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| Bill ID | Author | Topic | Summary | Position |
Jones, Dave (D) |
Personal information: state agencies and businesses. |
(1) Existing law imposes specified duties upon certain persons or businesses that conduct business in California to, among other things, take reasonable steps to destroy customer records, implement and maintain reasonable security measures, disclose a breach of computerized data, and, upon request, provide specified information to a customer in relation to the disclosure of personal information to 3rd parties. For a violation of any of the above-described provisions, existing law allows an injured customer to institute a civil action to recover damages or for injunctive relief. This bill, on and after July 1, 2008, would prohibit a person, business, or agency, as defined, that sells goods or services to any resident of California and accepts as payment a credit card, debit card, or other payment device, from storing, retaining, sending, or failing to limit access to payment-related data, as defined, retaining a primary account number, or storing sensitive authentication data subsequent to an authorization, as specified, unless a specified exception applies. Upon a violation, and as applicable, the bill would apply specified reimbursement and notice provisions, as described below. |
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| AB 878 | Davis, Mike (D) | Service authority: registration and service fees. | Amends existing law which authorizes the establishment of authority for the abatement of abandoned vehicles and the imposition of a vehicle registration fee in a county if the board of supervisors adopts certain resolutions. Revises the amount of the vehicle registration fee and revise the amount of the vehicle registration fee and revise the amount of the additional service fee imposed on a commercial motor vehicle. Extends the repeal date of provisions for setting related fees and the use of those fees. | Sponsor |
| AB 1334 | Swanson, Sandre (D) | Corrections: sexual barrier protection devices. | Enacts the Inmate and Community Public Health and Safety Act to require the secretary to allow any nonprofit or health care agency to distribute sexual barrier protection devices. States that the distribution of those devices shall not be considered a crime nor shall it be deemed to encourage sexual acts between inmates. | Oppose |
| SB 511 | Alquist, Elaine (D) | Interrogation: recording. | Provides that any custodial interrogation of an individual who is in a fixed place of detention and who, at the time of the interrogation, is suspected of committing or accused of a homicide or a violent felony shall be electronically recorded. Provides that the interrogating entity shall not destroy or alter the electronic recording of a custodial interrogation, and if a court finds that a defendant was subjected to an unlawful interrogation, the court shall provide the jury with specific instructions. | Oppose |
| SB 609 | Romero, Gloria (D) | Criminal procedure: informants. | Provides that a court may not convict a defendant, find a special circumstance true, or use a fact in aggravation based on the uncorroborated testimony of an in-custody informant. | Oppose |
| SB 756 | Ridley-Thomas, Mark (D) | Criminal investigations: eyewitness identifications. | Relates to eyewitness identification. Requires law enforcement officials to study policies to ensure that eyewitness procedures minimize the chance of misidentification of a suspect. Requires development of guidelines for policies and procedures with respect to collection and handling of eyewitness evidence in criminal investigations by all state law enforcement agencies; provides for voluntary implementation of the guidelines and implementation of training. | Oppose |
| SB 851 | Steinberg, Darrell (D) | Mentally ill offenders. | Provides that if based upon Police Officer Standards and Training protocols, a peace officer suspects that a crime has been committed by an individual with serious mental illness, which may include a substance abuse condition, he or she shall contact the county mental health director to ascertain if there is available treatment capacity to provide that person with services. Authorizes superior courts to develop and implement Mental Health Courts. Requires such court to report to certain agencies. | Oppose |