2026年8月26日 美国东部时间早上7:16 / 福克斯新闻
共和党加州州参议员试图废除允许特定性犯罪者担任学区董事会成员的州法律条款
作者：亚历克·舍梅尔 福克斯新闻
参议员苏泽特·巴利亚达雷斯（R-圣克拉丽塔）曾试图阻止特定已定罪性犯罪者担任学区董事会成员，但加州参议院民主党人否决了她的提案。（图片来源：苏泽特·巴利亚达雷斯参议员办公室）
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加州参议院民主党人否决了共和党州参议员苏泽特·巴利亚达雷斯的提案，该提案旨在填补一项“漏洞”，该漏洞允许某些对未成年人犯下性罪行的人寻求公职，包括学区董事会席位。
争议焦点是AB 2691号法案，该提案拟将性侵和人口贩运添加到取消加州人参选资格的重罪定罪清单中。巴利亚达雷斯的修正案旨在推翻民主党主导的修改条款，这些条款允许某些对未成年人犯下性罪行的人仍有资格寻求公职。
“目前在加州，因性侵儿童被定罪的人仍可以担任您所在学区的董事会成员。这根本不是什么漏洞，而是一种选择。在我和大多数人看来，这是错误的，”巴利亚达雷斯（R-圣克拉丽塔）在加州参议院议会上敦促同事们通过一项修正案时说道，据她的办公室透露，参议院民主党人随后以党派投票否决了该修正案。
“对儿童实施性虐待的 predators 绝不该担任公职。绝不可能，不管是在州议会大厦、市议会，绝对不可能在我们的学区董事会。AB 2691号法案原本就是为了确保这一点。它最初只是一项简单的禁令，”她继续说道，“已定罪的性犯罪者不应担任公职。仅此而已。但今年夏天增加的修正案彻底削弱了该法案，将其范围缩小到仅涵盖三级性犯罪者，并故意豁免了一级和二级性犯罪者。”
性犯罪或将导致议员丧失纳税人资助的养老金，这是霍利的新提案
州参议员苏泽特·马丁内斯·巴利亚达雷斯（R-圣克拉丽塔）就一项允许特定儿童性犯罪者担任学区董事会成员的法案修正案进行辩论。（图片来源：苏泽特·巴利亚达雷斯参议员办公室）
根据该法案目前的措辞，新的公职禁令仅适用于需要终身进行三级性犯罪者登记的性侵定罪者。那些被归类为一级或二级性犯罪者的人——这些类别要求在向法院申请移除登记前需至少登记10年或20年——不会受到该拟议法律的 disqualify。
数月前的参议院委员会听证会上也曾引发担忧，当时加州共和党州参议员史蒂文·崔询问该法案的民主党作者、 Assemblywoman 唐·阿迪丝，根据经修改后的法案，为何某些对未成年人犯下性罪行的人仍有资格寻求公职。阿迪丝没有回应崔指出的具体罪行，反而称AB 2691号法案是一项“全国首创”的提案，旨在保护幸存者，并表示她愿意与议员们就其他罪行展开合作。
“我们正在推动一项全国首创的法案，旨在保护幸存者的公众信任，并确保幸存者真正处于主导地位，”阿迪丝回应道，“如果有其他类型的罪行需要处理，我很乐意继续与委员会或其他人士合作。但就目前而言，我认为我们有一项非常重要的、引领全国的法案，它将提升幸存者的地位，并增强加州民众对公众的信任。”
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加州州议会大厦景观（阿尔图罗·福尔摩斯/盖蒂图片社 为全国城市联盟拍摄）
加州州参议员斯科特·威纳，即审议该法案的委员会民主党主席，认为基于所有三级登记类别实施更广泛的禁令过于宽泛。他表示，加州的登记系统历史上既包括“性暴力 predators”，也包括其他犯下较轻罪行的人，并举例称“一名在公园或车内发生性行为的同性恋男子因此被捕”。
“性犯罪者登记制度不是惩罚，”威纳辩称，“它是执法部门的工具，用于监控可能构成潜在风险的人员。当我们将性犯罪者登记制度作为其他一切的替代标准时，就会出现问题。”
加州州参议员斯科特·威纳（图片来源：斯科特·威纳参议员/加州参议院）
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但巴利亚达雷斯告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，对她而言这个问题“并不复杂”。
“我是一位母亲。这个问题对我来说并不复杂。今天，40名参议员本有机会表态，已定罪的性犯罪者绝不应该在加州担任公职，”她告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，“有10名共和党议员站出来投票支持正确的做法。我的修正案本可以堵上这个漏洞，没有例外，没有豁免，不允许已定罪的性犯罪者担任涉及公众信任的职位，包括我们的学区董事会。保护我们的孩子绝不应该成为党派议题。我深感失望，但我不会停止斗争。”
亚历克·舍梅尔是福克斯新闻数字频道的政治记者，原籍北卡罗来纳州夏洛特市，现居住在华盛顿特区-巴尔的摩大都会区。
California Dems trigger outrage after siding with convicted child sex offenders in shocking vote
August 26, 2026 7:16am EDT / Fox News
GOP California state senator seeks to squash state law provision allowing people convicted of certain sex crimes to serve on school boards
By Alec Schemmel Fox News
Sen. Suzette Valladares, R-Santa Clarita, tried to stop certain convicted sex offenders from serving on school boards, but California Senate Democrats rejected her proposal. (Credit: Office of Senator Suzette Valladares)
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California Senate Democrats rejected Republican Sen. Suzette Valladares’ effort to close a “loophole” allowing some people convicted of sex crimes against minors to seek public office, including school-board seats.
At issue is AB 2691, a proposal to add sexual assault and human trafficking to the felony convictions that disqualify Californians from elected office. Valladares’ amendment sought to undo Democratic-led changes that allow people convicted of certain sex crimes against minors to remain eligible to seek public office.
“Right now [in California,] someone convicted of sexually abusing a child can still sit on your school board. That’s not a loophole. That’s a choice. And in my perspective, and most, that’s wrong,” Valladares, R-Santa Clarita, said on the California Senate floor while urging colleagues to adopt an amendment that Senate Democrats later rejected on a party-line vote, according to her office.
“Predators who sexually abuse children have no place holding public office. None, not in the Capitol, not on city council, and definitely not on our school boards. AB 2691 was supposed to guarantee that. It started as a simple ban,” she continued. “Convicted sex offenders don’t get to hold public office. Period. But amendments added this summer gutted it, narrowing the bill to cover only tier three offenders and deliberately exempting tier one and tier two.”
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State Senator Suzette Martinez Valladares (R-Santa Clarita) debates amendments to a bill that would allow certain child sex offenders to serve on school boards.(Office of Senator Suzette Valladares)
Under the bill’s current language, the new public-office ban would apply to sexual-assault convictions requiring lifetime Tier 3 sex-offender registration. People whose convictions place them in Tier 1 or Tier 2 — categories requiring at least 10 or 20 years on the registry before they can ask a court for removal — would not be disqualified under the proposed law.
Concern was also raised months ago during a Senate committee hearing, when Republican California state Sen. Steven Choi asked Assemblywoman Dawn Addis, the bill’s Democratic author, why people convicted of certain sex crimes against minors could remain eligible to seek office under the amended measure. Addis did not address the specific offenses Choi identified, instead calling AB 2691 a “first in the nation” proposal that would protect survivors and saying she was open to working with lawmakers on other crimes.
“We’re doing a first in the nation bill that would protect the public trust of survivors and would make sure that survivors are really in the lead,” Addis responded. “Happy to continue working with the committee or others if there are other kinds of crimes folks feel need to be addressed. But at the moment, I feel like we have a really important bill that is nation leading, that will uplift survivors and enhance public trust here in California.”
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A view of the California state capitol building(Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for National Urban League)
California state Sen. Scott Wiener, the Democratic chair of the committee that considered the bill, argued that a broader prohibition based on all three registry tiers would be overbroad. He said California’s registry had historically included both “sexually violent predator[s]” and others who have committed less serious crimes, citing an example of “a gay guy who had sex in a park or in a car and got arrested.”
“Sex offender registry is not punishment,” Wiener argued. “It is a tool for law enforcement to be able to monitor people who may potentially cause a risk. And when we use the sex offender registry as a proxy for anything else, we get into problems.”
State Sen. Scott Wiener of California(Sen. Scott Wiener/California Senate)
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But Sen. Valladares told Fox News Digital that the issue “isn’t complicated” for her.
“I’m a mom. This one isn’t complicated for me. Today, 40 senators had the chance to say convicted sex offenders should NEVER hold public office in California,” she told Fox News Digital. “Ten Republicans stood up to vote for what is right.My amendments would have closed the door. No loopholes. No exceptions. No convicted sex offenders serving in positions of public trust, including on our school boards. Protecting our kids should NEVER be partisan. I’m deeply disappointed, and I’m not done fighting.”
Alec Schemmel is a Politics Reporter for Fox News Digital who is originally from Charlotte, North Carolina but now resides in the Washington D.C.-Baltimore Metro Area.