Local legislators active in Sacramento

The following is a list of bills and charters that were authored by local state legislators and passed in 2005.

State Sen. Sheila Kuehl

(D-Santa Monica)

Senatorial District 23

•SB-180 cracks down on human trafficking and slavery. The law helps establish a task force to address the issue and defines stricter penalties for those who bring people into the state for the purpose of forced labor.

•SB-500 helps pregnant teens and teens who are parents find “whole family foster care placement.” The bill also helps the children of teen parents receive money from the state.

•SB-720 makes changes to California’s domestic violence restraining order statutes, giving victims of domestic violence more rights to protect their safety.

•SB-857 prohibits Caltrans from blocking the waterways of migratory fish, such as salmon, when building roads.

•SP-973 allows most retired public employees the option to change their retirement packages to provide for their domestic partner.

•SB 1110 makes changes to California’s natural resource laws.

•SCR-24 asks for federal funding to help pay for natural disaster relief in California and helps establish improved weather tracking programs to better assist public safety agencies.

State Sen. Tom McClintock

(R-Thousand Oaks)

Senatorial District 19

•SB-966 (McClintock coauthored this bill as a member of the Committee on Local Government). A collection of noncontroversial laws.

Assemblywoman Audra

Strickland

(R-Thousand Oaks)

Assembly District 37

•AB -820 restricts the ownership of large, dangerous wild animals.

•AB-1437 creates the Film Promotion and Marketing Fund, which will be made up of private and public funds to go toward the California Film Commission in an attempt to encourage filming in California.

•AB-1711 gives nurses and licensed pharmacists the ability to administer flu and pneumonia shots to seniors in skilled nursing facilities without the need of a doctor’s exam.

•ACR-46 renames a portion of Highway 126 between Hallock Drive to the City of Fillmore as the California Highway Patrol Officer David W. Copleman Memorial Highway.

Assemblywoman Fran Pavley

(D-Woodland Hills)

Assembly District 41

•AB-1007 requires the state to look at alternative forms of fuel for state-owned vehicles to help protect California from ever-rising gas prices and to help improve air quality.

•AB-1048 makes interstate trucking companies more responsible for drug testing and conducting background checks on contract truck drivers.

•AB-1125 requires stores that sell toxic rechargeable batteries to take back used rechargeable batteries for recycling or proper disposal for free.

•AB-1415 prohibits the sale and distribution of relays, switches and measuring devices that contain mercury. •AB-1507 calls for health clubs to install Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) on site. The health clubs also will have to train employees on how to use the AEDs.

•AB-1660 requires that state, county and city governments buy fuel-efficient vehicles at the same time in order to get large-order discounts from car manufacturers.

•AB-1721 makes changes to current state mandates that require environmental education in public schools from kindergarten to senior year in high school.