BILL NUMBER: SB 842	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 26, 2005
	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 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
  to conduct a study of batterer's treatment programs
and to report to the Legislature on the results of this study by June
30,   2008  .  
   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   to conduct a study of
batterer's treatment programs and to report to the Legislature on the
results of this study by June 30, 2008. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program:  yes   no  .


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


   SECTION 1.    Section 13733 is added to the 
 Penal Code   , to read:  
   13733.
   The Attorney General shall conduct a study of attendance,
enrollment, and reoffense rates among individuals assigned to
batterer's treatment programs. The study shall review data collected
from five counties, including one rural, one urban, one Northern
California, and one Southern California county, and compare policies
regarding attendance, enrollment, periodic reporting to probation or
courts, and responses to batterer's treatment program noncompletion.
The Attorney General shall report to the Legislature by June 30,
2008, on the results of this study.  
  SECTION 1.  Section 13733 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   13733.
   (a) Every 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.