Bill Text: CA AB135 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Sex crimes: communication with a minor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-07-02 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted. [AB135 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB135-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION
| Assembly Bill | No. 135 |
| Introduced by Assembly Members Cervantes and Cooley |
December 05, 2018 |
An act to amend Section 288.3 of the Penal Code, relating to crimes.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 135, as introduced, Cervantes.
Sex crimes: communication with a minor.
Existing law, as added by Proposition 83 of the November 7, 2006, statewide general election, makes it a crime for a person to contact or communicate with a minor, or attempt to contact or communicate with a minor, when the person knows or reasonably should know that the person being contacted is a minor, with the intent to commit one of a list of specified offenses involving the minor, including kidnapping and rape.
This bill would expand the list of specified offenses described above to include human trafficking of the minor. By expanding the definition of a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish
procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 288.3 of the Penal Code is amended to read:288.3.
(a) Every person who contacts or communicates with a minor, or attempts to contact or communicate with a minor, who knows or reasonably should know that the person is a minor, with intent to commit an offense specified in subdivision (c) of Section 236.1, or Section 207, 209, 261, 264.1, 273a, 286, 287, 288, 288.2, 289, 311.1, 311.2, 311.4 or 311.11, or former Section 288a, involving the minor shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for the term prescribed for an attempt to commit the intended offense.(b) As used in this section, “contacts or communicates with” shall include
includes direct and indirect contact or communication that may be achieved personally or by use of an agent or agency, any print medium, any postal service, a common carrier or communication common carrier, any electronic communications system, or any telecommunications, wire, computer, or radio communications device or system.
(c) A person convicted of a violation of subdivision (a) who has previously been convicted of a violation of subdivision (a) shall be punished by an additional and consecutive term of imprisonment in the state prison for five years.
