BILL NUMBER: SB 939	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Block
   (Coauthor: Senator Correa)

                        FEBRUARY 3, 2014

   An act to amend Section 784.7 of the Penal Code, relating to
criminal jurisdiction.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 939, as introduced, Block. Criminal jurisdiction.
   Existing law defines human trafficking as the deprivation of the
personal liberty of another person with the intent to effect a
violation of certain specified sex crimes, to obtain forced labor or
services, or to cause a minor to engage in a commercial sex act with
the intent to effect a violation of certain specified sex crimes.
Existing law requires, when more than one violation of certain
specified provisions of law occurs in more than one jurisdictional
territory, that jurisdiction for any of those offenses is in any
jurisdiction where at least one of the offenses occurred if all
district attorneys in counties with jurisdiction of the offenses
agree to the venue.
   This bill would include human trafficking, pimping, and pandering
to the specified offenses to which the above jurisdictional
requirements apply.
   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.  Section 784.7 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   784.7.  (a)  When   If  more than one
violation of Section 220, except assault with intent to commit
mayhem, 261, 262, 264.1, 269, 286, 288, 288a, 288.5, or 289 occurs in
more than one jurisdictional territory, the jurisdiction of any of
those offenses, and for any offenses properly joinable with that
offense, is in any jurisdiction where at least one of the offenses
occurred, subject to a hearing, pursuant to Section 954, within the
jurisdiction of the proposed trial. At the Section 954 hearing, the
prosecution shall present evidence in writing that all district
attorneys in counties with jurisdiction of the offenses agree to the
venue. Charged offenses from jurisdictions where there is no written
agreement from the district attorney shall be returned to that
jurisdiction.


   (b)
    When  If  more than one violation of
Section 273a, 273.5, or 646.9 occurs in more than one jurisdictional
territory, and the defendant and the victim are the same for all of
the offenses, the jurisdiction of any of those offenses and for any
offenses properly joinable with that offense, is in any jurisdiction
where at least one of the offenses occurred. 
   (c) If more than one violation of Section 236.1, 266h, or 266i
occurs in more than one jurisdictional territory, the jurisdiction of
any of those offenses, and for any offenses properly joinable with
that offense, is in any jurisdiction where at least one of the
offenses occurred, subject to a hearing pursuant to Section 954,
within the jurisdiction of the proposed trial. At the Section 954
hearing, the prosecution shall present evidence in writing that all
district attorneys in counties with jurisdiction of the offenses
agree to the venue. Charged offenses from jurisdictions where there
is no written agreement from the district attorney shall be returned
to that jurisdiction.