Amended in Assembly April 8, 2013

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1120

Introduced by Assembly Member Hagman

February 22, 2013

An act to add Section 11101.5 to the Penal Code, relating to felonies.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1120, as amended, Hagman. Department of Justice: felony reporting: release on own recognizance.

Existing law authorizes the release of a defendant on his or her own recognizance in specified circumstances. Existing law also requires the Department of Justice to file for record and report all descriptions, information, photographs, and measurements of all persons convicted of a felony.

This bill would require the Department of Justice to collect begin insert specified end insert data on begin delete the number of end delete individuals who are charged with a felony begin delete and released pursuant on their own recognizance without posting bail end delete , including begin insert the number of people cited and released without being booked, the number of people released on their own recognizance prior to an initial court appearance, the number of people released on alternative custody prior to making bail, and end insert the felony with which the person is charged. The bill would require the department to post this information, in aggregate, on its Internet Web site.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

Section 11101.5 is added to the Penal Code, to
read:

11101.5.  

(a) The Department of Justice shall collect begin insert all of the
following end insert data on begin delete the number of end delete individuals who are charged with
a begin delete felony and released pursuant to Article 9 (commencing with
Section 1318) of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of Part 2 without posting
bail, including the felony with which the person is charged. end delete begin insert felony: end insert

begin insert

(1) The number of people cited and released without being
booked.

end insert begin insert

(2) The number of people released on their own recognizance
prior to an initial court appearance.

end insert begin insert

(3) The number of people released on alternative custody prior
to making bail.

end insert begin insert

(4) For each person in the prior three paragraphs, the code
violation for which he or she was arrested.

end insert

(b) Information shall be acquired and compiled in a manner to
be determined by the department and shall be published on the
department’s Internet Web site in aggregate form. All personally
identifiable information shall be removed.