07 – AB 102 – Name Equality Act

Year: 2007

Category: Social/Political

Bill Description:

Allow one or both parties to a marriage or registered domestic partnership to change their surname by entering a new surname on either a marriage license application or certificate of registered domestic partnership.

07 – SJR 6 – Resolution Supporting the Repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

Year: 2007

Category: Social/Political, Workplace

Bill Description:

Joint resolution calling upon Congress and the President to repeal the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, which prohibits openly lesbian, gay, and bisexual Americans from serving in the military.

07 – AJR 29 – Resolution Urging Federal Support of the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act

Year: 2007

Category: Social/Political

Bill Description:

Memorialize Congress and the President to enact the federal Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act (LLEHCPA), also known as the Matthew Shepard Act, which would strengthen the ability of federal, state, and local governments to investigate and prosecute hate crimes based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, and disability.

07 – AB 43 – Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act

Year: 2007

Category: Family, Social/Political

Bill Description:

Enact the Religious Freedom & Civil Marriage Protection Act that would extend marriage to same-sex couples.

07 – SB 559 – Fair and Equal Taxation for Surviving Partners Act

Year: 2007

Category: Family, Workplace

Bill Description:

Allow registered domestic partners whose property was reassessed due to a change of ownership between January 1, 2000, and January 1, 2006, to apply to the county assessor by June 30, 2009 to receive a reversal of the reassessment.

07 – SB 105 – Domestic Partners Joint Income Tax Filing Implementation Bill

Year: 2007

Category: Family, Workplace

Bill Description:

Follow-up bill re DP joint state income tax filing. Clarify that an RDP or a former RDP would be treated as a spouse or former spouse for personal income tax and corporation tax purposes.

07 – SB 777 – Student Civil Rights Act

Year: 2007

Category: Educational, Social/Political

Bill Description:

Update California’s Education Code and ensure the strengthening and uniformity of all non-discrimination policies governing all publicly funded schools, charter schools, alternative schools, and post-secondary educational institutions.

07 – AB 394 – Safe Place to Learn Act

Year: 2007

Category: Educational, Social/Political

Bill Description:

Require the California Department of Education (CDE) to (1) assess schools, as part of CDE’s existing monitoring process, for compliance with specific anti-discrimination and harassment policies and procedures, and (2) display on their web site specific bias-related and discrimination and harassment information.

06 – AB 2920 – Older Californians Equality and Protection Act

Year: 2006

Category: Social/Political

Bill Description:

Amend to include senior LGBT Californians in the Mello-Granlund Older Californians Act, which sets forth the state’s commitment to its elder population who are served by programs administered by the California Department of Aging.

06 – SB 1441 – Nondiscrimination in State Programs and Activities

Year: 2006

Category: Social/Political

Bill Description:

Prohibit discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in state operated or funded programs.