BILL NUMBER: SB 1430	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Anderson

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act relating to criminal justice.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1430, as introduced, Anderson. Criminal justice: foreign laws.
   Existing law declares that the uniform administration of justice
throughout the state is a matter of statewide interest. Existing law
authorizes the district attorney to sponsor, supervise, or
participate in any project or program to improve the administration
of justice. Existing law also sets forth various personal rights and
provides that all persons within California have the right to be free
from violence, or intimidation by the threat of violence, because
of, among other characteristics, their race, color, religion,
ancestry, national origin, political affiliation, or sex.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would develop a state policy relating to the
application of foreign law to the adjudication of California criminal
justice proceedings.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) No United States citizen or California resident should be
denied the liberties, rights, and privileges guaranteed by the United
States and California Constitutions.
   (b) International human rights organizations have identified women
and children as the primary victims of discriminatory foreign laws
that have belabored California and other states.
   (c) Religious or foreign law should not be accepted as
justification for unlawful behavior.
   (d) Accordingly, it is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would develop a state policy relating to the
application of foreign law to the adjudication of California criminal
justice proceedings.