California SB1192: Domestic violence: Reclaim Act.

What the bill says

An act to add Title 3B (commencing with Section 391.90) to Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and to amend Section 6309 of the Family Code, relating to domestic violence. domestic violence Domestic violence: Reclaim Act. Existing law permits a court, on its own motion or the motion of any party, to enter a prefiling order prohibiting a vexatious litigant from filing any new litigation in propria persona without first obtaining leave of the presiding judge of the court where the litigation is proposed to be filed…

From the chaptered text, September 30, 2026:

An act to add Title 3B (commencing with Section 391.90) to Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and to amend Section 6309 of the Family Code, relating to domestic violence. domestic violence Domestic violence: Reclaim Act. Existing law permits a court, on its own motion or the motion of any party, to enter a prefiling order prohibiting a vexatious litigant from filing any new litigation in propria persona without first obtaining leave of the presiding judge of the court where the litigation is proposed to be filed. Existing law permits a presiding judge or a presiding justice to allow a vexatious litigant’s filing only under specified circumstances and permits the presiding judge to condition the filing upon the furnishing of security. Existing law defines a vexatious litigant for these purposes to include, among other things, a person who, after being restrained by a domestic violence restraining order, and while that order is still in place, commenced, prosecuted, or maintained one or more litigations against a person protected by the restraining order. Existing law authorizes a person protected by a restraining order issued after a hearing pursuant to the above-described provisions to file a petition, without fee, to have the person who is the subject of that order declared a vexatious litigant if, while the restraining order is still …

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Sponsors

• Susan Rubio (D, SD22) · primary sponsor