13026.
(a) For purposes of this section, “violent death” has the same meaning as in Section 131231 of the Health and Safety Code.(b) By January 1, 2021, the Attorney General shall direct local law enforcement agencies to report quarterly to the Department of Justice both of the following data relative to investigations and victims of violent deaths:
(1) Sexual orientation.
(2) Gender identity.
(c) (1) By July 1, 2020, the Attorney General shall convene a stakeholder workgroup to develop data standards and categories, data reporting requirements and forms, and analytical assessment standards, relating to sexual orientation and gender identity, as specified in subdivision (d).
(2) The workgroup shall be composed of individuals representing the State Department of Public Health, including staff who administer the California Electronic Violent Death Reporting System, district attorneys, local law enforcement agencies, advocates for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community, and organizations, such as Equality California, The National Center for Lesbian Rights, the Transgender Law Center, and the Trevor Project.
(d) (1) Data on sexual orientation may include all of the following subcategories:
(A) Bisexual.
(B) Heterosexual.
(C) Homosexual.
(D) Other.
(E) Unknown.
(2) Data on gender identity, if different than sex assigned at birth, may include all of the following subcategories:
(A) Cisgender female or male.
(B) Transgender female or male.
(C) Gender nonconforming.
(3) The data described in subparagraphs (1) and (2) may be stratified by age, mode of violent death, and any other data elements as determined by the stakeholder workgroup.
(e) In developing the report and reporting requirements pursuant to this section, the Department of Justice may use established policies and practices, to the extent feasible, on reports on hate crimes, as specified in Section 13023.
(f) By July 1, 2022, and each July 1 thereafter, the Department of Justice shall update the OpenJustice Web portal with the information obtained from local law enforcement agencies pursuant to this section.
(g) The Department of Justice shall collaborate with the State Department of Public Health to collect and maintain the data reported quarterly in the California Electronic Violent Death Reporting System, as specified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 131230 of the Health and Safety Code. The Department of Justice and the State Department of Public Health shall jointly analyze data relative to investigations and victims of violent deaths, including the quarterly reports submitted by local law enforcement agencies, pursuant to this section.