09 – HR 6 – House Resolution Urging Repeal of Prop 8

Year: 2009

Category: Family, Social/Political

Bill Description:

Declare the House’s opposition to Proposition 8 because it is an improper revision, not an amendment, of the California Constitution and enacted improperly in violation of the procedures required under Article XVIII of the California Constitution.

09 – AJR 19 – Support of Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act

Year: 2009

Category: Family, Social/Political

Bill Description:

Urge Congress and the President of the United States to repeal the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act.

09 – AJR 15 – Support of the Uniting American Families Act

Year: 2009

Category: Family, Social/Political

Bill Description:

Urge Congress and President Obama to sign, the Uniting American Families Act, which would extend immigration rights to bi-national same-sex couples.

08 – AB 2654 – Civil Rights Act of 2008

Year: 2008

Category: Social/Political

Bill Description:

Existing law provides that the purpose of certain provisions regarding human relations is to promote the establishment in counties and cities and counties throughout the state of commissions designed to foster peaceful relations in the interest of preserving the public peace among citizens of different races, religions, and national origins.
This bill would provide that the purpose of those provisions is to promote the establishment of commissions designed to foster peaceful relations in the interest of preserving the public peace among residents. This bill would add ethnic group identification, age, sex, sexual orientation, color, and disability to the characteristics described above.

08 – AB 2567 – Harvey Milk Day

Year: 2008

Category: Social/Political, Educational

Bill Description:

Declare May 22 as Harvey Milk State Holiday (non-fiscal) and designate that date as having special significance in public schools and educational institutions and encourage those entities to conduct suitable commemorative exercises on that date.

08 – SB 1729 – LGBT Training for Health Professionals in Senior Care Facilities

Year: 2008

Category: Medical, Social/Political

Bill Description:

Require all registered nurses, certified nurse assistants, licensed vocational nurses, and physician and surgeons working in skilled nursing facilities or congregate living health facilities participate in a training program to be prescribed by the State Department of Public Health that focuses on preventing and eliminating discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

08 – SB 153 – Co-Owners Exclusion from Change in Ownership

Year: 2008

Category: Housing, Family

Bill Description:

Exclude a transfer of co-tenancy interest in a principal residence from property tax reassessment if the principal residence was owned by two individuals and was transferred to one of those individuals upon the death of the other, with the survivor obtaining sole ownership of that property.

08 – AB 3015 – Foster Youth School Safety Education

Year: 2008

Category: Educational, Family

Bill Description:

Require additional subject matter coverage in mandatory trainings of foster care providers and licensing personnel to include basic instruction on existing laws regarding the safety of foster youth at school, including the California Student Safety and Violence Prevention Act of 2000.

07 – SB 518 – Juvenile Justice Safety and Protection Act

Year: 2007

Category: Social/Political

Bill Description:

Enact the Youth Bill of Rights that would protect LGBT youth in the juvenile justice system.

07 – AB 14 – Civil Rights Act of 2007

Year: 2007

Category: Social/Political

Bill Description:

Enact the Civil Rights Act of 2007 that would strengthen and clarify 51 existing non-discrimination sections within the California Codes to conform with the Unruh Civil Rights Act and Gov. Code Sec. 11135, the principal non-discrimination provision dealing with state-funded programs and activities.