Legislative Updates

SB 866

This bill would authorize a minor 15 years of age or older to consent to vaccines, without parent knowledge or consent.

The pressure is on because Senator Weiner needs 41 Ayes to pass SB866 out of the Assembly House.

SB 866 can be heard as soon as the this week on Assembly floor.

Email and call Assembly Members at their capitol and district office

• Call (D) Assembly member on roster list to ask for them to oppose. Give them the districts zip code when asked. Concentrate your calls on the (D) legislators.

  • Tell them to vote NO or ABSTAIN.

  • Call Capitol Offices Monday thru Thursday.

  • Call District Offices on Friday thru Sunday.

  • When calling, state your name and the district’s Zip code.

  • You can even call after hours to leave a message.

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AB 2098

This bill would designate the dissemination or promotion of misinformation or disinformation related to the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, or “COVID-19,” by a physician or surgeon as unprofessional conduct, allowing the Medical Board to take action against such physician or surgeon

AB 2098 passed Senate B,P, & Econ. Development committee on June 27th. has been referred to Senate Appropriation Committee.

Senate Appropriations Committee hearing: TBA

Action:

• Submit letter of opposition to Legislative Portal.

• Email and call Senate Appropriations at their capitol and district office

  • Call (D) Senate member on roster list to ask for them to oppose. Concentrate your calls on the (D) legislators.

    • Tell them to vote NO or ABSTAIN.

    • Call Capitol Offices Monday thru Thursday.

    • Call District Offices on Friday thru Sunday.

    • When calling, state your name and the district’s Zip code.

    • You can even call after hours to leave a message

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SB 1184

SB 1184 - Confidentiality of Medical Information Act, seals minors medical records from parents.

Assembly Health Committee Hearing Date: Tuesday, 06/28/22

Action:

• Attend hearing in person to give public comment.

• Submit letter of opposition to Legislative Portal.

• Email and call Assembly Health committee members at their capitol and district office.

  • Call (D) Assembly member on roster list to ask for them to oppose. Concentrate your calls on the (D) legislators.

    • Tell them to vote NO or ABSTAIN.

    • Call Capitol Offices Monday thru Thursday.

    • Call District Offices on Friday thru Sunday.

    • When calling, state your name and the district’s Zip code.

    • You can even call after hours to leave a message

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SB 1479

SB 1479 - COVID-19 testing in schools: indefinitely.

Assembly Education Committee Hearing Date: Wednesday, 06/29/22

Action:

• Attend hearing in person to give public comment.

• Email and Call Assembly Education Committee at their capitol and district office

  • Call Assembly member on roster list to ask for them to oppose. Concentrate your calls on the (D) legislators.

    • Tell them to vote NO or ABSTAIN.

    • Call Capitol Offices Monday thru Thursday.

    • Call District Offices on Friday thru Sunday.

    • When calling, state your name and the district’s Zip code.

    • You can even call after hours to leave a message.

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AB 1797

AB 1797 - Makes changes to the California Immunization Record Database for government agencies to require access to all vaccine records, especially COVID-19 vaccine for adults in addition to just students.

Senate Education Committee Hearing Date:Thursday, 06/30/22

Action:

• Attend hearing in person to give public comment. Or call in public comment.

• Submit letter of opposition to Legislative Portal.

• Call Senate Education Committee member on roster list to ask for them to oppose. Concentrate your calls on the (D) legislators.

  • Tell them to vote NO or ABSTAIN.

  • Call Capitol Offices Monday thru Thursday.

  • Call District Offices on Friday thru Sunday.

  • When calling, state your name and the district’s Zip code.

  • You can even call after hours to leave a message.

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SB 1419

SB 1419 - Health information of minors.

Assembly Judiciary Committee Hearing: TBA

• Submit letter of opposition to legislative portal.

• Email and call Assembly Judiciary members at their capitol and district office

  • Call (D) Assembly member on roster list to ask for them to oppose. Concentrate your calls on the (D) legislators.

    • Tell them to vote NO or ABSTAIN.

    • Call Capitol Offices Monday thru Thursday.

    • Call District Offices on Friday thru Sunday.

    • When calling, state your name and the district’s Zip code.

    • You can even call after hours to leave a message.

* Always maintain a professional tone and respect. Email all legislators, but focus calls on the (D) legislators.

SB866 Legal Announcement - June 21, 2022

Dear PERK Members, 

We have an important announcement to make regarding SB866. As you know, the PERK team has been aggressively fighting to stop SB866, the minor consent bill, from becoming law.  Our efforts have included a multi-faceted strategy that we have executed on for over 5 months. 

• We sent over 130,000 digital postcards to tens of thousands of constituents in key Assembly Member Districts.

• We launched an email campaign to all Assembly Members to abstain/oppose the bill.

• We anticipated the bill could quickly move to the Governor’s desk and preempted this with another campaign requesting a veto.

• We have been working closely with groups, including Attorney Nicole Pearson from Facts Law Truth Justice, and have prepared legal analysis, joint rebuttals, and strategic folders.

• We have flown to Sacramento, almost weekly, to fight for you and the children of California.

• We have joined forces on initiatives and projects with many wonderful organizations in unison and with purpose to defeat this bill.

• We have trained and coached many of you for district meetings.  We have provided you resources, talking points, graphics, and materials to support your voice.

• Out of necessity, some strategies have remained confidential to protect our ability to defeat the bill.

• We have led you, the people, with weekly, and sometimes daily calls to action.

 In January, we anticipated some of the California bills, if passed, may require legal action.  We have been preparing for this for 5 months.  Appropriately, the PERK team has alerted organizations who may be best fitted for legal action on certain bills. 

Last month, we were blessed and grateful to work with ICAN, who at a critical juncture with SB866, directed Aaron Siri to send co-sponsored legal letters on behalf of ICAN and PERK.  These legal letters were sent to Governor Newsom, The Assembly Committee on Rules, The Assembly Judiciary Committee, and all Assembly Members.

Though we feel confident that our relentless efforts at the capitol have shifted enough votes away from SB866 to block its passage, we all know how fast things can change inside the California Capitol.  That is why we are excited to announce the following: 

If SB866 passes the Assembly Floor and becomes California Law, ICAN and PERK are prepared to take swift legal action together.  We have kept this confidential until now.  We believe this is the best decision to protect California’s children.  We will work under the direction and leadership of ICAN and their lead counsel, Aaron Siri, who recently won a similar ‘minor consent case’ in Washington D.C.    

Sincerely,

Amy Bohn

PERK President & Co-Founder

Keep the pressure on!

Take action now to oppose SB866!

June 6th, 2022

What an adventure today at the California capitol! We have a lot to share. Monday, we were prepared, in case SB866 was voted on the assembly floor. It was in the daily file, however, SB866 was not voted on today.

We see this as a very positive thing.

It’s possible they didn’t have enough votes to pass the bill. It’s also possible tomorrow’s primaries were a factor. We discussed this with many assembly members and capitol staff, who agreed with both possible reasons.

The best part of this day was the coordinated effort among a group of us, who met with Assembly Member after Assembly Member, who publicly told us they were a “NO” or “ABSTAIN” on this bill. At least 10 were Democrats!

The day started with Attorney Nicole Pearson sitting on the airplane flight to Sacramento with 4 legislators, including Assemblywomen Quirk Silva and Davies! Assembly member Silva had in hand the incredible folder PERK and FLTJ put together analyzing the bill. We hand delivered this folder to dozens of legislators, over the past few weeks.

Here are the encouraging results, as you, the people of California, are taking action, with us, and pushing back on SB866:

The phones were ringing off the hook! Please don’t stop calling.

Your district meetings worked and influenced votes. Keep it up!

The action link PERK sent out on Friday, as of this moment, has almost 6,000 submissions from constituents, which has sent over 480,000 emails to the CA Assembly Members! Please keep sharing.

Other Assembly Members are still on the fence. We cannot let up! We started an email campaign for the Governor, as well, because, we are all tired of waiting and being reactionary. We are going on the offensive. If this bill had actually passed today, it could have been at the Governor’s desk in minutes. We are not willing to sit back and wait for amendments. Past amendments have only made more problems for the future. Frankly, there aren’t any amendments that will make this bill better, nor will amendments truly protect all of California children!

This bill could be brought to the floor on Thursday. However, the next most likely day would be next Monday.

We are fighting with everything we have. You are all standing side by side, with us, to defeat this bill! We can do this. The action steps remain!

Sincerely,

Amy Bohn

PERK President

Reminder

What you are doing is working! The pressure from your action is being felt by legislators. Keep the pressure on. If you have already submitted the emails, then keep calling and tagging legislators on social media. Recruit others to take the action steps below.

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ACTION STEPS

NO oN SB 866

Our one click email campaign has sent over 174,000 emails to Assembly members in the last 48 hours. The number of emails are increasing by the hour. We need you take the following action steps.

It takes less than one minute to submit this email, which will go to all the Assembly Members. It asks them to vote no or abstain on SB866 when it’s brought to the Assembly Floor. Click here to take action.

Actions details you can take to push back!

Tuesday, June 7th to Thursday, June 9th

• Call Assembly member’s capitol offices to leave message of opposition. State your name, that you oppose SB 866, and to vote No or ABSTAIN on SB 866.

• Call Governor Newsom to ask him to Veto SB 866 if it reaches his desk. (916) 445-2841

• Email Assembly members. It takes less than one minute to submit this email, which will go to all the Assembly Members. It asks them to vote no or abstain on SB866 when it’s brought to the Assembly Floor. Click here to take action.

• Email Governor Newsom asking him to veto SB866 if it makes it to his desk. Click here to tell the Governor to Veto the bill.

• Tag Assembly Members and Governor Newsom @GavinNewsom and Jennifer Newsom @JenSiebelNewsom, on social media with this Parent Video speaking out against SB866. Assembly Member Social Media Handles.

The age of 12 is too young for medical consent

Target calls to these 28 Assembly members (27 Democrats and 1 independent). Tell them to vote NO or ABSTAIN on SB 866.

Joaquin Arambula of Fresno County 916-319-2031 and 559-445-5532
Tasha Boerner-Horvath of north San Diego County 916-319-2076 and 760-434-7605
Ken Cooley of Sacramento County 916-319-2008 and 916-464-1910
Jim Cooper is running for sheriff of Sacramento County 916-319-2009 and 916-670-7888
Tom Daly of central Orange County 916-319-2069 and 714-939-8469
Mike Fong of Monterey Park to Arcadia in L.A. County 916-319-2049 and 323-264-4949
Eduardo Garcia of Imperial and Riverside counties 916-319-2056 and 760-347-2360
Mike Gipson of South-Central Los Angeles 916-319-2064 and 310-324-6408
Adam Gray is running for the new Central Valley congressional seat that includes West Modesto, Ceres, Patterson and Newman among other central and eastern Stanislaus County communities 916-319-2021 and 209-726-5465
Timothy Grayson of northeast Contra Costa County 916-319-2014 and 925-521-1511
Jacqui Irwin of southwest Ventura County 916-319-2044 and 805-482-1904
Brian Maienschein of north San Diego 916-319-2077 and 858-675-0077
Chad Mayes (independent) of Palm Springs/Yucca Valley/Yucaipa 916-319-2042 and 760-346-6342
Al Muratsuchi of the Los Angeles South Bay 916-319-2066 and 310-375-0691
Adrin Nazarian of Van Nuys 916-319-2046 and 818-376-4246
Patrick O’Donnell of Long Beach 916-319-2070 and 562-429-0470
Cottie Petrie-Norris of coastal Orange County 916-319-2074 and 949-251-0074
Sharon Quirk-Silva of Fullerton/Buena Park/Anaheim 916-319-2065 and 714-525-6515
James Ramos of Redlands/Loma Linda/Highland/north San Bernardino and Rancho Cucamonga 916-319-2040 and 909-476-5023
Eloise Reyes of San Bernardino/Rialto/Fontana 916-319-2047 and 909-381-3238
Luz Rivas of northeast San Fernando Valley 916-319-2039 and 818-504-3911
Robert Rivas of Monterey, San Benito, and San Cruz counties and Gilroy 916-319-2030 and 831-759-8676
Freddie Rodriguez of Ontario/Chino/Pomona 916-319-2052 and 909-902-9606
Blanca Rubio of Azusa/Glendora/Covina and other east L.A. County communities 916-319-2048 and 626-960-4457
Miguel Santiago of downtown Los Angeles 916-319-2053 and 213-620-4646
Rudy Salas is running for a new congressional seat covering parts of Fresno, Kern, Kings, and Tulare counties 916-319-2032 and 661-335-0302
Carlos Villapudua of Stockton and Tracy 916-319-2013 and 209-948-7479
Lori Wilson of Fairfield/Vacaville/Rio Vista/Antioch/Brentwood 916-319-2011

SB 866 has passed Assembly Judiciary Committee. Time for action!

SB 866 has passed Assembly Judiciary Committee

Ayes: 6 Noes: 4 Noes

Video of Assembly Judiciary Hearing

It could be voted on by the full Assembly as early as Monday June 6th! Tell Assembly members to vote NO or ABSTAIN on SB 866!

We are asking for all people and organizations in California to take action. In addition to calling and emailing, we are encouraging people to respectfully go to your state Assembly member's district office this Friday, June 3. Appeal to their heart, emotions, and sound reason. First and foremost, you are a concerned parent and constituent. As you may already know, SB866 passed the Assembly Judiciary Committee on Wednesday with bipartisan opposition. Note: Principal coauthor Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks, not normally on the Judiciary Committee, was placed in the vacant Democrat seat, ensuring the extra vote needed to pass this committee. SB866 could be brought to the Assembly floor for vote as soon as this Monday.

NOW is the time to act. SB866 is a bill that will allow minors 12+ to be vaccinated without parent knowledge and consent. Bill authors reason that this is just expanding the health rights that minors already have. But really, this bill exposes children to unnecessary risk and coercion.

On Friday, June 3rd Legislators will be in their local offices.

1. Print out info graphics and handouts. We have provided templates to print off if needed.

2. Bring these documents to your state assembly members at their district offices. Find their information here: https://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov

• If your Assembly member is not available, you may ask to speak with the district director or staffer in charge of SB866. Ask for their business card and for them to confirm with you that your documents are hand delivered to your Assembly member.

3. Ask them to vote no or abstain on SB866 on the Assembly floor.

Tell them:

• The bill is illegal and violates Federal Law. The bill is already being targeted for litigation if it passes, as a similar bill from last year in Washington DC was struck down by a Federal Judge, without appeal.

• This bill does not uphold democratic values. We want to uplift and empower women, but this bill silences women as mothers. This bill will also have the most impact on minority communities, assuming they cannot be educated to make the best decisions for their children.

• Parents of adolescents know that when their children get sick, they ask their parents for help. Any medical care children can get without parent consent is only for issues that need immediate care. Legislators have already shown the science regarding vaping: Children are not capable of making sound risk/benefit decisions without being influenced by peer pressure and coercion.

Tips:

First and foremost, you are a concerned constituent and/or parent. Appeal to your legislator by presenting yourself in a calm, concerned manner, and win them over by having them connect with the concerns you present.

Ask your legislator to vote no or abstain on SB866 on the assembly floor. We do not recommend asking for amendments to this bill. Click here for numerous resources, graphics, templates, and support for you to utilize if you choose.

If you cannot respectfully present your concerns to your legislator in person (I.E.: you feel strong emotions that can lead to emotional or aggressive outburst), it may be a better option to call their local office and ask for the district director or legislative director. Ask for their email address so you can send a PDF copy of the info graphic and documents along with your ask to vote no or abstain on SB866 on the assembly floor. The goal is to win them over, and move them to vote in our favor.

Click here for resources and graphics to support your meeting.

Sincerely,

PERK Team

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ACTION STEPS

1. Thursday, June 2nd

   • Call Capitol offices.

   • Email legislators directly voicing your opposition.

2. Friday, June, 3rd

   • Call District offices.

3. Leave messages over the weekend.

4. Meet with Assembly Members.

5. Share these action steps with everyone, every business, and every organization. We need all hands on deck.

Please leave anonymous voicemails if not in district, 8pm to 8am and all weekend at their capitol offices and district offices. Remember when calling, to keep a professional but firm tone. Ask them to vote NO or ABSTAIN.

TIPS:

When contacting legislators:

• Call (D) Senators or Assembly members on roster list.

  • Give them the districts zip code when asked.

  • Tell them to vote NO or ABSTAIN on these bills.

• Call (R) Assembly members to thank them for opposing this bill and to speak up on Assembly floor.

• When calling, state your name and the district’s zip code. You can even call after hours to leave a message, if you are not in district so your calls will not be “trashed”.

• Fridays call district offices (as the legislators are in their district office.)

Concentrate on the (D) legislators: Call and email directly these legislators to oppose SB 866, call district offices on Friday. Then both Capitol and district offices all weekend through Tuesday.

Sample Script:

Hello,

My name is _______, I [live, work, own a business] in Assembly member_____district. I strongly oppose SB 866, lowering the age of consent to vaccination to age 12. I am demanding assembly member__________ oppose this bill.

Thank you.

Target these 28 Assembly floor 27 Democrats and 1 independent

Joaquin Arambula 916-319-2031, 559-445-5532 (district)
Tasha Boerner-Horvath  916-319-2076, 760-434-7605
Ken Cooley  916-319-2008 and 916-464-1910
Jim Cooper 916-319-2009, 916-670-7888
Tom Daly 916-319-2069, 714-939-8469
Mike Fong 916-319-2049, 323-264-4949
Eduardo Garcia 916-319-2056,760-347-2360
Mike Gipson  916-319-2064 and 310-324-6408
Adam Gray 916-319-2021 and 209-726-5465
Timothy Grayson 916-319-2014 and 925-521-1511
Jacqui Irwin 916-319-2044 and 805-482-1904
Brian Maienschein 916-319-2077 and 858-675-0077
Chad Mayes  916-319-2042 and 760-346-6342
Al Muratsuchi 916-319-2066 and 310-375-0691
Adrin Nazarian 916-319-2046 and 818-376-4246
Patrick O’Donnell 916-319-2070 and 562-429-0470
Cottie Petrie-Norris 916-319-2074 and 949-251-0074
Sharon Quirk-Silva  916-319-2065 and 714-525-6515
James Ramos 916-319-2040 and 909-476-5023
Eloise Reyes 916-319-2047 and 909-381-3238
Luz Rivas 916-319-2039 and 818-504-3911
Robert Rivas 916-319-2030 and 831-759-8676
Freddie Rodriguez 916-319-2052 and 909-902-9606
Blanca Rubio 916-319-2048 and 626-960-4457
Miguel Santiago 916-319-2053 and 213-620-4646
Rudy Salas 916-319-2032 and 661-335-0302
Carlos Villapudua  916-319-2013 and 209-948-7479
Lori Wilson 916-319-2011

Please feel free to reach out and thank Asm Maienschein (D), Cunningham (R), Davies (R), and Kiley (R), who voted no.

SB 866 Action steps for May 30th to June3rd.

CALL TO ACTION.

SB 866 will be heard in the Assembly Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, June 1st at 8:30am. It is first on the agenda. This is the only committee before going to the Assembly floor, then Governor’s desk. They are trying to fast track this bill. We must stop this now. Judiciary committee has 7 democrat legislators that we need to persuade to vote NO or ABSTAIN.

LOBBYING AT THE CAPITOL THIS WEEK.

Tuesday and Wednesday we will be at the Capitol meeting with almost 80 Assembly people to lobby against SB 866.

ACTION STEPS YOU CAN DO:

Monday, May 30th

• It is a holiday, but you still call to leave a message at Capitol offices. Tell them in a firm but professional tone to vote NO or ABSTAIN on SB 866

• Submit your letter of opposition to legislative portal (Deadline has passed for bill analysis but can still be in legislative record.)

• Directly email Assembly Judiciary Committee members to be sure they receive your opposition.

• In addition to calls and emails, please take part in #NOonSB866 Video Campaign

Tuesday, May 31st

• ALL DAY. Call and email the Assembly Judiciary Committee Members in their Capitol offices. Ask them to "VOTE NO or ABSTAIN" on SB866.

• Submit your letter of opposition to legislative portal and email legislator directly to be sure they receive it.

Wednesday, June 1st

• Attend hearing in person. If you live in the Sacramento area, please attend Wednesday hearing.

• Voice your opposition to SB 866 during public comment. Hearing is Wednesday, June 1, at 8:30am in Room 447 of the State Capitol Building. See convenient parking at 10th and L

• Call in to the Assembly Judiciary Committee hearing to lodge your opposition to the bill on the record.

Sample Script:

Hello,

My name is _______, I [live, work, own a business] in Assembly member_____district. I strongly oppose SB 866, lowering the age of consent to vaccination to age 12. I am demanding assembly member__________ oppose this bill.

Thank you.

SB 866 Talking Points

PHONE CALL TIPS:

When contacting legislators:

• Call (D) Senators or Assembly members on roster list.

  • Give them the districts zip code when asked.

  • Tell them to vote NO or ABSTAIN on these bills.

• Call after hours to leave a message if you are not in district, so your calls will be trashed. Simply state your name and opposition.

• Fridays call district offices (as the legislators are in their home offices.

Concentrate on the (D) legislators: Call and email directly these legislators to oppose SB 866, call district offices on Friday. Then both Capitol and district offices all weekend through Tuesday.

Assembly Judiciary Committee Members:

Stone, Mark (Chair) D

assemblymember.stone@assembly.ca.gov

(916) 319-2029 (capitol) (831) 425-1503, (831) 649-2832

Bloom, Richard - D
guy.strahl@asm.ca.gov
(916) 319-2050 (capitol) (310) 450-0041 (district)

Haney, Matt - D

assemblymember.haney@assembly.ca.gov

(916) 319-2017 (capitol) (415) 557-3013 (district)

Kalra, Ash D

assemblymember.kalra@assembly.ca.gov

(916) 319-2027 (capitol) (408) 277-1220 (district)

Maienschein, Brian D

assemblymember.maienschein@assembly.ca.gov

(916) 319-2077 (capitol) (858) 675-0077 (district)

Reyes, Eloise Gómez D

assemblymember.reyes@assembly.ca.gov

(916) 319-2047 (capitol) (909) 381-3238 (district)

Rivas, Robert D

assemblymember.rrivas@assembly.ca.gov

(916) 319-2030 (capitol) (831) 759-8676, (831) 759-8676, (831) 256-1272 (districts)

*You can email and call (R) legislators to thank them for opposing this bill and ask them to stand up for you.Expose this bad bill. Ask questions of opposition witnesses."

Kevin Kiley (916) 319-2006

Jordan Cunningham (916) 319-2035

Laurie Davies (916) 319-2073