BILL ANALYSIS �
Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
Senator Christine Kehoe, Chair
SB 57 (Runner)
Hearing Date: 05/26/2011 Amended: 04/12/2011
Consultant: Jolie Onodera Policy Vote: Public Safety 6-1
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BILL SUMMARY: SB 57 would, commencing January 1, 2013, require a
registered sex offender to provide to the law enforcement agency
with which he or she last registered or is otherwise required to
register, all of his or her online names and addresses, e-mail
addresses, and instant messaging user names for all of his or
her social networking internet website accounts at the time of
original registration or any subsequent registration, and within
30 days of establishing a new online account. This bill provides
that a violation of these requirements is a misdemeanor. This
bill provides that information received may be shared with other
local law enforcement agencies upon request.
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Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
Major Provisions 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 Fund
Register new information Unknown; potentially
significant state- General
with local law enforcement reimbursable local law
enforcement costs
New misdemeanor Unknown; non-reimbursable local
costsLocal
for enforcement and incarceration, offset
to a degree by fine revenue
Sex offender parolee Potentially $120 in one-time costsGeneral
monitoring and $50 annually to CDCR
Re-incarceration due Unknown; potentially moderate General
to parole violations state incarceration costs
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STAFF COMMENTS: SUSPENSE FILE.
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Current law generally requires a person convicted of enumerated
sex offenses to register within five working days of coming into
a city or county, with law enforcement officials, as specified.
Registration must be updated annually, within five working days
of a registrant's birthday. Registrants are required to provide
the following information:
A signed statement giving information as required by the
Department of Justice (DOJ), including the name and address
of the person's employer and place of employment;
The fingerprints and a current photograph of the person
taken by the registering official;
The license plate number of any vehicle owned by,
regularly driven by, or registered in the person's name;
Notice to the person that he or she may have a duty to
register in any other state where he or she may relocate;
and
Copies of adequate proof of residence, as specified.
This bill, commencing January 1, 2013, requires a person
mandated to register as a sex offender to notify the law
enforcement agency of all of the registrant's online addresses,
e-mail addresses, and instant messaging user names, and
thereafter within 30 days of establishing a new online account.
Although not keyed as a reimbursable state mandate, there may be
potentially state-reimbursable local law enforcement costs for
increased duties related to sex offender registration including
collecting and updating the online, e-mail, and instant
messaging addresses for more than 100,000 registered sex
offenders.
A violation of these requirements is a misdemeanor. By creating
a new crime, this bill will result in non-reimbursable local
costs for enforcement and incarceration, offset to a minor
degree by fine revenue.
Further, although CDCR is not directly involved in the sex
offender registration process, CDCR does monitor sex offender
parolee computer use and may incur costs to monitor for
compliance with the provisions of this bill for approximately
8,750 sex offender parolees. CDCR indicates potential one-time
costs of $120,000 for technical upgrades and equipment
purchases, as well as ongoing costs to provide technical support
and training of field staff. Violations of the reporting
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requirements of this bill could result in parole violations that
could potentially lead to re-incarceration. Although unlikely to
occur frequently, to the extent one sex offender parolee is
found in violation of these requirements could result in
moderate state incarceration costs.
The DOJ has indicated there could be minor costs associated with
the processing of annual criminal arrest prints for
non-compliant offenders. These costs would be minor and
absorbable.
Prior Legislation. SB 1204 (Runner) 2010 was substantially
similar to this measure and was held on the Assembly Committee
on Appropriations Suspense file.