CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 259Introduced by Senator NielsenFebruary 12, 2019 An act to add Section 13012.7 to the Penal Code, relating to crime statistics. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 259, as introduced, Nielsen. Department of Justice: crime statistics reporting.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 to include statistics on child molestation, as defined, in the same format and within existing Table 1 and Table 2 that report on the number, rate per 100,000 population, and percentage change in other violent crimes, including rape.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe 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 shall include statistics on child molestation in the same format and within the existing Table 1 and Table 2 that report on the number, rate per 100,000 population, and percentage change in other violent crimes, including rape.(b) For purposes of this section, child molestation shall include the combined total of offenses defined in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 288 and Section 288.5.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 259Introduced by Senator NielsenFebruary 12, 2019 An act to add Section 13012.7 to the Penal Code, relating to crime statistics. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 259, as introduced, Nielsen. Department of Justice: crime statistics reporting.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 to include statistics on child molestation, as defined, in the same format and within existing Table 1 and Table 2 that report on the number, rate per 100,000 population, and percentage change in other violent crimes, including rape.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill No. 259
Introduced by Senator NielsenFebruary 12, 2019
Introduced by Senator Nielsen
February 12, 2019
An act to add Section 13012.7 to the Penal Code, relating to crime statistics.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 259, as introduced, Nielsen. Department of Justice: crime statistics reporting.
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 to include statistics on child molestation, as defined, in the same format and within existing Table 1 and Table 2 that report on the number, rate per 100,000 population, and percentage change in other violent crimes, including rape.
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 to include statistics on child molestation, as defined, in the same format and within existing Table 1 and Table 2 that report on the number, rate per 100,000 population, and percentage change in other violent crimes, including rape.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
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 shall include statistics on child molestation in the same format and within the existing Table 1 and Table 2 that report on the number, rate per 100,000 population, and percentage change in other violent crimes, including rape.(b) For purposes of this section, child molestation shall include the combined total of offenses defined in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 288 and Section 288.5.
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 13012.7 is added to the Penal Code, to read:13012.7. (a) The annual report published by the department pursuant to Section 13010 shall include statistics on child molestation in the same format and within the existing Table 1 and Table 2 that report on the number, rate per 100,000 population, and percentage change in other violent crimes, including rape.(b) For purposes of this section, child molestation shall include the combined total of offenses defined in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 288 and Section 288.5.
SECTION 1. Section 13012.7 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
13012.7. (a) The annual report published by the department pursuant to Section 13010 shall include statistics on child molestation in the same format and within the existing Table 1 and Table 2 that report on the number, rate per 100,000 population, and percentage change in other violent crimes, including rape.(b) For purposes of this section, child molestation shall include the combined total of offenses defined in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 288 and Section 288.5.
13012.7. (a) The annual report published by the department pursuant to Section 13010 shall include statistics on child molestation in the same format and within the existing Table 1 and Table 2 that report on the number, rate per 100,000 population, and percentage change in other violent crimes, including rape.(b) For purposes of this section, child molestation shall include the combined total of offenses defined in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 288 and Section 288.5.
13012.7. (a) The annual report published by the department pursuant to Section 13010 shall include statistics on child molestation in the same format and within the existing Table 1 and Table 2 that report on the number, rate per 100,000 population, and percentage change in other violent crimes, including rape.(b) For purposes of this section, child molestation shall include the combined total of offenses defined in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 288 and Section 288.5.
13012.7. (a) The annual report published by the department pursuant to Section 13010 shall include statistics on child molestation in the same format and within the existing Table 1 and Table 2 that report on the number, rate per 100,000 population, and percentage change in other violent crimes, including rape.
(b) For purposes of this section, child molestation shall include the combined total of offenses defined in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 288 and Section 288.5.