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CA AB1637
CA AB1637Criminal profiteering: asset forfeiture: unemployment and disability insurance fraud.
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Introduced
01/12/2022
01/12/2022
In Committee
06/30/2022
06/30/2022
Crossed Over
05/05/2022
05/05/2022
Passed
08/23/2022
08/23/2022
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
09/30/2022
09/30/2022
Introduced Session
2021-2022 Session
Bill Summary
An act to amend Sections 186.2 and 186.8 of the Penal Code, relating to criminal profiteering, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.
AI Summary
This bill amends the California Control of Profits of Organized Crime Act to include fraud offenses related to COVID-19 pandemic-related insurance programs administered by the Employment Development Department (EDD) as a form of criminal profiteering activity. The bill requires any proceeds collected from such criminal profiteering to be returned to the EDD. Additionally, the bill declares this act as an urgency statute to take immediate effect, stating that it is necessary to deter fraudulent unemployment and disability insurance claims to preserve the availability of benefits for eligible claimants.
Committee Categories
Budget and Finance, Justice
Sponsors (1)
Last Action
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 950, Statutes of 2022. (on 09/30/2022)
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