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THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 583
Author: Hollingsworth (R)
Amended: 5/5/09
Vote: 21
SENATE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE : 7-0, 4/28/09
AYES: Leno, Benoit, Cedillo, Hancock, Huff, Steinberg,
Wright
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
SUBJECT : Registered sex offenders: address database
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill requires the Department of Justice
(DOJ) to 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 also requires DOJ to maintain those classifications
within the database maintained for sex offender
registrations and to provide that information to other
state agencies, including the Department of Social
Services, when those agencies need the information for law
enforcement purposes relating to investigative
responsibilities relative to sex offenders.
ANALYSIS : Existing law requires DOJ to make available to
the public via an Internet website certain information
relating to certain registered sex offenders, including the
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address at which the person resides, as specified.
This bill requires DOJ to record the address at which a
registered sex offender resides with a unique identifier
for the address. The information for this identifier shall
be captured pursuant to Section 290.015 of the Penal Code
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 DOJ
in the same database as the registration data recorded
pursuant to Section 290.015. DOJ shall make that
information available to the Department of Social Services
or any other state agency when the agency needs the
information for law enforcement purposes relating to
investigative responsibilities relative to sex offenders.
This section shall become operative on January 1, 2012.
Comments
The author states in part:
"To ensure that registered adult sex offenders are not
residing in licensed facilities that serve children, SB
583 would require the Department of Justice to assign a
unique identifier to each registered address in its sex
offender database, indicating the type of residence
(i.e., private residence, licensed or unlicensed
facility).
"It would also require the Department of Justice to
develop a process that would allow for the generation and
disclosure between agencies (such as Social Services and
Alcohol and Drug Programs) on sex offender residence data
on an as-needed basis.
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"SB 583 will provide state agencies with an effective
tool in the monitoring of registered sex offenders,
enabling them to share critical information that would
well serve in the protection of children and families in
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California.?
"The Department of Justice's database contains addresses
of registered sex offenders, but it does not identify
whether the addresses are a private residence, a licensed
residential facility or hotel because there is no
requirement to report this information."
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
RJG:mw 5/27/09 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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