California 2011-2012 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 557 — Family justice centers.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 262, Statutes of 2011.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 17, 2011. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 74% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 3 sponsors

    1 primary, 2 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 8 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law provides for various services and programs to assist victims of crime, including grants to proposed and existing child sexual exploitation and child abuse victim counseling centers and prevention programs, and the establishment of a resource center to operate a statewide, toll-free information service consisting of legal information for crime victims and providers of services to crime victims. This bill would authorize the Cities of San Diego and Anaheim, and the Counties of Alameda and Sonoma, until January 1, 2014, to establish a multiagency, multidisciplinary family justice center to assist victims of domestic violence, officer-involved domestic violence, sexual assault, elder or dependent adult abuse, stalking, cyberstalking, cyberbullying, and human trafficking, to ensure that victims of abuse are able to access all needed services in one location and to enhance victim safety, increase offender accountability, and improve access to services for victims of crime, as provided. The bill would permit the family justice centers to be staffed by law enforcement, medical, social service, and child welfare personnel, among others. This bill would require each family justice center to consult with community-based crime victim agencies, survivors of violence and abuse, and their advocates in the operation of the family justice center and to develop a procedure for input, feedback, and evaluation of the family justice center. The bill would prohibit victims of crime from being denied services at a family justice center on the grounds of criminal history and would prohibit a criminal history search from being conducted without the victim's written consent, unless the criminal history search is pursuant to an active criminal investigation. The bill would require each family justice center to develop policies and procedures to ensure coordinated services are provided and to enhance the safety of victims and professionals at the family justice centers, as specified. The bill would require each family justice center to maintain an informed consent policy and to be in compliance with all state and federal laws protecting the confidentiality of the types of information and documents that may be in a victim's file. The bill would require the National Family Justice Center Alliance, with private funds, to contract with an independent organization to conduct an evaluation and prepare a report on the family justice centers, as specified. The bill would require the independent organization to submit the report to the Office of Privacy Protection and the National Family Justice Center Alliance for review and comment, and then submit the report to the Assembly Committee on Judiciary, the Senate Committee on Judiciary, the Assembly Committee on Public Safety, and the Senate Committee on Public Safety, no later than January 1, 2013. This bill would allow the National Family Justice Center Alliance to submit recommendations for statewide legislation, best practices, and model policies and procedures in its comments to the independent evaluation organization. The bill would require each family justice center to maintain a formal training program with mandatory training for all staff members, volunteers, and agency professionals, as specified.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 262, Statutes of 2011.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 2017.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. Ordered to special consent calendar.

  6. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  7. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2345.) Ordered to the Senate.

  8. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

  9. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  10. From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 28).

  11. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  12. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  13. Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD.

  14. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  15. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1218.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  16. Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

  17. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 1119.) (May 26).

  18. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  19. Set for hearing May 26 in APPR. pending receipt.

  20. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  21. Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

  22. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 950.) (May 10).

  23. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  24. Set for hearing May 10.

  25. (Corrected April 27.)

  26. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  27. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  28. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 495.) (March 29).

  29. Set for hearing March 29.

  30. Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD.

  31. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.

  32. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Atkins · Cosponsor
  • Fletcher · Cosponsor
  • Kehoe · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 119 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Kehoe

Co-sponsors (2)

  • Atkins
  • Fletcher

Not signed on (119)

119 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Special Consent #8

Passed 34 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 34003
Republican 0001
Democratic 0002
Total 34006
% of votes cast 85%0%0%15%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Runner — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Huff — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Yea
Wolk — Yea
De León — Yea
Wyland — Not Voting
Negrete McLeod — Yea
Evans — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Harman — Not Voting
Alquist — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Dutton — Yea
Leno — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Simitian — Not Voting
Hernandez — Yea
Liu — Yea
Price — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Wright — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Correa — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
La Malfa — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Not Voting
Strickland, Tony Republican Not Voting

Official roll call →

SB 557 Kehoe Consent Calendar Second Day

Passed 76 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 73004
Republican 2000
Democratic 1000
Total 76004
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Gordon — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Hall — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Butler — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Hill — Yea
Fong — Yea
Carter — Yea
Huber — Yea
Allen — Yea
Logue — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Conway — Yea
Cook — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Perea — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Williams — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Campos — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Garrick — Not Voting
Gorell — Not Voting
Mitchell — Not Voting
Halderman — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Beall — Yea
Donnelly — Yea
Lara — Yea
Miller — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Silva — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Valadao — Yea
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Block — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Jeffries — Yea
Knight — Yea
Ma — Yea
Mansoor — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Norby — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Torres — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Eng — Yea
Davis — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Beth Gaines — Not Voting
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Bonnie Lowenthal — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar.

Passed 9 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8001
Republican 1000
Total 9001
% of votes cast 90%0%0%10%
How each member voted (10)
Member Party Vote
Feuer — Yea
Huber — Yea
Huffman — Not Voting
Atkins — Yea
Monning — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

Official roll call →

3rd Reading

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 36001
Republican 1000
Democratic 2000
Total 39001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Evans — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Harman — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Runner — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Corbett — Yea
De León — Yea
Huff — Yea
Negrete McLeod — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Price — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Walters — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Wright — Yea
Dutton — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Emmerson — Not Voting
Correa — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
La Malfa — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended.

Passed 9 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 9000
Total 9000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (9)
Member Party Vote
Runner — Yea
Price — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Walters — Yea
Emmerson — Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended.

Passed 5 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5000
Total 5000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (5)
Member Party Vote
Evans — Yea
Harman — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Leno — Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

public-safety civil-rights
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 557 do?
Existing law provides for various services and programs to assist victims of crime, including grants to proposed and existing child sexual exploitation and child abuse victim counseling centers and prevention programs, and the establishment of a resource center to operate a statewide, toll-free information service consisting of legal information for crime victims and providers of services to crime victims. This bill would authorize the Cities of San Diego and Anaheim, and the Counties of Alameda and Sonoma, until January 1, 2014, to establish a multiagency, multidisciplinary family justice center to assist victims of domestic violence, officer-involved domestic violence, sexual assault, elder or dependent adult abuse, stalking, cyberstalking, cyberbullying, and human trafficking, to ensure that victims of abuse are able to access all needed services in one location and to enhance victim safety, increase offender accountability, and improve access to services for victims of crime, as provided. The bill would permit the family justice centers to be staffed by law enforcement, medical, social service, and child welfare personnel, among others. This bill would require each family justice center to consult with community-based crime victim agencies, survivors of violence and abuse, and their advocates in the operation of the family justice center and to develop a procedure for input, feedback, and evaluation of the family justice center. The bill would prohibit victims of crime from being denied services at a family justice center on the grounds of criminal history and would prohibit a criminal history search from being conducted without the victim's written consent, unless the criminal history search is pursuant to an active criminal investigation. The bill would require each family justice center to develop policies and procedures to ensure coordinated services are provided and to enhance the safety of victims and professionals at the family justice centers, as specified. The bill would require each family justice center to maintain an informed consent policy and to be in compliance with all state and federal laws protecting the confidentiality of the types of information and documents that may be in a victim's file. The bill would require the National Family Justice Center Alliance, with private funds, to contract with an independent organization to conduct an evaluation and prepare a report on the family justice centers, as specified. The bill would require the independent organization to submit the report to the Office of Privacy Protection and the National Family Justice Center Alliance for review and comment, and then submit the report to the Assembly Committee on Judiciary, the Senate Committee on Judiciary, the Assembly Committee on Public Safety, and the Senate Committee on Public Safety, no later than January 1, 2013. This bill would allow the National Family Justice Center Alliance to submit recommendations for statewide legislation, best practices, and model policies and procedures in its comments to the independent evaluation organization. The bill would require each family justice center to maintain a formal training program with mandatory training for all staff members, volunteers, and agency professionals, as specified.
Who sponsors SB 557?
SB 557 is sponsored by Atkins, Fletcher, and Kehoe.
What is the current status of SB 557?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 17, 2011. Enacted.
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