Protection of victims: address confidentiality.

Existing law authorizes victims of domestic violence or stalking and reproductive health care providers, employees, volunteers, and patients, as defined, to complete an application to be approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of enabling state and local agencies to respond to requests for public records without disclosing a program participant's residence address contained in any public record and otherwise provide for confidentiality of identity for that person, subject to specified conditions. Existing law requires applicants to be certified for 4 years following the date of filing unless the certification is withdrawn or invalidated before that date. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to establish a renewal procedure. Existing law authorizes the Secretary of State to cancel a program participant's certification and authorizes a program participant to withdraw from program participation, as specified. This bill would require victims of domestic violence or stalking and reproductive health care providers, employees, and volunteers, as defined, to be domiciled in California, as specified, in order to apply for the program. This bill would authorize a minor program participant, who reaches 18 years of age during his or her enrollment, to renew as an adult, as specified. This bill would authorize the Secretary of State to refuse to renew a program participant's certification if the adult program participant or the parent or guardian acting on behalf of a minor or incapacitated person has abandoned his or her domicile in this state. This bill would modify the Secretary of State's authority to terminate a program participant's certification, as specified. This bill would authorize the office of the Secretary of State to refuse to handle or forward packages for program participants, as specified. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 6206 of the Government Code, as proposed by AB 2483, to be operative only if AB 2483 and this bill are both chaptered and become effective on or before January 1, 2013, and this bill is chaptered last.