SB 1037 Summary

• Removes the requirement that sex crimes involve "the same victim on the same occasion" to allow discretionary consecutive sentencing for multiple violations of specified sex offenses

• Permits judges to impose a full, separate, and consecutive sentence term for each violation of listed sex crimes without the same victim/same occasion limitation

• Applies to nine categories of sex offenses including rape, sodomy, lewd acts with children, sexual penetration, and oral copulation

• Maintains mandatory consecutive sentencing when crimes involve separate victims or the same victim on separate occasions, with courts considering whether the defendant had opportunity to reflect between offenses

• Requires only a majority vote for passage, as the amendment expands the scope and increases penalties under Proposition 83