State Public Defender: county public defenders: data collection.

Removed amendment history headers (dates of prior amendments in Assembly and Senate) and replaced with standard enrolled bill formatting including passage dates and Governor's approval block.

Removed the 'as amended' designation from the legislative counsel's digest, which is standard when a bill reaches enrolled form.

Removed the procedural line stating 'Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: yes.' which is part of the amendment process documentation and not carried into the enrolled text.

Senator Arreguin was added as a coauthor, indicating Senate sponsorship of the bill.

Removed the data collection item requiring counties to report the 'Type of primary and conflict public defense systems used.' This was likely seen as redundant with the remaining item that asks for a brief explanation of whether the system is PD, APD, private attorney, or a combination.

The contact person requirement was narrowed from 'specify a contact person for the office of the public defender with the applicable oversight' to simply 'specify a contact person with the applicable oversight,' removing the explicit tie to the public defender office.

Minor wording cleanups: removed duplicate word 'type' in the positions data item, removed redundant phrase 'on public defense' from the budget item, and clarified the case count item to read 'assigned to each PD, APD, or private attorney system' instead of the garbled original.

The bill now applies to every county rather than only counties that have established an office of public defender under Section 27700. Previously, the State Public Defender's office was responsible for collecting data on behalf of counties without a public defender; that provision was removed because all counties must now report directly.

New data collection items were added: (1) a brief explanation of whether the system is a public defender, alternate public defender, private attorney program, or combination; (6) description of the compensation model for each system. Existing items were also expanded to require breakdowns by system type (PD vs APD vs private attorney), including budget, positions, and case counts split by homicide, other felony, and misdemeanor in adult and juvenile court.

A new subdivision (d) was added stating the section shall become operative only upon appropriation by the Legislature for these purposes, meaning the data collection requirements will not take effect until funding is secured.

The state-mandated local program designation changed from 'no' to 'yes,' reflecting that all counties (not just those with a public defender's office) are now subject to the mandate, which triggers potential state reimbursement obligations under the California Constitution.

Added language requiring that any reporting procedures established by the Office of the State Public Defender must account for structural differences between counties, providing flexibility in how data is submitted.

The amendment to Section 15400 of the Government Code (a nonsubstantive change to the State Public Defender appointment provision) is entirely removed. The bill now only adds new Section 27700.5.

The bill is reclassified from not containing a state-mandated local program to containing one. The fiscal committee vote changes from no to yes, meaning the bill now requires fiscal committee approval.

Each county must now specify a contact person for the office of public defender in addition to collecting and reporting data.

A new data category is added: the number of cases assigned to the public defense system (item 5 in subdivision (a)).

A new Section 2 provides that if the Commission on State Mandates determines the bill contains state-mandated costs, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts shall be made pursuant to Part 7 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

Assembly Member Schultz is added as a coauthor of the bill.

New Government Code Section 27700.5 requires county boards of supervisors that have established a public defender's office to collect data on: type of public defense systems used, method and timing of case assignment, budget and expenditures on public defense, and funded/filled public defense positions by type.

The Office of the State Public Defender is required to collect and compile the same information for counties that have NOT established a public defender's office under Section 27700.

Counties must report the collected data to the Office of the State Public Defender every two years beginning January 1, 2029.

The Office of the State Public Defender must create and post a summary report of all collected information on its internet website, creating a public transparency mechanism.

The bill's scope expanded from a single nonsubstantive amendment to Section 15400 (State Public Defender appointment) to include an entirely new data collection and reporting regime under a new section 27700.5.

Fiscal committee review designation changed from 'no' to 'yes', indicating the bill now has fiscal implications requiring committee analysis, likely due to the new data collection and reporting obligations placed on counties and the state office.