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9-27-2023 7:24pm

SB331 Remains Unsigned. Delivered to Governor 9/21/23

SB331: Piqui’s Law: Keeping Children Safe from Family Violence Act was presented to the governor at 4pm on 9/21. Six of seven bills signed today were presented to him prior.

The bills Governor Newsom signs are posted on the CA Governor's website. SB331 is named in memory of a child killed by a parent with shared custody because, among a number of other facts, the judicial power did not have the experience to take seriously the warnings presented by Piqui's mother and counsel.  SB331 includes:

(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to do all of the following:

(1) Increase the priority given to child safety in any state court divorce, separation, visitation, paternity, child support, civil protection order, or family custody court proceeding affecting the custody and care of children.

(2) To prohibit family courts from ordering reunification treatments, programs, or services, including, but not limited to, camps, therapeutic vacations, workshops, and parenting programs, that cut off the relationship with a parent or sequester the child from extended family, friends, and community under acutely distressing circumstances, such as utilizing professional transport agents that force a child into a threat-based, coercive environment to address, repair, or remediate the relationship with the other parent whom the child is rejecting or resisting.

Section 4 (a)

The Judicial Council shall establish judicial training programs for individuals who perform duties in domestic violence or child custody matters, including, but not limited to, ........

9-27-23

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