BILL NUMBER: SB 819	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Leno

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to relating to crime.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 819, as introduced, Leno. Crimes: eyewitness identification.
   Existing law requires the Attorney General to keep various
identifying information on file of persons confined to penal
institutions including fingerprints, measurements, and criminal
histories.
   This bill would state that it is the intent of the Legislature to
later amend into this bill provisions that would require law
enforcement to study and consider new policies to ensure proper
eyewitness identification procedures.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to later amend into
this bill provisions that would require law enforcement officials to
study and consider the adoption of new policies and procedures to
ensure that eyewitness identification procedures minimize the chance
of misidentifying a suspect.