California Assembly Bill AB2195 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 2195AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 28, 2016 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 5, 2016 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Bonilla FEBRUARY 18, 2016 An act to add Section  11105.09   13015  to the Penal Code, relating to crimes. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2195, as amended, Bonilla. Crimes: felony murder: data.  Existing law establishes the Department of Justice under the direction and control of the Attorney General, and requires the department to perform duties in the investigation of crimes as may be assigned by the Attorney General. Existing law requires the Attorney General to compile and disseminate state summary criminal history information pertaining to the identification and criminal history of any person. Existing law also establishes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to oversee the state prison system.   Existing law requires the Department of Justice to collect certain criminal justice data from specified persons and agencies and to present an annual report to the Governor containing the criminal statistics of the preceding calendar year, as specified. Existing law requires the department to maintain a specified data set, updated annually, that is made available through a prominently displayed hypertext link on the department's Internet Web site. Existing law also requires the department to annually publish a report containing specified demographic information on victims of, and persons who are charged with, homicide.   Existing law establishes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to oversee the state prison system.  Existing law specifies which species of murder are murder of the first degree, including all murder that is committed in the perpetration of, or attempt to perpetrate, certain crimes, including, among others, burglary, arson, rape, robbery, and kidnapping. Existing law provides that all other kinds of murders are of the second degree. This bill would, notwithstanding any other law, on or before January 1, 2018, require the Department of Justice, in consultation with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, to collect data on the number of persons currently convicted  of   of,  and sentenced  for   for,  first and second degree felony murder pursuant to the provisions described above. The bill would also require the Department of Justice to disaggregate  that  the  data by  county.   county and by race and gender within each county.  The bill would require the Department of Justice to update  this   the  data  annually,   annually  and would require the department to post the data in a prominent place on the department's Internet Web site. 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. Section  11105.09   13015  is added to the Penal Code, to read:  11105.09.   13015.  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, on or before January 1, 2018, the Department of Justice, in consultation with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, shall collect data on both of the following: (1) The number of persons currently convicted  of   of,  and sentenced  for  for,  first degree felony murder pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 187) of Title 8 of Part 1. (2) The number of persons currently convicted of   of,  and sentenced  for   for,  second degree felony murder pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 187) of Title 8 of Part 1. (b) The Department of Justice shall also disaggregate the data required by subdivision (a) by  county.   county and by race and gender within each county.  (c) The Department of Justice shall update the data required by this section annually. (d) The Department of Justice shall post the data required by this section in a prominent place on the department's Internet Web site.