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Position letters on California legislation 2006-2007 legislative session

Abuse and neglect

AB 398 (Feuer) Request for governor's signature 10/3/2007 - Vetoed

AB 399 (Feuer) Request for governor's signature 9/11/2007 - Vetoed

AB 978 (Benoit) Support 5/14/07 - Held in Senate

AB 1192 (Evans) Request for governor's signature 9/11/2007 - Vetoed 

AB 1397 (Soto) Request for governor's signature 9/24/2007 - Enacted

AB 1424 (Davis) Support 7/11/2007 - Held in Senate Public Safety Committee

SB 39 (Migden) Request for governor's signature 9/17/2007 - Enacted

Children's health and mental health benefits

AB 1514 (Maze) Support 4/27/2007 - Enacted

Conservatorship and informed consent

AB 1276 (Karnette) Support 4/4/2007 - Held in Assembly Business and Professions Committee

AB 1727 (Assembly Judiciary Committee) Request for governor's signature 9/17/2007 - Enacted

SB 123 (Romero) Support 8/16/2007 - Vetoed

SB 275 (Cedillo) Request for governor's signature 9/20/2007 - Vetoed

SB 800 (Corbett) Support if Amended 6/18/2007 - Held in Assembly Appropriations Committee 

Developmental disabilities, Lanterman Act

AB 1184 (Lieber) Request for governor's veto 9/20/2007 - Vetoed

AB 1402 (Evans) Support 4/19/2007 - Enacted

AB 1427 (Krekorian) Request for governor's signature 9/24/2007 - Vetoed 

SB 725 (Alquist) Support in Concept 6/29/2007 - Held in Assembly Appropriations Committee

Disability rights

AB 14 (Laird) Request for governor's signature 9/20/2007 - Enacted

AB 43 (Leno) Support 4/5/2007 - Vetoed

AB 171 (Beall) Support 7/10/2007 - Held in Senate Appropriations Committee

AB 467 (Feuer) Request for governor's signature 7/17/2007 - Vetoed

AB 615 (Torrico) Support 4/27/2007 - Held in Assembly Appropriations Committee

AB 1068 (Cook) Oppose 3/30/2007 - Held in Assembly Public Safety Committee

AB 1298 (Jones) Request for governor's signature 9/17/072007 - Held in Assembly  

AB 1505 (Parra) Oppose 5/1/2007 - Held in Assembly Judiciary Committee

AB 1723 (Assembly Judiciary Committee) Request for governor's signature 9/6/2007 - Enacted

AJR 17 (Lieu) Support 4/30/2007 - Enacted

SB 362 (Simitian) Support 6/6/2007 - Enacted

SB 426 (Kehoe) Support 3/26/2007 - Held in Senate Appropriations Committee

SB 502 (Hollingsworth) Oppose 3/30/2007 - Held in Senate Public Safety Committee

AB 1298 (Jones) Support 4/18/2007 - Enacted

Education

AB 825 (Silva) Oppose 4/2/2007 - Held in Assembly Judiciary Committee

AB 1659 (Lieber) Support 4/16/2007 - Held in Assembly Appropriations Committee

AB 1663 (Evans) Oppose 8/13/2007 - Enacted

Employment

AB 537 (Swanson) Request for governor's signature  9/11/2007 - Vetoed

AB 613 (Tran) Support 4/13/2007 - Held in Assembly Labor and Employment Committee

Health benefits

AB 8 (Nuñez) Oppose Unless Amended 8/21/2007 - Vetoed

AB 537 (Swanson) Request governor's signature 9/11/2007 - Vetoed

AB 585 (Berg) Support 5/29/2007 - Held in Assembly Appropriations Committee

AB 910 (Karnette) Request for governor's signature 10/3/2007 - Enacted

AB 1113 (Brownley) Support 6/29/2007 - Vetoed

SB 137 (Torlakson) Support 6/20/2007 - Vetoed

SB 321 (Alquist) Support 5/9/2007 - Held in Assembly Appropriations Committee

SB 623 (Wiggins) Support 5/8/2007 - Held in Senate Appropriations Committee

SB 840 (Kuehl) Support if Amended 8/28/2007 - Held in Assembly Appropriations Committee

Housing

AB 148 (Alarcon) Oppose 2/27/2007 - Held in Assembly Public Safety Committee

AB 370 (Adams) Oppose 5/21/2007 - Held in Assembly Appropriations Committee

AB 411 (Emmerson) Oppose 5/29/2007 - Held in Assembly Appropriations Committee

AB 601 (Arambula) Oppose 3/21/2007 - Held in Assembly Public Safety Committee

AB 1462 (Adams) Support 6/5/2007 - Enacted

AB 759 (Karnette) Oppose Unless Amended 6/29/2007 - Held in Senate Human Services Committee

AB 763 (Saldana) Request for governor's signature 9/6/2007 - Enacted

AB 1031 (Levine) Support 4/19/2007 - Held in Assembly Appropriations Committee

AB 1197 (Aghazarian) Oppose 4/19/2007 - Held in Assembly Public Safety Committee

SB 2 (Cedillo) Request for governor's signature 9/20/2007 - Enacted

SB 303 (Ducheny) Support 5/9/2007 - Held in Assembly Local Government Committee

SB 321 (Alquist) Support 5/9/2007 - Held in Assembly Appropriations Committee

SB 530 (Dutton) Oppose 4/18/2007 - Held in Senate Health Committee

SB 623 (Wiggins) Support 5/8/2007 - Held in Senate Appropriations Committee

SB 708 (Dutton) Oppose 4/5/2007 - Held in Senate Human Services Committee

SB 709 (Dutton) Oppose 5/30/2007- Held in Senate Appropriations Committee

SB 913 (Hollingsworth) Oppose 9/13/2007 - Held in Senate Public Safety Committee

SB 915 (Hollingsworth) Oppose 4/26/2007 - Held in Senate Rules Committee

In-Home Supportive Services

AB 182 (Ma) Neutral 8/31/2007 - Vetoed

AB 238 (Beall) Request for governor's Signature 9/6/2007 - Vetoed

AB 853 (Jones) Oppose Unless Amended 5/25/2007 - Held in Assembly Appropriations Committee

AB 1386 (Price) Support 5/30/2007 - Held in Assembly Appropriations Committee

AB 1410 (Feuer) Request for governor's signature 9/18/2007 - Enacted  

AJR 11 (Swanson) Support 7/2/2007 - Enacted

SB 782 (Cogdill) Oppose 3/26/2007 - Held in Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee

Mental health

AB 423 (Beall) Request for governor's signature 9/10/2007 - Vetoed

AB 1178 (Hernandez) Oppose Unless Amended 4/26/2007 - Enacted

SB 57 (Hollingsworth) Oppose 2/13/2007 - Held in Senate Health Committee

SB 260 (Steinberg) Request for governor's signature 9/18/2007 - Vetoed

SB 785 (Steinberg) Request for governor's signature 9/20/2007 - Enacted

SB 916 (Yee) Request for governor's signature 9/6/2007 - Enacted  

Rights in facilities

AB 66 (Dymally) Oppose 6/20/2007 - Held in Senate Appropriations Committee

AB 386 (Benoit) Oppose 5/21/2007 - Held in Assembly Appropriations Committee

AB 682 (Berg) Request for governor's veto 9/11/2007 - Enacted

AB 749 (Berg) Support 6/21/2007 - Held in Senate

AB 1121 (Lieber) Support 4/27/2007 - Held in Assembly Appropriations Committee

AB 1348 (Spitzer) Oppose 4/2/2007 - Held in Assembly Public Safety Committee

SB 503 (Hollingsworth) Oppose 4/2/2007 - Held in Senate Public Safety Committee

SB 568 (Wiggins) Request for governor's veto 9/17/2007 - Enacted

Transportation

AB 1531 (DeSaulnier) Oppose Unless Amended 4/20/2007 - Enacted

Voting rights

AB 9 (Huff) Oppose 3/7/2007 - Held in Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee

AB 18 (Blakeslee) Neutral 8/31/2007 - Enacted

AB 122 (Solorio) Request for governor's Signature 9/6/2007 - Vetoed

AB 288 (Price) Request for governor's signature 9/11/2007 - Enacted

AB 852 (Krekorian) Support 5/29/2007 - Held in Assembly Appropriations Committee

AB 1654 (Huffman) Oppose 4/10/2007 - Held in Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee

AB 1731 (Price) Request for governor's signature 9/11/2007 - Enacted

SB 173 (Harman) Oppose 3/7/2007 - Held in Senate Elections Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments Committee

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