Bill Text: CA SB1157 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Department of Justice: crime statistics.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-22 - Referred to Com. on RLS. [SB1157 Detail]
Download: California-2017-SB1157-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION
| Senate Bill | No. 1157 |
| Introduced by Senator Nielsen |
February 14, 2018 |
An act to add Section 13012.7 to the Penal Code, relating to crime statistics.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1157, as introduced, Nielsen.
Department of Justice: crime statistics.
Existing law requires the Department of Justice to present a report to the Governor annually 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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Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
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.
