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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SB 952
Author: Torres (D), et al.
Amended: 6/17/14
Vote: 21
SENATE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE : 6-0, 4/1/14
AYES: Hancock, Anderson, Knight, Liu, Mitchell, Steinberg
NO VOTE RECORDED: De Le�n
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 7-0, 5/23/14
AYES: De Le�n, Walters, Gaines, Hill, Lara, Padilla, Steinberg
SENATE FLOOR : 37-0, 5/29/14
AYES: Anderson, Beall, Berryhill, Block, Cannella, Corbett,
Correa, De Le�n, DeSaulnier, Evans, Fuller, Gaines, Galgiani,
Hancock, Hernandez, Hill, Hueso, Huff, Jackson, Knight, Lara,
Leno, Lieu, Liu, Mitchell, Monning, Morrell, Nielsen, Padilla,
Pavley, Roth, Steinberg, Torres, Vidak, Walters, Wolk, Wyland
NO VOTE RECORDED: Calderon, Wright, Yee
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 78-0, 8/14/14 (Consent) - See last page for
vote
SUBJECT : Prohibited financial interests: aiding and abetting
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill prohibits an individual from aiding or
abetting a public officer or person in violating the law
prohibiting financial conflicts of interest, and extends the
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penalties under existing law to apply to the individual who
willfully aids or abets, as specified.
Assembly Amendments add a coauthor.
ANALYSIS :
Existing law:
1. Prohibits members of the Legislature, state, county,
district, judicial district and city officers or employees
from having a financial interest in any contract made by them
in their official capacity, or by anybody or board of which
they are members. A violation of this prohibition is
punishable by a fine that is not more than $1,000 or by
imprisonment in the state prison.
2. Prohibits state, county, district, judicial district and city
officers or employees from being purchasers at any sale or
vendors at any purchase made by them in their official
capacity. A violation of this prohibition is punishable by a
fine that is not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment in the
state prison.
3. Prohibits the State Treasurer and the State Controller,
county and city officers, and their deputies and clerks from
purchasing or selling, or in any manner receive for their own
or any other person's use or benefit, any state, county or
city warrants, scrip, orders, demands, claims, or other
evidences of indebtedness against the state, or any county or
city thereof. A violation of this prohibition is punishable
by a fine that is not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment in
the state prison.
4. States that all persons concerned in the commission of a
crime, whether it be a felony or misdemeanor, and whether
they directly commit the act constituting the offense, or aid
and abet in its commission, are principals in any crime so
committed.
This bill prohibits an individual from aiding or abetting a
public officer or person in violating specified prohibitions,
and expands the penalties to also apply to the individual who
willfully aids or abets, as specified.
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FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: Yes
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee, potential
increase in state costs for prison terms for aiding or abetting
a public officer. To the extent three or four individuals are
sentenced to state prison under the provision of this bill,
annual costs will be in the range of $90,000 to $125,000
(General Fund) assuming an average in-state contract bed cost of
$31,000.
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/14/14)
California District Attorneys Association
California Police Chiefs Association
Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 78-0, 8/14/14
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian
Calderon, Campos, Chau, Ch�vez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley,
Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox,
Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon,
Gorell, Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Holden, Jones,
Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal, Maienschein,
Mansoor, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian,
Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, John A. P�rez, V.
Manuel P�rez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas,
Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron,
Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, Yamada, Atkins
NO VOTE RECORDED: Roger Hern�ndez, Vacancy
JG:d 8/14/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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