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| Date: From: Subject: | 3/13/2007 2:01:56 PM Home School Legal Defense Association California: AB 755 Joint Legislative Newsflash - March 13, 2007 |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== ***** ***** ***** ***** JOINT LEGISLATIVE NEWSFLASH UPDATE - March 13, 2007 From: Roy Hanson's Child and Family Protection Association and HSLDA ***** ***** ***** ***** Bill: AB 755 - "No-Spanking" Author: Assembly Member Sally Lieber Position: Strongly Oppose Status: In Assembly ***** ***** ***** ***** This is an update to our previous, February 1, 2007, Newsflash regarding Assembly Member Sally Lieber's proposed no-spanking legislation, which was introduced into the California Legislature on February 22nd as Assembly Bill AB 755. AB 755 is more severe than we initially expected. AB 755 would criminalize innocent parents who lovingly spank their child with an inanimate object like a paddle or switch. Some of the organizations with whom we are working to oppose this bill have already asked for opposition letters and calls. We are very encouraged by their opposition to AB 755. We are also working behind the scenes at the Capitol while working on other strategies to stop this bill. The best time to contact legislators on bills like this is usually after the bill has been assigned to a policy committee and then scheduled for a hearing. As of today, no date has been set for AB 755's first committee hearing. We will keep you informed about what actions you can take to have the greatest impact at the best strategic time. Additionally, we are developing background information that will help every concerned parent: 1) to understand this bill and its implications for every family in California and the nation, and 2) to be able to present the most effective reasons why such a bill should not be passed by the Legislature. The author appears to be claiming that the public's earlier very vocal opposition to her original "no-spanking" idea, doesn't apply to her AB 755. The author claims that her bill is not about "spanking" on the basis that her bill does not contain the word "spanking." However, AB 755 would, in effect, outlaw spanking with the use of a switch, paddle, or any other reasonable object that many loving, nonabusive parents normally use as one of the methods to discipline their children. Ms. Lieber has redefined the act of spanking with an implement as child abuse. The language used in her bill in effect states that any act of causing pain by using an implement (which includes spanking) will always automatically be illegal. In contrast, current law allows for the causing of pain with an implement to be justifiable when the pain is caused by a reasonable spanking as a means of discipline and without injury. AB 755 would traumatize families and children by potentially having a parent arrested, handcuffed, removed from their home and family, and jailed for up to one year for using nonabusive spanking to the buttocks to discipline a defiant or rebellious child. AB 755 is an incremental step toward the outlawing of all spanking, which the author has publicly stated is her ultimate goal. If you want to take some action now, you can call: Assembly Member Fabian Nunez (Speaker of the Assembly) (916) 319-2046 Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (916) 445-2841 If you do call and are asked for your name and phone number, please consider providing them so that your call against the proposal will be tallied. The practice of gathering this kind of information is often used to gain an idea of the extent of support and opposition. Again, the most effective timing for calls and letters will be after a bill has been assigned to a policy committee. AB 755 affects all parents in California. Any contact you make regarding this issue should be as a California citizen or as a concerned parent. We will be issuing an Action Alert on AB 755 within the next few weeks. As currently written, the bill will be heard some time between March 27th and April 24th, unless there is a rule waiver. We are monitoring this bill daily, as we do with all legislation. ***** ***** ***** ***** Permission given to reprint or forward this Newsflash unaltered to your friends, church, school, and group. ***** ***** ***** ***** Roy Hanson's HELP Tree Child and Family Protection Association P.O. Box 730 Lincoln, CA 95648-0730 Fax: (916) 415-9470 HELP Tree Director P.O. Box 100 Somerset, CA 95684-0100 Fax: (530) 622-4717 ***** ***** ***** ***** The purpose of this communication is to present information and express our position on the issues addressed. We encourage you to research this for yourself and come to your own conclusions. Regardless of your position, we strongly urge you to exercise your constitutional right to express your position to your elected representatives. We have included an example of how we have expressed our position. ***** ***** ***** ***** DISCLAIMER: We are not responsible for the accuracy of copies printed, forwarded, or sent by any party other than directly from Child and Family Protection Association. ***** ***** ***** ***** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> How long are you in for? Some families are facing what seems like a lifelong commitment to homeschooling, with children at both ends of the spectrum -- some graduating and some just reaching school age. If you're going to be "in" for a while, consider a lifetime membership with HSLDA. It's a good deal for families with more than 10 years of homeschooling ahead. 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