Make the Call: Justice for Disable Spouses

We need your help to close the last spousal rape loophole—everyone must raise their voices in favor of the bill. Please take a moment to call the Chair of the California Assembly Appropriations Committee and request SUPPORT for SB 258.

Call:

CA Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Dist 14), Appropriations Committee Chair

  • Capitol Phone (Sacramento): (916) 319-2014

  • District Phone (Oakland): (510) 286-1400

Call Script:

Hi, my name is [NAME] and I’m a constituent from [CITY, ZIP].

I'm calling to urge Assemblymember Wicks and the Assembly Appropriations Committee to SUPPORT SB 258 and send it to the floor for a vote. Currently the rape of a spouse who is unable to give consent due to a disability is not against the law in California, while the same rape committed by an unmarried partner is a crime. It is shameful that California law specifically targets disabled spouses and denies them the same protections from rape that all other Californians receive. Disabled people deserve justice.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

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