California Senate Bill SB564 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 564AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 2, 2009 INTRODUCED BY Senator Hollingsworth FEBRUARY 27, 2009  An act relating to sexually violent predators.   An act to add Section 6610 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to sexually violent predators.  LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 564, as amended, Hollingsworth. Sexually violent predators.  Existing law provides for the civil commitment of criminal offenders who have been determined to be sexually violent predators for treatment in a secure state hospital facility, as specified. Existing law also sets forth provisions governing the release of sexually violent predators from state custody.   This bill would require sexually violent predators who are released from civil commitment in a state hospital after January 1, 2010, to be placed in a reentry facility administered by the State Department of Mental Health until suitable housing is found.   Existing law requires sex offenders to register, as specified.   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would prohibit anyone ever declared a Sexually Violent Predator from registering as a transient pursuant to Megan's Law. The bill would further express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require these offenders be housed in a reentry facility.  Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no   yes  . State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:  SECTION 1.   The Legislature hereby finds and declares the following:   (a) The High Risk Sex Offender and Sexually Violent Predator Task Force, in their December 2006 report, stated that, "[h]omeless releases cause an unacceptable and unnecessary risk to the public because the individual cannot be properly supervised and many of the terms and conditions of release cannot be enforced (such as global positioning satellite monitoring, curfews, and associations with other felons). The Task Force believes that the release of any SVP without a home into the community creates an unacceptably high risk to the public and the SVP, and is making specific recommendations in this report to improve the SVP placement process."   (b) Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature to provide appropriate reentry housing for SVPs until suitable residential housing may be found.   SEC. 2.   Section 6610 is added to the   Welfare and Institutions Code   , to read:   6610. Notwithstanding any other law, any sexually violent predator who is released from civil commitment in a state hospital after January 1, 2010, pursuant to this article shall be placed in a reentry facility administered by the State Department of Mental Health until suitable housing is found for the sexually violent predator.   SECTION 1.   It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would prohibit anyone ever declared a Sexually Violent Predator from registering as a transient pursuant to Megan's Law. It is further the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require these offenders to be in a reentry facility.