The SBWPC has submitted the following letters in support or opposition to proposed legislation:
———- 2022 ———-
California
- AB 1769 (Bennett) Firearms, Prohibited Places
- AB 558 (Nazarian) Child Nutrition Act of 2022
- AB 587 (Gabriel) Social Media Transparency
- AB 1666 (Bauer-Kahan) Abortion. civil actions.2
- AB 2532 (Bennett, Limón) Scoping Plan -Compliance etc
- AB 2436 (Bauer-Kahan) Death Certificates. Content
- AB 2636 (Berman) Refugee Health Care Training and Workforce Grant
- SB 878 (Skinner) School transportation
- SB 915 (Min) Firearms.State property 2022
- SB 1162 (Limón) Pay Transparency for Pay Equity Act
- SB 54 (Allen et al.) Plastic Pollution Producer Responsibility Act
Federal
- S 2702 (Luján) Native American Voting Rights
- S 4 (Leahy) John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act
- S 1975 (Blumenthal) Women’s Health Protection Act of 2021
- S 1486 (Casey) Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
- H.Res. 196 (Speier) Fem.Approach to Foreign pol
- HR 3853 (Speier) Pink Tax Repeal Act
- HR 5008 (Davids) Native American voting Rights Act of 2021
- HR 4 (Sewell) John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act
- HR 2709 (Speier) Access to Contraception for Servicemembers & Dependents Act
- H.R. 3755 (Chu) Women’s Health Protection Act of 2021
- HR 1065 (Nadler) Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
———- 2021 ———-
California
- SB 50 (Limón) CA Early Learning & Childcare
- SB 264 (Min) Firearms.State property
- SB 467 (Wiener Limon) End Fracking & Harmful Drilling
- SB 331 (Leyva) Silenced No More Act
- SB 290 (Skinner) Housing Density Bonus
- SB 212 (Umberg) Jurors.Peremptory challenges Oppose
- SB 10 (Wiener) Planning and zoning.density
- SB 4 (Gonzales) Communications.California Advanced Services Fund.Broadband for All
- SB 65 (Skinner) CA Momnibus
- SB 245 (Gonzalez) Abortion Accessibility Act
- SB 9 (Atkins) Housing development.approvals
- SB 357 (Wiener) Safer Streets for All
- AB 89 (Jones-Sawyer) Peace officers minimum qualifications
- AB 245 (Chiu) Educational equity.student records
- AB 256 (Kalra) Criminal Procedure discrimination
- AB 465 (Nazarian)Professional fiduciaries.prelicensing
- AB 1400 (Kalra) CalCare
- AB 413 (Ting) Foster youth.housing
- AB 439 (Bauer-Kahan) Certificates of death. gender identity
- AB 71 (Rivas et al.)Homelessness.Bring California Home Act
- AB 865 (Quirk-Silva) Child Care Svcs-Alternative Pay Programs
- AB 364 (Rodriquez) Strengthen Regulation of Foreign Labor Recruiters
- AB 1287 (Bauer-Kahan) Price discrimination.Gender
- AB 557 (Muratsuchi and Chiu) Hate crimes.hotline
- HR 1843 (Meng) COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act
- AB 218 (Ward) Change-Gender-Sex-Identifier
- AB 1184 (Chiu) Confidential Health Information
- AB 15 (Chiu) Tenant Stabilization
- AB 1356 (Bauer-Kahan) Protecting Reproductive Health Clinic Patients
- AB 124 (Kamlager) Justice for Survivors
- AB 32 (Aguiar-Curry, Rivas) Telehealth
- AB 1171 (Garcia, Low) Rape of a Spouse TO GOVERNOR
Federal
- HR 1 (Sarbanes) For the People Act of 2021
- HR 55 (Rush) Emmet Till AntiLynching
- HR 1620 (Lee) VAWA Reauth
- HR 973 Carbajal) Cent.Coast Heritage Protection
- HR 8 (Thompson) – Bipartisan Background Checks
- HR 65 (Brownley) Same Day Registration
- HR 804 (DeLaura) FAMILY Act
- HR 5 (Cicilline) Equality Act
- HR 455 (Carbajal) Clean Coast
- HR 456 (Carbajal) CA Land Protection
- HR 260 (Lee) Women & Climate Change
- HR 6 (Roybal-Allard) Dream and Promise Act 2021
- HR 454 (Carbajal) Patriot Parent Act
- HR 649 (Emmer) – The Abby Honold Act
- HR 1446 (Clyburn) Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2021
- HR 82 (R.Davis) Social Security Fairness Act of 2021
- HR 2283 (Meng) Education. AAPI
- HR 1843 (Meng) COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act
- HR 7 (DeLauro) Paycheck Fairness
- HR 959 (Underwood) Black Maternal Health Momnibus
- HR 1280 (Bass) Geo.Floyd Justice in Policing
- HR 1455 (Frankel) RBG Monument
- HR 2965 (Carbajal) “Naomi Schwartz Safe Parking Program”
- HR 3480 (Carbajal) – Extreme Risk Protection Order
- HR 1693 (Jeffries) EQUAL Act
- HR 2489 (Rush) Martha Wright-Prison phone justice
- HJ Res 17 (Speier) ERA Remove deadline
- SJ Res 1 (Cardin) ERA Remove deadline
- S 119 (Klobuchar) Abby Honold Act
- S 248 (Gillibrand) FAMILY Act
- S 119 (Klobuchar) Abby Honold Act – Copy
- S 937 (Hirono) COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act
- S 346 (Booker) Black Maternal Health Momnibus
- S 205 (Murray) Paycheck Fairness
- S 514 (Klobuchar) RBG Monument
- S 1611 (Hirono) I Am Vanessa Guillen Act of 2021
- S 79 (Booker) EQUAL Act
- S 1819 (Feinstein) – Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2021
———- 2020 ———-
Local
State of California
- AB 3133 (Aguiar-Curry) CA Refugee Resettlement Program
- AB 2113 (Low) Refugees.Asylees.& Immigrants. Prof.Licensing
- AB 2617 (Gabriel )OUT OF STATE GVRO ENFORCEMENT GVRO
- SB 973 (Jackson) Pay Data Reporting
- SB-897 (Jackson) GVRO
- AB 1909 (Gonzalez) Virginity tests
- AB 2065 (Lackey) Revenge Porn
- SB 873 (Jackson) Gender.Discrimin.Pricing
- SB 927 (Jackson) Marriage licenses. brochures
- AB 2788 (Gloria) AB 2788 Smart Meter Data Privacy
- AB 3121 (Weber) Task force Af-Amer reparations
- AB 3070 (Weber) Juries.Peremptory Challenges
- AB 1950 (Kamlager) Probation.Length of terms
- SB 144 (Mitchell) Criminal Fees
- SB 1383 (Jackson) Family leave
- SB 493 (Jackson) 2nd FOLLOW-UPEducation.sex equity
- AB 2542 (Kalra) California’s Racial Justice Act
- AB 1080 Solid Waste packaging.products / SB 54 Solid Waste packaging.products
Federal
- HR 5936 (Carbajal)Land Preservation&Protection
- HR 6201 (Lowey) Fam.1st. Corona.Response (FEINSTEIN)
- HR 6201 (Lowey) Fam.1st. Corona.Response (HARRIS)
- S 3529 (Klobuchar, Wyden) Nat’l Disast & Emerg Ballot Act
- HR 2148 (Clark) BE HEARD in the Workplace
- S 1082 (Murray) BE HEARD in the Workplace
- HR 7120 (Bass) Justice in Policing
———- 2019 ———-
State of California
California Assembly
- AB 18 (Levine et al.) Firearms.excise tax
- AB 135 (Cervantes Cooley) Sex crimes.commun.w.minors
- AB 171 (Gonzalez) Employment.sexual harassment
- AB 218 Gonzalez) Damages childhd.sex.assault statute of limitations
- AB 255 (Limón) Coastal resources oil spills grants
- AB 378 (Limón) Childcare.family.childcare.providers.bargaining.rep
- AB 392 (Weber ) Peace officers deadly force
- AB 890 (Wood) Nurse Practioners
- AB 9 (Reyes) Employt.discrim.limitation of actions
- AB 800 (Chu) Civil Actions_ Confidentiality
- AB 31 (Garcia) Menstrual Products tax
California Senate
- SB 493 (Jackson) Education.sex equity
- SB 22 (Leyva) Rape kit testing
- SB 35 (Chang) Human Trafficking
- SB 142 (Wiener) Lactation Accommodation
- SB 228 (Jackson) Master Plan on Aging
- SB 233 (Wiener) Immunity from Arrest
- SB 493 (Jackson) FOLLOW-UPEducation.sex equity
- SB 22 (Leyva) Rape kit testing
- SB 24 (Leyva) College Student Right to Access Act
- SB 24 follow-up to APPR Comm
- SB 29 (Durazo) Medi-Cal for the Undocumented
- SB 55 (Jackson) Firearms.Prohibited Persons
- SB 171 (Jackson) Pay Data
- SB 464 (Mitchell) CA Dignity in Pregnancy 0 Childbirth
- SB 493 (Jackson) Education.sex equity
Federal
House of Representatives
- HJ Res 35 ERA to Carbajal
- HR 7 (DeLauro) Paycheck Fairness Act
- HR 8 (Thompson) Bkgrd Checks
- HR 35 (Rush) Antilynching (003)
- HR 36 (Johnson) – Combating Sexual Harassment in Science Act
- HR 94 (Brownley) – Amend Code for Marriage Equality
- HR 279 (Carbajal) CA Clean Coast
- HR 507 (Bass) Human Trafficking
- HR 600 (Emmer) Abby Honold Act
- HR 1236 (Carbajal) Extreme Risk.Tribal.(to Nadler)
- HR 1236 (Carbjal) SupportTribal.State.Removal AccesstoFirearms
- HR 676 (Panetta) NATO Support Act
- HR1585 (Bass) VAWRA
- HR 5 (Cicilline) Equality Act
- HR 40 (Jackson Lee) Commiss.Study.AfAmer.Reparations
- HR 820 (Maloney) GunShowLoophole
- HR 1055 (Lowey) HER Act (Global Health
- HR 1384 (Jayapal) Medicarefor All
Senate
- S 7 (Rubio) Extreme Risk.Violence Prevention.
- S 65 (Harris) Diversity Fed reserve
- S 171 (Klobuchar) Abby Honold Act
- SJ Res 6 (Cardin) elimin.deadline ERA (to Feinstein)
- SJ Res 6 (Cardin) elimin.deadline ERA (to Harris)
- S 506 (Feinstein) – Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2019_
- S 42 (Murphy) Background Check Expan.
- S 1067 (Harris) Sexual Harassment in Science Act
- S 66 (Feinstein) Assault Weapon Ban
- S 368 (Shaheen) HER Act
———- 2018 ———-
Local
- SBWPC Letter of Support for Funding of Full Time Information and Education Officer Position
- Filling Vacancies on City Council SBWPC Position
State
California Assembly
- AB 3 (Bonta) Firearms Age Restrictions
- AB 1775 (Limon and Muratscuhi) State Lands Leasing Oil and Gas – SUPPORT
- AB 1877 (Limon) Office of Emergency Services communications translations – SUPPORT
- AB 2774 (Limon) Municipal animal shelters adoption application crimes – SUPPORT
- AB 931 (Weber) Criminal Procedure use of force by police officers – SUPPORT
- AB 1037 (Limón) Post secondary education student financial aid Cal Grant B Service Incentive Grant Program – SUPPORT
- AB 2015 (Reyes) Pupil Instruction Informaton about completion of applications for student financial aid – SUPPORT
- AB 3118 (Chiu) Sexual Assault Investigations – SUPPORT
- AB 2372 (Gloria) CA Sustainable and Affordable Housing ACT – SUPPORT
- AB 2885 (Rodriguez) Air Quality Improvement Program Clean Vehicles Rebate Project – SUPPORT
- AB 2079 (Gonzalez Fletcher) Janitorial workers sexual violence and harassment prevention training – SUPPORT
- AB 2526 (Rubio) Temporary emergency gun violence restraing order – SUPPORT
- AB 2644 (Reyes et al.) Dolores Huerta Day
- AB 2887 (Aguiar-Curry) Migrant Farm Labor Centers
- AB 3080 email GovBrown
California Senate
- SB 224 (Jackson) Personal rights sexual harassment
- SB 834 (Jackson) State Lands Leasing Oil and Gas
- SB 974 (Lara) Healthcare for families – SUPPORT
- SB 1150 (Jackson) Gender Discrimination – SUPPORT
- SB 1092 (Anderson) Firearms silencers – SUPPORT
- SB 1346 (Jackson) Multiburst trigger activators (002)
- SB 1449 (Leyva) Rape Kits Testing – SUPPORT
- SB 826 (Jackson) Corporations boards of directors – SUPPORT
- SB 1191 (Hueso)
- SB 1300 (Jackson) Unlawful employ. practices.discrim.harassment
Federal
- HR 38 (Hudson) Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 OPPOSE
- HR 5034 (Schakowsky) International Violence Against Women Act of 2017 – SUPPORT
- HR 4240(Thompson) Pub.Safety.2ndAmend
- HR 4472 (Speier) ENOUGH Act
- S 2120 (Shaheen) International Violence Against Women Act of 2017
- S 3036 (Feinstein) Keep Families Together Act – SUPPORT
- S 2120 (Shaheen) Internat’l Violence Against Women Act
- S. 1942 (Heitkamp) Savanna’s Act
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Local
- Santa Barbara City College Resolution No. 17 for Undocumented Students – SUPPORT
- SBWPC Letter in Support of Special District Election
State
- SB 49 (de Leon, Stern) California Environmental, Public Health, and Workers Defense Act of 2017 – SUPPORT
- AB 1328 (Limon) Oil and Gas Wells – SUPPORT
- AB 569 (Gonzales Fletcher) Discrimination: Reproductive Health – SUPPORT
- AB 676 (Limon) Child Care and Development – SUPPORT
- SB 273 (Hueso) Prohibit marriage for underage children – SUPPORT
- AB 1281 (Limon) State parks: climate change: study – SUPPORT
- Santa Barbara City College Resolution No. 17 for Undocumented Students – SUPPORT
- ACA 4 (Aguiar-Curry) Local government financing: affordable housing and public infrastructure: voter approval – SUPPORT
- SB 6 Due Process for All Act – SUPPORT
- SB 169 (Jackson, De Leon) Education: sex equity – SUPPORT
- SB 309 (Jackson) License plates: Reproductive Freedom Fund – SUPPORT
- SB 331 (Jackson) Evidentiary privileges domestic violence counselor victim privilege – SUPPORT
- AB 3 – Public Defenders Legal Counsel Immigration – SUPPORT
- AB 165 (Cooper) – Privacy Elec. Communications Exclusions Local Ed. Agencies – OPPOSE
- Due Process for All Act – Support
- SB 31 (Lara) California Religious Freedom Act – Support
- SB 31 (Luna) California Religious Freedom Act SUPPORT
- SB 44 (Jackson) Coast Oil Well Cleanup – SUPPORT
- SB 54 (De Leon) California Values Act Sharing Data – SUPPORT
- SB 63 (Jackson) Unlawful Employment Practices Parental Leave SUPPORT
- SB562 (Lara,Atkins) Healthy CA
Federal
- HR 972 (Meng), HR 2416 (Meng), and HR 2379 (Maloney) Menstrual Hygiene and Safety – SUPPORT
- HR 2598 (Carbajal) Gun Violence Restraining Order Act of 2017 – SUPPORT
- S 322 (Peters) Pet and Women Safety Act of 2017 – SUPPORT
- HR 909 (Clark) Pet and Women Safety Act of 2017 – SUPPORT
- Call for Special Prosecution – addressed to Senator Feinstein
- Call for Special Prosecution – addressed to Congressman Carbajal
- S 349 (Harris) – Access to Counsel Act Immigrants – SUPPORT
- SJ Resolution 6 (Menendez) ERA Amendment – SUPPORT S.J Resolution 5 (Cardin) Remove Deadline for ERA Rafication – Thank You
- HR 921 (Lofgren) – Community Trust Act – SUPPORT
- HR 731 – California Clean Coast Act (Carbajal) – SUPPORT (2)
- HJ Res. 33 (Maloney) – SUPPORT; HJ Res. 53 (Speier) – SUPPORT
- HR 147 (Franks) – Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) – OPPOSE
- HR 354 (Black) – Defund Planned Parenthood – OPPOSE
- HR 354 (Black) – Defund Planned Parenthood OPPOSE
- HR 610 (King) – School Vouchers – OPPOSE
- HR 676 (Coyers) – Expanded & Improved Medicare for All – SUPPORT
- HR 861 (Gaetz) Terminate the Enviromental Protection Agency – OPPOSE
- HR 899 (Massie ) – Terminate the Department of Education – OPPOSE
- HR 920 (Lofgren) – Protecting our Border Communities Act – SUPPORT
- HR 3464 (Clyburn) Background Check Completion
- HR 1322 (Chu) Women’s Health Protection Act
- HJ ERA 53 & 33 Carbajal
- HR 2119 Therapeutic Fraud Prevention (Lieu) – Copy
- HR 2670 (Brown) ProtectDomesViol&Stalking Victims
- HR 3947 (Cicilline) Automatic Gunfire Prevention
- HR 4030 (Speier) Title IX Protection Act
- HR 4396 (Speier) ME TOO Congress
- Special Prosecutor – Harris
- S 510 (Blumenthal) Women’s Health Protection S 928 Therapeutic Fraud Prevention (Murray) S 1916
- Feinstein) Automatic Gunfire Prevention S 1923 (Blumenthal) Background Check Completion S 2095
- Feinstein) Assault Weapons Ban of 2017 S 2159 (Gillibrand) ME TOO Congress