BILL NUMBER: SB 842	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 15, 2005
	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 the Attorney General to conduct a study
 , as specified,  of batterer's treatment programs and to
report to the Legislature on the results of this study by June 30,
2008.  The bill would provide that these provisions shall be
implemented only if and when funding has been made available to the
Department of Justice. 
   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 13733 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   13733.
    (a)    The Attorney General shall conduct a
study of attendance, enrollment, and reoffense rates among
individuals assigned to batterer's treatment programs.  The

    (b)     (1)     The 
study shall review data collected from five counties  with
batterer's treatment programs  , 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 
   (2)     The study shall also review data
from at least five counties without batterer's treatment programs,
and compare policies, responses, and data from those counties with
five counties with batterer's treatment programs. 
    (c)     The  Attorney General shall
report to the Legislature by June 30, 2008, on the results of this
study.
   SEC. 2.   
   The provisions of this act shall be implemented only if and when
adequate funding for that purpose has been made available to the
Department of Justice.