BILL NUMBER: AB 1912	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Achadjian

                        FEBRUARY 11, 2016

   An act to amend Section 290 of the Penal Code, relating to sex
offenders.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1912, as introduced, Achadjian. Sex offenders.
   Existing law requires every person convicted of certain offenses,
for the rest of his or her life while residing in California, or
while attending school or working in California, as specified, to
register with the chief of police of the city in which he or she is
residing, or the sheriff of the county if he or she is residing in an
unincorporated area or city that has no police department, and,
additionally, with the chief of police of a campus of the University
of California, the California State University, or community college
if he or she is residing upon the campus or in any of its facilities,
within 5 working days of coming into, or changing his or her
residence within, any city, county, or city and county, or campus in
which he or she temporarily resides, and to register thereafter as
specified.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
provisions.
   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 290 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   290.  (a) Sections 290 to 290.024, inclusive, shall be 
known   known,  and may be  cited 
 cited,  as the Sex Offender Registration Act. All
references to "the Act" in those sections are to the Sex Offender
Registration Act.
   (b) Every person described in subdivision (c), for the rest of his
or her life while residing in California, or while attending school
or working in California, as described in Sections 290.002 and
290.01, shall be required to register with the chief of police of the
city in which he or she is residing, or the sheriff of the county if
he or she is residing in an unincorporated area or city that has no
police department, and, additionally, with the chief of police of a
campus of the University of California, the California State
University, or community college if he or she is residing upon the
campus or in any of its facilities, within five working days of
coming into, or changing his or her residence within, any city,
county, or city and county, or campus in which he or she temporarily
resides, and shall be required to register thereafter in accordance
with the Act.
   (c) The following persons shall be required to register:
    Any   Every  person who, since July 1,
1944, has been or is hereafter convicted in any court in this state
or in any federal or military court of a violation of Section 187
committed in the perpetration, or an attempt to perpetrate, rape or
any act punishable under Section 286, 288, 288a, or 289, Section 207
or 209 committed with intent to violate Section 261, 286, 288, 288a,
or 289, Section 220, except assault to commit mayhem, 
subdivision   subdivisi   ons  (b) and (c)
of Section 236.1, Section 243.4, paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), or
(6) of subdivision (a) of Section 261, paragraph (1) of subdivision
(a) of Section 262 involving the use of force or violence for which
the person is sentenced to the state prison, Section 264.1, 266, or
266c, subdivision (b) of Section 266h, subdivision (b) of Section
266i, Section 266j, 267, 269, 285, 286, 288, 288a, 288.3, 288.4,
288.5, 288.7, 289, or 311.1, subdivision (b), (c), or (d) of Section
311.2, Section 311.3, 311.4, 311.10, 311.11, or 647.6, former Section
647a, subdivision (c) of Section 653f, subdivision 1 or 2 of Section
314, any offense involving lewd or lascivious conduct under Section
272, or any felony violation of Section 288.2; any statutory
predecessor that includes all elements of one of the above-mentioned
offenses; or any person who since that date has been or is hereafter
convicted of the attempt or conspiracy to commit any of the
above-mentioned offenses.