BILL NUMBER: SB 842	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 12, 2005

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Machado

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2005

   An act to add Section 13733 to the Penal Code, relating to
domestic violence.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 842, as amended, Machado.  Domestic violence.
   Existing law requires persons convicted of a crime of domestic
violence who are granted probation to successfully complete a
batterer's treatment program.
   This bill would require every  city, county, and city and
county to develop a system for recording, and   county
 to report to the Attorney General on a monthly basis, the total
number of persons convicted of domestic violence who are ordered to
attend, are currently enrolled in, and have successfully completed,
batterer's treatment or intervention programs within its
jurisdiction. This bill would also require the Attorney General to
report these totals to the Governor, Legislature, and public.
   Because this bill would require local officials to perform
additional duties, this bill would impose a state-mandated local
program.

  The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 13733 is added to the  Penal Code , to read:
   13733.  (a) Every   city, county, and city and county
shall develop a system for recording, and   county 
shall report to the Attorney General on a monthly basis, the total
number of persons convicted of domestic violence who are ordered to
attend, are currently enrolled in, and have successfully completed,
batterer's treatment or intervention programs within its
jurisdiction.
   (b) The Attorney General shall report annually to the Governor,
the Legislature, and the public the total number of persons convicted
of domestic violence who are ordered to attend, are currently
enrolled in, and have successfully completed, batterer's treatment or
intervention programs.
  SEC. 2.
  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act
contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies
and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part
7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the
Government Code.