BILL ANALYSIS                                                                                                                                                                                                    �



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          Date of Hearing:   April 30, 2014

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

                   AB 1649 (Waldron) - As Amended:  April 1, 2014 

          Policy Committee:                              Public  
          SafetyVote:  7-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:   
          Yes    Reimbursable:              Yes

           SUMMARY  

          This bill applies current alternate felony/misdemeanor penalties  
          for knowingly disrupting computer systems; for knowingly  
          accessing and altering, damaging, or destroying computer data,  
          software, or program internal or external to a computer; for  
          knowingly accessing a computer, system, or network without  
          permission; or for introducing a computer contaminant into a  
          computer, system or network, to a government computer, system or  
          network, and to a public safety infrastructure computer system.

          This bill also makes clarifying and updating definitional  
          changes to related terms.    

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Negligible state and/or local law enforcement costs as the  
          offenses targeted by this bill could be charged under current  
          law.

           COMMENTS  

           1)Rationale  .  The author contends this bill would provide  
            additional protection to government computer systems.

           2)Is this bill necessary  ? The CHP, which tracks computer attacks  
            on state systems, indicates this bill could help track crimes  
            specific to state systems, providing more specific information  
            to policy-makers. 

            In 2010 and 2011, combined, there were 20 commitments to state  
            prison for the crimes referenced in the section this bill  








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            amends. 

           

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Geoff Long / APPR. / (916) 319-2081