Calif. bill resurrecting violent death tracking database nears key hearing

Statescoop: A California bill that would resurrect the state’s efforts to track violent deaths with a central database is nearing a key hearing as it makes its way through the Legislature.

Sen. Richard Pan’s S.B. 877 is now set for a hearing in the Assembly’s Appropriations Committee next week, giving lawmakers a chance to review the legislation’s fiscal impact before deciding whether to send it to the Assembly floor for another vote after it passed the Senate in June.

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