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The following is a video relating to SPAC-supported SB514, Senator Simitian’s successfully-passed bill to stop the sale of certain cold medications to minors. The bill goes into effect January 2012:
www.ktvu.com/videos/news/palo-alto-local-incidents-inspire-law-to-curb/vFZx2/
The State Public Affairs Committee for the Junior Leagues of California convened in Sacramento April 30th and May 1st for their annual Spring Conference. The delegation voted to officially support 10 additional bills, bringing the current total to 30. Click here for the complete list: Junior Leagues of California Support Bills 2010-2011
The State Public Affairs Committee for the Junior Leagues of California convened in San Diego March 18th and 19th for their annual Winter Conference. The following is a list of the bills pending in the Assembly and the Senate that the SPAC delegation voted to officially support:
Health
AB 137 Health Care Coverage: Mammographies (Portantino)
AB 395 Newborn Screening Program (Pan)
AB 581 Public Health Food Initiative (John A. Pérez)
SB 255 Breast Cancer Surgery (Pavley)
SB 36 County Health Matching Funds (Simitian)
Family Support
AB 181 Foster Youth Mental Health Bill of Rights (Portantino)
AB 194 Public Higher Education: Priority Enrollment Foster Youth (Beall)
AB 212 Fostering Connections to Success Act (Beall)
SB 299 Employment Pregnancy or Childbirth Leave (Evans)
SB 33 Elder and Dependent Adult Abuse (Simitian)
Education
AB 123 School Safety: Disruption Threatening Pupil’s Immediate Physical Safety (Mendoza)
AB 25 Athletics: Concussions and Injuries (Hayashi)
Violence Prevention
AB 12 Abolition of Child Commerce, Exploitation, and Sexual Slavery Act of 2011 (Swanson)
AB 322 Forensic Evidence: Rape Kits (Portantino)
AB 545 Domestic Violence: Corporal Injury (John A. Pérez)
AB 588 Tenancy: Victims of Domestic Violence (V. Manuel Pérez)
AB 630 Public Safety: Bullying (Hueso)
AB 799 Commercially Sexually Exploited Minors (Swanson)
SB 557 Family Justice Centers (Kehoe)
SB 723 Restraining Orders (Pavley)
SPAC will convene again in Sacramento on April 30th and May 1st for their annual Spring Conference where the bills that the SPAC sub-committees are currently watching will be discussed.
