BILL NUMBER: AB 2222	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  84
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 10, 2012
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 10, 2012
	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 25, 2012
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 10, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 27, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Block

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to amend Section 13302 of the Penal Code, relating to
criminal history records.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2222, Block. Criminal history records.
   Existing law limits the disclosure of an individual's local
summary criminal history information, and defines the term "local
summary criminal history information" as a master record of
information compiled by any local criminal justice agency pertaining
to the identification and criminal history of any person, including
name, date of birth, dates of arrests, and charges. Under existing
law, an employee of a local criminal justice agency who knowingly
furnishes a record or information obtained from a record to a person
who is not authorized to receive the record or information is guilty
of a misdemeanor. Existing law authorizes a public prosecutor to
release local summary criminal history information pursuant to a
request under the California Public Records Act under certain
conditions, including that the release of information would enhance
public safety, the interest of justice, or the public's understanding
of the justice system.
   This bill would provide that a public prosecutor is not prohibited
from accessing and obtaining information from the public prosecutor'
s case management database to respond to a request for publicly
disclosable information under the California Public Records Act.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 13302 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   13302.  An employee of the local criminal justice agency who
knowingly furnishes a record or information obtained from a record to
a person who is not authorized by law to receive the record or
information is guilty of a misdemeanor. Nothing in this section shall
prohibit a public prosecutor from accessing and obtaining
information from the public prosecutor's case management database to
respond to a request for publicly disclosable information pursuant to
the California Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with
Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code).