Bill Text: CA SB26 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Sex offenders: access to schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Failed) 2018-02-01 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB26 Detail]
Download: California-2017-SB26-Introduced.html
Senate Bill | No. 26 |
Introduced by Senator Leyva (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Reyes) (Coauthor: Senator Beall) |
December 05, 2016 |
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 626.81 of the Penal Code is amended to read:626.81.
(a) A person who is required to register as a sex offender pursuant to Section 290, who comes into any school building or upon any school(b)(1)The chief administrative official of a school may grant a person who is subject to this section and not a family member of a pupil who attends that school, permission to come into a school building or upon the school grounds to volunteer at the school, provided that, notwithstanding subdivisions (a)
and (c) of Section 290.45, at least 14 days prior to the first date for which permission has been granted, the chief administrative official notifies or causes to be notified the parent or guardian of each child attending the school that a person who is required to register as a sex offender pursuant to Section 290 has been granted permission to come into a school building or upon school grounds, the date or dates and times for which permission has been granted, and his or her right to obtain information regarding the person from a designated law enforcement entity pursuant to Section 290.45. The notice required by this paragraph shall be provided by one of the methods identified in Section 48981 of the Education Code.
(2)Any chief administrative official or school employee who in good faith disseminates the notification and information as required by paragraph (1) shall be immune from civil liability for action taken in accordance with that
paragraph.
(c)
(d)Nothing in this