Bill Text: CA SB259 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Chaptered
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-Chaptered.html
Senate Bill
No. 259
CHAPTER 245
An act to add Section 13012.7 to the Penal Code, relating to crime statistics.
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Approved by
Governor
September 05, 2019.
Filed with
Secretary of State
September 05, 2019.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 259, 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, commencing with the report that includes data from 2022, to the extent the data is available, to include statistics on lewd or lascivious felonies, as defined, consistent with those reported for rape.
Digest Key
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, commencing with the report that includes data from 2022, shall, to the extent the data is available, include statistics on lewd or lascivious felonies consistent with those reported for rape, including the number of offenses reported and the rate per 100,000 population.(b) For purposes of this section, “lewd or lascivious felonies” means conduct prohibited by Sections 220, 266j, subdivisions (a) to (c), inclusive, of Section 288, and subdivision (a) of Section 288.5.
