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Bills · 2009-2010 Regular Session

AB 146

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notice to a victim of the right to make a statement at sentencing or disposition.

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, a victim of a crime of which a person is convicted or any other

crime to be considered by the court at sentencing has the right to make or provide

a statement before the court imposes the sentence. Current law also requires the

prosecutor to make a reasonable attempt to contact any known victim to inform him

or her of that right.

This bill revises the prosecutor's obligation to provide a known victim notice of

his or her right to make a statement with respect to the time at which that obligation

must be met. Specifically, the bill eliminates the requirement that the notice be

provided after a conviction. Thus, under the bill, the prosecutor may provide the

victim notice of his or her right at any time during the proceedings.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: A. Williams (D) , Berceau (D) , Kessler (D) , Turner (D)

4 cosponsors

Grothman (R) , Lehman (D) , Risser (D) , Taylor (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by committee on Corrections and the Courts, Ayes 12, Noes 0

Passed 12–0 Feb 19, 2010 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Mar 13, 2009 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Kessler, A. Williams, Berceau and Turner;Cosponsored by Senators Risser, Lehman and Grothman

  2. Mar 13, 2009 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Corrections and the Courts

  3. Mar 19, 2009 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 16, 2009 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Feb 17, 2010 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Feb 19, 2010 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by committee on Corrections and the Courts, Ayes 12, Noes 0

  7. Feb 19, 2010 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Apr 13, 2010 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 11:05 A.M. on 4-15-2010 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 22

  9. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  10. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  11. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  12. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  13. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  14. Apr 16, 2010 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  15. Apr 16, 2010 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing

  16. Apr 20, 2010 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  17. Apr 21, 2010 · Senate

    Senator Taylor added as a cosponsor

  18. Apr 28, 2010 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  19. Apr 28, 2010 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received