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SB-1770 Anti-reproductive-rights crime.(2007-2008)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.

 Section 13519.15 is added to the Penal Code, to read:

13519.15.
 The commission shall prepare guidelines establishing standard procedures which may be followed by law enforcement agencies in the investigation and reporting of cases involving anti-reproductive-rights crimes. In developing the guidelines, the commission shall consider recommendations 1 to 12, inclusive, 14, and 15 of the report prepared by the Department of Justice and submitted to the Legislature pursuant to the Reproductive Rights Law Enforcement Act (Title 5.7 (commencing with Section 13775)).

SEC. 1.5.

 Section 13777 of the Penal Code is amended to read:

13777.
 (a) The  Except as provided in subdivision (d), the  Attorney General shall do each of the following:
(1) Collect information relating to anti-reproductive-rights crimes, including, but not limited to, the threatened commission of these crimes and persons suspected of committing these crimes or making these threats. This information shall be published on the Department of Justice Internet Web site in a manner that shall distinguish between crimes of violence, including, but not limited to, violations of subdivisions (a) and (e) of Section 423.2, and nonviolent crimes, including, but not limited to, violations of subdivision (c) of Section 423.2. 
(2) Direct local law enforcement agencies, district attorneys, and elected city attorneys to provide to the Department of Justice, in a manner that the Attorney General prescribes, all of the following on a monthly basis:
(A) The total number of anti-reproductive-rights crime-related calls for assistance made to the department:
(B) (2)  The total number of arrests for anti-reproductive-rights crimes, reported by which subdivision of Section 423.2 is the basis for the arrest. Direct local law enforcement agencies to provide to the Department of Justice, in a manner that the Attorney General prescribes, any information that may be required relative to anti-reproductive-rights crimes. The report of each crime that violates Section 423.2 shall note the subdivision that prohibits the crime.  The report of each crime that violates any other law shall note the code, section, and subdivision that prohibits the crime. The report of any crime that violates both Section 423.2 and any other law shall note both the subdivision of Section 423.2 and the other code, section, and subdivision that prohibits the crime.
(C) The total number of cases in which the district attorney charged an individual with a crime that violates Section 423.2, including the subdivision that prohibits the crime.
(3) Beginning July 1, 2025, report to the Legislature on an annual basis the information collected pursuant to paragraph (2). To avoid production and distribution costs, the Attorney General may submit the reports electronically or as part of any other report that the Attorney General submits. On or before July 1, 2003, and every July 1 thereafter, publish the information it obtains pursuant to this section on the Department of Justice Internet Web site. 
(4) Develop a plan to prevent, apprehend, prosecute, and report anti-reproductive-rights crimes, and to carry out the legislative intent expressed in subdivisions (c), (d), (e), and (f) of Section 1 of the act that enacts this title in the 2001–02 Regular Session of the Legislature.
(b) In carrying out their  his or her  responsibilities under this section, the Attorney General shall consult the Governor, the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, and other subject matter experts.
(c) The Attorney General shall implement this section to the extent the Legislature appropriates funds in the Budget Act or another statute for this purpose.

SEC. 2.

 Section 13777.2 of the Penal Code is amended to read:

13777.2.
 (a) The Commission on the Status of Women and Girls  shall convene an advisory committee consisting of one person appointed by the Attorney General and one person appointed by each of the organizations named in subdivision (b) of Section 13776 that chooses to appoint a member, and any other subject matter experts the commission appoints.  may appoint.  The advisory committee shall elect its chair and any other officers of its choice.
(b) The advisory committee shall make two reports, the first by December 31, 2025, 2007,  and the second by December 31, 2029, 2011,  to the Committees on Health, Judiciary, and Public Safety of the Senate and Assembly, to the Attorney General, the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, and the Commission on the Status of Women and Girls.  Women.  The reports shall evaluate the implementation of Chapter 899 of the  899,  Statutes of 2001 and any subsequent amendments made to this title  Title 5.7 of Chapter 4 of Part 3  and the effectiveness of the plan developed by the Attorney General pursuant to subparagraph (A) of  paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of  Section 13777. The reports shall also include recommendations concerning whether the Legislature should extend or repeal the sunset dates in Section 13779, recommendations  regarding any other legislation, and recommendations for any other actions by the Attorney General, Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, or the Commission on the Status of Women and Girls. Women. 
(c) The Commission on the Status of Women and Girls  shall transmit the reports of the advisory committee to the appropriate committees of the Legislature, including, but not limited to, the Committees on Health, Judiciary, and Public Safety in the Senate and Assembly, and make the reports available to the public, including by posting them on the Commission on the Status of Women and Girls’ internet website.  Women’s Web site.  To avoid production and distribution costs, the Commission on the Status of Women and Girls  may submit the reports electronically or as part of any other report that the Commission on the Status of Women and Girls  submits to the Legislature.
(d) The Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training shall make the most updated version of the  telecourse that it produced in 2002 pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 13778 available to the advisory committee. However, before providing the updated  telecourse to the advisory committee or otherwise making it public, the commission shall remove the name and face of any person who appears in the telecourse as originally produced who informs the commission in writing that the person  he or she  has a reasonable apprehension that making the telecourse public without the removal will endanger the person’s  his or her  life or physical safety.
(e) This section does not require a Nothing in this section requires any  state agency to pay for compensation, travel, or other expenses of any advisory committee member.

SEC. 3.

 Section 13778 of the Penal Code is amended to read:

13778.
 (a) The Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, utilizing available resources, shall develop and, subject to an appropriation of funds for this purpose in the annual Budget Act or other statute, update every seven years, or on a more frequent basis if deemed necessary by either the Commission on the Status of Women and Girls or the Attorney General, an interactive training course on  a two-hour telecourse on  anti-reproductive-rights crimes and make the telecourse available to all California law enforcement agencies through an online portal or platform. as soon as practicable after chaptering of the act that enacts this title in the 2001–2002 session of the Legislature. 
(b) Persons and organizations, including, but not limited to, subject-matter experts, may make application to the commission, as outlined in Article 3 (commencing with Section 1051) of Division 2 of Title 11 of the California Code of Regulations, for certification of a course designed to train law enforcement officers to carry out the legislative intent expressed in paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 1 of the act that enacts this title in the 2001–02 Regular Session.
(c) In developing the telecourse required by subdivision (a), and in considering any applications pursuant to subdivision (b), the commission, utilizing available resources, shall consult the Attorney General and other subject matter experts, except where a subject matter expert has submitted, or has an interest in, an application pursuant to subdivision (b).
(d) In addition to producing and making available the telecourse described in subdivision (a), the commission shall distribute, as necessary, training bulletins, via the internet, to law enforcement agencies participating in training offered pursuant to this section.

SEC. 4.

 Section 13779 of the Penal Code is amended to read:

13779.
 This title shall remain in effect until January 1, 2014, and as of that date is repealed unless a later enacted statute deletes or extends that date.
SEC. 5.
 If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.