BILL NUMBER: AB 2195 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 28, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 5, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Bonilla
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
An act to add Section 11105.09 13015
to the Penal Code, relating to crimes.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2195, as amended, Bonilla. Crimes: felony murder: data.
Existing law establishes the Department of Justice under the
direction and control of the Attorney General, and requires the
department to perform duties in the investigation of crimes as may be
assigned by the Attorney General. Existing law requires the Attorney
General to compile and disseminate state summary criminal history
information pertaining to the identification and criminal history of
any person. Existing law also establishes the Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation to oversee the state prison system.
Existing law requires the Department of Justice to collect certain
criminal justice data from specified persons and agencies and to
present an annual report to the Governor containing the criminal
statistics of the preceding calendar year, as specified. Existing law
requires the department to maintain a specified data set, updated
annually, that is made available through a prominently displayed
hypertext link on the department's Internet Web site. Existing law
also requires the department to annually publish a report containing
specified demographic information on victims of, and persons who are
charged with, homicide.
Existing law establishes the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation to oversee the state prison system.
Existing law specifies which species of murder are murder of the
first degree, including all murder that is committed in the
perpetration of, or attempt to perpetrate, certain crimes, including,
among others, burglary, arson, rape, robbery, and kidnapping.
Existing law provides that all other kinds of murders are of the
second degree.
This bill would, notwithstanding any other law, on or before
January 1, 2018, require the Department of Justice, in consultation
with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, to collect
data on the number of persons currently convicted of
of, and sentenced for
for, first and second degree felony murder pursuant to the
provisions described above. The bill would also require the
Department of Justice to disaggregate that the
data by county. county and by race and
gender within each county. The bill would require the
Department of Justice to update this the
data annually, annually and would
require the department to post the data in a prominent place on the
department's 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 11105.09 13015 is
added to the Penal Code, to read:
11105.09. 13015. (a)
Notwithstanding any other law, on or before January 1, 2018, the
Department of Justice, in consultation with the Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation, shall collect data on both of the
following:
(1) The number of persons currently convicted of
of, and sentenced for
for, first degree felony murder pursuant to Chapter 1
(commencing with Section 187) of Title 8 of Part 1.
(2) The number of persons currently convicted of
of, and sentenced for for,
second degree felony murder pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with
Section 187) of Title 8 of Part 1.
(b) The Department of Justice shall also disaggregate the data
required by subdivision (a) by county. county
and by race and gender within each county.
(c) The Department of Justice shall update the data required by
this section annually.
(d) The Department of Justice shall post the data required by this
section in a prominent place on the department's Internet Web site.