AB 2356: Violent crimes.

Existing law, as amended by Proposition 21, approved March 7, 2000, and by Proposition 83, approved November 7, 2006, classifies certain felonies as violent felonies for purposes of sentencing. Existing law imposes an additional one-year term for a felony and a 3-year term for a violent felony for each prior separate prison term served for a violent felony. Existing law, as added by Proposition 184, approved November 8, 1994, and amended by Proposition 36, approved November 6, 2012, commonly known as the Three Strikes Law, also imposes additional years of imprisonment in state prison on a person who commits a violent felony and has been convicted of, or who has a prior conviction for, a violent felony. The Legislature may amend the above-specified initiative statutes by a statute passed in each house by a ²/₃ vote.

This bill would amend those initiative statutes by clarifying human trafficking to effect or maintain a violation of specified sex crimes a violent felony. Because this bill would increase penalties for a crime, it would impose a state-mandated local program.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.