Legislative Coalition to Prevent Child Abuse

Working to protect children for over 30 years
The Coalition provides education and advocacy to promote research-based policy changes that help identify, prevent and treat child abuse. We partner with agencies, advocacy groups and professionals who provide direct services and research to determines what policy changes will be most beneficial. Our state and national
network is dedicated to creating laws that protect children and offer justice and assistance for victims. We sponsor and support legislation to change California’s laws for the benefit of children.

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Growing Child Safety through Legislation

Improving our legislation one bill at a time

SB 654, Min, 2021
​Sponsored

​Requires courts to consider a history of abuse or substance abuse and state reasons on the record before placing children in unsupervised visitation with a parent with a history of abuse or substance abuse. Specifies that children in custody disputes who choose to address the court will not do so in the presence of their parents unless the court finds it necessary and states reasons on the record.

AB 1179, Rubio, 2019

Protects children from sexual abuse by requiring a mandatory form be used when performing investigations, evaluations or assessments of serious allegations of child sexual abuse under Family Code section 3118.

AB 1651, Ortiz 1999
Sponsored

Permits victims of child sexual abuse to sue third parties who negligently or intentionally allowed children to be sexually assaulted. Allow victims to sue until age 26.