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AB 250 advances out of Assembly Judiciary after survivors and advocates describe barriers to reporting sexual assault
Summary
The Assembly Judiciary Committee voted to refer AB 250 to the Appropriations Committee after survivors and advocacy groups testified that the bill would extend a survivor—s time to seek civil remedies and hold institutions that conceal sexual assault accountable.
AB 250, sponsored in the California State Assembly by Majority Leader Aguilar Curie, advanced from the Assembly Judiciary Committee to the Appropriations Committee following a hearing where survivors and advocacy groups asked lawmakers to expand survivors—s ability to pursue civil claims and to hold both perpetrators and institutions that conceal assaults accountable.
Supporters said the bill recognizes that survivors often need years to come forward and that institutional cover-ups can prolong harm. Aguilar Curie told the committee AB 250…
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