Bill Text: CA SCR103 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 63-29-1)

Status: (Passed) 2016-06-01 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 49, Statutes of 2016. [SCR103 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SCR103-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: SCR 103	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  49
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JUNE 1, 2016
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  MAY 26, 2016
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 19, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 19, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 12, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Leyva
   (Coauthors: Senators Allen, Anderson, Beall, Block, Cannella,
Fuller, Galgiani, Glazer, Hall, Hancock, Hernandez, Hertzberg,
Jackson, Lara, Liu, McGuire, Mendoza, Mitchell, Monning, Nguyen,
Pavley, Roth, Runner, Wieckowski, and Wolk)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Baker, Chávez, Dodd, Cristina Garcia,
Eduardo Garcia, Kim, Lackey, Maienschein, Mathis, Achadjian, Alejo,
Travis Allen, Arambula, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta,
Brown, Burke, Campos, Chau, Chu, Cooley, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly,
Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Grove,
Hadley, Harper, Roger Hernández, Holden, Irwin, Jones, Jones-Sawyer,
Levine, Linder, Lopez, Mayes, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian,
Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen, Patterson, Quirk, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas,
Rodriguez, Santiago, Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Wagner,
Waldron, Weber, Wilk, and Wood)

                        JANUARY 28, 2016

   Relative to teen dating and violence prevention.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 103, Leyva. Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention
Month.
   This measure would proclaim the month of February 2016 as Teen
Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, and would encourage
all Californians to observe Teen Dating Violence Awareness and
Prevention Month with programs and activities that raise awareness
about teen dating violence.



   WHEREAS, Teen dating violence, also known as dating abuse, is a
serious and growing problem throughout California; and
   WHEREAS, Teen dating violence intervention and prevention programs
can help to ensure a positive school climate and safe learning
environment for all pupils, address warning signs of dating violence
among pupils before behaviors escalate, and protect the safety of
targeted students; and
   WHEREAS, Each year, an estimated one in 10 American teenagers is
physically hurt on purpose by a boyfriend or a girlfriend; and
   WHEREAS, According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), nearly 10 percent of high school students have been
hit, slapped, or physically hurt on purpose by a boyfriend or a
girlfriend in the past year; and
   WHEREAS, According to the American Psychological Association, one
in three teens ages 14 to 20 years of age have experienced dating
abuse, and about the same number say they have committed dating abuse
themselves; and
   WHEREAS, According to the CDC, Dating Matters: Strategies to
Promote Healthy Teen Relationships, one in four adolescents report
verbal, emotional, physical, or sexual dating abuse each year; and
   WHEREAS, Forty-three percent of LGBT teens reported experiencing
physical dating violence, compared to 29 percent of heterosexual
youth; and
   WHEREAS, Fifty-nine percent of LGBT teens reported experiencing
emotional abuse, compared to 46 percent of heterosexual youth; and
   WHEREAS, Teen dating violence has been linked to other forms of
violence and aggression against peers, including bullying, sexual
harassment, sexual violence, and physical violence; and
   WHEREAS, Twenty percent of students with mostly D and F grades
have engaged in dating violence in the last year, while only 6
percent of students with mostly A's have engaged in dating violence;
and
   WHEREAS, Victims of teen dating violence have increased risk for
truancy, dropout, teen pregnancy, suicide, eating disorders, and
engaging in other harmful behaviors, such as use of alcohol, tobacco,
and other drugs; and
   WHEREAS, Nearly one-half of students who experience dating
violence have reported that some of the abuse took place on school
grounds; and
   WHEREAS, Victims of teen dating violence are also at increased
risk for carrying a weapon to school, being threatened or injured
with a weapon at school, and damaging school property; and
   WHEREAS, Pupils who are victims in high school are at higher risk
for victimization during college, and adolescent perpetrators of
dating violence are more likely to abuse their intimate partners as
adults; and
   WHEREAS, The establishment of Teen Dating Violence Awareness and
Prevention Month will benefit schools, communities, families, and all
youth; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature proclaims the month of
February 2016 as Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month,
and supports communities to empower teens to develop healthy and
violence-free relationships throughout their lives; and be it further

   Resolved, That the Legislature calls upon the people of
California, including schools, community groups, youth, and families,
to observe Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month with
programs and activities that raise awareness about the dynamics of
teen dating violence and support young people in learning the skills
to have safe and healthy relationships.