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CA AB
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Acquisition of Goods or Services
Prohibits a State Agency from entering a contract for $100,000 or more for
the acquisition of goods or services with a contractor who, in the provision
of benefits, discriminates between employees with spouses and employees with
domestic partners, or discriminates between the domestic partners and
spouses of those employees. Requires every State contract to acquire goods
and services contain a statement by the contractor of compliance. |
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Assemblymember
Christine Kehoe
(D-San Diego) |
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Religious Liberty Principle at stake: |
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Religious Liberty Principle: Requires religious employers (colleges,
schools, day care centers) to give recognition to a lifestyle contradicting
their conscientious beliefs. OPPOSE. |
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CA AB
56 |
Child Care, Development, and Education
Subjects pupils between the ages of 5 and 18 to compulsory full-time
education and makes conforming changes, including changes relating to the
full day of instruction. Establishes school readiness centers to provide
grants to applicant agencies to improve a young child's readiness for school
and a school's readiness for young children. Establishes a voluntary school
readiness program to offer voluntary preschool for certain children. |
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Assemblymember
Darrell Steinberg
(D-Sacramento) |
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Religious Liberty Principle at stake: |
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05/28/2003:
In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Heard, remains in
Committee
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Religious Liberty Principle: By requiring that children be enrolled in
formal school settings at an earlier age this measure violates the religious
conscience of parents whose faith encourages children to remain in the home
environment. OPPOSE. |
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CA AB
56 |
Child Care, Development, and Education
Subjects pupils between the ages of 5 and 18 to compulsory full-time
education and makes conforming changes, including changes relating to the
full day of instruction. Establishes school readiness centers to provide
grants to applicant agencies to improve a young child's readiness for school
and a school's readiness for young children. Establishes a voluntary school
readiness program to offer voluntary preschool for certain children. |
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Author |
Assemblymember
Darrell Steinberg
(D-Sacramento) |
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Religious Liberty Principle at stake: |
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05/28/2003:
In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Heard, remains in
Committee
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CA A 76 |
Employment Discrimination
Revises existing law that makes it an unlawful employment practice for a
person, other than a religious association or corporation not organized for
private profit, regularly employing one or more persons or regularly
receiving the services of one or more persons providing services pursuant to
a contract to fail to take corrective action to prevent harassment. Includes
sexual harassment by nonemployees if the employer knows and fails to take
action. |
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Corbett (D) |
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Religious Liberty Principle at stake: |
| 09/17/2003:
*****To GOVERNOR.
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Religious Liberty Principle: Recognizes uniqueness of houses of worship. NO
POSITION. |
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CA A 196 |
Discrimination
Expands the prohibition on sexual discrimination and harassment by including
gender in the definition of sex. Permits employers to require employees to
comply with reasonable workplace appearance, grooming, and dress standards
consistent with state and federal law, provided that employees are allowed
to appear or dress consistently with their gender identity. |
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Author |
Leno (D)
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Religious Liberty Principle at stake: |
| 08/02/2003:
Signed by GOVERNOR.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter No. 164
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Religious Liberty Principle: Includes the Fair Employment and Housing
exemption for religious employers. NO POSITION. |
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CA A 205 |
Domestic Partners
Enacts the California Domestic Partner Rights and Responsibilities act of
2003. Modifies the procedure and the accompanying form for terminating
domestic partnerships. Revises the requirements for entering into a domestic
partnership to require each person to consent to the jurisdiction of the
superior courts of this state for the purpose of a proceeding to obtain a
judgment of dissolution or nullity of the domestic partnership. |
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Goldberg (D) |
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Religious Liberty Principle at stake: |
| 09/22/2003:
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter No. 421
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Religious Liberty Principle: This measure places no requirements upon
religious employers or houses of worship. NO POSITION. |
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CA A 243 |
State Chaplains: Salary: Rental Allowance
Relates to existing law which allocates from the state salary or wage paid
to a minister of the gospel in an amount up to 25% of the gross salary,
either the rental value of a home furnished to the minister or the rental
allowance paid to the minister to rent or provide a home. Increases the
percentage of this allocation to 50%, thereby affecting the amount of the
tax exemption that may be claimed. |
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Vargas (D)
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Religious Liberty Principle at stake: |
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09/22/2003:
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter No. 428
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Religious Liberty Principle: Enhances existing tax exemptions relating to
housing costs for state-employed prison chaplains. NO POSITION. |
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AB 349 |
Compton Unified School District: Cal Grants
Enacts the Cal Grants for Kids Pilot Program to require the State Department
of Education to establish a program within the Compton Unified School
District whereby, upon the request of parents, children may be provided with
educational certificates to fund their attendance at participating public or
private schools. Establishes a schedule to determine the value of the
certificate. |
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Author |
Assemblymember
Ray Haynes
(R-Murrieta) |
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Religious Liberty Principle at stake: |
| 06/17/2003:
From ASSEMBLY Committee on EDUCATION with author's amendments.
In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Committee
on EDUCATION
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Religious Liberty Principle: Places state tax money in the hands of
parochial schools regardless of the method utilized. Also requires these
schools to separate religious study from the rest of the curriculim, thus
neutralizing the typical teaching philosophy of church schools which
incorporates religious principles into every class. OPPOSE. |
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CA A 424 |
Classified School Employees
Provides, in a school district with a certain pupil population,
authorization for an appointment for a school-based classified position to
be made from any rank on the eligibility list. Requires consideration of
certain factors. Provides if certain requirements are needed that cannot be
acquired during the probationary period, appointment may be made from among
the highest 3 ranks of applicants who meet those requirements. |
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Richman (R) |
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Religious Liberty Principle at stake: |
| 09/08/2003:
*****To GOVERNOR
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CA A 458 |
Foster Care
Adds to the rights contained in the State's policy on foster childrens'
rights to have fair and equal access to all available services, placement,
care, treatment, and benefits, and to not be subjected to discrimination or
harassment on the basis of actual or perceived race, ethnic group
identification, ancestry, national origin, color, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity, or mental or physical disability or HIV
status. |
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Chu (D) |
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Religious Liberty Principle at stake: |
| 09/08/2003:
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter No. 331
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Religious Liberty Principle: Foster parents maintain their ability to choose
the children in their care. Foster children's ability to exercise their
religious beliefs in a foster home is guaranteed. NO POSITION. |
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AB 470 |
Conditional Use Permit: Religious Facility
Prohibits a city or county on land that is zoned to permit religious use,
from requiring, in addition to a conditional use permit, an applicant for a
permit who intends to use the property for religous services, worship or
other religous activities to prepare and submit planning documents or any
other documents that are not directly related to the proposed use or
occupancy of the property |
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Assemblymember
Rudy Bermudez
(D-Norwalk) |
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Religious Liberty Principle at stake: |
| 07/28/2003:
From ASSEMBLY Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT with author's
amendments.
In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Committee
on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
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Religious Liberty Principle: Protects the ability of houses of worship to
receive fair and equatable treatment in local zoning decisions. SUPPORT |
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CA A 496 |
Sales and Use Taxes: Exemptions: Bunker Fuel
Exempts the gross receipts from the sale of fuel and petroleum products to a
water common carrier for immediate shipment outside the State for
consumption in the conduct of its business as a common carrier after the
first out-of-state destination from sales and use taxes, if certain
conditions are met. |
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Lowenthal (D) |
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Religious Liberty Principle at stake: |
| 09/12/2003:
From SENATE Committee on RULES with author's amendments.
In SENATE. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Committee on
RULES.
Withdrawn from SENATE Committee on RULES.
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AB 519 |
Imprisonment: Rehabilitation: Faith Based Programs
Requires the Director of Corrections to develop and implement a pilot
program establishing a faith-based or morals-based rehabilitation program in
the California prison system. Requires that the program allow inmates to
choose between religious or secular options. Requires the director to
compile and maintain data regarding rates of recidivism among program
participants. |
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Author |
Assemblymember
Tony Strickland
(R-Thousand Oaks) |
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Religious Liberty Principle at stake: |
| 04/22/2003:
In ASSEMBLY Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY: Not heard.
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Religious Liberty Principle: Raises concerns about state-sponsored religious
indoctrination. CURRENTLY NO POSITION. |
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AB 600 |
Government Regulation: Religious Exercise
Prohibits any local, state, or other public agency from imposing or
implementing a land use regulation in a manner that imposes a substantial
burden on the religious exercise of a person, unless that agency
demonstrates that the imposition of the burden on that person is in
furtherance of a compelling governmental interest and is the least
restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest. |
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Author |
Assemblymember
Ken Maddox
(R-Garden Grove) |
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Religious Liberty Principle at stake: |
| 03/13/2003:
To ASSEMBLY Committees on LOCAL GOVERNMENT and JUDICIARY.
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| Religious Liberty Principle: Insures balance in local
zoning decisions between houses of worship and local government.
SUPPORT. |
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AB 661 |
Prohibited Instruction: Questionnaires
Deletes restrictions regarding tests, questionnaires, surveys or
examinations that contain questions about a pupil's or pupil's parents' or
guardians' personal beliefs or practices regarding family life. Permits
certain anonymous tests, questionnaires, surveys, examinations, or other
writings regarding a pupil's personal beliefs or practices in sex, morality
or religion if the parent or guardian has an opportunity to decline such
participation. |
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Assemblymember
Loni Hancock
(D-Berkeley) |
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Religious Liberty Principle at stake: |
| 06/04/2003:
In ASSEMBLY. To Inactive File.
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| Religious Liberty Principle: Permits public schools
officials to examine and evaluate the personal religious beliefs of
students. OPPOSE. |
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CA A 691 |
Nursing Facilities: Vaccines
Requires a skilled nursing facility, intermediate care facility or a nursing
facility to offer immunizations for influenza and pneumococcal disease to
its residents, aged 65 years or older, during a specified period each year
and to all new admittees. Requires the facility be reimbursed the standard
Medi-Cal rate for vaccines and to obtain informed consent for immunization
services from the patient or person legally acting for the patient. |
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Author |
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Daucher (R) |
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Religious Liberty Principle at stake: |
| 09/09/2003:
In ASSEMBLY. From Unfinished Business.
To Inactive File
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Religious Liberty Principle: Permits religious exemption from mandatory
vaccinations. SUPPORT. |
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CA ACR 42 |
National Day of Prayer
Recognizes May 1, 2003, as a National Day of Prayer, and encourages all the
people of California to gather together in homes and places of worship to
pray for God's blessings upon our state and our nation. |
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Leslie (R) |
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Religious Liberty Principle at stake: |
| 03/06/2003:
To ASSEMBLY Committee on RULES.
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Religious Liberty Principle: NO POSITION. |
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CA S 7 |
Education
States the intent of the Legislature to remove from the Education Code those
sections that are inoperative, duplicative or unnecessary and would repeal
those provisions |
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Author |
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Alpert (D) |
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Religious Liberty Principle at stake: |
| 05/12/2003:
To ASSEMBLY Committee on EDUCATION
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SB 18 |
Traditional Tribal Cultural Sites
Establishes the Traditional Tribal Cultural Site (TTCS) Register developed
and maintained by the Native American Heritage Commission. Creates
additional exemptions from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
Prohibits an exemption from CEQA for a project that the commission
determines may cause a substantial adverse change in the TTCS. Specifies
procedures that a lead agency must follow when a project involves a TTCS. |
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State Senator
John Burton
(D-San Francisco) |
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Religious Liberty Principle at stake: |
| 09/12/2003:
In ASSEMBLY. Reconsideration granted.
Re-referred to ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS.
From ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Do pass as amended.
In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended. To third reading.
In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Failed to pass ASSEMBLY.
In ASSEMBLY. Motion to reconsider.
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Religious Liberty Principle: Protects the sacred sites of Native Americans.
SUPPORT |
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CA S 335 |
Corporate: Three Strikes Act
Enacts the Corporate Three Strikes Act that would require general
corporations, nonprofit public benefit corporations, nonprofit mutual
benefit corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies that are
convicted of certain felony crimes to meet specified reporting requirements.
Prohibits repeat offenders from incorporating, forming, or transacting
business in this state. |
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Author |
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Romero (D) |
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Religious Liberty Principle at stake: |
| 06/04/2003:
In SENATE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Failed passage.
Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 62(a).
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CA S 524 |
Instruction: Driver Training
Encourages adoption of the recommendations of the Department of Motor
Vehicles contained in a specified study relating to a pilot project
comparing the effectiveness of driver education programs in classroom based
and nonclassroom based driver training environments. |
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Vasconcellos (D |
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Religious Liberty Principle at stake: |
| 05/22/2003:
In SENATE. Read third time. Passed SENATE. *****To ASSEMBLY
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Religious Liberty Principle: Makes driver training at private and religious
schools "inoperative" thus limiting the ability of religious schools to
provide services to their students. OPPOSE. |
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CA S 892 |
School Restrooms
Requires every public and private school to have restroom facilities open
during school hours, and at all times to keep every restroom maintained and
cleaned regularly, fully operational, and stocked with soap and paper
supplies. Makes a school district ineligible for prescribed state school
facilities deferred maintenance matching funding if, after a 30-day notice
period and a opportunity to cure the violation, the public school is still
in violation. |
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Murray (D) |
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Religious Liberty Principle at stake: |
| 09/17/2003:
*****To GOVERNOR.
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| Religious Liberty Principle: Increases unwarranted state
regulation for private and religious schools. OPPOSE. |
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CA S 950 |
Dependent Children: Education
Authorizes the juvenile court to adjudge a child who comes within the
definition of a habitual truant as a result of the willful failure of a
parent, guardian or other person in control to ensure that the child attends
school, to be a dependent child of the juvenile court. |
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Alarcon (D) |
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Religious Liberty Principle at stake: |
| 04/21/2003:
Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 62(a).
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