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CA AB3021

Bill

Status

Engrossed

5/20/2024

Primary Sponsor

Ash Kalra

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Origin

State Assembly

2023-2024 Session

AI Summary

  • Requires peace officers, prosecuting attorneys, and prosecution investigators to clearly identify themselves and their agency before interviewing immediate family members of persons killed or seriously injured by a peace officer.

  • Mandates that officers show official identification (business card, badge, or other form) if the interview takes place in person.

  • Requires officers to clearly state six specific rights to the family member being interviewed, including the right to ask about their family member's status, the right to remain silent, and the right to have a trusted support person, attorney, or legal advocate present.

  • Defines "immediate family" to include spouses, domestic partners, parents, guardians, grandparents, aunts, uncles, siblings, and children or grandchildren related by blood, marriage, or adoption.

  • Establishes that if the Commission on State Mandates determines the bill creates state-mandated costs, reimbursement to local agencies shall be made pursuant to existing state reimbursement procedures.

Legislative Description

Criminal procedure: interrogations.

Last Action

Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Gonzalez.

8/31/2024

Committee Referrals

Appropriations6/18/2024
Public Safety5/29/2024
Rules5/21/2024
Appropriations4/3/2024
Public Safety3/11/2024

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