BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SB 1075
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Date of Hearing: June 29, 2016
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Lorena Gonzalez, Chair
SB 1075
(Runner) - As Amended April 14, 2016
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Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: NoReimbursable: No
SUMMARY:
This bill requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to include
disaggregated information on specific child molestation crimes
in its annual statewide criminal statistics report.
Specifically, this bill:
1)Requires the DOJ in its annual report "Crime in California,"
to include statistics on child molestation in the same format
and within the existing Tables that report on the number,
rates per 100,000 population, and percentage change in other
violent crimes, including rape.
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2)States that child molestation shall include the combined total
offenses of lewd and lascivious acts upon a child under the
age of 14, and continuous sexual assault of a child.
FISCAL EFFECT:
Moderate GF costs to DOJ, in the $170,000 range in 2016-17,
$210,000 in 2017-18, and $110,000 on going. These costs
include: a) staff for software development, support in
implementing the collection of the new data set, developing new
procedures, forms, and informational bulletins; b) staff for
making format changes to existing publications to incorporate
the new data: and c) contracting services to design, develop,
test, and implement the enhancements to existing systems.
COMMENTS:
1)Background: DOJ prepares an annual report entitled Crime in
California. Its most recent available report, for 2014,
presents an overview of the criminal justice system in
California. Statistics are presented for reported crimes,
arrests, dispositions of adult felony arrests, adult
probation, criminal justice personnel, citizens' complaints
against peace officers, domestic violence-related calls for
assistance, and law enforcement officers killed or assaulted.
In addition, statistics for preceding years are provided for
historical context.
2)Purpose. SB 1075 requires the DOJ to include child
molestation statistics in the Crime in California report.
According to the author, "The bill provides that the number of
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child molest offenses and the rate of offense per 100,000
California residents be reported in the same manner employed
to report crimes of rape.
"Accurate information is necessary to effectively allocate
resources and funding. SB 1075 will give sex crimes against
children the same scrutiny as rape, robbery and vehicle theft
and provide policymakers and law enforcement with much needed
data."
Analysis Prepared by:Pedro Reyes / APPR. / (916)
319-2081