Bill Text: CA SB259 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Department of Justice: crime statistics reporting.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-09-05 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 245, Statutes of 2019. [SB259 Detail]
Download: California-2019-SB259-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Department of Justice: crime statistics reporting.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-09-05 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 245, Statutes of 2019. [SB259 Detail]
Download: California-2019-SB259-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION
| Senate Bill | No. 259 |
| Introduced by Senator Nielsen |
February 12, 2019 |
An act to add Section 13012.7 to the Penal Code, relating to crime statistics.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 259, as introduced, Nielsen.
Department of Justice: crime statistics reporting.
Existing law requires the Department of Justice to annually present a report to the Governor containing the statewide criminal statistics of the preceding year. Existing law also requires specified local agencies, including chiefs of police and sheriffs, to report statistical data to the department at the time and in the manner the department prescribes.
This bill would require that report to include statistics on child molestation, as defined, in the same format and within existing Table 1 and Table 2 that report on the number, rate per 100,000 population, and percentage change in other violent crimes, including rape.
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 13012.7 is added to the Penal Code, to read:13012.7.
(a) The annual report published by the department pursuant to Section 13010 shall include statistics on child molestation in the same format and within the existing Table 1 and Table 2 that report on the number, rate per 100,000 population, and percentage change in other violent crimes, including rape.(b) For purposes of this section, child molestation shall include the combined total of offenses defined in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 288 and Section 288.5.
