Piqui's Law: Keeping Children Safe From Family Violence Act

(SB 331 Senator Susan Rubio)

"My heart is shattered and I will miss my son every second of every day for the rest of my life." Ana Estevez

Piqui was an innocent five-year-old child, who was murdered by his father during a family court case, despite Ana's pleas for protection for her son, she was denied a restraining order and supervised visitation.  Now Ana fights to ensure that no one ever has to suffer the unthinkable tragedy that she and her boy endured. To learn more learn about Ana and Piqui's story, click here. 


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Piqui's Law (SB 331 Rubio), enacted January 1, 2024, is protecting children across the state in family court by prohibiting the courts from ordering certain highly traumatic reunification programs, services, and treatments.  The law ensures that critical training is developed and established for judicial officers involved in domestic violence and child custody matters and set up reporting requirements on education and training participation taken by judicial officers. Click here for the FACT Sheet.


 Assembly Judiciary Committee hearing held July 11, 2023 is incredibly powerful.


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Piqui's Law enacted January 1, 2024!

PASSED Signed by Governor Newsom
09/13/23

Piqui's Law UNANIMOUSLY passes through the 
California legislature!

PASSED Senate Floor Vote (Concurrence)
9/14/23
Vote 39 Ayes/ 0 Nays!!!

PASSED Assembly Floor Vote 
9/13/23
Vote 80 Ayes/ 0 Nays!!!

PASSED Appropriations Committee Suspense File
 9/1/23
Vote 15 Ayes/ 0 Nays!!!

PASSED Assembly Judiciary Committee 
7/11/23
Vote 11 Ayes/ 0 Nays!!!

PASSED Senate Floor  
5/24/23
Vote 37 Ayes/ 0 Nays!!!

PASSED Senate Appropriations Committee Hearing 5/18/23
Vote 7/ 0 Nays!!!

PASSED Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing 
4/25/23
Vote 11 Ayes/ 0 Nays!!!

Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Video
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Why is reform necessary?
California kids are being abused and, sadly like Piqui, have been killed because family court orders placed them in the custody of unsafe parents who are divorcing or separating.  Children are forced into and trapped in unsafe relationships and forced to endure abuse and toxic stress across the span of their childhood.  This needs to stop.

Piqui's History in Sacramento
Piqui's Resolution ( HR 113)
Assemblymember Blanca Rubio
Watch
 
Watch author, Assemblywoman Blanca Rubio, and one of the 76 coauthors, Assemblyman Mike A. Gipson, speak to the need for this resolution. This video also contains footage of 69 California Assembly members signing up to co-author and the Assembly to adopt this historic resolution on August 14, 2018.