Bill Text: CA AB2568 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: County jails: veterans.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-09-06 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 281, Statutes of 2018. [AB2568 Detail]

Download: California-2017-AB2568-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2568

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Introduced by Assembly Member Reyes

February 15, 2018

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An act to amend Section 851.6 of the Penal Code, relating to detentions.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2568, as introduced, Reyes. Detentions: certificate of release.

Existing law requires a person who is arrested and released without being charged to be issued a certificate describing the action as a detention and requires any reference to the action as an arrest to be deleted from the arrest records of the arresting agency and the Department of Justice. Existing law requires the Attorney General to prescribe the form and content of the certificate.

This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these provisions.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 851.6 of the Penal Code is amended to read:

851.6.

 (a) In any case in which a person is arrested and released pursuant to paragraph (1), (3), or (5) of subdivision (b) of Section 849, the person shall be issued a certificate, signed by the releasing officer or his superior officer, describing the action as a detention.

(b) In any case in which a person is arrested and released and an accusatory pleading is not filed charging him or her with an offense, the person shall be issued a certificate by the law enforcement agency which that arrested him or her describing the action as a detention.

(c) The Attorney General shall prescribe the form and content of the certificate.

(d) Any reference to the action as an arrest shall be deleted from the arrest records of the arresting agency and of the Department of Justice. Thereafter, any record of the action shall refer to it as a detention.