Legislation

Priority Legislation
AB 3072 (Petrie-Norris) Current

AB 3072 requires courts at emergency ex-parte ​proceedings to consider a parent’s access to illegal firearms when determining if there is a risk of harm to a child and to consider alternatives to in person contact, including virtual visitation when children are in immediate danger. A court-ordered pause in in-person contact during escalating violence can save a child’s life.

Our Past Bills That Have Become Law: 

Senate Bill 654 (Min) 2021
Sponsored
​Requires courts to consider a parent’s history of abuse and/or substance abuse before placing a child in unsupervised visitation with that parent. Protects children in custody disputes from addressing the court in the presence of their parents.
Assembly Bill 1179 (Rubio) 2019
​Requires a mandatory form to be used to ensure essential information is included in investigations, evaluations, or assessments of allegations of child abuse under Family Code Section 3118.
Senate Bill 1704 (Ortiz) 2002
Sponsored
​Specified that uniform standards for child custody evaluations involving allegations of child sexual abuse apply to court connected as well as private evaluators and investigators.
​Senate Bill 1716 (Ortiz) 2001
​Sponsored
​Set uniform standards for child custody evaluations involving serious allegations of child sexual abuse. Mandated training in child sexual abuse for all child custody evaluators.
Senate Bill 792 (Ortiz) 2000
​Specifies that no custody or visitation rights of a parent be limited because the parent lawfully reported suspected sexual abuse or sought treatment for their child. Requires that supervised visitation be administered in accordance with the California Standards of Judicial Administration.
Senate Bill 674 (Ortiz) 2000
Sponsored
​Provided retroactive application of Assembly Bill 1651, so that child sexual abuse victims between ages 19 and 26 could sue third parties who negligently allowed the child sexual abuse.
Assembly Bill 1651 (Ortiz) 1999
Sponsored
​Permitted victims of child sexual abuse to sue third parties who negligently or intentionally allowed children to be sexually abused. Extended the statute of limitations.
Assembly Bill 535 (Brown) 1998
Sponsored /Co-sponsored with the Office of the Attorney General
Provided $4 to $8 million annually in Victims of Crime funding to unserved child and adult victims of child sexual abuse and domestic violence.
Senate Bill 1311 (Lockyer) 1998
​Restored $26 million to the Victim Restitution Fund to immediately assist victims of crime.
Assembly Bill 2014 (Boland) 1997
Allowed retroactive application of the extended statute of limitations in criminal cases of serious child sexual abuse. (Overturned by the Supreme Court)
​Assembly Bill 3354 (Brown) 1997
​Mandated clergy to report child abuse under the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act.
Bills sponsored or proposed by the Legislative Coalition to Prevent Child Abuse have been endorsed by:
Office of the Attorney General
California District Attorneys Association
Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office
California Peace Officers Association
California Police Chiefs Association
County Welfare Directors Association
California Partnership to
​End Domestic Violence
Family Violence Appellate Project
California Protective Parents Association
California Women’s Law Center
Center for Judicial Excellence
California Chapter of the National
Association of Social Workers
Gifford’s Law Center
California Family Justice Network
Sacramento Regional Family Justice Center Foundation
and individuals and professionals