BILL ANALYSIS �
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB 1835 (Fletcher)
As Amended May 25, 2012
Majority vote
PUBLIC SAFETY 6-0 APPROPRIATIONS 17-0
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|Ayes:|Ammiano, Knight, Hall, |Ayes:|Fuentes, Harkey, |
| |Hagman Mitchell, Skinner | |Blumenfield, Bradford, |
| | | |Charles Calderon, Campos, |
| | | |Davis, Donnelly, Gatto, |
| | | |Ammiano, Hill, Lara, |
| | | |Mitchell, Nielsen, Norby, |
| | | |Solorio, Wagner |
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SUMMARY : Amends provisions of the Sex Offender Registration
Act. Specifically, this bill authorizes any person who is
trained to administer the State Authorized Risk Assessment Tool
for Sex Offenders (SARATSO) dynamic tool and future violence
tool, to have access to all relevant records pertaining to a
registered sex offender, including, but not limited to:
1)Criminal histories;
2)Sex offender registration records;
3)Police reports;
4)Probation and presentencing reports;
5)Judicial records and case files;
6)Juvenile records;
7)Psychological evaluations and psychiatric hospital reports;
8)Sexually violent predator treatment program reports; and,
9)Records that have been sealed by the courts of the Department
of Justice.
EXISTING LAW :
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1)Requires individuals convicted of specified sex offenses to
register with the chief of police, sheriff, or a chief of
police of a public university if he or she is residing on
campus, within five working days of coming into, or changing
his or her residence within any city or county.
2)Specifies that any person who is required to register as a sex
offender because of a misdemeanor conviction, who violated any
provision of the Sex Offender Registration Act, is guilty of a
misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for
not more than one year.
3)Specifies that any person who is required to register as a sex
offender because of a felony conviction or has a previous
misdemeanor conviction for failure to comply with the
provisions of the Sex Offender Registration Act, who violates
any provision of the Sex Offender Registration Act, is guilty
of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for
16 months, or two or three years.
4)Establishes the STATIC-99 risk assessment scale as the SARATSO
static tool for adult males.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee, negligible fiscal impact.
COMMENTS : According to the author, "AB 1835 will assist in the
implementation of the Containment Model component of Chelsea's
Law. First, it will provide minor technical cleanup to limit the
potential liability of sex offender management professionals.
Second, the bill will address potential legal issues which would
arise should a sex offender be erroneously identified as
low-risk and transferred to post-release community supervision.
Current law is unclear as to whether that individual may legally
be transferred to state supervision as a parolee."
Please see the policy committee analysis for a full discussion
of this bill.
Analysis Prepared by : Milena Blake / PUB. S. / (916) 319-3744
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