BILL NUMBER: AB 2615	CHAPTERED  07/20/06

	CHAPTER  92
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 20, 2006
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 20, 2006
	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 26, 2006
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  APRIL 20, 2006

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Tran, Bermudez, and Spitzer
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Daucher, DeVore, Harman, Huff,
Umberg, and Walters)

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2006

   An act to amend Section 293 of the Penal Code, relating to
information regarding victims of sex offenses.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2615, Tran  Information relating to victims of sex offenses.
   Current law provides that the victim of a sex offense may request
that his or her name and address not be a matter of public record.
Current law further provides that the name of a person who is the
victim of a sex offense may be disclosed to certain law enforcement
officials for the purpose of conducting official business even if the
victim requested to keep his or her name and address confidential.
   This bill would add county probation officers to the list of law
enforcement officials who may obtain the name and address of a victim
of a sex offense for the purpose of conducting official business as
specified.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 293 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   293.  (a) Any employee of a law enforcement agency who personally
receives a report from any person, alleging that the person making
the report has been the victim of a sex offense, shall inform that
person that his or her name will become a matter of public record
unless he or she requests that it not become a matter of public
record, pursuant to Section 6254 of the Government Code.
   (b) Any written report of an alleged sex offense shall indicate
that the alleged victim has been properly informed pursuant to
subdivision (a) and shall memorialize his or her response.
   (c) No law enforcement agency shall disclose to any person, except
the prosecutor, parole officers of the Department of Corrections,
hearing officers of the parole authority, probation officers of
county probation departments, or other persons or public agencies
where authorized or required by law, the address of a person who
alleges to be the victim of a sex offense.
   (d) No law enforcement agency shall disclose to any person, except
the prosecutor, parole officers of the Department of Corrections,
hearing officers of the parole authority, probation offices of county
probation departments, or other persons or public agencies where
authorized or required by law, the name of a person who alleges to be
the victim of a sex offense, if that person has elected to exercise
his or her right pursuant to this section and Section 6254 of the
Government Code.
   (e) For purposes of this section, sex offense means any crime
listed in paragraph (2) of subdivision (f) of Section 6254 of the
Government Code which is also defined in Chapter 1 (commencing with
Section 261) or Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 281) of Part 1 of
Title 9.
   (f) Parole officers of the Department of Corrections and hearing
officers of the parole authority, and probation officers of county
probation departments, shall be entitled to receive information
pursuant to subdivisions (c) and (d) only if the person to whom the
information pertains alleges that he or she is the victim of a sex
offense, the alleged perpetrator of which is a parolee who is alleged
to have committed the sex offense while on parole, or in the case of
a county probation officer, the person who is alleged to have
committed the sex offense is a probationer or is under investigation
by a county probation department pursuant to Section 1203.