Caucus News

SACRAMENTO – Dr. Richard Pan, state senator representing the Sacramento region and Chair of the Senate Health Committee made the following statement regarding the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) emergency authorization of both Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines for kids 6 months of age or older and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommendation that kids 6 months of age or older get vaccinated against COVID-19:

Sacramento, CA – Senate Constitutional Amendment 10 ensures that the fundamental right to choose to have an abortion and to use contraception is protected in California. Today, it passed the Senate Appropriation Committee. SCA 10 was introduced by Senate Pro Tem Atkins and Assembly Speaker Rendon earlier this month. Senator Portantino, a Principal Co-author, presented the measure in the Senate Appropriations Committee on behalf of the legislative coalition.

SACRAMENTO – Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, announced today his legislation to address the effects of climate change, including sea-level rise and wildfire, through creation of local resilience districts to undertake and promote conservation efforts, has cleared a key Assembly hurdle.

State Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, today introduced new legislation that would require gun owners to obtain liability insurance for the negligent or accidental use of their firearms. If enacted, SB 505 would make California the first state in the nation to adopt such legislation.

Sacramento, CA - Senate Bills 932 and 1067, two measures authored by State Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D – La Cañada Flintridge), passed Assembly committees today.  

Senator Dave Cortese (D-San Jose), chair of the Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee made the following statement regarding today’s U.S. Supreme Court's decision today involving PAGA lawsuits in California:

SACRAMENTO, CA – The California Assembly Education Committee today passed a mandatory kindergarten bill by Senator Susan Rubio (D-Baldwin Park) that will ensure all children receive critical instruction in their earliest years of learning.

SB 70 will require all students to complete one year in kindergarten before entering first grade to ensure children are prepared socially and academically before entering elementary school. Currently, parents are able to delay their child’s entrance into school until the first grade.

SACRAMENTO – Legislation advanced today from Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, that would create a blueprint for accelerating broadband deployment, including expanded wireless access, in an effort to improve connectivity for all Californians, especially low-income people and the underserved.

SACRAMENTO — Senator Bob Wieckowski’s (D-Fremont) legislation to eliminate some of the remaining barriers to constructing accessory dwelling units (ADUs) passed out of the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee today with bipartisan support. SB 897 will now head to the Local Government Committee later this month for its consideration.

SACRAMENTO - Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) Senate Bill 879, also known as the PET (Prohibiting Extraneous Testing) Act, passed the Assembly Judiciary Committee in a unanimous, bipartisan vote. It will now head to the Assembly Appropriations Committee.