Bill Text: CA SB1310 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Serious felonies.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-29 - Referred to Com. on RLS. [SB1310 Detail]
Download: California-2023-SB1310-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 1310
| Introduced by Senator Grove |
February 15, 2024 |
An act to amend Section 1192.7 of the Penal Code, relating to serious felonies.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1310, as introduced, Grove.
Serious felonies.
Existing law defines the terms serious felony and violent felony for various purposes, including, among others, enhancing the punishment for felonies pursuant to existing sentencing provisions commonly known as the Three Strikes Law.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 1192.7 of the Penal Code is amended to read:1192.7.
(a) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that district attorneys prosecute violent sex crimes under statutes that provide sentencing under a “one strike,” “three strikes” or habitual sex offender statute instead of engaging in plea bargaining over those offenses.(2) Plea bargaining in any a case in which the indictment or information charges any a serious felony,
any
a felony in which it is alleged that a firearm was personally used by the defendant, or any an offense of driving while under the influence of alcohol, drugs, narcotics, or any other intoxicating substance, or any combination thereof, is prohibited, unless there is insufficient evidence to prove the people’s case, or testimony of a material witness cannot be obtained, or a reduction or dismissal would not result in a substantial change in sentence.
(3) If the indictment or information charges the defendant with a violent sex crime, as listed in
subdivision (c) of Section 667.61, that could be prosecuted under Sections 269, 288.7, subdivisions (b) through (i) of Section 667, Section 667.61, or 667.71, plea bargaining is prohibited unless there is insufficient evidence to prove the people’s case, or testimony of a material witness cannot be obtained, or a reduction or dismissal would not result in a substantial change in sentence. At the time of presenting the agreement to the court, the district attorney shall state on the record why a sentence under one of those sections was not sought.
(b) As used in this section, “plea bargaining” means any bargaining, negotiation, or discussion between a criminal defendant, or their counsel, and a prosecuting attorney or judge, whereby the defendant agrees to plead guilty or nolo contendere, in exchange for any promises, commitments, concessions, assurances, or consideration by the prosecuting attorney or judge relating to any
a charge against the defendant or to the sentencing of the defendant.
(c) As used in this section, “serious felony” means any of the following:
(1) Murder or voluntary manslaughter; (2) mayhem; (3) rape; (4) sodomy manslaughter.
(2) Mayhem.
(3) Rape.
(4) Sodomy by force, violence, duress, menace, threat of great bodily injury, or fear of immediate and unlawful bodily injury on the victim or another person; (5) oral person.
(5) Oral copulation by force, violence, duress, menace, threat of great bodily injury, or fear of immediate and unlawful bodily injury on the victim or another person; (6) lewd
person.
(6) Lewd or lascivious act on a child under 14 years of age; (7) any age.
(7) Any felony punishable by death or imprisonment in the state prison for life; (8) any life.
(8) Any felony in which the defendant personally inflicts great bodily injury on any person, other than an accomplice, or any felony in which the defendant personally uses a
firearm; (9) attempted murder; (10) assault firearm.
(9) Attempted murder.
(10) Assault with intent to commit rape or robbery; (11) assault robbery.
(11) Assault with a deadly weapon or instrument on a peace officer; (12) assault officer.
(12) Assault by a life prisoner on a noninmate; (13) assault noninmate.
(13) Assault
with a deadly weapon by an inmate; (14) arson; (15) exploding inmate.
(14) Arson.
(15) Exploding a destructive device or any explosive with intent to injure; (16) exploding injure.
(16) Exploding a destructive device or any explosive causing bodily injury, great bodily injury, or mayhem; (17) exploding mayhem.
(17) Exploding a destructive device or any explosive with intent to murder; (18) any murder.
(18) Any burglary of the first degree; (19) robbery degree.
(19) Robbery or bank robbery; (20) kidnapping; (21) holding robbery.
(20) Kidnapping.
(21) Holding of a hostage by a person confined in a state prison; (22) attempt prison.
(22) Attempt to commit a felony punishable by death or imprisonment in the state prison for life; (23) any
life.
(23) Any felony in which the defendant personally used a dangerous or deadly weapon; (24) selling, weapon.
(24) Selling furnishing, administering, giving, or offering to sell, furnish, administer, or give to a minor any heroin, cocaine, phencyclidine (PCP), or any methamphetamine-related drug, as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 11055 of the
Health and Safety Code, or any of the precursors of methamphetamines, as described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (f) of Section 11055 or subdivision (a) of former Section 11100 of the Health and Safety Code; (25) any Code.
(25) Any violation of subdivision (a) of Section 289 where the act is accomplished against the victim’s will by force, violence, duress, menace, or fear of immediate and unlawful bodily injury on the victim or another person; (26) grand
person.
(26) Grand theft involving a firearm; (27) carjacking; (28) any firearm.
(27) Carjacking.
(28) Any felony offense, which would also constitute a felony violation
of Section 186.22; (29) assault 186.22.
(29) Assault with the intent to commit mayhem, rape, sodomy, or oral copulation, in violation of Section 220; (30) throwing 220.
(30) Throwing acid or flammable substances,
in violation of Section 244; (31) assault 244.
(31) Assault with a deadly weapon, firearm, machinegun, assault weapon, or semiautomatic firearm or assault on a peace officer or firefighter, in violation of Section 245; (32) assault 245.
(32) Assault with a deadly weapon against a public transit employee, custodial officer, or school employee, in violation of Section 245.2, 245.3, or 245.5; (33) discharge 245.5.
(33) Discharge of a firearm at an inhabited dwelling, vehicle, or aircraft, in violation of Section 246; (34) commission 246.
(34) Commission of rape or sexual penetration in concert with another person, in violation of Section 264.1; (35) continuous 264.1.
(35) Continuous sexual abuse of a child, in violation of Section 288.5; (36) shooting 288.5.
(36) Shooting from a vehicle, in violation of subdivision (c) or (d) of Section 26100; (37) intimidation 26100.
(37) Intimidation of victims or witnesses, in violation of Section 136.1; (38) criminal 136.1.
(38) Criminal threats, in violation of Section 422; (39) any 422.
(39) Any attempt to commit a crime listed in this subdivision other than an assault; (40) any assault.
(40) Any
violation of Section 12022.53; (41) a 12022.53.
(41) A violation of subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 11418; (42) human 11418.
(42) Human trafficking of a minor, in violation of subdivision (c) of Section 236.1,
except, with respect to a violation of paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 236.1, where the person who committed the offense was a victim of human trafficking, as described in subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 236.1, at the time of the offense; and (43) any offense.
(43) Any conspiracy to commit an offense described in this subdivision.
(d) As used in this section, “bank robbery” means to take or attempt to take, by force or violence, or by intimidation from the person or presence of another any property or money or any other thing of
value belonging to, or in the care, custody, control, management, or possession of, any bank, credit union, or any savings and loan association.
As used in this subdivision, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) “Bank” means any member of the Federal Reserve System, and any bank, banking association, trust company, savings bank, or other banking institution organized or operating under the laws of the United States, and any bank the deposits of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
(2) “Savings and loan association” means any federal savings and loan association and any “insured institution” as defined in Section 401 of the National Housing Act, as amended, and any federal credit union as defined in Section 2 of the Federal Credit Union Act.
(3) “Credit union” means any federal credit union and any state-chartered credit union the accounts of which are insured by the Administrator of the National Credit Union administration.
(e) The provisions of this section shall not be amended by the Legislature except by statute passed in each house by rollcall vote entered in the journal, two-thirds of the membership concurring, or by a statute that becomes effective only when approved by the electors.
