Caucus News

Sacramento, CA – Senator Mike McGuire (D-Healdsburg), the author of SB 643 – The Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act – announced that an agreement has been reached on historic medical marijuana legislation between Governor Brown’s office, the State Senate and State Assembly.
“After two decades of no regulation, I am pleased to report an agreement has been reached on one of the most comprehensive medical marijuana bills in the nation,” Senator McGuire said.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) –Assembly Bill (AB) X2 15, coauthored by Senator Bill Monning (D-Carmel), passed  off the Assembly Floor with bipartisan support on a 43 to 34 vote.  Modeled after Senator Monning’s Senate Bill (SB) 128, this Second Extraordinary Session bill is an effort to pass the End of Life Option Act in California this year.

SACRAMENTO — A measure to protect students from being relegated to less challenging mathematics classes – even though they meet the academic requirements for those courses – was approved today by the State Assembly and is one step closer to becoming state law.

Immediate Release                                                        
September 9, 2015

Contact: Tim Valderrama (916) 651-4022

Moms Clean Air Force and Climate Parents will join the American Lung Association at the Capitol on Wednesday to meet with legislators in a final push for SB 32 and SB 350.

SACRAMENTO – At today’s Proposition 39 Citizens Oversight Board meeting, the Board members heard that Prop. 39 is working as planned, according to testimony from the K-12 schools and community colleges who have firsthand experience with the program eighteen months after the first project disbursement. Hundreds of millions of dollars are flowing to schools, which are planning an unprecedented transition to cleaner energy.

California Electronic Privacy Act Protects Californians against Warrantless Government Access to Personal Electronic Information

Sacramento –The State Assembly today approved SB 792 authored by Senator Tony Mendoza (D-Artesia) on a bipartisan vote. The bill will protect California children in day care from contracting serious diseases by requiring family day care home and day care center workers and volunteers to be vaccinated against measles, pertussis, and influenza. The bill now goes back to the State Senate for a concurrence vote and then to Governor Brown for consideration.

SACRAMENTO – California Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) has announced the following appointments:

SACRAMENTO – All Senate hearings are open for the public to attend, and now every Capitol hearing is viewable via livestream on the Senate homepage http://senate.ca.gov. A video archive of hearings going back to 2005 is available via http://senate.ca.gov/media-archive.First Extraordinary Session: Committee Hearing

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