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 01/05/26 - Introduced

 SB-871 Domestic Violence Prevention Act.(2025-2026)

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 Date Published: 03/16/2026 09:00 PM

SB871:v98#DOCUMENTBill Start

 Amended
 IN 
 Senate
 March 16, 2026

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

 Senate Bill

No. 871

Introduced by Senator Rubio
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Alanis and Stefani)

January 05, 2026

An act relating to domestic violence. An act to add Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 6328) to Chapter 2 of Part 4 of Division 10 of the Family Code, relating to domestic violence.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 871, as amended, Rubio.
 Domestic Violence Prevention Act.

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.

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.

This bill would establish a continuous electronic monitoring system, as defined, and would require the court to administer the system pursuant to written contracts with public or private agencies or entities, as specified. The bill would also require that each county or municipality enter into a written agreement with qualified contract service providers and designate an agency to respond to monitoring violations, as specified. By imposing additional duties on counties and municipalities, this bill would create a state-mandated local program.

The bill would require the court to order continuous electronic monitoring, as specified, for a person who is alleged to have committed various acts of
 domestic violence, including, among others, domestic violence involving strangulation or suffocation. The bill would also require the court to charge the person accused of domestic violence for the costs of any form of supervision that utilizes continuous electronic monitoring, except as specified.

The bill would require the entity that operates the continuous electronic monitoring system to notify the appropriate law enforcement employee and emergency communications dispatch center if an offender violates a condition of a court order.

The bill would make legislative findings and declarations related to the prevention of domestic violence.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Digest Key

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

Bill Text

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

SECTION 1.

 Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 6328) is added to Chapter 2 of Part 4 of Division 10 of the Family Code, to read:

 Article
 1.5. Domestic Violence Prevention Act

6328.

 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(1) 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 one-half of domestic violence incidents involved aggravated domestic assaults.

(2) 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.

(3) Children exposed to domestic violence can e