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Panel advances bill to extend California's safe‑surrender window for newborns from 72 hours to 30 days
Summary
The Assembly Human Services Committee voted to send AB 1628 to appropriations after testimony from fire chiefs and child‑safety groups supporting an extension of the safe surrender window from 72 hours to 30 days to reduce risky abandonments and account for postpartum challenges.
Assemblymember Michelle Rodriguez introduced AB 1628, the "Keeping Infants from Danger Act," which would extend California's safe‑surrender window for newborns from 72 hours to 30 days.
Rodriguez said the extension would provide mothers more time to recover physically and emotionally and ensure that postpartum complications or depression do not force…
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