Pen. Code, § 13023 · Article 2. Duties of Public Agencies and Officers
Pen. Code, § 13023
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) This section shall be subject to the availability of adequate funding.
(b) (1) The Attorney General shall direct state and local law enforcement agencies to report to the Department of Justice, in a manner to be prescribed by the Attorney General, any information that may be required relative to hate crimes.
(2) The Attorney General shall review state and local agencies’ formal policies on hate crimes required by Section 422.87 and the hate crime brochure required pursuant to Section 422.92. The department shall review the policies and brochures for compliance with law. The department shall instruct any agency that did not submit a policy or brochure, or that submitted a legally noncompliant policy or brochure, to submit compliant documents.
(c) (1) Law enforcement agencies are required to submit the hate crime documents required by the Attorney General as follows:
(A) On or before January 1, 2025, each law enforcement agency in the Counties of Los Angeles, Orange, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura shall produce their hate crime materials to the Department of Justice.
(B) On or before January 1, 2026, each law enforcement agency in the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, and Sonoma shall produce their hate crime materials to the Department of Justice.
(C) On or before January 1, 2027, each law enforcement agency in the Counties of Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yuba, Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, and Yolo and the special districts of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the Department of State Hospitals, and the state park system shall produce their hate crime materials to the Department of Justice.
(D) On or before January 1, 2028, each law enforcement agency in the Counties of Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Tulare, Imperial, Inyo, Mono, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego shall produce their hate crime materials to the Department of Justice.
(2) The production of hate crime materials pursuant to paragraph (1) shall proceed on a four-year schedule and shall be ongoing. All law enforcement agencies, including special districts, shall produce to the Attorney General’s office their hate crime materials on the specified date listed above, and then every four years thereafter in perpetuity.
(d) On or before July 1 of each year, the Department of Justice shall update the OpenJustice Web portal with the information obtained from law enforcement agencies pursuant to this section. The information shall include the names of agencies that submitted compliant policies and brochures, including any agency that submitted revised compliant documents. The department shall submit its analysis of this information to the Legislature in the manner described in subdivision (g) of Section 13010.
(e) Law enforcement agencies shall additionally post the information required in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) to their internet websites on a monthly basis.
(f) For purposes of this section, “hate crime” has the same meaning as in Section 422.55.
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History
Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 524, Sec. 2. (AB 449) Effective January 1, 2024.
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