AB593 seeks to bring justice to incarcerated domestic violence victims, and it passed the Assembly Floor this week.
The bill is expected to be heard in the Senate sometime in March and we need your help to get this Bill to the Governor’s Desk.
Click here to find out ways you can get involved to help give voice to survivors trapped behind prison walls.
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Ayes – 55
Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall, Bill Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bonnie Lowenthal, Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Campos, Carter, Charles Calderon, Chesbro, Davis, Dickinson, Eng, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, Galgiani, Gatto, Gordon, Halderman, Hall, Hayashi, Hill, Huber, Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries, John A. Pérez, Ma, Mendoza, Mitchell, Monning, Nestande, Pan, Perea, Portantino, Roger Hernández, Skinner, Solorio, Swanson, Torres, Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada
Noes – 20
Beth Gaines, Conway, Cook, Donnelly, Garrick, Grove, Harkey, Jones, Knight, Logue, Mansoor, Miller, Morrell, Nielsen, Norby, Olsen, Silva, Smyth, Valadao, Wagner
Absent, Abstention or Not Voting – 5
Cedillo, Gorell, Hagman, Lara, V. Manuel Pérez
AB 593 and AB 1593 seek to bring justice for the domestic violence victims that were unintentionally denied their original writ of habeas corpus due to limited expert testimony evidence and continue to be given unjust parole hearings.
Assemblywoman Fiona Ma was first elected to represent the people of California’s 12th Assembly District in November of 2006.The 12th Assembly District includes the cities of San Francisco, Daly City, Colma and Broadmoor.
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