Bill Text: CA SB1330 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Missing persons.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-09-23 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 544, Statutes of 2016. [SB1330 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SB1330-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1330	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  544
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 23, 2016
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 23, 2016
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 29, 2016
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 24, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 19, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 24, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 28, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Galgiani

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to amend Section 14215 of the Penal Code, relating to
missing persons.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1330, Galgiani. Missing persons.
   Existing law requires the Attorney General to maintain a directory
of at-risk missing persons. Existing law requires police or sheriff
departments, if there is evidence that a missing person is at-risk,
to broadcast a bulletin within its jurisdiction. Existing law defines
at-risk as including, among other things, a missing person who is
mentally impaired.
   This bill would clarify that an at-risk missing person includes a
person who is cognitively impaired or developmentally disabled.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 14215 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   14215.  (a) As used in this title, "missing person" includes, but
is not limited to, any of the following:
   (1) An at-risk adult.
   (2) A child who has been taken, detained, concealed, enticed away,
or retained by a parent in violation of Chapter 4 (commencing with
Section 277) of Title 9 of Part 1.
   (3) A child who is missing voluntarily or involuntarily, or under
circumstances not conforming to his or her ordinary habits or
behavior and who may be in need of assistance.
   (b) As used in this title, "at-risk" means there is evidence of,
or there are indications of, any of the following:
   (1) The person missing is the victim of a crime or foul play.
   (2) The person missing is in need of medical attention.
   (3) The person missing has no pattern of running away or
disappearing.
   (4) The person missing may be the victim of parental abduction.
   (5) The person missing is mentally impaired, including cognitively
impaired or developmentally disabled.
   (c) As used in this title, "child" is any person under 18 years of
age.
   (d) As used in this title, "center" means the Violent Crime
Information Center.
   (e) As used in this title, "dental or medical records or X-rays"
include all those records or X-rays which are in the possession of a
dentist, physician and surgeon, or medical facility.
   (f) As used in this title, "unidentified person" means a person,
living or deceased, whose identity the local investigative agency is
unable to determine.