Bill Dodd
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 3
Author
Existing law, the Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act, establishes various procedures for the reporting, investigation, and prosecution of elder and dependent adult abuse. Existing law defines financial abuse for those purposes and provides that it occurs when, among other instances, a person or entity takes, secretes, appropriates, obtains, or retains, or assists in taking, secreting, appropriating, obtaining, or retaining, real or personal property of an elder or dependent adult for a wrongful use or with intent to defraud, or both. Existing law requires a person or entity to be deemed to have taken, secreted, appropriated, obtained, or retained property for a wrongful use if, among other things, the person or entity takes the property and the person or entity knew or should have known that the conduct is likely to be harmful to the elder or dependent adult. Existing law requires the court to award specified costs if a defendant is found liable for financial abuse, as specified. Existing law makes the failure to report, or impeding or inhibiting a report of, among other things, financial abuse of an elder or dependent adult, in violation of certain reporting requirements a misdemeanor. This bill would add to the definition of "financial abuse" knowingly aiding and abetting in the taking, secreting, appropriating, obtaining, or retaining real or personal property of an elder or dependent adult for a wrongful use or with intent to defraud, or both. The bill would also define "assists" for those purposes. The bill would also specifically state that the above-described provision regarding when a person or entity is deemed to have taken property for a wrongful use includes when a person or entity assisted in taking, secreting, appropriating, obtaining, or retaining property for a wrongful use. The changes made by this bill would not apply to criminal prosecutions and, therefore, the bill would not expand the above-described crime. The bill would make the provisions severable.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 5.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Ordered to second reading.
Read third time and amended.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 1. Page 1011.) (May 2).
Set for hearing May 2.
April 25 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 830.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Set for hearing April 25 in JUD. pending receipt.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.I.
Set for hearing April 19.
March 29 hearing postponed by committee.
Set for hearing March 29.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 4.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB278 | HTML |
| 02/01/23 - Introduced | |
| 04/10/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/04/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/16/23 - Amended Senate |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/17/23- Senate Banking and Financial Institutions | |
| 04/28/23- Senate Judiciary | |
| 05/05/23- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 05/17/23- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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