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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Senator Rubio</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title> An act relating to domestic violence. </ns0:Title>
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<ns0:Subject>Domestic Violence Prevention Act.</ns0:Subject>
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<html:p>Existing law establishes the Domestic Violence Prevention Act for the purpose of preventing acts of domestic violence, abuse, and sexual abuse and providing for a separation of the persons involved in the domestic violence for a period sufficient to enable those persons to seek a resolution of the causes of the violence.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would make findings and declarations related to the prevention of domestic violence and would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would establish an electronic monitoring or Global Positioning System (GPS) monitoring program that would equip domestic violence victims and offenders with electronic monitoring or (GPS) monitoring devices to allow notification of both parties as well as law enforcement if the offender comes too close to the victim.</html:p>
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<ns0:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</ns0:Preamble>
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(a)
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
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(1)
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Domestic violence is an urgent public safety and public health crisis and the severity of domestic violence incidents in California has been increasing for more than a decade. By 2023, more than half of domestic violence incidents involved aggravated domestic assaults.
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(2)
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Approximately 20 percent of women and 14 percent of men experience severe physical violence from an intimate partner in their lifetime. Among homicides in the United States, nearly one-half of all female homicide victims and one-tenth of male homicide victims are killed by their intimate partners.
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(3)
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Children exposed to domestic violence can experience long-term consequences, including difficulty at school, substance abuse, behavioral problems in adolescence, and serious adult health problems.
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(4)
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Other states, including North Carolina and Tennessee, have established technology-driven domestic violence programs that have successfully saved lives by preventing domestic violence homicides.
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(5)
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Although progress has been made toward preventing and ending domestic violence and providing support to survivors and their families, important work remains to be done.
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(6)
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It is policy of this state to promote the health and safety of domestic violence survivors and their children by preventing domestic violence homicides.
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(7)
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It is policy of this state to empower domestic violence survivors to reclaim their ability to live a life of freedom from their abusers.
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(b)
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It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would establish an electronic monitoring or Global Positioning System (GPS) monitoring program that would equip domestic violence victims and offenders with electronic monitoring or GPS monitoring devices to allow notification of both parties as well as law enforcement if the offender comes too close to the victim, providing victims with real-time alerts and a chance to get to safety.
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