Sex offenses: penalty enhancements.

Existing law, as amended by Proposition 83, adopted November 7, 2006, allows for the imposition of a discretionary full, separate, and consecutive sentence term for each violation of specified sex crimes if the crimes involve the same victim on the same occasion. The initiative provides that any amendment of this provision by the Legislature shall require a 23 vote of the membership of each house unless the Legislature amends the provision to expand the scope of its application or to increase the punishments or penalties provided, in which case the Legislature may amend this provision by a statute passed by a majority vote of each house. This bill would permit the imposition of a discretionary full, separate, and consecutive sentence term for each violation of those specified sex crimes without the requirement that the crimes involve the same victim on the same occasion.