Assembly Bill 1071

…As this court knows, recently the legislature signed and the governor or the legislature passed and the governor signed Assembly Bill ten seventy one, which modifies sections seven forty five and fourteen seventy three of the penal code and contains a number of legislative findings, and that legislation will be operative in the new year.…

…Although Assembly Bill ten seventy one, which was signed by the governor three days ago, will not take effect until january first of next year, it is relevant to show the legislature's intent as to how the Racial Justice Act should be applied.…