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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SCR 150
Author: Gaines (R)
Amended: 8/18/16
Vote: 21
SENATE FLOOR: 36-0, 8/11/16
AYES: Allen, Anderson, Bates, Beall, Berryhill, Block,
Cannella, De León, Gaines, Galgiani, Glazer, Hernandez,
Hertzberg, Hill, Hueso, Huff, Jackson, Lara, Leno, Leyva, Liu,
McGuire, Mendoza, Mitchell, Monning, Moorlach, Morrell,
Nguyen, Nielsen, Pan, Pavley, Roth, Stone, Vidak, Wieckowski,
Wolk
NO VOTE RECORDED: Fuller, Hall, Hancock
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: Read and adopted, 8/23/16
SUBJECT: Domestic Violence Awareness Month
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This resolution proclaims the month of October 2016,
and each following October, as Domestic Violence Awareness
Month.
Assembly Amendments make technical
changes.
ANALYSIS: This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1)Domestic violence is a significant public health and safety
issue affecting women, men, and children of all racial,
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religious, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups in California.
2)Nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an
intimate partner, which means more than 10 million women and
men in the U.S. are abused each year.
3)More than 800,000 women were violently assaulted by an
intimate partner between 2002 and 2011, according to
statistics from the United States Department of Justice. Of
all murder-suicides, 72 percent involve an intimate partner.
4)A victim is not alone in suffering the impacts of domestic
violence. Studies indicate that children who witness domestic
violence experience long-term consequences, such as difficulty
at school, substance abuse, and serious adult health problems,
as well as an increased risk of becoming a domestic violence
victim or abuser as an adult.
5)The cost of domestic violence exceeds $5.8 billion each year
in the U.S.-$4.1 billion in direct medical and health care
services and nearly $1.8 billion in lost productivity.
6)Domestic violence programs in California provide essential,
lifesaving services to nearly 6,000 victims and their children
each day as they flee violence. Overall, state-funded domestic
violence programs provide individual counseling to an average
of nearly 34,000 victims each year.
7)Despite recent reductions in domestic violence incidents,
there is an ongoing need to educate the public about domestic
violence and to provide all victims access to programs and
services.
This resolution proclaims the month of October 2016, and each
following October, as Domestic Violence Awareness Month; and
recognizes the vital role that all Californians can play in
preventing, and one day ending, domestic violence.
Related/Prior Legislation
SCR 68 (Lieu, Resolution Chapter 129, Statutes of 2013)
recognized October 2013, and each following October, as National
Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
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FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:NoLocal: No
SUPPORT: (Verified8/23/16)
California Partnership to End Domestic Violence
OPPOSITION: (Verified8/23/16)
None received
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT: The California Partnership to End
Domestic Violence writes, "Domestic Violence Awareness Month is
an important opportunity to bring attention to this issue and
highlight the vital role that all Californians can play in
preventing and one day ending domestic violence. By recognizing
this month, the legislature sends a message of its commitment to
raise awareness and supporting prevention efforts."
Prepared by: Melissa Ward / SFA / (916) 651-1520
8/23/16 20:03:07
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