California Bill Watch
Assembly Bill 1894 and Senate Bill 1262 will be
heard in committee starting Monday next week. Advocates that wish to raise concerns about these bills must
do so by Friday afternoon for SB 1262 and Monday morning for AB 1894.
Legislative and committee offices have different
rules regarding how they receive comment from the public. In order to be heard on either of these
bills you must:
1.)
FAX a SIGNED letter to the committee office or
2.)
Email a SIGNED letter as an attachment and
3.)
SUPPORT bill# or OPPOSE bill# (or SUPPORT bill#
WITH AMENDMENTS) must be the topic of your letter and appear in the body of
your letter.
SB 1262 will be heard by the California State Senate
Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development at 1 p.m.
on Monday, April 21, 2014. Their
fax number is (916) 266-9343 and email addresses to the committee chair, vice
chair, staff and the consultants for the committee are: senator.lieu@sen.ca.gov, senator.wyland@sen.ca.gov,
theodate.cline@sen.ca.gov, gv.ayers@sen.ca.gov, bill.gage@sen.ca.gov.
SB 1262 greatly restricts doctors and will make it difficult
to get a medical cannabis recommendation.
Read the bill here: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/13-14/bill/sen/sb_1251-1300/sb_1262_bill_20140221_introduced.htm
AB 1894 will be heard by the California State
Assembly Committee on Public Safety at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, April 22, 2014. Their fax number is (916) 319-3745 and
email addresses to the committee chair, vice chair, staff, and counsel for the
committee are: assemblymember.ammiano@assembly.ca.gov, curtis.notsinneh@asm.ca.gov,
assemblymember.melendez@assembly.ca.gov, Joshua.Hoover@asm.ca.gov, Sandy.Uribe@asm.ca.gov,
gregory.pagan@asm.ca.gov.
AB 1894 treats medical cannabis collectives like bars and night
clubs and puts enforcement under Alcohol Beverage Control; expensive fees,
fines and taxes expected. Read the
bill here: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/13-14/bill/asm/ab_1851-1900/ab_1894_bill_20140401_amended_asm_v98.htm
