Click the link to view a complete list, including summaries, of the California Senate and Assembly Bills for the entire 2009-2010 legislative session that the State Public Affairs Committee of the Junior Leagues of California voted to support or watch: SPAC Leg Report 2009-2010 ALL BILLS.

Click here for a simplified list of 2010 bills only:  Junior Leagues of California Support Bills 2010.

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Cal SPAC voted at the spring 2010 conference to support the following federal legislation:

HR 4148: Hunger Free Schools Act – allows more schools in high poverty areas to provide free meals to all children and allows use of Medicaid data to certify children for free meals, among other things.

HR 4333: Children’s Fruit and Vegetable Act – provides children with increased access to fruit and salad bars.

HR 4870: Healthy School Meals Act – provides schools with more vegetarian foods and healthful nondairy beverages.

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Cal SPAC executed by email, and ratified at the July 24, 2010 Leadership Meeting, to vote to support the following state and federal legislation:

AB 1844 “Chelsea’s Law”

H.R. 4958: The Healthy Children Through School Nutrition Education Act

H.R. 4557: The Physical Education to Create a Healthier Nation Act

And to send letters of support to the Senate Budget Conference Committee urging reinstatement of funds for Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health (MCAH) programs for the 2010-2011state budget.

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Click here to learn more about the work of the California Women State Appointment Project, which State Public Affairs Committee of the Junior Leagues of California voted to support, as of August 2010: California Women’s State Appointment Project.