California High Technology Crimes Task Force.
Summary
Existing law establishes various crime task forces, and establishes the High Technology Theft Apprehension and Prosecution Program, which is a program to provide financial and technical assistance to law enforcement and district attorney agencies relative to specified high technology crimes. This bill would establish the California High Technology Crimes Task Force to, among other tasks, analyze existing statutes for adequacy in addressing identity theft, Internet crimes, and credit card fraud, develop recommendations to prevent and prosecute those crimes, and identify funding sources for those purposes and to assist victims of those crimes. The bill would require the task force to report to the Legislature on those matters on or before December 31, 2017.
Bill status
failed
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2015
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 27, 2015
Last action Feb 1, 2016
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
2
Committee
6
May 28, 2015
Lower · Passed
In committee: Held under submission.
lower
Apr 22, 2015
Committee
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
lower
Apr 15, 2015
Committee
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
lower
Apr 6, 2015
Committee
Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
lower
Mar 26, 2015
Committee
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
lower
Mar 1, 2015
Lower · Passed
From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
lower
Feb 27, 2015
Introduced
Introduced. To print.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jim Cooper
DDemocratic
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