This Week Inside The Capitol

This week, a large number of bills are in committees and beginning to reach the floor. Many bills, including SB 48 (Leno, D-San Francisco), are on the floor of the Senate or the Assembly and can be voted on at any time. SB 48 would require that public school students study the roles and contributions of homosexuals in California and American history – much the way they currently learn about the contributions of women, African Americans and other minorities. Last Friday, even the Los Angeles Times objected to SB 48, saying social science curriculum shouldn’t be forced upon us by politicians, and is best decided by historians. You can contact your own legislator about SB 48 – or any of the other bills CFC is tracking – by clicking on individual bills on our Legislative Action Center. Results from last week and upcoming scheduled bill hearings can be found below.

Failing to come to terms with enough Republicans to put tax extensions on a June ballot, Gov. Jerry Brown is going directly to voters. Brown traveled to Riverside and Los Alamitos last week to get his message out – that deep cuts will be needed should temporary taxes due to expire this summer not be extended. “I’m going to do everything I can to convince the Republicans here [in the Capitol] to vote for the tax extensions, to put them on the ballot,” the governor told the Sacramento Bee. “And I’m going to go throughout this state to mobilize support.” 

As the governor began his travels, legislative leaders made travel plans of their own. In a radio interview last week, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) promised to “take the budget committee out on the road” for statewide hearings focused on the impact of an all-cuts budget. Republicans also kicked off a separate road show to get their message out. Beginning in Fresno last week, the California Republican Party planned a statewide interactive town hall tour to “talk with people where they live, in terms they understand.”

Meanwhile, appropriations committees in the Legislature are considering proposals to continue spending vast amounts of money the state doesn’t have, and the clock is ticking for Gov. Brown to release his revised budget proposal – based on actual tax income – which is due mid-May. 

Bill Hearings This Week:
AB 9 (Ammiano, D-San Francisco) Pupil Rights: Bullying
Assembly Education Committee
April 13, 2011

AB 59 (Swanson, D-Oakland) Family and Medical Leave
Passed Assembly Labor and Employment Committee 5-1
Assembly Appropriations Committee;
April 13, 2011

AB 123 (Mendoza, D-Norwalk) School Safety: Disruption Threatening Pupils
Passed Assembly Public Safety Committee 6-0
Assembly Appropriations Committee 11-1
Assembly floor; may be voted upon any time

AB 321 (Hernández, D-West Covina) Juvenile Offenders: Obscene Materials
Passed Assembly Public Safety Committee 7-0
Assembly Appropriations Committee
April 13, 2011

AB 433 (B. Lowenthal, D-Long Beach) Transgender Birth Certificates
Passed Assembly Judiciary Committee 7-3
Assembly floor; may be voted upon any time

AB 543 (Torres, D-Ontario) Sex Offenders: Social Networking
Passed Assembly Public Safety Committee 7-0
Assembly Appropriations Committee
April 13, 2011

AB 620 (Block, D-San Diego) GLBT Rights: Postsecondary Education
Passed Assembly Higher Education Committee 6-2
Assembly Appropriations Committee
April 13, 2011

AB 673 (Perez, D-Los Angeles) Office of Multicultural Health: LGBT Communities
Assembly Health Committee
April 12, 2011

AB 739 (Lowenthal, D-Long Beach) Suicide Prevention Instruction
Assembly Education Committee
April 13, 2011

AB 746 (Campos, D-San Jose) Cyberbullying – would expand the definition of “cyberbullying” to include posts on online social networks. 
Passed Assembly Education Committee 7-1
Assembly floor; may be voted upon any time

AB 799 (Swanson, D-Oakland) Commercially Sexually Exploited Minors
Passed Assembly Public Safety Committee 7-0
Assembly floor; may be voted upon any time

AB 884 (Cook, R-Yucaipa) Sex Offenders: Notification
Assembly Public Safety Committee
April 12, 2011

AB 1022 (Fletcher, R-San Diego) Sex Offenders: Registration
Assembly Public Safety Committee
April 12, 2011

AB 1174 (Furitani, D-Long Beach) Disturbance of School Activities
Assembly Education Committee
April 13, 2011

AB 1348 (Mansoor, R-Costa Mesa) Pupils: Parental Consent
Assembly Education Committee
April 13, 2011

AB 1364 (Campos, D-San Jose) Employment
Assembly Labor and Employment Committee
April 13, 2011

AB 1373 (Fong, D-Mountain View) Healthy Relationships Promotion and Teen Dating Violence Prevention
Assembly Education Committee
April 13, 2011

ACR 22 (Hueso, D-Chula Vista) School Bullying Prevention Month
Passed Assembly Education Committee 6-0; adopted by Assembly 76-0
Senate floor; may be voted upon any time

SB 5 (Harman, R-Costa Mesa) Attorney General: Defense of Initiative Statutes
Senate Judiciary Committee
April 12, 2011

SB 48 (Leno, D-San Francisco) Instruction: LGBT History
Passed Senate Education Committee 6-3
Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 3-2
Senate floor; may be voted upon any time

SB 117 (Kehoe, D-San Diego) Public Contracts: Prohibiting “Discrimination” Based on Gender or Sexual Orientation
Passed Senate Governmental Organization Committee 7-5
Senate Judiciary Committee 3-2
Senate floor; may be voted upon any time

SB 302 (Yee, D-San Francisco) Comprehensive Pupil Learning Support System
Senate Education Committee
April 13, 2011

SB 381 (Pavley, D-Santa Monica) School Attendance: Residency Requirements
Passed Senate Education Committee 9-0
Senate floor; may be voted upon anytime

SB 416 (Kehoe, D-San Diego) Statewide Forms: Personal Data
Passed Senate Governmental Organization Committee 7-5
Senate Appropriations Committee
April 11, 2011

SB 747 (Kehoe, D-San Diego) LGBT Sensitivity Training for Health Care Providers
Senate Business, Professions, and Economic Development Committee
April 11, 2011


Bill Hearings Week of April 25
AB 499 (Atkins, D-San Diego) Minors: Medical Care: Consent
Assembly Health Committee 13-5
Assembly Judiciary Committee
April 26, 2011

AB 630 (Hueso, D-Chula Vista) Pupil Safety: Bullying
Assembly Education Committee
April 27, 2011

AB 671 (Portantino, D-Pasadena) Social Worker Training and Education
Assembly Human Services Committee
April 26, 2011

AB 1156 (Eng, D-El Monte) Pupils: Bullying
Assembly Education Committee
April 27, 2011

AB 1217 (Fuentes, D-Arleta) Assisted Reproductive
Assembly Health Committee
April 26, 2011

SB 13 (Liu, D-Glendale) Pupils: Teen Dating Violence Prevention
Senate Education Committee
April 27, 2011

SB 54 (Runner, R-Lancaster) Sex Offenders: Residency Restrictions
Senate Public Safety Committee
April 26, 2011

SB 135 (Hernandez, D-West Covina) Hospice Facilities
Senate Health Committee
April 27, 2011

SB 453 (Correa, D-Santa Ana) Pupils: Bullying
Senate Education Committee
April 27, 2011

SB 634 (Runner, R-Lancaster) Kindergarten: Transitional Kindergarten
Senate Education Committee; first hearing cancelled at author’s request
April 27, 2011


Results From Last Week
AB 190 (Wieckowski, D-Fremont) Traffic Fines: Spinal Cord Research
Assembly Public Safety Committee; not heard

AB 225 (Nielsen, R-Redding) Child Custody: Ex Parte Orders
Passed Assembly Judiciary Committee 10-0
Assembly Appropriations Committee

AB 321 (Hernández, D-West Covina) Juvenile Offenders:  Obscene Materials
Passed Assembly Public Safety Committee 7-0
Assembly Appropriations Committee
April 13, 2011

AB 499 (Atkins, D-San Diego) Minors: Medical Care: Consent
Passed Assembly Health Committee 13-5
Assembly Judiciary Committee
April 26, 2011

AB 799 (Swanson, D-Oakland) Commercially Sexually Exploited Minors
Passed Assembly Public Safety Committee 7-0
Assembly floor; may be voted upon anytime

AB 887 (Atkins, D-San Diego) Gender
Passed Assembly Judiciary Committee 7-3
Assembly Appropriations Committee

AB 1022 (Fletcher, R-San Diego) Sex Offenders: Registration
Assembly Public Safety Committee; not heard
April 12, 2011

SB 48 (Leno, D-San Francisco) Instruction: LGBT History
Passed Senate Education Committee 6-3
Senate Judiciary Committee 3-2
Senate floor; may be voted upon any time

SB 117 (Kehoe, D-San Diego) Public Contracts: Prohibiting “Discrimination” Based on Gender or Sexual Orientation
Passed Senate Governmental Organization Committee 7-5
Senate Judiciary Committee 3-2
Senate floor; may be voted upon any time

SB 182 (Corbett, D-San Leandro) Judiciary Demographic Data
Senate Judiciary Committee 3-2
Senate Appropriations Committee