California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

AB 998 — Multidisciplinary teams: human trafficking and domestic violence.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 802, Statutes of 2018.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 16, 2017. 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.

  • 2 sponsors

    1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 4 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law authorizes a city, county, city and county, or community-based nonprofit organization to establish a family justice center to assist victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, elder or dependent adult abuse, and human trafficking, to ensure that victims of abuse are able to access all needed services in one location in order to enhance victim safety, increase offender accountability, and improve access to services for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, elder or dependent adult abuse, and human trafficking. Existing law also authorizes counties to establish multidisciplinary personnel teams regarding issues like child abuse to allow various agencies to collaborate. This bill would authorize a city, county, city and county, or community-based nonprofit organization to establish a domestic violence multidisciplinary personnel team and a human trafficking multidisciplinary personnel team consisting of two or more persons who are trained in the prevention, identification, management, or treatment of domestic violence or human trafficking cases and who are qualified to provide a broad range of services related to domestic violence or human trafficking. The bill would authorize members of those multidisciplinary personnel teams to disclose to one another information and records that may be confidential but that are relevant to the prevention, identification, management, or treatment of those crimes. The bill would impose additional requirements on the disclosure and use of that information, including, among other things, that members of the team not disclose confidential information obtained from an individual unless they have obtained that individual's informed, written, and reasonably time-limited consent to the disclosure, as specified. The bill would make information and records communicated or provided to the team members by all providers and agencies, as well as records created in the course of an investigation, confidential and protected from discovery and disclosure. The bill would make discussions relating to the disclosure or exchange of that information or records during team meetings confidential, unless required by law, and would prohibit testimony concerning those discussions from being admissible in any criminal, civil, or juvenile court proceeding. The California Constitution provides for the Right to Truth-In-Evidence, which requires a 23 vote of the Legislature to exclude any relevant evidence from any criminal proceeding, as specified. Because this bill would exclude from a criminal proceeding information and records provided to the team and records created in the course of an investigation, as well as testimony concerning discussions relating to the disclosure or exchange of information between members of the multidisciplinary personnel teams, it requires a 23 vote of the Legislature. The bill would make existing civil and criminal penalties for inappropriate disclosure of confidential information applicable to multidisciplinary team members. By expanding the scope of persons subject to criminal penalties, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 802, Statutes of 2018.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

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

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6881.).

  5. From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 28).

  6. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6705.)

  7. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.

  8. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  9. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5777.).

  10. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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

  12. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  13. From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

  14. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5.

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

  16. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 3).

  17. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  18. Re-referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD.

  19. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  20. Withdrawn from committee.

  21. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on V.A.

  22. Referred to Com. on V.A.

  23. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  24. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1897.)

  25. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  26. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 26).

  27. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  28. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  29. Re-referred to Com. on V.A.

  30. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on V.A. Read second time and amended.

  31. Referred to Com. on V.A.

  32. From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.

  33. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (120)

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Votes

AB 998 GRAYSON Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 80 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 58000
Democratic 16000
Republican 6000
Total 80000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Holden — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Medina — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Ting — Yea
Weber — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Burke — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Fong — Yea
Salas — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Gray — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Levine — Yea
Rivas — Yea
Low — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Chau — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wood — Yea
Harper — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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3rd Reading AB998 Grayson et al. By Stone

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 34001
Democratic 5000
Total 39001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Monning — Yea
Roth — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Chang — Yea
De León — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Allen — Yea
Delgado — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 998 do?
Existing law authorizes a city, county, city and county, or community-based nonprofit organization to establish a family justice center to assist victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, elder or dependent adult abuse, and human trafficking, to ensure that victims of abuse are able to access all needed services in one location in order to enhance victim safety, increase offender accountability, and improve access to services for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, elder or dependent adult abuse, and human trafficking. Existing law also authorizes counties to establish multidisciplinary personnel teams regarding issues like child abuse to allow various agencies to collaborate. This bill would authorize a city, county, city and county, or community-based nonprofit organization to establish a domestic violence multidisciplinary personnel team and a human trafficking multidisciplinary personnel team consisting of two or more persons who are trained in the prevention, identification, management, or treatment of domestic violence or human trafficking cases and who are qualified to provide a broad range of services related to domestic violence or human trafficking. The bill would authorize members of those multidisciplinary personnel teams to disclose to one another information and records that may be confidential but that are relevant to the prevention, identification, management, or treatment of those crimes. The bill would impose additional requirements on the disclosure and use of that information, including, among other things, that members of the team not disclose confidential information obtained from an individual unless they have obtained that individual's informed, written, and reasonably time-limited consent to the disclosure, as specified. The bill would make information and records communicated or provided to the team members by all providers and agencies, as well as records created in the course of an investigation, confidential and protected from discovery and disclosure. The bill would make discussions relating to the disclosure or exchange of that information or records during team meetings confidential, unless required by law, and would prohibit testimony concerning those discussions from being admissible in any criminal, civil, or juvenile court proceeding. The California Constitution provides for the Right to Truth-In-Evidence, which requires a 23 vote of the Legislature to exclude any relevant evidence from any criminal proceeding, as specified. Because this bill would exclude from a criminal proceeding information and records provided to the team and records created in the course of an investigation, as well as testimony concerning discussions relating to the disclosure or exchange of information between members of the multidisciplinary personnel teams, it requires a 23 vote of the Legislature. The bill would make existing civil and criminal penalties for inappropriate disclosure of confidential information applicable to multidisciplinary team members. By expanding the scope of persons subject to criminal penalties, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Who sponsors AB 998?
AB 998 is sponsored by Grayson, Timothy S. (Democratic) and Mark Stone.
What is the current status of AB 998?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 16, 2017. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 998?
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