BILL NUMBER: SB 583	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 5, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 31, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hollingsworth

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to add Section 290.47 to the Penal Code, relating to sex
offenders.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 583, as amended, Hollingsworth. Sex offenders.
   Existing law requires the Department of Justice to make available
to the public via an Internet Web site certain information relating
to certain registered sex offenders, including the address at which
the person resides, as specified.
   This bill would require the department to  classify
  record  each address at which a registered sex
offender resides with a unique identifier that shall include the
nature of the dwelling, as specified. This bill would also require
the department to maintain those classifications within  a
private searchable   the  database  maintained
for sex offender registrations  and  to  provide that
information to other state agencies, including the State Department
of Social Services, when those agencies need the information for 
law enforcement purposes relating to  investigative
responsibilities relative to sex offenders.
   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 290.47 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   290.47.  The Department of Justice shall  classify
  record  the address at which a registered sex
offender resides with a unique identifier  for address. The
identifier shall include a description of the nature of the dwelling,
including, but not limited to, a single family residence, an
apartment, a motel, or a licensed facility. Each address classified
and its association with any specific registered sex offender shall
be stored in a private searchable database maintained by the
department. The department shall make that   for the
address. The information for this identifier shall be captured
pursuant to Section 290.015 and the identifier shall consist of a
description of the nature of the dwelling, with the choices of a
single family residence, an apartment/condominium, a motel/hotel, or
a licensed facility. Each address and its association with any
specific registered sex offender shall be stored by the department in
the same database as the registration data recorded pursuant to
Section 290.015. The department shall make that  information
available to the State Department of Social Services or any other
state agency when the agency needs the information for  law
enforcement purposes rela   ting to  investigative
responsibilities relative to sex offenders.  This section shall
become operative on January 1, 2012.