (Ackerman-R) State Bar: membership fees

Authorizes the State Bar of California to collect dues from its members and restructures many of the functions and procedures under which the State Bar operates.

(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)

AB 1286 (Strickland-R) Lawyer-client privilege

Authorizes, but does not obligate, a lawyer to report to a law enforcement officer or agency information regarding the location of a person, alive or dead, if the person has been reported missing, without violating the attorney-client privilege so long as the source of the information is not disclosed. Further provides that no such report by a lawyer may be introduced as evidence in any criminal proceeding.

(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 1761 (Brewer-R) Paralegals

Defines a paralegal and paralegal practice, establishes educational requirements for a paralegal, and makes it unlawful to use the title paralegal unless the person meets those educational requirements and performs work under the supervision of an attorney. Exempts state employees who perform paralegal and legal assistant functions.

Chapter 439, Statutes of 2000

AB 1793 (Wayne-D) Seniors: legal services

Establishes a task force to explore a statewide legal hotline and other legal services for senior citizens.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 1858 (Romero-D) Lawyer advertising and immigration consultants

Requires that any advertisement by or on behalf of a State Bar member published in the classified or "yellow pages" section of a telephone or business directory, which offers to provide legal services related to immigration or naturalization services, shall include a statement that the person is an active member of the State Bar. Provides that if the advertisement solicits the employment of a law firm or corporation employing more than one attorney, the advertisement shall disclose that services related to immigration or naturalization provided by the firm or corporation shall be provided by an active State Bar member or by a person under the member's active supervision. Provides that this requirement does not apply to classified or "yellow page" listings of three lines or less, which state only the name, address, and phone number of the listed entity. Provides that this requirement does not apply to attorneys employed by public agencies or by nonprofit entities registered with the Secretary of State. Increases the maximum civil penalty for violation of the immigration consultants law from $10,000 to $100,000.

Chapter 674, Statutes of 2000

AB 2069 (Corbett-D) Attorneys: clients and conflicts of interest

Provides that the Legislature find and declare that there is a need to address issues raised in State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Company v. Federal Insurance Company (1999) 72 Cal. App. 4th 1422, related to the relationship between an attorney and insurer when the attorney is retained by the insurer to represent an insured. Provides that these issues involve both the Rules of Professional Responsibility for attorneys and procedural issues affecting the conduct of litigation.

Requires the State Bar of California, in consultation with representatives of associations representing the defense bar, the plaintiff's bar, the insurance industry and the Judicial Council, to conduct a study concerning the legal and ethical issues that arise as a result of the relationship between an attorney and insurer when the attorney is retained by the insurer to represent an insured and subsequently is retained to represent a party against another party insured by the insurer in the first matter. Requires the State Bar of California to prepare a report that identifies the issues and, if appropriate, provide recommendations for changes to the Rules of Professional Responsibility and statutes. The report shall be presented to the Legislature and the Supreme Court of California no later than July 1, 2001.

Clarifies provisions of existing law protecting attorneys from meritless "civil conspiracy claims," requiring that the provided defense must be raised by the attorney-party at his/her first appearance in the action by demurrer, motion to strike, or other appropriate motion. Sunsets on January 1, 2002.

Chapter 472, Statutes of 2000

AB 2107 (Scott-D) Elder abuse: selling annuities

Requires the State Bar to make a report, by December 31 or each year, to the Legislature on the provision of financial services by lawyers to elders, as specified. The report is to include the number of complaints filed and investigations initiated, the type of charges made, and the number and nature of disciplinary actions taken by the State Bar.

Chapter 442, Statutes of 2000

Courts and Judges

SB 312 (Schiff-D) Judicial Administration Efficiency and Modernization Fund

Appropriates at least $10 million from the State General Fund to the Judicial Administration Efficiency Modernization Fund for specified purposes.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 449 (Burton-D) Court reporters: transcription fees

Revises the fee schedule for purchasing a transcript prepared by a court reporter with transcript fee schedules to be in place until January 1, 2002, and then sets a second fee schedule to go into effect on January 1, 2002. Appropriates $1 million from the General Fund to the Trial Court Trust Fund for distribution to cover expenses required in existing law relative to compensating courts for transcript delivery.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 591 (Morrow-R) Criminal procedure: capital cases

Provides that the judge in a capital case shall not receive his/her salary until he/she affirms that no record remains pending and uncertified for 120 or more days after delivery of the record to appellate counsel.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SB 815* (Chesbro-D) Courts: remittance and reimbursement

Corrects an erroneous overcharge to the County of Del Norte and an undercharge to the County of Contra Costa for their Maintenance of Effort or trial court costs, and extends a loan payback period for the County of Merced through the construction of a juvenile hall. Revises the Maintenance of Effort for Contra Costa and San Bernardino counties.

Chapter 671, Statutes of 2000

SB 857 (Peace-D) Judges' Retirement System

Provides that, in dissolution or separation proceedings involving a retired judge, when the community property interests of the parties in the retirement allowance are divided, as specified, the former spouse shall be entitled to receive a lifetime benefit, as specified, and designates a beneficiary for any unpaid allowance payable at the time of his/her death. Makes those benefits available prospectively to a former spouse of a judge who retired or died prior to January 1, 2001, if the former spouse notifies the system prior to January 1, 2002.

Chapter 988, Statutes of 2000

SB 1184 (Murray-D) Judgeships

Authorizes 50 new trial court judgeships and 12 new appellate court justice positions effective January 1, 2000.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 1289 (Schiff-D) Drug courts

Establishes, within the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Program, the High Risk Family Drug Court Partnership Program, a competitive grant program to provide matching funds to local drug court systems to supervise and treat parents of children who are dependents of juvenile court.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 1340 (Solis-D) Domestic violence courts

Appropriates $100,000 from the State General Fund for support of the Domestic Violence Court Task Force, which the bill creates.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 1533 (Costa-D) Trial court funding

Makes various implementing changes to the law relative to trial court funding.

Chapter 447, Statutes of 2000

SB 1587* (Johannessen-R) Trinity County court funding

Forgives the obligation of Trinity County to remit to the state $224,917 owing for past-due trial court Maintenance of Effort payments.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 1769 (Chesbro-D) Mental health courts

Allows counties to receive funding for mental health courts through an existing grant program for programs for mentally ill inmates and establishes basic requirements for such a court in order for it to be eligible for such a grant.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 1857 (Burton-D) Judges

Increases the number of judges in the superior courts in the Counties of Alameda, Butte, Contra Costa, Fresno, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, Sonoma, Ventura, and Yolo, and in the superior court in the City and County of San Francisco. Increases the number of divisions and judges in the First and Second Appellate District of the Court of Appeal. Increases the number of judges in the Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Appellate Districts of the Court of Appeal. Repeals provisions of current law providing for 40 additional judicial provisions.

Chapter 998, Statutes of 2000

Similar legislation was SB 1184 (Murray-D), which died in Senate Appropriations Committee.

SB 1927 (Haynes-R) Legal document assistants

Reduces from $25,000 to $5,000 the amount of the bond that a legal document assistant would be required to provide for a certificate of registration in the County of Riverside. Double-joined with AB 2810.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 1941 (Chesbro-D) Courts

Repeals existing provisions regarding the Mendocino County Municipal Court, and increases the number of superior court judges for Mendocino County from three to nine.

(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

SB 1947 (Vasconcellos-D) Common interest developments: arbitration

Requires all at-issue civil actions in superior or municipal court, including small claims actions, that involve the construction of a common interest development pending on or filed after January 1, 2001, to be designated regardless of the amount in controversy.

(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

SB 2032 (Figueroa-D) Shorthand reporting

Extends the inoperative and repeal dates for the Court Reporters Board for four years to July 1, 2005, and January 1, 2006, respectively. Incorporates language contained in SB 449 to resolve chaptering conflicts.

Chapter 1007, Statutes of 2000

SB 2090 (Murray-D) Licensed shorthand reporters

Includes the making of a verbatim record any court-ordered hearing within the definition of the practice of shorthand reporting, which is regulated by law. Requires a court reporting school to offer all components of a court reporting program, notifies the Court Reporters Board in the State Department of Consumer Affairs of the discontinuance or pending discontinuance of any component of the court reporting program, and discontinues the program in its entirety within two years of the notice of discontinuance sent to the California Court Reporters Board, unless the program is extended as specified.

Chapter 1009, Statutes of 2000

SB 2140 (Burton-D) Trial court employees

Establishes a new trial court employee personnel system, as specified, governing, among other things, the authority to hire trial court personnel, and regulates their classification and compensation, labor relations, personnel selections and advancement, employment protection, retirement, and personnel files. Requires the California Law Revision Commission to recommend to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2002, amendments to the codes to remove related, obsolete provisions. Makes an appropriation by providing for additional eligibility for membership in the Public Employees' Retirement System, thus increasing employer and employee contributions to the Public Employees' Retirement Fund, a continuously appropriated special fund.

Chapter 1010, Statutes of 2000

AB 233 (Dickerson-R) Trial court funding

Extends the deadline for the California Judicial Council to make recommendations to the Legislature on procedures to improve collection of revenues destined for the Trial Court Trust Fund from February 1, 1999, to February 1, 2001, as specified.

Chapter 15, Statutes of 2000

AB 337 (Baldwin-R) Superior court judges: campaign statements

Deletes the requirement for filing of campaign statements with the Secretary of State by superior court judges.

(Died in Assembly Elections and Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments Committee)

AB 627 (Olberg-R) Supreme Court: Division of Criminal Appeals

Provides that the seven justices of the Division of Criminal Appeals, first elected, shall serve terms of four, eight, and 12 years, as specified.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 876 (Maldonado-R) Trials: reimbursement

Provides that a city or county shall be entitled to reimbursement for reasonable and necessary costs incurred with respect to annual trials conducted in order to continue the commitment of sexually violent predators.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1131 (Ackerman-R) Small claims court

Authorizes as of a specified date the filing or maintenance of a claim in small claims court of no less than $750 by an assignee provided the assignee reduces his/her claim by 10 percent and pays a special filing fee, to be distributed as specified. Excludes from these provisions claims based on dishonored checks and other specified obligations. Provisions added by the bill becomes inoperative on July 1, 2004, and would be repealed on January 1, 2005, unless the later date is deleted or extended by later-enacted legislation. Provides that an action brought in small claims court by an individual acting in his/her individual capacity would have an automatic calendar preference over all other actions.

(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

AB 1331 (Papan-D) Robbins Courthouse Construction Fund

Removes Senator Alan Robbins' name from the Robbins Courthouse Construction Fund.

Chapter 375, Statutes of 2000

AB 1754 (Robert Pacheco-R) Courts: domestic violence departments

Appropriates $3.4 million from the State General Fund to the newly-created Domestic Violence Court Services Trust Fund to be used for probation and other services ordered by domestic violence courts. Funds would be allocated by the Judicial Council.

(Died on Assembly Unfinished Business File)

AB 1955 (Migden-D) Judges' retirement

Creates an "Extended Service Incentive Program" to provide enhanced benefits for judges who continue to serve past the time their Judges' Retirement System I benefits are maximized.

Chapter 961, Statutes of 2000

AB 2123 (Shelley-D) Court reporter salaries

Provides that official court reporters in San Francisco be paid not less than the Los Angeles court reporters.

Chapter 133, Statutes of 2000

AB 2353 (Honda-D) Tribal justice support

Establishes the California Tribal Justice Support Services Unit to be administered by the Judicial Council Administrative Office of the Courts.

(Died on Senate Inactive File)

AB 2402* (Longville-D) Trial court funding: San Bernardino and Del Norte counties

Revises downward the amounts based on fine and forfeiture revenue which San Bernardino and Del Norte counties are required to remit to the state for trial court funding.

Vetoed by the Governor

AB 2404 (Papan-D) Appellate opinions

Requires that all final opinions of the California Supreme Court, courts of appeal and appellate divisions of the superior courts be made available for private publication, and provides that such opinions shall constitute precedent under the doctrine of stare decisis the same as opinions published in the official reports.

(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)

AB 2459 (Wiggins-D) Courts

Requires the California Judicial Council to adopt rules of court to (1) provide for reasonable public access to budget allocation and expenditure information at the state and local level, and (2) require trial courts to provide, upon written request and in a timely manner, information relating to the administration of the courts, including financial information and other information that affects the wages, hours, and working conditions of trial court employees.

Chapter 969, Statutes of 2000

AB 2801 (Shelley-D) Deposition officers and court reporters

Makes nonstenographic (audiotape) recordings made by deposition officers and court reporters, used solely for their own convenience and not required by statute, rule of court, court order or agreement of the parties, their exclusive personal property, not considered reporting notes, and are therefore not part of the official record of the proceeding.

(Died at Senate Desk)

AB 2808 (Papan-D) Shorthand reporting entities

Authorizes the Court Reporters Board to evaluate the need for registering shorthand reporting entities, as defined, and report its findings and recommendations to the Legislature on or before July 1, 2002.

Chapter 334, Statutes of 2000

AB 2810* (Robert Pacheco-R) Legal document assistants

Requires a legal document assistant and unlawful detainer assistant to only post a single multi-county bond of $25,000, instead of the current requirement to post such a bond in every county in which the legal document assistant or unlawful detainer assistant does business, as specified. Double-joined with SB 1927.

Chapter 386, Statutes of 2000

AB 2836 (Hertzberg-D) Courts

Requires the Judicial Council to adopt rules requiring the trial courts to provide financial information regarding court administration, including information affecting the wages, hours, and working conditions of court employees.

(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

AB 2866* (Migden-D) Budget Trailer Bill

Requires the Judicial Council to establish a pilot program in Los Angeles County in ten superior court departments handling civil cases. Allows reimbursement for certain trial costs according to a formula based on county population.

Chapter 127, Statutes of 2000 - Item Vetoed

AB 2884 (Kuehl-D) Judges' salaries

Increases the salary of supreme court, appellate court, superior court, and municipal court judges by eight percent.

Chapter 196, Statutes of 2000

AB 2911 (Assembly Judiciary Committee) Retirement: judges

Authorizes judges who are members of the Judges' Retirement System or the Judges' Retirement System II to participate in the Supplemental Contributions Program and provides that for judges enrolled in the Judges' Retirement System II, who have earned retirement benefits in the Public Employees' Retirement System, their highest salary as a judge shall be used to determine their Public Employees' Retirement System benefits. Double-joined with AB 2331.

Vetoed by the Governor

AB 2912 (Assembly Judiciary Committee) Appointment of judicial referees

Implements recommendations of a Judicial Council Task Force regarding the court appointment of referees.

Chapter 644, Statutes of 2000

ACA 9 (Olberg-R) Supreme court: criminal cases

Expands supreme court membership by creating a separate division of criminal appeals which exercises the jurisdiction of the supreme court in appeals when there is a judgment of death, habeas corpus proceedings in criminal cases, and for extraordinary relief and appeal in criminal cases.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

ACR 85 (Kuehl-D) Trial court unification

Expresses the Legislature's strong support for the unification of the trial courts throughout California, as a critical mechanism to promote efficiency and effectiveness and improves access to the justice system.

(Died in Senate Rules Committee)

Law Enforcement

SB 12 (Rainey-R) Correctional peace officers

Provides that the State Department of Corrections provide 24 weeks of training to each correctional officer cadet, to the extent funding is available.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SB 122 (Haynes-R) Pilot project: public safety training

Creates the Public Safety Training Facilities Fund to finance a three-year pilot project to develop up to three public safety training facilities and to purchase capital equipment for those facilities to meet the training needs of public safety agencies and employees. Creates the Public Safety Training Facilities Board to administer the Fund and states legislative intent that $21 million be allocated in the annual budget act. Provides that the provisions of this bill become operative only if funds are appropriated for the purposes of the bill.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SB 140 (Johnson-R) Failure to report an accidental death

Requires any person who accidentally causes the death of another person to immediately report the death to a law enforcement office or agency, to follow any instructions given by the law enforcement agency and to wait at the scene for the arrival of a representative of the agency. Punishes failure to make a required report as an alternate felony/misdemeanor ("wobbler"), punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for 16 months, two years or three years, or in the county jail for up to one year, and/or a fine of between $1,000 and $10,000. Specifically exempts circumstances where a workplace is subject to reporting requirements in occupational safety laws.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SB 175 (Rainey-R) Warrants

Establishes, in the Office of Criminal Justice Planning, a pilot program to be implemented in the City and County of San Francisco, and the Counties of Contra Costa and San Bernardino to apprehend people with outstanding arrest warrants.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 190 (Knight-R) Law enforcement telecommunications system

Allows railroad police officers, for legitimate law enforcement purposes, access to the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System, which contains criminal history information.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

SB 225* (Rainey-R) Booking fees

Allows qualified special districts to receive state reimbursement of county jail booking fees in the same manner as cities.

Chapter 1075, Statutes of 2000

SB 381 (Baca-D) Peace officers: equipment

Provides, to the extent that the Legislature makes funds available for this purpose, that all full-time police officers and deputy sheriffs be provided with a protective vest upon request.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 402 (Burton-D) Law enforcement officers and firefighters

Provides final and binding arbitration of disputes regarding economic issues within the scope of arbitration between any local agency employer and employee organizations representing its firefighters or law enforcement employees, as specified. Deletes the state's mandate and, instead, provides that unless otherwise agreed to by the parties, the costs of the arbitration proceeding and the expenses of the arbitration panel, except those of the employer representative, shall be borne by the employee organization.

Chapter 906, Statutes of 2000

SB 795 (Perata-D) Peace officers

Clarifies a definition in existing law relating to peace officers and the transportation of parolees, convicts or escapees.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 978 (Solis-D) Police departments: gang and pregnancy prevention

Requires every local police department in this state to establish, within the department, a unit or division comprised of officers who are specially trained to work with at-risk youth and in gang and pregnancy prevention.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SB 1102 (Murray-D) Racial profiling

Prohibits law enforcement officers from engaging in racial profiling. Requires every law enforcement officer in the state to participate in racial profiling training, with the curriculum developed by the State Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, in collaboration with a five-person panel, as specified. Requires a report by the Legislative Analyst to the Legislature, not later than January 1, 2002, regarding data collection in connection with racial profiling, as specified.

Chapter 684, Statutes of 2000

Similar legislation was SB 66 (Murray), which died in Senate Rules Committee.

SB 1261 (Hayden-D) Police misconduct: limitation on actions

Provides victims of police misconduct by officers in the Rampart Division of the Los Angeles Police Department an additional year to file claims for damages arising from this misconduct.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 1310 (Vasconcellos-D) Outstanding warrants

Allows all outstanding arrest warrants to be entered into the State Department of Justice's (DOJ's) Wanted Persons System, and requires DOJ and other specified agencies to examine ways to integrate existing offset and collection procedures with the Automated Wanted Persons System.

Chapter 940, Statutes of 2000

SB 1335* (Rainey-R) Missing children: computer technology

Requires that, to the extent funding is made available in the Budget Act of 2000 for the California Law Enforcement Equipment Program, the first $2 million be used for a one-time grant program, administered by the Office of Criminal Justice Planning, to enable state and local law enforcement agencies to purchase computer systems to aid in the recovery of missing children.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 1353 (Rainey-R) Employees: volunteer peace officers

Provides employment protection for reserve peace officers and emergency rescue personnel.

Chapter 244, Statutes of 2000

SB 1357 (Johnston-D) High Technology Crime Advisory Committee: membership

Adds a designee of the State Department of Information Technology or the State Science and Technology Agency to the membership of the High Tech Crime Task Force.

Chapter 654, Statutes of 2000

SB 1389* (Murray-D) California Highway Patrol: annual report: racial profiling

Requires the State Department of the California Highway Patrol (CHP) and city and county peace officers to collect statistical information on motorists pulled over for routine traffic violations. Requires the specified local agencies to report the statistical information to the Commissioner of the CHP, who will then provide the findings of the statistical information in an annual report to the Governor and the Legislature on or before July 1, 2001, July 1, 2002, July 1, 2003, July 1, 2004, and July 1, 2005 for the previous year.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

Similar legislation was SB 66 (Murray), which died in Senate Rules Committee, and SB 1102 (Murray), which became Chapter 684, Statutes of 2000.

SB 1463 (Johnson-R) Sexual Predators Apprehension Teams

Requires, beginning July 1, 2001, the Attorney General to establish two Sexual Predator Apprehension Teams to provide support and investigative services to law enforcement agencies in Imperial, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego Counties.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 1485 (Mountjoy-R) Forensic laboratories

Appropriates $220 million from the General Fund to fund the construction and remodeling of local forensic crime labs.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 1539 (Lewis-R) Peace officer training: stalking

Requires the State Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to create a training course for stalking that may be taught in basic training or as a supplemental course for peace officers.

Chapter 564, Statutes of 2000

SB 1558 (Costa-D) Crime laboratories: funds

Changes, beginning July 1, 2001, the manner in which the State Department of Justice (DOJ) is reimbursed for driving under the influence related forensic testing. Appropriates $300,000 to DOJ to implement the provisions of this bill.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 1736 (Rainey-R) Unidentified bodies and human remains: retention of evidence

Prohibits the cremation or burial of an unidentified deceased person unless specified samples are retained for possible future identification, as specified.

Chapter 284, Statutes of 2000

SB 1742 (Hughes-D) Adult abuse

Authorizes, among other things, trained peace officers to issue a declaration, as specified, that an elder person is unable to manage his/her financial resources or to resist fraud or undue influence, that there exists significant danger that the elder person would lose all or a portion of his/her property as a result of the fraud or undue influence, and that there is probable cause to believe a crime is being committed against that elder person.

Chapter 813, Statutes of 2000

SB 1743 (Johnson-R) Bail licensees

Prohibits a bail licensee from directly or indirectly advertising bail or bail services or soliciting bail in any building used for the detention of criminally accused or sentenced persons or for the administration of justice, or within 500 feet of that building or associated parking lot or facility.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

Similar legislation was AB 2696 (Baugh-R), which died in Assembly Public Safety Committee.

SB 1751 (Schiff-D) Juvenile justice: arrest data

Expressly requires law enforcement agencies to report juvenile arrest data to the State Department of Justice, as specified.

(Failed passage in Senate Public Safety)

SB 1762 (Alpert-D) Assignment of San Diego County Sheriffs

Adds "any deputy sheriff of the County of San Diego" to the existing authority granted only to Los Angeles County to employ deputy sheriffs who are "employed to perform duties exclusively or initially relating to custodial assignments" who are peace officers pursuant to Penal Code Section 830.1.

Chapter 61, Statutes of 2000

SB 1812 (O'Connell-D) California Highway Patrol: compensation

Makes a clarifying word change in the law relating to the State Department of the California Highway Patrol compensation by substituting the word employees with officers.

(Died in Assembly Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Committee)

SB 1818 (Speier-D) DNA data base

Creates a data bank of the DNA of unidentified human remains and relatives of missing persons in order to identify the human remains, as specified.

Chapter 822, Statutes of 2000

SB 1820 (Burton-D) Workers' compensation: cancer presumption: peace officers

Extends the cancer presumption, in Workers' Compensation Law, to additional categories of employees who are peace officers.

Chapter 887, Statutes of 2000

SB 1833 (Schiff-D) Law enforcement technology

States legislative intent to provide a centralized resource for local law enforcement agencies for the research, testing, maintenance and upgrade of current and emerging technologies. Creates the Institute for Criminal Justice Technology (ICJT) within the Office of Criminal Justice Planning, or the Science and Technology Agency, if legislation creating that agency is chaptered (SB 1136, Vasconcellos), to review and evaluate current and emerging technologies with law enforcement applications. Specifies that the ICJT is to have one center in Northern California and one in Southern California.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 1859 (Chesbro-D) Public officials: threats

Eliminates a requirement that a law enforcement agency must notify the State Department of Justice (DOJ) of any threat against a public official. Allows law enforcement agencies and DOJ to devote the time that had been spent reporting and cataloguing threats against public officials to other activities.

Chapter 233, Statutes of 2000

SB 1910 (Dunn-D) State peace officer/firefighter supervision

Requires that a supervisory compensation differential is necessary to compensate state peace officer/firefighter members who are supervisors within specified agencies. Defines compensation differential and requires the State Department of Personnel Administration to report to the fiscal committees on the adjustments necessary to implement the differential. Appropriates $500,000 to implement the provisions of the bill.

Chapter 902, Statutes of 2000

SB 1942 (Karnette-D) Peace officers: impersonation

Increases the misdemeanor penalties for unlawful use and manufacture of police badges, both authentic and fake, and assault while impersonating a peace officer..

Chapter 430, Statutes of 2000

SB 2015 (Sher-D) Charitable fundraising: Attorney General: duties

Amends the Uniform Supervision of Trustees and Fundraisers for Charitable Purposes Act (Act) to grant the Attorney General additional enforcement tools and resources, including the ability to assess late fees, authority to suspend or revoke registrations, power to enter into pre-filing agreements, the ability to impose civil penalties for violations of the Act, and the appropriation of all fines, penalties, common law and California statutory law to carry out these charitable trust enforcement responsibilities.

Chapter 475, Statutes of 2000

SB 2097 (Hayden-D) Wrongful convictions of innocent persons

Requests the Regents of the University of California, as well as any interested private postsecondary institution, to consider the creation of law school projects that undertake teaching and research on wrongful convictions of innocent persons, that study the causes of these wrongful convictions, and that propose remedies for this problem.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 2133 (Polanco-D) Law enforcement: complaints of misconduct

Requires the advisory that must be read by an individual who is filing a complaint against a peace officer to be available in multiple languages.

Chapter 289, Statutes of 2000

SB 2147 (O'Connell-D) California Highway Patrol Museum

Authorizes the construction of the California Highway Patrol Museum with private funds, except for eligible federal funds, as specified.

Chapter 774, Statutes of 2000

SB 2161* (Schiff-D) Children: placement

Authorizes county child welfare agencies to use the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System to conduct criminal background checks.

Chapter 421, Statutes of 2000

SB 2183 (Soto-D) Child victims of violence and children exposed to violence

Appropriates $534,000 from the General Fund to the Office of Criminal Justice Planning (OCJP) for the first six months of a four-year, multi-site child trauma intervention project to replicate and expand the existing OCJP funded Child Trauma Intervention Program for youth exposed to community violence. Requires OCJP to issue a statewide competitive request for proposal and award grants to three sites for expansion. Specifies that applicants are required to provide a 20 percent in-kind match of the total grant award.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 2206 (Brulte-R) Public employees' retirement: county peace officers

Authorizes Riverside County to provide enhanced State Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) benefits to specified county peace officers in a particular bargaining "unit" that are different from the PERS benefits provided to other employees within the county peace officer "group" in Riverside County.

(Failed passage in Senate Public Employment and Retirement Committee)

SCA 10 (Perata-D) Public safety services

Prohibits a local government, or any related entity or instrumentality, from entering into a contract, franchise agreement, or other arrangement for essential public safety services with any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other business entity, to provide services that are ordinarily performed by a peace officer or firefighter.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SCR 57 (Rainey-R) Missing children

Designates May 25 as "Missing Children's Day" and the month of May as "Missing Children's Month" in California.

Resolution Chapter 55, Statutes of 2000

AB 30 (Pescetti-R) Local government: peace officers: funding

Appropriates $100 million annually to the Office of Criminal Justice Planning for allocation, via specified procedures, to local governments to continue funding salaries and benefits of peace officers funded under a federal Office of Community Oriented Policing Services grant that may expire in 2000.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 45 (Lempert-D) Reporting of crimes

Requires, except as specified, any person who observes the commission of, or an attempt to commit, a specified offense, to notify a law enforcement officer, or a person authorized to provide security services at the location where the offense occurs, as soon as reasonably possible. Provides that the offenses that would give rise to the duty to report under the bill are murder, manslaughter, rape, sexual assault, or any assault that appears reasonably likely to cause serious bodily harm. Specifies that failure to report as required will be punishable as a felony.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 96 (Shelley-D) Retirement benefits: sheriff

Creates a new local membership classification designated "local sheriff" to apply to specified employees of the sheriff's office in San Francisco County, for purposes of the Public Employees' Retirement System.

Chapter 871, Statutes of 2000

AB 115 (Maddox-R) Local law enforcement funding

Deletes the January 1, 2001 sunset date on the state's Citizens' Option for Public Safety program, which provides supplemental funding for local law enforcement.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 298 (Battin-R) Confidential Department of Motor Vehicle records

Includes district attorney's staff and the spouse and children of those persons to the list of persons in existing law protected from specified information disclosure by the State Department of Motor Vehicles.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 447 (Washington-D) Peace office training: elder abuse

Requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standards to allocate funds for training of peace officers and deputy sheriffs' on elder abuse.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 571 (Rod Pacheco-R) Assault: peace officer or firefighters

Authorizes a court to impose up to three full consecutive sentences for each violation involving assault with a deadly weapon, with force likely to result in great bodily injury on an on-duty peace officer or firefighter, when the offender should have known the victim was an on-duty peace officer or firefighter.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 589 (Margett-R) Murder: special circumstances

Expands the "special circumstances" list allowing imposition of the death penalty to include the murder of peace officers employed by a state hospital under the jurisdiction of the State Department of Mental Health or the State Department of Developmental Services.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 620 (Briggs-R) Rural Crime Prevention Project

Extends the Tulare Rural Crime Prevention Demonstration Project, from January 1, 2000 until 2003 to investigate and prosecute agricultural crimes.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 711 (Dickerson-R) Peace Officers' Training Fund

Requires that state aid be provided for legislatively mandated Continuing Professional Training expenses for level I and II reserve peace officers of eligible agencies from cities, counties, or districts.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 715 (Firebaugh-D) Attorney General duties: criminal information

Makes various revisions relating to the responsibilities of the Attorney General to represent the state or other entities in various types of litigation.

Chapter 626, Statutes of 2000

AB 767 (Rod Pacheco-R) Crime prevention: public officials

Increases the penalty for kidnapping elected officials, specified criminal justice officials, peace officers or family members, in retaliation for the performance of official duties, from three, five, or eight years that currently applies to all kidnap victims, who are not injured or held for ransom, to four, seven, or ten years.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

AB 832 (Keeley-D) Maintenance of the Codes

Corrects, among other things, a statutory reference to peace officers employed by water districts. Eliminates incorrect references to duties of the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training in provisions requiring training for security officers in the use of tear gas. Correctly identified the State Department of Consumer Affairs, Bureau of Security and Investigative Services as the responsible agency.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 913 (Pescetti-R) Criminal records

Requires any person who employs a certified behavior analyst to provide in-home educational or counseling services to minors to obtain a criminal background check from the State Department of Justice.

(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 961 (Steinberg-D) Pupil suspensions and expulsions

Provides that data on pupil suspensions and expulsions will not be collected unless the methodology has been approved by the State Board of Education.

(Died on Assembly Inactive File)

AB 1286 (Strickland-R) Missing persons

Authorizes, but does not obligate, a lawyer to report to a law enforcement officer or agency information regarding the location of a person, alive or dead, if the person has been reported missing, without violating the attorney-client privilege so long as the source of the information is not disclosed. Provides that no such report by a lawyer may be introduced as evidence in any criminal processing.

(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 1326 (Baugh-R) Peace officers: interrogations

Declares the Legislature's intent that a law enforcement officer cease interrogating a suspect held in custody if the suspect unequivocally invokes his/her right to remain silent, except that questioning may continue to obtain nonincriminating booking information or to protect public safety, unless the suspect voluntarily initiates further communication with law enforcement.

(Died on Assembly Inactive File)

AB 1494* (Wildman-D) Peace officers

Provides guidelines for designated peace officers to change their peace officer designation. Requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) to issue a study and recommendations to the Los Angeles Unified School District Police Department relative to changing peace officers' designations. Allows POST to charge for the study.

Chapter 96, Statutes of 2000

AB 1568 (Granlund-R) Law enforcement information system

Expands the Automated Regional Justice Information System (ARJIS) beyond San Diego County to other Southern California counties, not limited to Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange and Los Angeles, to provide access to a web-based integrated law enforcement information and analysis system. Creates a regional advisory board to develop protocols and priorities. Appropriates $16 million for the cost of the ARJIS expansion.

(Died In Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 1712 (Cunneen-R) High technology crime

Creates, within the Office of Criminal Justice Planning (OCJP), a three-year pilot program to award competitive grants to law enforcement agencies and nonprofit organizations to develop instructional courses on the investigation and prosecution of high technology crime. Appropriates $1 million from the General Fund to the OCJP to implement the programs.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 1718 (Hertzberg-D) Peace officers: advanced training

Requires the establishment of a continuing education training course on law enforcement interaction with developmentally disabled and mentally ill persons. Requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to report to the Legislature by October 1, 2003 relative to the effectiveness of the course, as specified.

Chapter 200, Statutes 2000

AB 1727* (Reyes-D) Rural Crime Prevention Program

Extends the operation of the Rural Crime Prevention Program through January 1, 2002, and extends the deadline of the Legislative Analyst's cost-benefit analysis from December 2000 to December 2002.

Chapter 310, Statutes of 2000

AB 1762 (Villaraigosa-D) Peace officer training: mental illness

Directs the Office of Criminal Justice Planning to establish three-year pilot programs in Los Angeles and the San Joaquin Valley based on the San Jose Police Department's Crisis Intervention Teams approach to situations involving persons with mental health issues.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1768 (Steinberg-D) Sheriff's and keeper's fees

Revises and increases prescribed fees charged for serving, executing and processing required court notes, writs, orders and other services provided by sheriffs and marshals.

Chapter 629, Statutes of 2000

AB 1803 (Strickland-R) Rural Crime Prevention Program

Authorizes ten central coast area counties (Alameda, Contra Costa, Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Ventura) to establish, similar to the existing eight-county central valley Rural Crime Prevention Program, rural crime prevention programs linked together as the Central Coast Rural Crime Prevention Program.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1836 (Bates-R) Coroner's reports

Requires disclosures of medical information or records to a coroner without delay for specified purposes. Reduces the time for giving family members of decedents notice of a coroner's request for medical records through subpoena, from 15 days prior to the date the records are to be delivered to the superior court to three days prior to that day. Provides that the coroner's report to law enforcement on suspected criminal deaths may only include the medical information of the decedent which is directly related to the death. Provides that the provisions of the bill sunset on January 1, 2003.

Double-joined with SB 1903 (Speier), which became Chapter 1066, Statutes of 2000, SB 2094 (Senate Judiciary Committee), which became Chapter 1067, Statutes of 2000.

Chapter 1068, Statutes of 2000

AB 1864 (Correa-D) Department of Motor Vehicles: records

Adds to the list of those eligible for special address confidentiality in State Department of Motor Vehicles records specified nonsworn employees of police departments and sheriffs' offices.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1867 (Papan-D) Broadmoor Police Protection District

Exempts the Broadmoor Police Protection District from the requirement to shift property tax revenues to the Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund in San Mateo County.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1868 (Lowenthal-D) Sex offenders: public housing authority

Provides public housing authorities access to sex offender records for the purpose of screening prospective applicants, in accordance with federal law, and makes related changes.

(Failed passage in Senate Public Safety Committee)

AB 1882 (Gallegos-D) Los Angeles: crime prevention

Requires the Los Angeles Interagency Metropolitan Police Apprehension Crime Task Force to form a violent crime and major wholesale level drug crime intervention unit. Requires the Los Angeles County Regional Criminal Information Clearinghouse to focus its activities on violent crimes and wholesale level drug crimes in specified counties. Appropriates $3 million to the Office of Criminal Justice Planning to implement the provisions of the bill.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 1884* (Lowenthal-D) Sales and use taxes: exemption: public safety vehicles

Exempts the purchase of public safety vehicles from the five percent state sales tax rate. Defines "public safety vehicle" broadly to include vehicles purchased by federal, state and local agencies for performance of peace officer, firefighter and ambulance duties.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1899 (Havice-D) Probation Department employees

Adds nonsworn employees of probation departments engaged in the performance of his/her duty to the existing battery laws pertaining to specified public safety personnel.

Chapter 236, Statutes of 2000

AB 1913* (Cardenas-D) Local law enforcement funding

Appropriates $242.6 million for local law enforcement programs, as follows: $121.3 million to continue funding of the Citizens Option for Public Safety program and $121.3 million to a juvenile justice initiative to be administered by the State Board of Corrections. (Follow-up to AB 2885 (Cardenas), to restore provisions that were item vetoed.)

Chapter 353, Statutes of 2000

Similar legislation was SB 1605 (Poochigian-R), which died in Senate Public Safety Committee, SB 1936 (Schiff-D), which died in Assembly Rules Committee, and AB 2885 (Cardenas-D), which was item vetoed.

AB 1928 (Vincent-D) Peace officers: court services investigators

Simplifies, until January 1, 2002, the "equivalency" testing for peace officers with prior experience and requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to issue a study and recommendations regarding Los Angeles County court services investigators and their designation as peace officers.

Chapter 354, Statutes of 2000

AB 1967 (Pescetti-R) Probationer recidivism

Appropriates $26 million to create the Probationer Recidivism Pilot Program in Los Angeles, Sacramento, and San Diego counties.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1993 (Romero-D) Peace officers: false evidence

Enacts a specific crime and penalty applicable to peace officers and others who plant or move physical evidence with the specific intent that a person will be charged with a crime.

Chapter 620, Statutes of 2000

AB 2005 (Runner-R) Community policing

Appropriates, once federal funding for this purpose is exhausted, $1 million from the General Fund to the Los Angeles, Sacramento, and San Diego Regional Community Policing Institutes to continue their programs for the remainder of the 2000-01 fiscal year. Requires the State Department of Justice (DOJ) to conduct an evaluation of the programs, as specified, and report to the Legislature by January 1, 2002. Appropriates $100,000 to DOJ for this purpose.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 2043 (Maddox-R) Workers' compensation: peace officers

Adds meningitis to the conditions that are presumed compensable for peace officers and firefighters under the workers' compensation system.

Chapter 883, Statutes of 2000

AB 2059 (Vincent-D) Welfare fraud investigators

Requires all welfare fraud investigators or inspectors appointed as peace officers on or after January 1, 2001, to attend and complete a specialized course approved by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) within one year of being hired. Provides that those persons appointed prior to January 1, 2002, who have been continuously employed in that capacity prior to January 1, 2001 by the county that made the appointment, are not required to complete the training and are considered to have obtained this level of training for the purposes of meeting minimum levels of training. Provides that welfare investigators and inspectors who possess a basic certificate awarded by POST or who have successfully completed the POST basic course within three years prior to appointment, or who possess a basic peace officer certificate, are not required to attend and complete this training.

Chapter 633, Statutes of 2000

AB 2110 (Rod Pacheco-R) Graffiti abatement

Provides that the graffiti abatement provisions which currently apply only to minors shall apply to all persons.

Chapter 58, Statutes of 2000

AB 2124 (McClintock-R) Crime prevention: criminal statistics

Creates the 24-member Integrated Justice Information System Task Force as an advisory task force that will become part of the task force which will be required to establish a California integrated justice information system plan to be used for the purpose of maximizing utilization of modern information and communications technologies in routine information transactions among various federal, state, and local agencies, and to formulate recommendations regarding establishment of a permanent planning or development process.

Vetoed by the Governor

AB 2137 (Maldonado-R) Caregiver background checks: fee waiver

Requires the State Department of Justice to waive fees for criminal background checks for an In-Home Supportive Service provider under specified circumstances. Sunsets January 1, 2003.

Vetoed by the Governor

AB 2164 (Pescetti-R) Trustline registration system: providers

Expands the categories of persons eligible to be registered as "Trustline" providers for purposes of criminal background checks.

Chapter 239, Statutes of 2000

AB 2190 (Ashburn-R) Crime prevention: Project Peacemaker

Continuously appropriates $100 million to create "Project Peacemaker," local multi-agency task forces that will investigate and prosecute persons who illegally possess or use firearms. Specifies that funds are to be allocated to counties on a per capita basis and distributed to county sheriffs, district attorneys, and city police departments at the discretion of the boards of supervisors.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2219 (Battin-R) Booking fees

Provides that any city that pays booking and processing fees to another city is eligible for state reimbursement for those fees, and prescribes criteria for that reimbursement.

Chapter 1076, Statutes of 2000

AB 2267 (Cedillo-D) Public safety officers: access to personnel records

Enacts statutory access rights to personnel files by public safety officers, as specified.

Chapter 209, Statutes of 2000

AB 2370 (Honda-D) Contractors: criminal history checks

Requires home improvement contractors and salespersons to provide fingerprints for purposes of criminal background checks.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 2437* (Runner-R) Crime prevention: DISARM program

Enacts Project DISARM to support local efforts to more actively enforce compliance with court ordered conditions of probation prohibiting the possession of weapons, as specified.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 2449 (Wildman-D) Withdrawal or cancellation of peace officer certification

Prohibits the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training from adopting any regulations that authorize the withdrawal or cancellation of any certificate or certificates previously issued to any peace officer, except as specified, and specifies in statute additional grounds for such cancellations.

(Died at Senate Desk)

AB 2458 (Wesson-D) Public employees' benefits

Makes criminalists and print analysts in the State Department of Justice state safety members rather than miscellaneous members of the State Public Employee's Retirement System.

Vetoed by the Governor

AB 2484 (Romero-D) Civil rights: State Attorney General

Prohibits any governmental authority from engaging in a pattern or practice of conduct by law enforcement officers that deprives any person of rights, privileges, or immunities protected by the law or Constitution. States that the State Attorney General may bring a civil action in the name of the people to obtain appropriate equitable and declaratory relief to eliminate the pattern or practice of conduct, above, whenever the State Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that such a violation has occurred.

Chapter 622, Statutes of 2000

AB 2489 (Romero-D) Family Violence Emergency Response Team

Establishes the Family Violence Emergency Response Team Act of 2000. Requires the State Board of Corrections (BOC) to award grants to county sheriffs' departments for victim-oriented community policing projects to provide assistance to families in crisis. Appropriates $5.5 million to BOC.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 2518* (Washington-D) Crime prevention: drug endangered children

Creates an Office of Criminal Justice Planning (OCJP) administered program for prosecution of methamphetamine manufacturing that may endanger children and provide services to children injured or endangered by such activities. Appropriates $10 million to OCJP to fund drug endangered programs, as specified.

Vetoed by the Governor

AB 2559 (Cardoza-D) Personnel records: peace officers

Clarifies current law concerning peace officer personnel records with respect to disclosure prohibitions.

Chapter 971, Statutes of 2000

AB 2608 (Rod Pacheco-R) District attorneys: relocation expenses

Provides district attorneys, assistant district attorneys, deputy district attorneys, public defenders, assistant public defenders, the Attorney General (AG) and any attorney who works for the AG with relocation expenses when a credible threat against the attorney and his/her family has been received.

Vetoed by the Governor

AB 2623 (Rod Pacheco-R) Department of Justice: criminal background checks

Permits the State Department of Justice to release a county or state licensing, certification or employment agency criminal background information that has not been fingerprint verified. Becomes operative on July 1, 2002.

Chapter 623, Statutes of 2000

AB 2665 (Ackerman-R) Crime prevention: criminal record reporting

Provides that when giving criminal background information to the State Department of Justice, it should indicate not only whether the person has been convicted in the last ten years but also whether the person has been incarcerated in the last ten years in order to address the situation where a person has served a long sentence. Double-joined with AB 2137.

Chapter 972, Statutes of 2000

AB 2814 (Machado-D) DNA testing

Exempts all regulations, policies, and guidelines adopted by the State Department of Justice (DOJ) DNA Laboratory from the requirements of the Administrative Procedures Act. Requires DOJ's DNA Laboratory to purge files of persons who no longer are suspect in a criminal investigation within two years of the date of the filing of the information or indictment, or when the laboratory receives notice of acquittal or charges against the suspect were dropped.

Chapter 823, Statutes of 2000

AB 2885* (Cardenas-D) Local law enforcement funding

Appropropriates $242.6 million for local law enforcement programs, as follows: $121.2 million for continued funding of the Citizens Option for Public Safety program and $121.2 million for a juvenile justice initiative to be administered by the State Board of Corrections.

Chapter 100, Statutes of 2000 - Item Vetoed

AB 2916 (Assembly Human Services Committee) Adult day care facilities: criminal background checks

Exempts certain persons in adult day care facilities and adult day support centers, under specified conditions, from criminal background clearance requirements.

(Died on Assembly Inactive File)

ACR 43 (Havice-D) Law Enforcement Appreciation Week

Proclaims May 14 through May 20, 2000, as Law Enforcement Appreciation Week.

Resolution Chapter 30, Statutes of 2000

ACR 44 (Havice-D) California Peace Officers' Memorial Day

Declares May 5, 2000, as California Peace Officers' Memorial Day.

Resolution Chapter 45, Statutes of 2000

ACR 117 (Machado-D) Neighborhood Watch Month

Designates the month of August 2000 as Neighborhood Watch Month.

Resolution Chapter 109, Statutes of 2000

ACR 173 (Olberg-R) CHP Officer Larry J. Jaramillo Memorial

Requests the State Department of Transportation to grant, without charge, encroachment permits authorizing appropriate memorials, funded by nonstate sources, to be placed within the rights-of-way of northbound and southbound State Highway Route 395 at milepost marker 66.0 to honor California Highway Patrol Officer Larry J. Jaramillo.

Resolution Chapter 142, Statutes of 2000

ACR 174 (Olberg-R) CHP Officers Kenneth L. Archer & Robert G. Carey Memorial

Requests the State Department of Transportation to grant, without charge, encroachment permits authorizing appropriate memorials, funded by nonstate sources, to be placed within the rights-of-way of State Highway Route 58 at mile post marker 18.3 to honor the memory of California Highway Patrol Officers Kenneth L. Archer and Robert G. Carey.

Resolution Chapter 143, Statutes of 2000

ACR 176 (Bock-I) Racial profiling

Encourages all law enforcement jurisdictions in this state to participate in the effort to gather data reflecting the race or ethnicity of motorists involved in police-motorist contact.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

HR 42 (House-R) Officers Cahoone, Hinkley and Det. Kevin Bertalotto

Honors and commends Officers Chuck Cahoone, Stephen Hinkley, and Detective Kevin Bertalotto for their heroic actions during a 40 second shootout while on duty protecting private citizens in Modesto, California.

Adopted by the Assembly

Family Law

SB 442 (Alarcon-D) Marriage of conservatees: transfers of property

Allows a conservator to file a petition for the dissolution of marriage or legal separation of a conservatee, where the court finds that such a petition would be in the best interest of the conservatee. Allows a conservator to file a petition for a judgment of nullity of a conservatee's marriage based on consent obtained by fraud or force.

(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)

SB 443 (Alarcon-D) Children: custody and visitation

Requires the court, when making an order for custody or visitation in a case alleging domestic violence where an emergency protective order, protective order, or other restraining order has been issued, to order that the transfer of the child take place in a manner that prevents the parents from having direct contact with each other at the time of the transfer.

(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

SB 445 (Monteith-R) Children's services

Permits monies that exceed the cost of administering local child support services to be used by the district attorney for children-related services, including child abuse and child molestation services and the prosecution of child abuse and molestation cases.

(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

SB 1139 (Morrow-R) Family law court files

Provides that court files relating to proceedings for dissolution and nullity of marriage, legal separation, and actions under the Uniform Percentage Act are confidential and may be inspected only by specified individuals.

(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

SB 1173 (Vasconcellos-D) De facto parents: visitation rights

Defines the terms "de facto parent" and "domestic partners" and authorizes a court, except in actions under the Domestic Violence Prevention Act, to conduct a proceeding to grant reasonable visitation rights to a de facto parent, including the authority to order child support payments, if the court makes required findings. Requires the Judicial Council to monitor the implementation of these provisions and to report to the Legislature, by January 1, 2004, regarding the effect of these provisions. Requires the Judicial Council to consult with family law judges, custodial and noncustodial parents' organizations, domestic violence organizations, and organizations representing family law attorneys to assist in completing the report.

(Failed passage on Assembly Floor)

SB 1376 (Poochigian-R) Child support: definition of income

Provides courts with the discretion to consider the benefits of gifts and inheritances received by a parent when determining a parent's income for purposes of child support.

(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee))

SB 1615 (Morrow-R) Family law: court files

Provides that a court file, or a portion thereof, relating to proceedings for dissolution and nullity of marriage, legal separation, and actions under the Uniform Parentage Act may be sealed upon the request of the party as to the file of that party, a finding of defined good cause by the court and a determination that specified circumstances exist.

(Failed passage in Senate Judiciary Committee)

SB 1716 (Ortiz-D) Investigations of child sexual abuse in custody cases

Authorizes the court, when allegations of child sexual abuse, as defined, are made in child care proceedings, to take reasonable, temporary steps to protect the child's safety, as specified. Authorizes the court to request the local child welfare service agency to conduct an investigation and requires the child welfare agency to report back to the court regarding its investigations.

Directs the Judicial Council to develop standards for training in the nature of child sexual abuse. Provides that, on or after January 1, 2005, court connected and private custody evaluators shall not engage in evaluating, investigating, or mediating child custody issues unless they have completed child sexual abuse training.

Requires, in any contested proceeding, where the court has appointed a child custody evaluator and the court determines there are serious allegations of child sexual abuse, the allegations be investigated by an evaluator who will be required to consult with both child welfare services and law enforcement.

Includes, among those specified persons who may inspect juvenile case files, a judge assigned to a family law case with issues concerning custody or visitation, or both, a family court mediator, and a child custody evaluator, as specified.

Chapter 926, Statutes of 2000

SB 1791 (Rainey-R) Administrative process for child support orders

Authorizes the Director of the State Department of Child Support Services to establish an administrative process to determine child support obligations, and issues and modifies administrative orders establishing child support obligations.

(Died in Senate Health and Human Services Committee)

SB 1855 (Alarcon-D) Placement of minors: reimbursement

Provides that a person liable for the support of a child who qualifies to proceed in an action in forma pauperis is deemed unable to make reimbursement due to abuse and/or neglect. Requires the court to determine whether a previous order for reimbursement will obstruct reunification, as defined, of a parent or guardian with a dependent child who has been removed from that person's custody and to relieve a parent of that obligation under specified conditions. Authorizes a court to make one parent or guardian who has the financial ability to pay reimbursement and whose abuse or neglect of a child caused the child to come within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court solely responsible for reimbursement. Provides that unpaid orders for reimbursement will accrue interest at an unspecified rate.

(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

SB 2043 (Schiff-D) Termination of parental rights

Modifies the procedures for providing notices to the parent or guardian of a child, and any other person entitled to receive notice, regarding hearings to terminate parental rights and recommend adoption, legal guardianship or long-term foster care.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 2045 (Schiff-D) National medical support notice in child support cases

Requires the local child support agencies to serve a parent's employer with a "National Medical Support Notice," as required by federal law.

Chapter 119, Statutes of 2000

SB 2055 (Murray-D) Child support enforcement

Prohibits a county's local child support agency, in the case of a child born out of wedlock, from administering wage withholding for current support provided pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, prior to a determination of paternity, as specified.

(Died in Senate Health and Human Services Committee)

SB 2124 (Figueroa-D) Child custody: mediation

Prohibits a mediator from submitting any recommendations to the court as to custody or visitation, if the parties do not reach an agreement during the mediation proceedings.

(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)

SB 2157 (Schiff-D) Dependent children: postadoption contract agreements

Designates kinship adoption agreements as postadoption contract agreements and expands them to nonrelative adoptive parents. Limits the terms of postadoption contract agreements. Requires that a postadoption contract agreement be attached to and filed with petitions for adoption. Modifies reporting requirements for adoption agencies and county social workers.

Chapter 930, Statutes of 2000

SB 2161* (Schiff-D) Children: placement

Authorizes county child welfare agencies to use the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System to conduct criminal background checks.

Chapter 421, Statutes of 2000

SCR 50 (Monteith-R) Eat Dinner with Your Family Day

Proclaims October 4, 1999, as Eat Dinner with Your Family Day.

(Died in Senate Rules Committee)

AB 320 (Kaloogian-R) Dependent children: medical background

Requires the court to enter an order, at detention hearing to determine if the child should be further retained, to direct counsel for a parent appearing at the hearing, or the parent if unrepresented, to file with the court, prior to the hearing on the petition, specified medical background information with respect to the child's parents, as specified.

(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)

AB 443 (Mazzoni-D) Child care: family support

Establishes a grant program in which providers of state-subsidized child care provides a variety of parent education and support services.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 785 (Vincent-D) Child support: pilot project

Establishes a pilot project, until January 1, 2003, to facilitate the establishment and enforcement of support for individuals who are on probation.

(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)

AB 804 (Keeley-D) Dependent children: educational neglect

Expands the types of behaviors constituting abuse and neglect which may bring a child under the jurisdiction of the juvenile dependency court.

(Died in Assembly Human Services Committee)

AB 1358 (Shelley-D) Child support enforcement

Makes numerous changes to various California codes relating to child support enforcement. (The changes are necessary to accommodate California's new child support enforcement organizational structure enacted last year, effective January 1, 2000.) For the most part, this bill replaces the references to "district attorney" with "local child support agency" and "Department of Social Services" with "Department of Child Support Services," the successor agency and department, respectively.

Chapter 808, Statutes of 2000

AB 1614 (Wright-D) Child support

Provides that more than 90 days incarceration of a person who owes child support may be the basis for an adjustment in the amount of child support. Requires the local child support agency to review a request for adjustment due to incarceration and either make a motion to the court or explain why no motion is being made. Requires penal facilities to notice the availability of support modification forms. Specifies the type of cases which do not qualify for modification.

Vetoed by the Governor

AB 1716 (Robert Pacheco-R) Dependency proceedings: paternity findings

Requires the juvenile court to consider specified factors when making its inquiry into the paternity of a child and to enter its findings in the minutes of the court.

Chapter 56, Statutes of 2000

AB 1920 (Jackson-D) Marriage: fact sheet

Requires the Judicial Council to develop, post on its website and distribute a marriage fact sheet containing specified information regarding marital rights and obligations, and to distribute a camera-ready copy of the fact sheet to each county clerk. Requires the fact sheet to be updated annually and available in English, Spanish and any other foreign language deemed appropriate by the Judicial Council, as specified.

Vetoed by the Governor

AB 1987 (Steinberg-D) Dependent children: siblings

Requires the juvenile court to consider the existence and nature of sibling relationships in all placement, visitation and permanency hearings.

Double-joined with SB 1954 (Polanco), which died in Senate Health and Human Services Committee, SB 2157 (Schiff), which became Chapter 930, Statutes of 2000, AB 2307 (Davis), which became Chapter 745, Statutes of 2000, and AB 686 (Aroner), which became Chapter 911, Statutes of 2000.

Chapter 909, Statutes of 2000

AB 1990 (Romero-D) Domestic partners

Expands the legal rights of a registered domestic partner to include the right to make medical treatment decisions on behalf of his/her partner if the partner is a patient in a health facility and is incapable of giving informed consent.

(Died on Assembly Inactive File)

AB 1995 (Aroner-D) Child support: amnesty program

Requires the State Department of Child Support Services and the local child support agency in each county to offer, during the period from April 1, 2002, to September 30, 2002, a one-time child support amnesty program pursuant to which individuals who have child support arrearages owed to the state that exceed $5,000 shall be given an opportunity to have all or a portion of the arrearage forgiven, subject to a contract containing specified requirements.

Vetoed by the Governor

AB 2047 (Romero-D) Domestic partners

Expands the legal rights of registered domestic partners.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2081 (Wright-D) Child support: orders and enforcement

Makes several unrelated changes to child support statutes to reduce child support obligations in certain circumstances.

(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)

AB 2082 (Wright-D) Child support obligations

Seeks to reduce child support debt owed to the state for obligors whose income is less than 250 percent of the federal poverty level.

(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)

AB 2130 (Corbett-D) Family health insurance coverage

Requires a health insurer, pursuant to a qualified medical support order, to provide a noncovered custodial parent or other person having custody of a child the same information regarding insurance coverage for the child that is provided to the covered noncustodial parent. Requires that the information is to include evidence of coverage, disclosure forms, health insurance membership or identification cards. Requires the insurer to notify the noncovered custodial parent if the coverage is terminated.

Chapter 809, Statutes of 2000

AB 2211 (Kuehl-D) Domestic partners

Expands the legal rights of domestic partners to include rights regarding the incapacitation or death of their partner.

(Died on Assembly Inactive File)

AB 2322 (Rod Pacheco-R) Spousal support

Revises the age of a marriage from ten years to 20 years and the supported party be at least 55 years of age for consideration of specified factors by the court for spousal support purposes.

(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)

AB 2421 (Migden-D) Domestic partners

Allows persons of opposite sexes, one of whom is 62 years old or over and meets eligibility criteria under the Social Security Act, to establish a domestic partnership.

Vetoed by the Governor

AB 2433 (Wright-D) Adoption of children

Modifies various provisions relating to the adoption of children, to conform the statutes to adoption law practice, correct inconsistencies and close some loopholes.

Chapter 937, Statutes of 2000

AB 2464 (Kuehl-D) Child custody: modification

Provides that any custody or visitation order issued by the juvenile court at the time the juvenile court terminates its jurisdiction shall be a final order and shall remain in effect after that jurisdiction is terminated. Specifies that the custody or visitation order shall not be modified in a proceeding in a family court unless the court finds that (1) there has been a significant change of circumstances since the juvenile court issued the order, and (2) modification of the order is in the best interests of the child.

Chapter 921, Statutes of 2000

AB 2525 (House-R) Release of unclaimed money to minors

Allows the county treasurer to release unclaimed money of up to $60,000, deposited from the estate of a decedent by the public administrator, to the parent who has legal and physical custody of a minor and who is entitled to the decedent's escheated estate, without the need to appoint a legal guardian for the minor, as specified.

Chapter 333, Statutes of 2000

AB 2876* (Aroner-D) Omnibus Budget Trailer Bill

Makes numerous changes to programs administered by the State Departments of Aging, Social Services, Child Support Services and the State Commission on Aging.

Chapter 108, Statutes of 2000

AB 2913 (Kuehl-D) Community property

Creates a new form of title for spouses to take property referred to as community property with the right of survivorship.

Chapter 645, Statutes of 2000

AB 2915 (Assembly Judiciary Committee) Child custody: child's counsel

Requires the court to consider the advisability of appointing independent counsel for a child in a proceeding involving substantial, contested custody or visitation issues if the parents have not reached agreement in mediation, and makes related changes.

(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

AB 2921 (Assembly Human Services Committee) Adoption

Permits adopting nonrelatives and birth parents to enter into postadoption contract agreements voluntarily. Requires notice to a birth parent of an adopted child's right, upon the child's reaching the age of 21, to request the State Department of Social Services (DSS) for the names and address of the birth parent in order to give the birth parent the opportunity to indicate whether the DSS should release the information. Adds caregivers, adoptive parents, or provider of health services to those persons to whom information about an adoption petition may be released. Reorganizes certain provisions of the Welfare and Institutions Code relating to status review hearings of dependent children, and makes some technical amendments.

Double-joined with SB 1611 (Bowen), which became Chapter 908, Statutes of 2000, and AB 1987 (Steinberg), which became Chapter 909, Statutes of 2000.

Chapter 910, Statutes of 2000

ACA 21 (House-R) Families

Provides that every parent has a fundamental right to control the care and custody of his/her minor children.

(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)

AJR 44 (Robert Pacheco-R) Fathers in the home

Urges the President and the Congress of the United States to reject and denounce in the strongest possible terms, what the author believes to be the conclusion of an article in the American Psychologist journal that fathers are not essential to the well-being of children.

(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)

Civil Law

SB 71 (Murray-D) Personal information: unlawful use

Declares that no person other than a law enforcement agency or government agency acting in a manner required or authorized by existing law, may collect a biometric identifier without the consent of the individual. Provides that for those persons (businesses) who do obtain consent, the person's collection or use of a biometric identifier may only be used to verify the identify of the party, and may not be used to discriminate against any individual or community. Provides that no person will be able to provide biometric identifiers to third parties unless the date was encrypted, and the person will not be allowed to share the encryption code with third persons. Allows a biometric verification for identification to be used as a condition for commencing or completing a commercial transaction, if either a notice of the policy was posted, or the advance consent of the individual was obtained. Provides for remedies for the willful violation of the provisions of this bill,

Allows biometric verification or identification to be used as a condition for commencing or completing a commercial transaction, if either a notice of the policy was posed, or the advance consent of the individual was obtained.

Provides for remedies for the willful violation of the provisions of this bill.

(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)

SB 129 (Peace-D) Privacy: personal information

Creates, within the State Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA), the Office of Privacy Protection (OPP), the purpose of which will be to protect the privacy of individuals' personal information by identifying consumer problems and facilitating development of fair information practices, as specified. Requires, among other things, the OPP to inform the public of potential options for protecting the privacy of and avoiding the misuse of personal information, as specified, and makes recommendations to organizations for privacy policies, as specified. Requires each state department or state agency to designate a position therein, the duties of which will include, but not be limited to, responsibility for the privacy policy within the department or agency. Requires the Director of DCA, commencing in January 2003, to report to the Legislature on an annual basis, as specified.

Chapter 984, Statutes of 2000

SB 167 (Hayden-D) Public nuisance: gangs

Requires the court to notify all defendants prior to conducting a hearing on whether preliminary injunctions shall be issued in gang related public nuisance action that the court will explore methods of securing counsel to those who are financially unable to obtain an attorney to represent them. Requires the court, with respect to the defendant who requests counsel, to inquire of the public defender's office, local legal aid organization, and any local volunteer legal organization whether they will represent the defendant in the suit. Specifies that, if after their inquiry, the court is unable to secure counsel for those who request it, the defendant will be notified that they will have to defend the suit without representation.

(Failed passage on Senate Floor)

SB 513 (Alarcon-D) Fair employment and housing

Eliminates the $50,000 combined limit on actual damages and administrative fines that may be awarded by the State Fair Employment and Housing Commission against, or imposed upon, a respondent as currently limited under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act.

(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

SB 877 (McPherson-R) Deposition officers

Ensures that all deposition products and services are made available, at the same time, to all parties attending a deposition.

Chapter 474, Statutes of 2000

SB 944 (Johnson-R) Vehicles

Provides that in a third party action for personal injury arising out of the operation or use of a motor vehicle, the recovery shall be reduced by amounts paid as a medical payment benefit under a policy for motor vehicle insurance.

(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

SB 1050 (Murray-D) Conservatorships and domestic partners

Revises the Probate Code provisions relating to conservatorships to allow state-registered domestic partners to participate in these proceedings in the same manner as a spouse of a conservatee or a proposed convervatee. Revises the statutory will form to include domestic partners in the class of beneficiaries to whom a testator may leave assets and property.

(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

SB 1174 (Burton-D) Nuisance

Provides that no commercial or industrial activity, operation or facility shall be or become a nuisance due to any changed condition about the locality after it has been in continuous operation for three years, if it was not a nuisance at the time it began.

(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

SB 1188 (Haynes-R) Civil procedure

Provides that for purposes of the anti-Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation statute, which protects a person's right of petition and free speech, "person" does not include a public entity or a public officer acting in his/her official capacity.

(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

SB 1254 (Schiff-D) Confidentiality of writings

Creates the "Sunshine in the Courts Act" to regulate and control the use of court-sanctioned "secrecy" agreements.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 1365 (Murray-D) Identity theft

Provides that no individual, firm, partnership, corporation or association shall disclose personal information about a victim of identity theft to third parties for direct marketing purposes, upon receipt of a copy of a police report filed pursuant to Section 530.5 of the Penal Code, and a written request from the victim.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SB 1370 (Ortiz-D) Settlement negotiations

Makes evidence of negotiations to settle a pending civil action or administrative adjudication inadmissible in that action or adjudication, with specified exceptions. Makes the settlement negotiations in a pending civil action or administrative judication confidential where the persons participating in the negotiations execute a written agreement stating that they are confidential and will protect the negotiations from civil discovery, with specified exceptions.

(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

SB 1371 (Sher-D) Electronic transactions: transferable records

Amends the Electronic Transactions Act to create a system for the transfer of title to an electronic loan note, and extends the doctrine of holder in due course to holders of copies of electronic loan notes.

(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)

SB 1373 (Lewis-R) Commercial leaseholds

Provides that where a landlord shows that his/her consent to a transfer of a commercial lease has been withheld because the proposed use of the property after the transfer will conflict with the landlord's moral, ethical, or religious principles, the landlord's consent shall not be deemed to have been unreasonably withheld.

(Failed passage in Senate Judiciary Committee)

SB 1385 (Burton-D) Deceased personalities

Requires that an unauthorized use of a deceased personality's name, voice, signature, photograph or likeness for commercial purposes, within 70 years of the personality's death, must be made with knowledge in order for liability for damages to result.

(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

SB 1409 (Murray-D) Privacy: identity theft

Makes it a felony or a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for two or three years, or in a county jail not to exceed one year, or by a fine not exceeding $25,000, or by both the fine and imprisonment, for a consumer credit reporting agency, financial institution, healthcare provider, or insurance company, to disclose personal information relating to an individual to a third party without consent. Provides that a violation of this section shall also give rise to a cause of action on behalf of the individual for damages not exceeding $5,000 per violation.

(Failed passage in Senate Judiciary Committee)

SB 1419 (Haynes-R) Medical profiling

Prohibits any activity that may be characterized as "medical profiling" if that activity employs the use of medical records or other patient information to help determine whether an individual has a likelihood of engaging in violence or other crimes.

(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)

SB 1471 (Schiff-D) Health care liens

Provides that no lien asserted by a licensee of the State Department of Managed Care or the State Department of Insurance, and no lien of a medical group or an independent practice association, to the extent it asserts or enforces a lien, for the recovery of money paid or payable to or on behalf of, an enrollee or insured for medical services provided under a health care service plan contract or disability insurance policy, may exceed specified amounts.

Chapter 848, Statutes of 2000

SB 1565 (Schiff-D) Property of felons: involuntary trust

Expands California's "Son of Sam" law to create an involuntary trust of the profits when a representative of the felon or a third party sells any memorabilia or other thing of a convicted felon, where the value of the memorabilia or thing is enhanced by the notoriety gained from the commission of a felony for which the felon was convicted. Provides that from these profits, a seller profiteering from the felony may retain an amount equal to the inherent value of the thing sold (i.e., the item's enhanced value due to the notoriety of the felony would be subject to the constructive trust.)

Chapter 261, Statutes of 2000

SB 1641 (Bowen-D) Guardians and conservatorships: accounting for assets

Requires the court, where the guardian or conservator is a family member or blood relative of the ward or conservatee, if the value of the estate of a ward or conservatee exceeds $20,000, to appoint legal counsel to represent the ward or conservatee, as specified, unless the court finds and states on the record that the appointment of legal counsel is not necessary to be compensated by the estate at a rate determined by the court. Requires the Judicial Council to make a cost-of-living adjustment to the above amount in the valuation of the estate, as specified, and posts these adjusted amounts on the official web site of the Judicial Council. Provides that the bond requires prior to issuance of letters in guardianship or conservatorship proceedings shall not be reduced below a specified amount in cases where the guardian or conservator is a family member or blood relative.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 1767 (Bowen-D) Credit: identity theft

Allows people to "freeze" access to and place security alerts on their credit reports and restricts the use of social security numbers.

(Died in Assembly Banking and Finance Committee)

SB 1869 (Solis-D) Power of attorney

Requires notice to a principal and to the attorney-in-fact under a power of attorney concerning conditions on the transfer of the principal's property to, or the acceptance of a gift of the principal's property by, the attorney-in-fact.

Chapter 999, Statutes of 2000

SB 1899 (Burton-D) Northridge earthquake of 1994

Provides victims of the 1994 Northridge earthquake an additional year to file claims for their quake-related damages.

Chapter 1090, Statutes of 2000

SB 1958 (Lewis-R) Public entities: liability

Provides that an independent building inspector employed by a private entity, but authorized by a city or county building department to inspect buildings and report to the building department according to regulations established by the building department, shall be deemed a public employee while performing building inspections under the direction of the building department.

(Failed passage in Senate Judiciary Committee)

SB 2002 (Senate Judiciary Committee) Commercial Code: cleanup provisions

Corrects provisions enacted in the new Commercial Code (SB 45, Chapter 991, Statutes of 1999), in light of other laws enacted in 1999 relating to fees charged by the Secretary of State for specific document filings. Makes other technical amendments to the Commercial Code.

Chapter 1003, Statutes of 2000

SB 2056 (Morrow-R) Punitive damages

Restricts, in any action filed on or after January 1, 2001, the pleading or awarding of punitive damages where punitive damages have awarded in another state or federal court for the same conduct, as specified. Requires punitive damage awards in these cases to be reduced by the amount of prior punitive damage awards.

(Failed passage in Senate Judiciary Committee)

SB 2082 (O'Connell-D) Animal testing: alternative methods

Requires manufacturers and their contract testing facilities to use alternatives to animal testing in this state if an appropriate validated alternative exists which is recommended by the federal Inter-Agency Coordinating Committee for the Validation of Alternative Methods and is adopted by the responsible federal regulatory agency(ies). Provides for a $5,000 civil penalty and injunction as remedies for violation. Allows prevailing parties to collect attorneys' fees and costs. Grants any district attorney or the Attorney General standing to enforce the proposed restrictions on animal testing. Specifies that this bill does not apply to testing done for the purpose of medical research and pharmacological drug discovery research and development.

Chapter 476, Statutes of 2000

SB 2153 (Schiff-D) Discovery referees

Requires the filing of any peremptory challenge motion to remove a discover referee within ten days after notice of the appointment, or, if the party has not yet appeared in the action, within ten days after the appearance.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 205 (Leach-R) Domestic violence: name change

Requires that a name change of an individual who is currently involved in the Confidentiality of Victims of Domestic Violence Program also be kept confidential.

Chapter 33, Statutes of 2000

AB 321 (Wildman-D) Eminent domain: valuation

Clarifies and modifies the type of evidence that may be considered to determine the fair market value of property taken in an eminent domain proceeding for purposes of compensation.

Chapter 948, Statutes of 2000

AB 460 (Ackerman-R) Trusts and trustees: immunity and notices to heirs

Conforms California law to federal law providing immunity to trustees of federal or state government retirement plans that allow an employee to direct investment of employee-contributed assets to the plan. Provides that the immunity applies to limit liability for losses incurred with respect to those employee-directed investment assets.

Chapter 34, Statutes of 2000

AB 576* (Honda-D) Mechanics' liens

Corrects drafting mistakes from last year by deleting erroneous references to provisions of law which were proposed, but never enacted regarding the enforcement of mechanics' liens.

Chapter 13, Statutes of 2000

AB 823 (Floyd-D) Legal actions

Provides that for injuries or death caused by exposure to toxic substances or cumulative trauma, the statute of limitations is the later of, one year from the date of the plaintiff's disability, as defined, or the date of death of plaintiff's decedent, or one year after the date the plaintiff either knew, or through the exercise of reasonable diligence should have known, that injury, illness, or death from the exposure to toxic substances or cumulative trauma was caused or contributed to by the wrongful act of another.

(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)

AB 860 (Thomson-D) Mobilehome parks and condominiums: pets

Requires that mobilehome parks and common interest developments allow owners to keep at least one pet, subject to reasonable rules and regulations. Provides that the requirements of the bill will go into effect for any new agreements entered, amended, or other modified, after January 1, 2001.

Chapter 551, Statutes of 2000

AB 938* (Dutra-D) Escheat: military awards

Exempts all escheated property consisting of military awards and decorations delivered to the State Controller from public sale, and requires that the subject military awards and decorations be held in trust for the State Controller at the California national Guard Museum and Resource Center.

Chapter 16, Statutes of 2000

AB 999 (Briggs-R) Computer failures: liability

Specifies that any action, including one to recover damages, resulting from a Year 2000 computer date failure, as defined, shall be deemed to be based solely in contract when certain conditions apply, as specified. Specifies, as to those actions, a 90-day cure period exists before the action is commenced. Requires that liability be several and apportioned among multiple defendants. Limits class actions, specifies standards for pleading and requires that discovery be stayed pending a demurrer or motion to dismiss.

(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

AB 1023 (Margett-R) Electronic recordings

Authorizes the Judicial Council to adopt rules to permit any court to utilize audio and video recording as a means of producing a verbatim record of proceedings or depositions for proceedings. Requires the Judicial Council to adopt rules to apportion the half-day fee to be charged when the court provides verbatim recordkeeping services by means of a certified shorthand reporter.

(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)

AB 1037 (Robert Pacheco-R) Civil assessments

Requires each court to specify, in its bail schedule, those offenses for which a bench warrant or arrest warrant will be issued in the event a defendant fails to appear and those offenses for which a civil assessment will be imposed, instead of a bench warrant or arrest warrant.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 1158 (Soto-D) Discovery: depositions

Seeks to discourage the use of long-term arrangements between parties and deposition reporting firms or networks which provide services on a preferential basis.

(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

AB 1281 (Bates-R) Computers: liability: Year 2000 problem

Prohibits consequential or punitive damages, unless the claimant has first attempted to resolve the complaint through alternative dispute resolution.

(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)

AB 1316 (Correa-D) Nonresidential lease commission disputes

Permits a real estate licensee to file a lis pendens upon filing a civil breach of contract action to collect the realtor's unpaid commission for bringing about a lease of the owner's commercial or industrial property.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 1380 (Villaraigosa-D) Health care providers: liability

Adjusts annually the cap on non-economic damages contained in the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act of 1975 (MICRA), to reflect changes in the cost-of-living, and sets forth various legislative findings about the need to reform MICRA.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 1491 (Kaloogian-R) Estates and trusts: omnibus bill

Makes numerous changes in the area of estates and trusts.

Chapter 17, Statutes of 2000

AB 1569 (Ackerman-R) Computers: liability for damages: Year 2000 Problem

Provides immunity from any noncontract claim, subject to certain exceptions, to suppliers of computer products, as defined, arising from the failure or malfunction of those products due to the Year 2000 Problem, if the supplier satisfies certain requirements relating to repair, replacement, or refund of the computer products by a specified date.

(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)

AB 1579 (Robert Pacheco-R) Class actions: attorney's fees

Limits the total attorney's fees and expenses which may be awarded by the court to counsel for the plaintiff class in a class action, as specified. Also sets forth the intent of the Legislature in this regard.

(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)

AB 1625 (Cardoza-D) Unclaimed property: private investigators

Requires that any agreement to locate, deliver, recover, or assist in the recovery of unclaimed property must be between the owner of the property and one of the following: (1) private investigator, (2) an attorney, (3) public accountant, (4) any other person owing a fiduciary duty to the property owner who is licensed by the state to perform that fiduciary duty and whose license will be subject to the sanction for violation of the unclaimed property law, and (5) any person working under the direct supervision of one of the above licensees.

Vetoed by the Governor

AB 1628 (Kaloogian-R) Trusts

Clarifies that the time period during which a beneficiary or nonbeneficiary heir may file an action to contest the trust is 120 days after a trustee has provided a specified notice or 60 days after a copy of the terms of the trust is mailed or delivered to the person receiving notice during the 120-day period, whichever is later.

Chapter 592, Statutes of 2000

AB 1669 (Assembly Judiciary Committee) Civil law and procedure omnibus bill

Revises the provisions regarding (1) requirements of federal law that shall apply to the collection of consumer debts, (2) the procedure for the transfer or consolidation of civil actions, (3) the exemption of certain petitions for protective orders, restraining orders, and injunctions from filing fee requirements, (4) the procedures for the relief of good faith improvers of land, (5) the procedure for a change of name, (6) provisions governing early mediation pilot programs in four superior courts, (7) the time limits for discovery in civil actions, (8) the authorization for supplemental demand for the inspection of documents in a civil action, (9) the form of an oath, affirmation, and declaration, and (10) the effect of an appeal in a proceeding under the Probate Code.

Extends the date by which the California Tahoe Conservancy shall be repealed and by which the conservancy shall report to the Legislature to January 1, 2006, and expands the exemption of the conservancy from liability for injuries caused by a natural condition of unimproved land. Adds district attorney investigators to the law enforcement officers authorized to inspect vehicles and vehicle components to establish rightful ownership or possession.

Chapter 688, Statutes of 2000

AB 1707 (Kuehl-D) Privacy: financial transactions: personal information

Adds the Consumers Financial Privacy Act to the California Civil Code.

(Failed passage in Assembly Banking and Finance Committee)

AB 1773 (Romero-D) Intellectual property: public postsecondary

Prohibits any business, agency, or person from preparing, causing to be prepared, giving, selling, transferring, or otherwise distributing or publishing, any contemporaneous recording of an academic presentation, as defined, of an instructor of record, as defined, employed by the California Community Colleges, the California State University, or the University of California, as specified.

Chapter 574, Statutes of 2000

AB 1823 (Dutra-D) Common interest developments

Amends the Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act to require common interest development associations to notify a homeowner when the board of directors plans to meet to consider that member's alleged violation of an association's rules. Provides that the owner of a separate interest in the development is to provide a prospective purchaser with notice of any unpaid monetary fines or penalties levied upon the owner's separate interest, and notice of any unresolved violations of the governing documents about which the association previously has sent notice to the owner. Reduces from 15 days to ten days the time in which an association has to notify a homeowner of disciplinary action. Requires a homeowner to provide a prospective purchaser with notice of any unpaid monetary fines or penalties levied upon any portion of the owner's interest in the development, not just his/her separate interest.

Chapter 257, Statutes of 2000

AB 1836 (Bates-R) Coroner's reports

Requires disclosure of medical information on records to a coroner without delay for specified purposes. Reduces the time for giving family member of decedents notice of a coroner's request for medical records through subpoena, from 15 days prior to the date the records are to be delivered to the superior court to three days prior to that day. Provides that the coroner's report to law enforcement on suspected criminal deaths may only include the medical information of the decedent which is directly related to the death. Provides that the provisions of the bill sunset on January 1, 2003.

Chapter 1068, Statutes of 2000

AB 1860 (Migden-D) Confidentiality: news sources: unpublished information

Makes a number of clarifications relative to the rights of journalists under the media shield law.

Chapter 377, Statutes of 2000

AB 1888 (Dutra-D) Amnesty program for holders of unclaimed property

Establishes an amnesty program to allow holders of unclaimed property, who may be delinquent in their duty to pay or deliver unclaimed property to the state to surrender the property on or before December 31, 2001, without incurring a 12 percent interest penalty,

Chapter 267, Statutes of 2000

AB 1950 (Rod Pacheco-R) Guardianships and conservatorships

Prohibits a guardian or conservator from hiring or directing business to a business entity in which he/she has a financial interest. Requires the submittal of financial interests, as defined, when accountings are filed. Prohibits the payment or offset of surcharges imposed by a court for breach of fiduciary duty, against future fees or wages payable by the estate to the guardian or conservator. Requires a bank to send a copy of bank documents to the probate court when a guardian or conservator opens a new account or changes the name of an existing account to reflect the guardianship or conservatorship. Bars anyone connected with the conservatorship from leasing, purchasing or renting real or personal property from the estate of the conservatee or ward.

Chapter 565, Statutes of 2000

AB 1965 (Leach-R) Information practices: State Board of Equalization

Strikes the existing provision in the law which allows the State Board of Equalization (BOE) to sell names and addresses of licensees collected by the BOE. Provides that the BOE may continue to use the information collected to verify resale certificates and IRS tax and fee provisions. Allows release of data collected by the BOE to federal or state agencies and local governments, as otherwise provided by law.

Chapter 962, Statutes of 2000

AB 2139 (Robert Pacheco-R) Attorney's fees: common interest developments

Extends a pilot project regarding the award of attorney's fees in Riverside and San Bernardino counties for two more years and applies these provisions statewide in certain construction defect cases.

(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)

AB 2155 (Pescetti-R) Name change

Allows a child's legal guardian to petition the court on behalf of the child to change the child's name, absent the consent of the child's parents.

Chapter 111, Statutes of 2000

AB 2189 (Baldwin-R) Disability: access

Imposes restrictions not imposed on other victims of discrimination on the ability of an individual with a disability to bring suit for violation of California's equal access laws.

(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)

AB 2405 (Maddox-R) Abstract of judgment

Creates an "affidavit of identity" process to allow a judgment creditor to enforce a judgment against a judgment debtor under a name other than the set forth in the judgment.

Chapter 639, Statutes of 2000

AB 2484 (Romero-D) Civil rights

Prohibits any governmental authority from engaging in a patter or practice of conduct by law enforcement officers that deprives any person of rights, privileges, or immunities protected by the law or constitution. States that the Attorney General (AG) may bring a civil action in the name of the people to obtain appropriate equitable and declaratory relief to eliminate the pattern or practice of conduct, above, whenever the AG has reasonable cause to believe that such a violation has occurred.

Chapter 622, Statutes of 2000

AB 2539 (Assembly Judiciary Committee) Maintenance of the codes

Makes various nonsubstantive, technical changes in various codes, as recommended by the Legislative Counsel's Office.

Chapter 135, Statutes of 2000

AB 2719 (Wesson-D) Constitutional and civil rights enforcement

Allows the Attorney General, a district attorney, or a city attorney to be awarded a $25,000 civil penalty in successful enforcement actions under the Ralph Civil Rights Act. Declares that an action brought pursuant to the Bane Civil Rights Act for a violation of a person's constitutional rights, does not require the individual whose rights were violated to prove that he/she is a member of a protected class.

Chapter 98, Statutes of 2000

AB 2797 (Papan-D) Confidentiality of health, medical, or genetic information

Prohibits insurance companies and their affiliates from disclosing individually identifiable information concerning the health of, or the medical or genetic history of, a customer, to depository institutions and other third parties, for use with regard to the granting of credit.

Chapter 278, Statutes of 2000

AB 2804 (Papan-D) Admissability of evidence: statements of apology

Makes portions of a statement, writing or behavioral gesture expressing sympathy to a person involved in an accident, or to the person's family, inadmissible as evidence of liability in a civil action. Specifies that a statement of fault, which is part of or in addition to any benevolent statement, writing or gesture, is not inadmissible.

Chapter 195, Statutes of 2000

AB 2866* (Migden-D) Budget Trailer Bill: civil law

Requires the Judicial Council to establish a pilot program to the Los Angeles Superior Court in ten departments relative to early mediation of civil law.

Chapter 127, Statutes of 2000 - Item Vetoed

Corrections

SB 13 (Rainey-R) Parole: revocation

Provides that the parole authority may revoke the parole of any prisoner who demonstrates by his/her conduct, as defined, that he/she is suffering from a mental disorder that indicates the parolee is likely to engage in criminal behavior upon release.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SB 127 (Polanco-D) Placement for parole

Adds additional criteria to which the paroling authority shall give "serious consideration for parole of inmates out of the county of last legal residence when the inmate has participated in an in-prison drug treatment program. Double-joined with SB 580 (Lewis).

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 483 (Baca-D) Surplus state property

Requires the State Department of General Services (DGS) to lease 110 new acres to Chino for 55 years without consideration. Specifies that the State Department of Corrections is to receive 50 percent of any rents received by Chino on the land. Requires DGS to offer to sell 210 acres to the Chino Redevelopment Agency.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 499 (Burton-D) Imprisonment: parole

Requires the State Board of Prison Terms (BOPT) to consider whether the prisoner had suffered from specified abuse inflicted by the victim of the crime, who was the prisoner's spouse, intimate cohabitant, or parent of the prisoner's child. Requires the BOPT to make a finding on the record the facts that it considered, and the reasons for the parole decision. Requires the BOPT to report annually to the Legislature and the Governor on the cases where these issues were considered during the previous year, including specified information.

Chapter 652, Statutes of 2000

SB 577* (Peace-D) Correctional and Youth Authority peace officers

Requires that the State Department of Corrections and the State Department of the Youth Authority to provide 16 weeks of training to each correctional officer cadet who attends an academy after July 1, 2001, and a minimum of two weeks of training to each newly appointed first line supervisor.

Chapter 987, Statutes of 2000

SB 580 (Lewis-R) Stalking: victim notification: conditions of parole

Requires that victims of stalking or felony domestic violence be notified of any change in the parole status or location of their offender. Requires custodial agents to make "reasonable attempts" to locate stalking or felony domestic violence victims.

Chapter 561, Statutes of 2000

SB 793 (Ortiz-D) Corrections: parolees

Declares the intent of the Legislature to specify criteria to be used in the siting of group homes, community correctional centers, halfway houses, reentry centers, and other similar community facilities operated by the State Department of Corrections or any other public or private operator for the housing of state parolees within communities. Requires notice to local law enforcement officials with respect to the placement of an inmate in any group home, community correctional center, halfway house, reentry center, or other similar community facility operated by the State Department of Corrections or any other public or private operator.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SB 1007 (Knight-R) Undocumented aliens: notification

Requires the State Department of Corrections to establish procedures to notify and transfer inmates who are undocumented aliens to United States Immigration and Naturalization Service custody prior to release.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SB 1042 (Knight-R) Community correctional facilities

Authorizes the State Department of Corrections (DOC) to contract for up to 4,000 community correctional facility (CCF) beds if DOC demonstrates that incarceration of felons in a CCF is either cost-neutral or a savings to the state when compared to the cost of incarcerating felons of similar classification in the state prison.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

SB 1117 (Vasconcellos-D) Inmates: rehabilitation

Modifies the legislative definition of the purpose of imprisonment to mean punishment as well as the prevention of crime, and the rehabilitation of inmates.

(Failed passage on the Assembly Floor)

SB 1342 (Burton-D) Forensic testing: post conviction

Requires the court to grant a motion for the performance of DNA testing under specified conditions for any person convicted of a felony currently serving a term of imprisonment, and requires the appropriate governmental entity to preserve any biological material secured in a criminal case, as specified.

Chapter 821, Statutes of 2000

SB 1457 (Vasconcellos-D) Prisons

Makes the primary purpose of the California Institution for Men statutorily consistent with San Quentin and Folsom Prisons.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

SB 1543 (Monteith-R) Drug searches: State Department of Corrections: canines

Establishes a pilot project in the State Department of Corrections (DOC) where an unspecified number of "sniffing" dogs would be used for drug interdiction efforts in the Corcoran and Pelican Bay prisons and gives DOC the discretion to place dogs in other additional prisons.

(Failed passage in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SB 1565 (Schiff-D) Property of felons: involuntary trust

Expands California's "Son of Sam" law to create an involuntary trust of the profits when a representative of the felon or a third party sells any memorabilia or other thing of a convicted felon, where the value to the memorabilia or thing is enhanced by the notoriety gained from the commission of a felony for which the felon was convicted.

Chapter 261, Statutes of 2000

SB 1735 (Hayden-D) Violence in the adult and youth correctional facilities

Declares the intent of the Legislature to establish a reporting system on violence in the State Department of the Youth Authority and the State Department of Corrections. Requires the Inspector General (IG) to initiate research of violence in the correctional system. Requires the IG to contract with independent academic researchers to analyze violence in the correctional system and make recommendations for its reduction.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 1831* (Burton-D) Corrections: funding

Provides that certain funds appropriated in the Budget Act of 2000 to the Secretary of the State Youth and Adult Correctional Agency are first-year funding for a prescribed four-year epidemiological treatment prevention study. Requires the Secretary to report findings and recommendations to the Legislature by August 1, 2006. Appropriates $125,000 from the General Fund to the State Department of Corrections for preliminary plans for a new medical examination facility at the California Medical Facility at Vacaville.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 1845 (Polanco-D) Prisons: inmate education

Establishes, within the State Department of Corrections, a 15-member Correctional Board of Education to oversee all correctional education activities and appoints a Superintendent of Correctional Education to administer educational programs within the State Department of Corrections.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 1901 (Morrow-R) Probation and parole: sober living homes

Requires that the court or a probation department, the State Department of Corrections, or the State Department of the Youth Authority only order or arrange for placement, or refer, persons under the jurisdiction of the court or the respective departments to a sober living home.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SB 1978 (Hayden-D) Department of Corrections: telephone service contracts

Enacts legislative findings and declarations pertaining to prison inmate and youth authority access to telephone services and requires any state contracts for such access to be negotiated and awarded in a manner to provide for the lowest cost.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 1987 (Vasconcellos-D) Parolees: substance abuse treatment and employment training

Appropriates $4 million in funding to the State Department of Corrections for the first fiscal year of a three-year project which is to be used for enhanced substance abuse treatment and employment skills training to felons who are to be paroled, with the objective of parolee crime prevention and recidivism.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 2023 (Lewis-R) Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision

Adopts the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision which, if adopted by at least 35 states, creates a commission to monitor and govern the movement of adult criminal parolees and probationers as they move among the 50 states and territories, as specified.

Chapter 658, Statutes of 2000

SB 2087 (Hughes-D) Female parolees: drug use parole violation

Authorizes a pilot project, on or before June 30, 2001, to create an effective residential treatment and training program for female parolees who have violated parole through minor drug violations.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 2097 (Hayden-D) Wrongful convictions

Requests the Regents of the University of California, as well as any interested private postsecondary institution, to consider the creation of law school projects that undertake teaching and research on wrongful convictions of innocent persons, that study the causes of these wrongful convictions, and that propose remedies for this problem.

Vetoed by the Governor

SCR 91 (Polanco-D) Jt. Legis. Committee on Prison Construction and Operations

Reestablishes the Joint Legislative Committee on Prison Construction and Operations to assume primary responsibility for providing legislative scrutiny over prison construction and operations. Specifies that the committee terminates on November 30, 2002.

Resolution Chapter 156, Statutes of 2000

SCR 93 (Polanco-D) Parolees: Community Programs Task Force

Requests that the State Youth and Adult Correctional Agency convene a task force to examine and report on specified issues pertaining to create that task force, comprised of representatives from local and state government and program providers, to analyze issues related to funding, dispersal, and oversight of programs that provide reintegration, mental health, and substance abuse services to all members of the community, with an emphasis on the parolee and criminal justice populations.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 132 (Migden-D) Study: education and training for correctional managers

States the intent of the Legislature that the state develop an education and training program to prepare midcareer correctional managers for assuming the challenges for key leadership roles in the state's correctional system. Inserts a new mandate that the State Youth and Adult Correctional Agency prepare a report to the Legislature on a plan to accomplish that goal with the report to be submitted by March 31, 2001.

Vetoed by the Governor

AB 165* (Knox-D) Correctional facilities

Appropriates $1,025,000 from the General Fund to the State Department of Corrections to be allocated, as specified, for the purpose of increasing security in the housing program at the California State Prison at San Quentin and for preliminary plans and working drawings for a new medical examination facility at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 326 (Leonard-R) Correctional facilities: construction

Places a $4.1 billion general obligation bond on the March 7, 2000 ballot for the purpose of funding six new prisons ($2 billion), local jail expansion and renovation ($1.9 billion), and local juvenile detention facility expansion and renovation ($200 million).

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 369 (Havice-D) Prisoner rights

Prohibits persons sentenced to state prison for violent felonies from having conjugal visits.

(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 456 (Longville-D) Geriatric inmates

Creates specialized detention programs for an inmate 60 years and older who is serving an indeterminate life sentence and authorizes study of a geriatric parole program.

(Died on Assembly Inactive File)

AB 652 (Nakano-D) Board of Corrections: membership

Increases the membership of the State Board of Corrections (BOC) from 13 to 17 members and changes the BOC's composition to (1) add a rank and file deputy sheriff, (2) add a deputy rank and file deputy probation officer, (3) add a second county supervisor or county administrative position to make two spots for this category, one each for counties under and over 200,000, and (4) adds an administrator of a community-based youth service program.

(Died on Assembly Inactive File)

AB 720 (Dickerson-R) Conservation camps: prisoners

Appropriates $10,580,000 from the General Fund to the State Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to expand the use of conservation camps housing inmates who fight forest fires and are available to respond to other disasters.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 830 (Baldwin-R) Prisoners: release dates

Requires the State Department of Corrections to add a feature to its existing website on the Internet permitting public access to a list of inmates and their projected release dates.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 863* (Reyes-D) Fresno County Jail

Appropriates $5 million to Fresno County for the purpose of expanding the county jail by three floors.

(Failed passage in Senate Public Safety Committee)

AB 1176 (Frusetta-R) Prisoners: work programs: highway cleanup

Authorizes the State Department of Corrections to require state prisoners to be employed in programs that cleanup the areas surrounding nearby highways and other public areas.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 1449 (Florez-D) Prisoners: gassing

Deletes the sunset on the existing felony crime of battery "gassing" which applies to the state prison system and adds local detention facilities with the State Department of the Youth Authority (DYA) to that specific crime of battery "gassing," as specified. Requires actual contact with the victim's skin or membrane in order to constitute the offense of gassing and makes the offense a "wobbler." Requires the DYA to report specified findings of gassing to the Legislature.

Chapter 627, Statutes of 2000

AB 1478 (Baugh-R) Community correctional facilities

Authorizes the Director of the State Department of Corrections to commingle inmates sentenced to a restitution center with inmates who are in transit for community correctional reentry center placement. Requires the Judicial Council to provide information to sentencing courts to ensure that the judges responsible for sentencing are aware of the existence of the restitution center.

Chapter 249, Statutes of 2000

AB 1522 (Margett-R) Prisoners: aggravated battery

Extends the protection of the correctional anti-gassing statute to include all peace officers who come into contact with prison inmates, not just state prison employees, and removes the January 1, 2001 sunset on the gassing statute.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1597 (Migden-D) Female inmates

Declares the Legislature's intent to encourage the State Department of Corrections (DOC) and the University of California to establish a medical residency program between the University of California and the California Medical Facility, as specified. Requires the Director of DOC to ensure that all terminally ill female inmates receiving hospice care in the Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla operated by DOC receive a standard of hospice care equivalent to the services provided by the hospice care unit at the men's California Medical Facility in Vacaville.

Vetoed by the Governor

Similar to AB 2108 (Migden), which was vetoed by the Governor.

AB 1654* (Steinberg-D) Mentally disordered parolees

Requires the State Department of Corrections to implement the Transitional Care Management Program for seriously mentally disordered offenders for the purpose of reducing the recidivism rate of mentally ill parolees.

Vetoed by the Governor

AB 1815 (Maddox-R) Parolees

Expands the definition of a school from K-6 to any school and states that a school has a perimeter with regard to the release of a parolee.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 1890 (Rod Pacheco-R) Inmates working outside prison grounds

Requires the State Department of Corrections to require prisoners who are working outside the prison grounds in road cleanup crews or fire crews wear distinctive clothing for identification purposes, as specified.

Chapter 525, Statutes of 2000

AB 1942 (Reyes-D) Correctional inmates: electronic monitoring

Defines the term "electronic monitoring" to include, but not be limited to, global positioning monitoring systems or other real time monitoring systems, as defined by law, or radio frequency monitoring.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 1999* (Dickerson-R) Conservation camps

Reactivates more inmate conservation crews at 17 camps, subject to the appropriation of funds in the Budget.

Chapter 709, Statutes of 2000

AB 2094 (Reyes-D) Electronic monitoring

Expands penalties for escapes or attempted escapes from home detention program custody to include electronic monitoring programs. Specifies that the penalty for escape or attempted escape range from up to one year in county jail or state prison, to two, four, or six years in state prison if the escape involved violence. Allows the Fresno County Board of Supervisors to authorize the county probation department, county sheriff, or correctional administrator to create an electronic monitoring pilot project to monitor the whereabouts of probationers and persons released early from jail.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2101 (Migden-D) Media access to prisoners

Allows representatives of the media to interview prison inmates in person, as long as that access does not pose a threat to the security of the institution or to a member of the public, and it is done with the will of the interviewee.

Vetoed by the Governor

AB 2108 (Migden-D) Female inmates

Provides additional health services to female state prison inmates and makes additional women eligible for the Pregnant and Parenting Women's Alternative Sentencing Program, as specified.

Vetoed by the Governor

Similar to AB 1597 (Migden), which was vetoed by the Governor.

AB 2315 (Mazzoni-D) Children of incarcerated parents

Requires probation officers to report, prior to the sentencing of an individual who has minor children, information about the arrangements for care of those children if the defendant is to be incarcerated, and establishes a process to develop a model protocol to address the needs of the children at the time of their parent's arrest.

Vetoed by the Governor

AB 2316 (Mazzoni-D) Children of incarcerated parents

Commissions the California Research Bureau to conduct a study of the children of parents who are incarcerated in state prisons.

Chapter 965, Statutes of 2000

AB 2429* (Wildman-D) Education of prisoners

Allows programs for adults in correctional facilities to grow by up to 14 percent in the 2000-01 fiscal year before returning to the 2.5 percent annual limit on funded growth.

Chapter 640, Statutes of 2000

AB 2542 (Baldwin-R) Parolee information

Requires the State Department of Corrections to update its Internet website on a quarterly basis and provide public access to statistical information on that website regarding the number of parolees and category of criminal offenses for which they are serving parole on the basis of the zip code of the address of the residence or temporary domicile of the parolee.

(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

AB 2787 (Leonard-R) Prisons

Authorizes the State Department of Corrections to build a separate prison designed to incarcerate prisoners with special needs due to age or HIV status. Authorizes the sale of San Quentin State Prison and the relocation of its death row.

(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 2814 (Machado-D) DNA testing

Exempts all regulations, policies, and guidelines adopted by the State Department of Justice's (DOJ's) DNA Laboratory from the requirements of the Administrative Procedures Act. Requires DOJ's DNA Laboratory to purge files of persons who no longer are suspect in a criminal investigation within two years of the date of the filing of the information or indictment, or when the laboratory receives notice of acquittal or charges against the suspect were dropped.

Chapter 823, Statutes of 2000

AB 2866* (Migden-D) State government

Authorizes, among other things, the Director of the State Department of Corrections to adopt regulations relating to rebates for pharmaceuticals, as specified, and to enter into interagency agreements relating to purchase of pharmaceuticals. Provides that DOC may require parolees participating in relapse sex offense prevention treatment programs or other treatment to pay some or all of the costs associated with treatment, subject to the person's ability to pay.

Chapter 127, Statutes of 2000

ACR 52 (Mazzoni-D) Children of incarcerated parents

Directs the California Research Bureau of the California State Library to conduct a study of the problems faced by and associated with children of incarcerated parents, and requires the Director of the bureau to appoint an advisory panel, as specified, to advise and assist the bureau during the study.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

ACR 99 (Dickerson-R) Department of Corrections: firefighters

Honors the dedicated firefighters of the State Department of Corrections for their efforts during the "Fire Sieges of 1999."

Resolution Chapter 4, Statutes of 2000

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