BILL NUMBER: AB 2380	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 8, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 18, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 31, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Alejo

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   An act to add Section 993 to the Penal Code, relating to
defendants.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2380, as amended, Alejo. Defendants: minor children.
   Existing law provides for the appointment of a guardian for a
minor child. Existing law provides for the creation of a 
Power   power  of  Attorney  
attorney  for a minor child. Existing law defines a "trustline
provider" as an adult who provides child care, in-home education
services, or other specified services to a minor, and who is
registered but not required to be licensed for purposes of child
care.
   This bill would require the court to provide a defendant at a
felony arraignment who  is   is, or whom the
court reasonably deems to be, as specified,  the sole custodial
parent of one or more minor children specified information regarding
guardianship for a minor, a guardianship power of attorney for a
minor, and information regarding specified unlicensed child care
providers.
   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.  Section 993 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   993.   (a)    At the arraignment of a defendant
who is charged with a felony and who  is   is,
or whom the court reasonably deems to be,  the sole custodial
parent of one or more minor children, the court shall provide the
following to the defendant: 
   (a) 
    (1)  Judicial Council Form GC-250, the "Guardianship
Pamphlet." 
   (b) 
    (2)  Information regarding a  Power 
 power  of  Attorney   attorney 
for a minor child. 
   (c) 
    (3)  Information regarding trustline background
examinations pertaining to child care providers as provided in
Chapter 3.35 (commencing with Section 1596.60) of Division 2 of the
Health and Safety Code. 
   (b) If the defendant states, orally or in writing, at the
arraignment that he or she is a sole custodial parent of one or more
minor children, the court may reasonably deem the defendant to be a
sole custodial parent of one or more minor children without further
investigation. The court may, but is not required to, make that
determination on the basis of information other than the defendant's
statement.