This measure would recognize the week of February 18, 2024, to February 24, 2024, as Engineers Week.
This resolution would designate the week beginning on February 26, 2024, and the last week of February hereafter, as Eating Disorders Awareness Week.
Existing law prohibits a person from being tried or adjudged to punishment while that person is mentally incompetent. Under existing law, a defendant is mentally incompetent if, as a result of mental disorder or developmental disability, they are unable to understand the nature of the criminal proceedings or to assist counsel in the conduct of a defense in a rational manner. If a person is incompetent as a result of a mental health disorder and charged with a misdemeanor or misdemeanors only, existing law authorizes a court to conduct a hearing to determine if the person is eligible for diversion, as specified, or dismiss the charges against the person. If the person is charged with a felony or alleged to have violated the terms of probation for a felony or mandatory supervision, the court must instead order the person be delivered to a mental health treatment facility, as specified, or make a finding that the person is eligible for diversion, as specified. Existing law, the Sex Offender Registration Act, requires a person convicted of certain crimes to register with law enforcement as a sex offender while residing in California or while attending school or working in California, as specified. This bill would make the incompetence provisions for a person who is mentally incompetent and charged with a misdemeanor that requires registration as a sex offender the same as those for a person who is charged with a felony.
This measure would honor the late civil rights pioneer Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
