Liz’s June Legislative Report

By Liz Froelich, LRWF Legislative Chair

There are urgent bills in that State Legislature that need your help to defeat and one to support.

AB 223  Change of gender and sex identifier bill would restrict parents from seeing changes of children under 18 as considered confidential by court.

Will be heard on Senate floor.

AB 665  Minors: Consent to Mental health will be heard June 20 in Senate Judiciary. Amends personnel who can counsel under 18 yr olds. Includes registered psychologist or assistant or trainee; assistant clinical worker or social worker trainee. 

AB 957 Family Law: gender Identity will be heard on the Senate floor after passing this week out of Senate Judiciary. Custody battles would favor parent affirming child's chosen gender.

 AB 1078 Instructional materials: diversity will be heard in Senate Education Committee on June 21. CA Board of Education only allowed to remove "diversity" materials.

 Call Senator Glazer and urge a NO vote on all of these bills.

Urge support for:

SB 14 Serious Felonies by Republican Shannon Grove will be heard June 27 in Assembly Public Safety.  Urge Grayson and Bauer-Kahan to support.

Contact:

 Assembly:

Assemblyman Tim Grayson/916-319-2014 or local 521-1511/ PO Box 942849, Sacramento 94249

Assemblywoman Rebecca Bauer-Kahan /916-319-2016 or local 328-1515/ State Capitol, Sacramento 95814

Senate:

Senator Steve Glazer / 916-651-4007 or local 258-1176/ State Capitol Rm 5108, Sacramento 95814

https://calegistion.lc.ca.gov/Advocates  Register with username and password and submit your position letter as individual to communicate your views to committees. Post one week in advance for listing on committee analyses.