AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 18, 2019

AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 17, 2019

AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 25, 2019

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

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CHAPTER 245

Statutes of 2019

[ Approved by Governor September 5, 2019. Filed with Secretary of State September 5, 2019. ]

Introduced by Senator Nielsen

February 12, 2019

An act to add Section 13012.7 to the Penal Code, relating to crime statistics.

Vote: majority   Appropriation: no   Fiscal committee: yes   Local program: no

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

Existing law requires the Department of Justice to annually present a report to the Governor containing the statewide criminal statistics of the preceding year. Existing law also requires specified local agencies, including chiefs of police and sheriffs, to report statistical data to the department at the time and in the manner the department prescribes.

This bill would require that report, commencing with the report that includes data from 2022, to the extent the data is available, to include statistics on lewd or lascivious felonies, as defined, consistent with those reported for rape.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 13012.7 is added to the Penal Code, to read:

13012.7.

(a) The annual report published by the department pursuant to Section 13010, commencing with the report that includes data from 2022, shall, to the extent the data is available, include statistics on lewd or lascivious felonies consistent with those reported for rape, including the number of offenses reported and the rate per 100,000 population.

(b) For purposes of this section, “lewd or lascivious felonies” means conduct prohibited by Sections 220, 266j, subdivisions (a) to (c), inclusive, of Section 288, and subdivision (a) of Section 288.5.