CAI's 2012 Legislative Priorities

• CAI's 2012 Legislative Priorities, California
• CAI's 2012 Legislative Priorities, Federal
• Selected 2012 Child-Related Bills Pending in the California Legislature

California

• AB 2296 (Block) requires institutions regulated by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education to provide additional disclosure to prospective students. Status: Signed by the Governor on Sept. 26, 2012 (Chapter 585, Statutes of 2012)
  
  • Letter Requesting Governor's Signature (pdf)
  • Q&A on AB 2296
  • Senate Floor Alert
• SB 1476 (Leno) would have clarified the Dependency Court's authority to give parental rights to (and impose corresponding parental obligations on) more than two persons if doing so would serve the best interest of the child. Status: Vetoed by the Governor 

STATEMENT OF CO-SPONSOR 
CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY INSTITUTE 
ON GOVERNOR BROWN'S VETO OF SB 1476

"Until this law gets changed, judges in California will be forced to issue rulings they know will hurt children by bluntly ordering an end to their real relationships with their real parents. This is wrong, it hurts children, and it should not endure and we will work with the Governor and anyone else to ensure that this does not endure."

—Ed Howard, Senior Counsel, Children's Advocacy Institute, University of San Diego School of Law

• Sample Support Letter (doc) for SB 1476
• SB 1476 in the news:
• Fox 5 San Diego (8/28/12)
• Wall Street Journal (7/16/12)
• New York Times (7/13/12)
• San Francisco Examiner (7/9/12)
• Long Beach Press-Telegram (7/5/12)
• Washington Times (7/4/12)
• Fox 5 San Diego (7/3/12)
• MSNBC (7/3/12)
• Southern California Public Radio (7/2/12)
• Sacramento Bee (7/2/12)
• SB 1434 (Feuer) adds certain college and university personnel to the state's list of mandated reporters. Status: Signed by the Governor on Sept. 24, 2012 (Chapter 519, Statutes of 2012)
• AB 1751 (Pan) authorizes social worker access to child support records and files from Family Court proceedings in order to provide relevant information to the Dependency Court. Status: Signed by the Governor on Sept. 27, 2012 (Chapter 637, Statutes of 2012)

Federal

View chart of federal legislation (pdf)