SB 871: Domestic Violence Prevention Act.
The bill establishes a continuous electronic monitoring system to prevent acts of domestic violence, abuse, and sexual abuse. A court is required to order this monitoring for individuals alleged to have committed domestic violence, including acts involving strangulation or suffocation. The accused is responsible for paying the costs of supervision that utilizes this system. If a violation occurs, the monitoring entity must notify the appropriate law enforcement employee and emergency communications dispatch center. The bill also requires counties and municipalities to enter into written agreements with qualified contract service providers and designate an agency to respond to monitoring violations.
| Apr. 09, 2026 | April 14 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author. |
| Apr. 02, 2026 | Set for hearing April 14. |
| Mar. 25, 2026 | Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and PUB. S. |
| Mar. 16, 2026 | From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. |
| Feb. 11, 2026 | Referred to Com. on RLS. |
| Amended IN Senate March 16, 2026 |
| Introduced by Senator Rubio (Coauthors: Assembly Members Alanis and Stefani) |
January 05, 2026 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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.
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:6329.
(a) As used is this article, “continuous electronic monitoring system” means a system that electronically determines and reports the location of a domestic violence offender, as described in Section 6330, that has all of the following attributes:6330.
(a) The court, when ordering a protective order pursuant to this division, shall order continuous electronic monitoring if the alleged offender is alleged to have committed any of the following:6331.
A court that orders an electronic monitoring system device shall order the entity that operates the continuous electronic monitoring system to notify the appropriate law enforcement employee and the appropriate emergency communications dispatch center if an offender violates a condition of a court order.SEC. 2.
If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(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 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 experience long-term consequences, including difficulty at school, substance abuse, behavioral problems in adolescence, and serious adult health problems.
(4)Other states, including North Carolina and Tennessee, have established technology-driven domestic violence programs that have successfully saved lives by preventing domestic violence homicides.
(5)Although progress has been made toward preventing and ending domestic violence and providing support to survivors and their families, important work remains to be done.
(6)It is policy of this state to promote the health and safety of domestic violence survivors and their children by preventing domestic violence homicides.
(7)It is policy of this state to empower domestic violence survivors to reclaim their ability to live a life of freedom from their abusers.
(b)It is 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, providing victims with real-time alerts and a chance to get to safety.