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          Date of Hearing:   July 3, 2013

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

                SB 340 (Jackson) - As Introduced:  February 20, 2013 

          Policy Committee:                             Public  
          SafetyVote:5-2

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          Yes    Reimbursable:              Yes

           SUMMARY  

          This bill eliminates the January 1, 2014 sunset on the  
          Reproductive Rights Law Enforcement Act (Act). 

          The Act requires:

          1)The Attorney General to collect and analyze information  
            relating to anti-reproductive rights crimes; develop a plan to  
            prevent and prosecute such crimes; and submit an annual report  
            to the Legislature. 

          2)The Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST)  
            to produce and make a two-hour telecourse on anti-reproductive  
            rights crimes available to law enforcement agencies.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          1)Minor absorbable GF costs to the Department of Justice (DOJ)  
            for data collection and analysis.

          2)Minor absorbable special fund costs to POST to provide  
            training materials. 

          3)Negligible potentially state-reimbursable costs to local law  
            enforcement for reporting anti-reproductive rights crimes to  
            the DOJ. 

           COMMENTS  

           Rationale  . The author contends eliminating the Act's sunset will  
          ensure ongoing analysis and reporting that contribute  








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          significantly to safeguarding reproductive health choices and  
          access.
            

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Geoff Long / APPR. / (916) 319-2081