BILL NUMBER: SB 387AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 7, 2011 AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 21, 2011 INTRODUCED BY Senator La Malfa FEBRUARY 15, 2011 An act to amend Section 800 of the Penal Code, relating to statute of limitations. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 387, as amended, La Malfa. TheJohnJoshua Lacy Law: statute of limitations: felony hit and run. Existing law requires the driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to another person or death to stop the vehicle at the scene of the accident and provide certain information to a traffic or police officer, as specified. A violation of this provision involving an accident that results in death or serious injury is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for 2, 3, or 4 years, or in a county jail for not less than 90 days nor more than one year, or by a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $10,000, or by both that imprisonment and fine. Existing law generally requires the prosecution of an offense punishable by imprisonment in the state prison to commence within 3 years. This bill would enact theJohnJoshua Lacy Law, which would require the prosecution of an offense described above to commence within 6 years. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. This act shall be known, and may be cited, as theJohnJoshua Lacy Law. SEC. 2. Section 800 of the Penal Code is amended to read: 800. (a) Except as provided in Section 799, prosecution for an offense punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for eight years or more shall be commenced within six years after commission of the offense. (b) Prosecution for an offense punishable pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 20001 of the Vehicle Code shall be commenced within six years after commission of the offense.