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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 983

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Relating to: disclosure at a defendant's initial appearance.

Court — Procedure Crime and criminals District attorney Divorce

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

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires the district attorney to disclose at a defendant's initial

appearance before a judge any pertinent law enforcement investigative reports and

a copy of the defendant's criminal record if the defendant is charged with a

misdemeanor.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Barnes (D) , Berceau (D) , Bowen (D) , Brostoff (D) , Considine (D) , Goyke (D) , Johnson (D) , Kessler (D) , Zamarripa (D)

1 cosponsors

L. Taylor (D)

Full history

  1. Mar 10, 2016 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Goyke, Barnes, Bowen, Brostoff, Kessler, Berceau, Johnson, Considine and Zamarripa; cosponsored by Senator L. Taylor

  2. Mar 10, 2016 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary

  3. Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1