Amended in Assembly March 26, 2015

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 303

Introduced by Assembly Member Gonzalez

February 12, 2015

An act to amend Section begin delete 1203.2 end delete begin insert 4030 end insert of the Penal Code, relating to begin delete supervised persons. end delete begin insert searches. end insert

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 303, as amended, Gonzalez. begin delete Supervised persons. end delete begin insert Searches: county jails. end insert

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Existing law establishes a statewide policy strictly limiting strip and body cavity searches of prearraignment detainees arrested for infraction or misdemeanor offenses and of minors detained prior to a detention hearing on the grounds that he or she is alleged to have committed a misdemeanor or infraction offense. Existing law provides that if a person is arrested and taken into custody, that person may be subjected to patdown searches, metal detector searches, and thorough clothing searches in order to discover and retrieve concealed weapons and contraband substances prior to being placed in a booking cell. Existing law requires all persons conducting or otherwise present during a strip search or visual or physical body cavity search to be of the same sex as the person being searched, except for physicians or licensed medical personnel. Under existing law, a person who knowingly and willfully authorizes or conducts a strip, visual, or physical body cavity search in violation of the prescribed provisions is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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This bill would additionally require that all persons within sight of the inmate during a strip search or visual or physical body cavity search be of the same sex as the person being searched, except for physicians or licensed medical personnel. By expanding the definition of a crime and imposing additional requirements on local law enforcement, this bill would create a state-mandated local program.

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The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

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This bill would provide that with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

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With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

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Existing law allows a probation officer, parole officer, or peace officer to arrest a person without warrant or other process during the period that a person is released on probation, conditional sentence or summary probation, or mandatory supervision, or when the person is subject to revocation of postrelease community supervision or parole supervision, if the officer has probable cause to believe that the supervised person is violating the terms of his or her supervision. Under existing law, the revocation of supervision, summary or otherwise, serves to toll the running of the period of supervision.

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This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  begin delete no end delete begin insert yes end insert . State-mandated local program:  begin delete no end delete begin insert yes end insert .

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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begin insert Section 4030 of the end insert begin insert Penal Code end insert begin insert is amended to
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4030.  

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that law
enforcement policies and practices for conducting strip or body
cavity searches of detained persons vary widely throughout
California. Consequently, some people have been arbitrarily
subjected to unnecessary strip and body cavity searches after arrests
for minor misdemeanor and infraction offenses. Some present
search practices violate state and federal constitutional rights to
privacy and freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures.

It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to protect
the state and federal constitutional rights of the people of California
by establishing a statewide policy strictly limiting strip and body
cavity searches.

(b) The provisions of this section shall apply only to
prearraignment detainees arrested for infraction or misdemeanor
offenses and to any minor detained prior to a detention hearing on
the grounds that he or she is a person described in Section 300,
601, or 602 of the Welfare and Institutions Code alleged to have
committed a misdemeanor or infraction offense. The provisions
of this section shall not apply to any person in the custody of the
Director of the Department of Corrections or the Director of the
Youth Authority.

(c) As used in this section, “strip search” means a search which
requires a person to remove or arrange some or all of his or her
clothing so as to permit a visual inspection of the underclothing,
breasts, buttocks, or genitalia of such person.

(d) As used in this section:

(1) “Body cavity” only means the stomach or rectal cavity of a
person, and vagina of a female person.

(2) “Visual body cavity search” means visual inspection of a
body cavity.

(3) “Physical body cavity search” means physical intrusion into
a body cavity for the purpose of discovering any object concealed
in the body cavity.

(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including
Section 40304.5 of the Vehicle Code, when a person is arrested
and taken into custody, that person may be subjected to patdown
searches, metal detector searches, and thorough clothing searches
in order to discover and retrieve concealed weapons and contraband
substances prior to being placed in a booking cell.

(f) No person arrested and held in custody on a misdemeanor
or infraction offense, except those involving weapons, controlled
substances or violence nor any minor detained prior to a detention
hearing on the grounds that he or she is a person described in
Section 300, 601 or 602 of the Welfare and Institutions Code,
except for those minors alleged to have committed felonies or
offenses involving weapons, controlled substances or violence,
shall be subjected to a strip search or visual body cavity search
prior to placement in the general jail population, unless a peace
officer has determined there is reasonable suspicion based on
specific and articulable facts to believe such person is concealing
a weapon or contraband, and a strip search will result in the
discovery of the weapon or contraband. No strip search or visual
body cavity search or both may be conducted without the prior
written authorization of the supervising officer on duty. The
authorization shall include the specific and articulable facts and
circumstances upon which the reasonable suspicion determination
was made by the supervisor.

(g) (1) Except pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2), no
person arrested and held in custody on a misdemeanor or infraction
offense not involving weapons, controlled substances or violence,
shall be confined in the general jail population unless all of the
following are true:

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(i)

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begin insert (A) end insert  The person is not cited and released.

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(ii)

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begin insert (B) end insert  The person is not released on his or her own recognizance
pursuant to Article 9 (commencing with Section 1318) of Chapter
1 of Title 10 of Part 2.

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(iii)

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begin insert (C) end insert  The person is not able to post bail within a reasonable time
not less than three hours.

(2) No person may be housed in the general jail population prior
to release pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) unless a
documented emergency exists and there is no reasonable alternative
to such placement. Such person shall be placed in the general
population only upon prior written authorization documenting the
specific facts and circumstances of the emergency. The written
authorization shall be signed by the uniformed supervisor of the
facility or by a uniformed watch commander. Any person confined
in the general jail population pursuant to paragraph (1) shall retain
all rights to release on citation, his or her own recognizance, or
bail which were preempted as a consequence of the emergency.

(h) No person arrested on a misdemeanor or infraction offense,
nor any minor described in subdivision (b), shall be subjected to
a physical body cavity search except under the authority of a search
warrant issued by a magistrate specifically authorizing the physical
body cavity search.

(i) A copy of the prior written authorization required by
subdivisions (f) and (g) and the search warrant required by
subdivision (h) shall be placed in the agency’s records and made
available, on request, to the person searched or his or her authorized
representative. With regard to any strip, visual or body search, the
time, date and place of the search, the name and sex of the person
conducting the search and a statement of the results of the search,
including a list of any items removed from the person searched,
shall be recorded in the agency’s records and made available, upon
request, to the person searched or his or her authorized
representative.

(j) Persons conducting a strip search or a visual body cavity
search shall not touch the breasts, buttocks, or genitalia of the
person being searched.

(k) A physical body cavity search shall be conducted under
sanitary conditions, and only by a physician, nurse practitioner,
registered nurse, licensed vocational nurse or emergency medical
technician Level II licensed to practice in this state. Any physician
engaged in providing health care to detainees and inmates of the
facility may conduct physical body cavity searches.

(l) All persons conducting or otherwise present begin insert or within sight
of the inmate end insert during a strip search or visual or physical body cavity
search shall be of the same sex as the person being searched, except
for physicians or licensed medical personnel.

(m) All strip, visual and physical body cavity searches shall be
conducted in an area of privacy so that the search cannot be
observed by persons not participating in the search. Persons are
considered to be participating in the search if their official duties
relative to search procedure require them to be present at the time
the search is conducted.

(n) A person who knowingly and willfully authorizes or
conducts a strip, visual or physical body cavity search in violation
of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(o) Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting any
common law or statutory rights of any person regarding any action
for damages or injunctive relief, or as precluding the prosecution
under another provision of law of any peace officer or other person
who has violated this section.

(p) Any person who suffers damage or harm as a result of a
violation of this section may bring a civil action to recover actual
damages, or one thousand dollars ($1,000), whichever is greater.
In addition, the court may, in its discretion, award punitive
damages, equitable relief as it deems necessary and proper, and
costs, including reasonable attorney’s fees.

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No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution for certain
costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district
because, in that regard, this act creates a new crime or infraction,
eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime
or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.

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However, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that
this act contains other costs mandated by the state, reimbursement
to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made
pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division
4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

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SECTION 1.  

Section 1203.2 of the Penal Code is amended to
read:

1203.2.  

(a) At any time during the period of supervision of a
person (1) released on probation under the care of a probation
officer pursuant to this chapter, (2) released on conditional sentence
or summary probation not under the care of a probation officer,
(3) placed on mandatory supervision pursuant to subparagraph (B)
of paragraph (5) of subdivision (h) of Section 1170, (4) subject to
revocation of postrelease community supervision pursuant to
Section 3455, or (5) subject to revocation of parole supervision
pursuant to Section 3000.08, if any probation officer, parole officer,
or peace officer has probable cause to believe that the supervised
person is violating any term or condition of his or her supervision,
the officer may, without warrant or other process and at any time
until the final disposition of the case, rearrest the supervised person
and bring him or her before the court or the court may, in its
discretion, issue a warrant for his or her rearrest. Upon rearrest,
or upon the issuance of a warrant for rearrest the court may revoke
and terminate the supervision of the person if the interests of justice
so require and the court, in its judgment, has reason to believe
from the report of the probation or parole officer or otherwise that
the person has violated any of the conditions of his or her
supervision, has become abandoned to improper associates or a
vicious life, or has subsequently committed other offenses,
regardless of whether he or she has been prosecuted for those
offenses. However, the court shall not terminate parole pursuant
to this section. Supervision shall not be revoked for failure of a
person to make restitution imposed as a condition of supervision
unless the court determines that the defendant has willfully failed
to pay and has the ability to pay. Restitution shall be consistent
with a person’s ability to pay. The revocation, summary or
otherwise, shall serve to toll the running of the period of
supervision.

(b) (1) Upon its own motion or upon the petition of the
supervised person, the probation or parole officer, or the district
attorney, the court may modify, revoke, or terminate supervision
of the person pursuant to this subdivision, except that the court
shall not terminate parole pursuant to this section. The court in the
county in which the person is supervised has jurisdiction to hear
the motion or petition, or for those on parole, either the court in
the county of supervision or the court in the county in which the
alleged violation of supervision occurred. A person supervised on
parole or postrelease community supervision pursuant to Section
3455 may not petition the court pursuant to this section for early
release from supervision, and a petition under this section shall
not be filed solely for the purpose of modifying parole. This section
does not prohibit the court in the county in which the person is
supervised or in which the alleged violation of supervision occurred
from modifying a person’s parole when acting on the court’s own
motion or a petition to revoke parole. The court shall give notice
of its motion, and the probation or parole officer or the district
attorney shall give notice of his or her petition to the supervised
person, his or her attorney of record, and the district attorney or
the probation or parole officer, as the case may be. The supervised
person shall give notice of his or her petition to the probation or
parole officer and notice of any motion or petition shall be given
to the district attorney in all cases. The court shall refer its motion
or the petition to the probation or parole officer. After the receipt
of a written report from the probation or parole officer, the court
shall read and consider the report and either its motion or the
petition and may modify, revoke, or terminate the supervision of
the supervised person upon the grounds set forth in subdivision
(a) if the interests of justice so require.

(2) The notice required by this subdivision may be given to the
supervised person upon his or her first court appearance in the
proceeding. Upon the agreement by the supervised person in
writing to the specific terms of a modification or termination of a
specific term of supervision, any requirement that the supervised
person make a personal appearance in court for the purpose of a
modification or termination shall be waived. Prior to the
modification or termination and waiver of appearance, the
supervised person shall be informed of his or her right to consult
with counsel, and if indigent the right to secure court appointed
counsel. If the supervised person waives his or her right to counsel
a written waiver shall be required. If the supervised person consults
with counsel and thereafter agrees to a modification, revocation,
or termination of the term of supervision and waiver of personal
appearance, the agreement shall be signed by counsel showing
approval for the modification or termination and waiver.

(c) Upon any revocation and termination of probation the court
may, if the sentence has been suspended, pronounce judgment for
any time within the longest period for which the person might have
been sentenced. However, if the judgment has been pronounced
and the execution thereof has been suspended, the court may revoke
the suspension and order that the judgment shall be in full force
and effect. In either case, the person shall be delivered over to the
proper officer to serve his or her sentence, less any credits herein
provided for.

(d) In any case of revocation and termination of probation,
including, but not limited to, cases in which the judgment has been
pronounced and the execution thereof has been suspended, upon
the revocation and termination, the court may, in lieu of any other
sentence, commit the person to the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities if he or she is
otherwise eligible for that commitment.

(e) If probation has been revoked before the judgment has been
pronounced, the order revoking probation may be set aside for
good cause upon motion made before pronouncement of judgment.
If probation has been revoked after the judgment has been
pronounced, the judgment and the order which revoked the
probation may be set aside for good cause within 30 days after the
court has notice that the execution of the sentence has commenced.
If an order setting aside the judgment, the revocation of probation,
or both is made after the expiration of the probationary period, the
court may again place the person on probation for that period and
with those terms and conditions as it could have done immediately
following conviction.

(f) As used in this section, the following definitions shall apply:

(1) “Court” means a judge, magistrate, or revocation hearing
officer described in Section 71622.5 of the Government Code.

(2) “Probation officer” means a probation officer as described
in Section 1203 or an officer of the agency designated by the board
of supervisors of a county to implement postrelease community
supervision pursuant to Section 3451.

(3) “Supervised person” means a person who satisfies any of
the following:

(A) He or she is released on probation subject to the supervision
of a probation officer.

(B) He or she is released on conditional sentence or summary
probation not under the care of a probation officer.

(C) He or she is subject to mandatory supervision pursuant to
subparagraph (B) of paragraph (5) of subdivision (h) of Section
1170.

(D) He or she is subject to revocation of postrelease community
supervision pursuant to Section 3455.

(E) He or she is subject to revocation of parole pursuant to
Section 3000.08.

(g) This section does not affect the authority of the supervising
agency to impose intermediate sanctions, including flash
incarceration, to persons supervised on parole pursuant to Section
3000.8 or postrelease community supervision pursuant to Part 3
(commencing with Section 3450) of Title 2.05.

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