The California Assembly Public Safety Committee today voted in favor of Senate Bill 1128 (SB 1128) that would require individuals convicted of PC 261.5, unlawful intercourse, who are at least 10 years older than their alleged victim, to register. During today’s hearing, however, the Committee agreed that the bill would not be applied to those previously convicted of this offense.
According to a report given earlier this month during a meeting of the CA Sex Offender Management Board, the retroactive application of this bill could add up to 32,000 people the registry.
“While we are disappointed that the Committee today approved Senate Bill 1128, we are pleased that the Committee agreed that the law would not be applied retroactively,” stated ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci. “ACSOL is committed to stopping passage of this bill during the next three steps of the legislative process.”
Because the Committee passed SB 1128 today, the bill will next be considered by the Assembly’s Appropriations Committee no later than August 15. If the Appropriations Committee approves SB 1128, all members of the Assembly will vote on the bill no later than August 31. The final step in the consideration of the bill is the Governor who has the right to veto SB 1128 no later than September 30.
“ACSOL will notify members on this website regarding future opportunities to stop Senate Bill 1128,” stated Bellucci.
That’s some good news. Making this retroactive didn’t make sense for what the tiered registry was trying to accomplish. It’s already messed up as it is without making it balloon by 30% overnight with people who have been living good lives for decades.
That is good news to those who it would affect.
Could that just bs and say that just to get it through?
Second, why would they not retro this bill but yet retro other crimes?
I’m just asking 🙂
Their verbal agreement is meaningless. Unless it is written into the bill it will be used retroactively. It always is when it comes to us. When it helps us its only effective going forward, when it hurts us its always retroactive.
Ten board members from ACSOL and its foundation as well as representatives from other organizations showed up at this hearing to voice our opposition to SB 1128. In fact, the number of people who spoke in opposition to this bill was at least the same number as those who supported SB 1128. ACSOL is following through on the issue of retroactivity discussed during the hearing and is drafting an amendment to SB 1128 that clearly states that the bill, if enacted into law, would not be applied retroactively. This language is necessary in order to protect up to 32,000 people who have previously been convicted of PC 261.5 from being added to the CA registry.
Now it’s time to jam the Supreme Court to reverse their decision on making Meagan law retroactive . Therefore making thousands of people Retroactively register and ruining their lives !!!!.
It is perfectly rational to presume that none of the people that are currently convicted of this are, but absolutely everyone that will be convicted should unquestionably be presumed to be. How…?
Let’s do some math? 32,000 previously convicted, let’s say the average length of time spent outside of prison is 10 years? That gives us, 320,000 “Predator years” over the last 10 calendar years. Assuming the group averages 1 new victim per “Predator year” giving us 320,000 “Perfect crimes” committed by this group over the last 10 years, Roughly 87 a day…everyday? Now extend this idea all the way back to the person that has been out of prison for the longest!
Also, we must also continue to presume that predators get craftier, and craftier with age! Older predators don’t stop committing crimes, they just get caught far less often. Oh and female predators always about twice as crafty as male, which is why they get caught about half as often.
So, that’s why it is absurd to think that any of the previously convicted are, but that does not interfere with the presumption that all newly convicted will be…how???
Extra Credit: Try to calculate the astronomically large number of “Perfect crimes” CA 311’s are presumed to have committed over the last 20 years. What are the odds we’re all comic book supervillains of Dr. Doom like levels? 😁