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CA AB1927

Bill

Status

Passed

9/29/2020

Primary Sponsor

Tasha Boerner Horvath

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Origin

State Assembly

2019-2020 Session

AI Summary

  • Adds Section 1324.2 to the Penal Code to make testimony about a victim or witness's unlawful drug or alcohol possession/use inadmissible in separate prosecutions of that person for drug or alcohol offenses

  • Applies to testimony given in felony prosecutions for sexual assault crimes including rape, sexual battery, and lewd acts with minors (Penal Code Sections 220, 243.4, 261, 261.5, 286, 287, 288, 289)

  • Excludes testimony only regarding substance or alcohol use that occurred at or around the time of the sexual assault violation

  • Preserves admissibility of such evidence within the original sexual assault felony prosecution itself

  • Preserves admissibility of evidence that a witness received use immunity for their testimony in the sexual assault prosecution

Legislative Description

Witness testimony in sexual assault cases: inadmissability in a separate prosecution.

Last Action

Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 241, Statutes of 2020.

9/29/2020

Committee Referrals

Public Safety7/1/2020
Rules6/11/2020
Public Safety1/23/2020

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