Amended in Senate April 14, 2016

Senate Bill No. 1075

Introduced by begin delete Senator Runner end delete begin insert Senators Runner and Anderson end insert

February 16, 2016

An act to add Section 13012.7 to the Penal Code, relating to crime statistics.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 1075, as amended, Runner. Department of Justice: crime statistics reporting.

Existing law requires the Department of Justice to present a report to the Governor annually containing the statewide criminal statistics of the preceding year. Existing law also requires specified local agencies, including chiefs of police and sheriffs, to report statistical data to the department at the time and in the manner the department prescribes.

This bill would require that report to include statistics on child molestation, as defined, in the same format and within begin delete the same tables end delete begin insert existing Table 1 and Table 2 end insert that report on the number, rate per 100,000 population, and percentage change in other violent crimes, including rape.

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 13012.7 is added to the Penal Code, to
read:

13012.7.  

(a) The annual report published by the department
pursuant to Section 13010 shall include statistics on child
molestation in the same format and within the begin delete same tables end delete begin insert existing
Table 1 and Table 2 end insert that report on the number, rate per 100,000
population, and percentage change in other violent crimes,
including rape.

(b) For purposes of this section, child molestation shall include
the combined total of offenses defined in subdivisions (a) and (b)
of Section 288 and Section 288.5.