California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law five bills stemming from the murders of Amber Dubois and Chelsea King. Registered sex offender John Albert Gardner raped and killed the two teenage girls last spring. The laws do the following:
- Require a life sentence without the possibility of parole for forcible sex acts against minors, tightens parole guidelines and requires lifelong tracking of certain sex offenders.
- Give parents the right to seal autopsy reports and photographs of their murdered children.
- Require the state to report an abduction to a national tracking system within 2 hours, instead of the current 4 hours.
- Require improved law enforcement coordination for abductions.
- Create a position of director of missing children operations.