Bill Text: CA AB2967 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 2967 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-09-19 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 551, Statutes of 2018. [AB2967 Detail]

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2967

Introduced by Assembly Member Quirk-Silva

February 16, 2018

An act relating to domestic violence.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2967, as introduced, Quirk-Silva. Domestic violence: batterer’s program.

Existing law specifies that the terms of probation granted to a person who has been convicted of domestic violence are required to include, among other things, successful completion of a batterer’s program, as defined, or, if none is available, another appropriate counseling program designated by the court, for a period of not less than one year. For defendants who are chronic users or serious abusers of drugs or alcohol, existing law requires that standard components in the program include concurrent counseling for substance abuse and violent behavior, and, in appropriate cases, detoxification and abstinence from the abused substance.

Existing law authorizes, in addition to, and not in lieu of, the batterer’s program, and unless prohibited by the referring court, the probation department or the court to make provisions for a defendant to use his or her resources to enroll in a chemical dependency program or to enter voluntarily a licensed chemical dependency recovery hospital or residential treatment program, as specified.

This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would remove the conflation of alcohol or substance abuse treatment with a batterer’s program.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would remove the conflation of alcohol or substance abuse treatment with a batterer’s program.