SB 1518 Summary

• Fixes erroneous cross-references and makes technical corrections to existing law regarding victims' rights, record expungement, mental competency proceedings, habeas corpus petitions, and nuisance abatement provisions.

• Requires successful participation in an institutional firehouse program (in addition to conservation camps and county hand crews) to qualify for post-release record expungement, with clarifying language on what constitutes "successful" participation.

• Updates firearm eligibility requirements for peace officer training applicants to require certification that applicants are eligible to possess, receive, own, and purchase firearms under state and federal law.

• Specifies that a fourth or subsequent violation of operating as an automobile dismantler without a license or possessing nine or more catalytic converters is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of at least $1,000.

• Revises hate crime training language to refer to "anti-Arab" and "anti-Middle Eastern" hate crimes separately rather than "anti-Arab/Middle Eastern" crimes.