40 New California Laws Just Signed By Gov. Brown
Gov. Jerry Brown signed several pieces of legislation into law on Sept. 1. Here they are.
As we turned the page into September, California's governor got a head start on the month by signing more than three dozen bills into law on Friday. Among the 40 pieces of legislation that Jerry Brown approved was a bill aimed at protecting undocumented immigrants who assist law enforcement in solving a crime. AB 493 prohibits police from detaining or turning over an individual who is a crime victim or witness "exclusively for any actual or suspected immigration violation."
"We need to remove the fear and uncertainty that is rampant in our immigrant communities and provide protection to undocumented individuals when they seek to cooperate with law enforcement on any crime,” said Assemblyman Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer, a Democrat from Los Angeles, who authored AB 493.
Jones-Sawyer touted the bill as a way of making California safer for everyone.
"By preventing witnesses and victims of crimes from being detained and turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), it will help law enforcement with their investigations and will promote social responsibility and improve police community relationships," he said.
Another bill Brown approved has to do with the release of grand jury transcripts in relation to proceedings involving police officers. AB 1024 was authored by Assemblyman Kevin Kiley, a Republican from Roseville.
"This bill would require a court to disclose all or a part of a grand jury indictment proceeding transcript, excluding the grand jury’s private deliberations and voting, if the grand jury decides not to return an indictment in a grand jury inquiry into an offense that involves a shooting or use of excessive force by a peace officer, as defined, that led to the death of a person being detained or arrested by the peace officer, except as specified," the bill's text states in part.
On Friday, Brown took action on the following 40 total pieces of legislation:
(Click on the link to read the entire article that lists all 40 laws with links to full text of each bill.)
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