CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 745Introduced by Assembly Member ReyesFebruary 15, 2017 An act to amend Section 273.8 of the Penal Code, relating to spousal abuse. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 745, as introduced, Reyes. Spousal abuse: Spousal Abuser Prosecution Program.Existing law establishes the Spousal Abuser Prosecution Program for the purpose of awarding funds to cities and counties in which prosecuting agencies establish spousal abuser prosecution units. Existing law makes findings about the efficacy of specially trained prosecutors in increasing the likelihood of convicting spousal abusers and ensuring appropriate sentences and states the intent of the Legislature to support increased efforts to prosecute spousal abusers.This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these provisions.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 273.8 of the Penal Code is amended to read:273.8. The Legislature hereby finds that spousal abusers present a clear and present danger to the mental and physical well-being of the citizens of the State of California. The Legislature further finds that the concept of vertical prosecution, in which a specially trained deputy district attorney, deputy city attorney, or prosecution unit is assigned to a case after arraignment and continuing to its completion, is a proven way of demonstrably increasing the likelihood of convicting spousal abusers and ensuring appropriate sentences for those offenders. In enacting this chapter, the Legislature intends it is the intent of the Legislature to support increased efforts by district attorneys and city attorneys offices to prosecute spousal abusers through organizational and operational techniques that have already proven their effectiveness in selected cities and counties in this and other states.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 745Introduced by Assembly Member ReyesFebruary 15, 2017 An act to amend Section 273.8 of the Penal Code, relating to spousal abuse. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 745, as introduced, Reyes. Spousal abuse: Spousal Abuser Prosecution Program.Existing law establishes the Spousal Abuser Prosecution Program for the purpose of awarding funds to cities and counties in which prosecuting agencies establish spousal abuser prosecution units. Existing law makes findings about the efficacy of specially trained prosecutors in increasing the likelihood of convicting spousal abusers and ensuring appropriate sentences and states the intent of the Legislature to support increased efforts to prosecute spousal abusers.This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these provisions.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 745
Introduced by Assembly Member ReyesFebruary 15, 2017
Introduced by Assembly Member Reyes
February 15, 2017
An act to amend Section 273.8 of the Penal Code, relating to spousal abuse.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 745, as introduced, Reyes. Spousal abuse: Spousal Abuser Prosecution Program.
Existing law establishes the Spousal Abuser Prosecution Program for the purpose of awarding funds to cities and counties in which prosecuting agencies establish spousal abuser prosecution units. Existing law makes findings about the efficacy of specially trained prosecutors in increasing the likelihood of convicting spousal abusers and ensuring appropriate sentences and states the intent of the Legislature to support increased efforts to prosecute spousal abusers.This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these provisions.
Existing law establishes the Spousal Abuser Prosecution Program for the purpose of awarding funds to cities and counties in which prosecuting agencies establish spousal abuser prosecution units. Existing law makes findings about the efficacy of specially trained prosecutors in increasing the likelihood of convicting spousal abusers and ensuring appropriate sentences and states the intent of the Legislature to support increased efforts to prosecute spousal abusers.
This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these provisions.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 273.8 of the Penal Code is amended to read:273.8. The Legislature hereby finds that spousal abusers present a clear and present danger to the mental and physical well-being of the citizens of the State of California. The Legislature further finds that the concept of vertical prosecution, in which a specially trained deputy district attorney, deputy city attorney, or prosecution unit is assigned to a case after arraignment and continuing to its completion, is a proven way of demonstrably increasing the likelihood of convicting spousal abusers and ensuring appropriate sentences for those offenders. In enacting this chapter, the Legislature intends it is the intent of the Legislature to support increased efforts by district attorneys and city attorneys offices to prosecute spousal abusers through organizational and operational techniques that have already proven their effectiveness in selected cities and counties in this and other states.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 273.8 of the Penal Code is amended to read:273.8. The Legislature hereby finds that spousal abusers present a clear and present danger to the mental and physical well-being of the citizens of the State of California. The Legislature further finds that the concept of vertical prosecution, in which a specially trained deputy district attorney, deputy city attorney, or prosecution unit is assigned to a case after arraignment and continuing to its completion, is a proven way of demonstrably increasing the likelihood of convicting spousal abusers and ensuring appropriate sentences for those offenders. In enacting this chapter, the Legislature intends it is the intent of the Legislature to support increased efforts by district attorneys and city attorneys offices to prosecute spousal abusers through organizational and operational techniques that have already proven their effectiveness in selected cities and counties in this and other states.
SECTION 1. Section 273.8 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
273.8. The Legislature hereby finds that spousal abusers present a clear and present danger to the mental and physical well-being of the citizens of the State of California. The Legislature further finds that the concept of vertical prosecution, in which a specially trained deputy district attorney, deputy city attorney, or prosecution unit is assigned to a case after arraignment and continuing to its completion, is a proven way of demonstrably increasing the likelihood of convicting spousal abusers and ensuring appropriate sentences for those offenders. In enacting this chapter, the Legislature intends it is the intent of the Legislature to support increased efforts by district attorneys and city attorneys offices to prosecute spousal abusers through organizational and operational techniques that have already proven their effectiveness in selected cities and counties in this and other states.
273.8. The Legislature hereby finds that spousal abusers present a clear and present danger to the mental and physical well-being of the citizens of the State of California. The Legislature further finds that the concept of vertical prosecution, in which a specially trained deputy district attorney, deputy city attorney, or prosecution unit is assigned to a case after arraignment and continuing to its completion, is a proven way of demonstrably increasing the likelihood of convicting spousal abusers and ensuring appropriate sentences for those offenders. In enacting this chapter, the Legislature intends it is the intent of the Legislature to support increased efforts by district attorneys and city attorneys offices to prosecute spousal abusers through organizational and operational techniques that have already proven their effectiveness in selected cities and counties in this and other states.
273.8. The Legislature hereby finds that spousal abusers present a clear and present danger to the mental and physical well-being of the citizens of the State of California. The Legislature further finds that the concept of vertical prosecution, in which a specially trained deputy district attorney, deputy city attorney, or prosecution unit is assigned to a case after arraignment and continuing to its completion, is a proven way of demonstrably increasing the likelihood of convicting spousal abusers and ensuring appropriate sentences for those offenders. In enacting this chapter, the Legislature intends it is the intent of the Legislature to support increased efforts by district attorneys and city attorneys offices to prosecute spousal abusers through organizational and operational techniques that have already proven their effectiveness in selected cities and counties in this and other states.
273.8. The Legislature hereby finds that spousal abusers present a clear and present danger to the mental and physical well-being of the citizens of the State of California. The Legislature further finds that the concept of vertical prosecution, in which a specially trained deputy district attorney, deputy city attorney, or prosecution unit is assigned to a case after arraignment and continuing to its completion, is a proven way of demonstrably increasing the likelihood of convicting spousal abusers and ensuring appropriate sentences for those offenders. In enacting this chapter, the Legislature intends it is the intent of the Legislature to support increased efforts by district attorneys and city attorneys offices to prosecute spousal abusers through organizational and operational techniques that have already proven their effectiveness in selected cities and counties in this and other states.