CA SB1088

Allows criminal complaints for actively concealing or attempting to conceal an accidental death under Penal Code Section 152 to be filed within one year after the person is initially identified by law enforcement as a suspect, rather than the standard one-year statute of limitations from the time of the offense.

Changes the trigger for the statute of limitations from the commission of the offense to the identification of the suspect by law enforcement, extending the potential prosecution window.

Includes a conditional operative provision that Section 1.5 becomes operative only if both SB 1088 and SB 813 are enacted and become effective by January 1, 2017, with SB 1088 chaptered last; otherwise Section 1 applies.

Maintains existing penalties for wrongful concealment of accidental death: imprisonment in county jail for not more than one year, a fine of $1,000 to $10,000, or both.