IMPORTANT ACTION STEPS Week of April 25th

IMPORTANT ACTION STEPS

Week of April 25th

AB 2098, AB 1797 & SB 1479

All hands on deck. We continue to have success defeating the bad bills in CA. There are three targeted actions you can take this week. If possible, we encourage you to do all three. Email, Call, and Attend in Person. Detailed instructions below. Thank you for answering our call.

Call

Make their phones ring ‘off the hook’. Call to ask them to vote “NO” or “Abstain” on AB 2098, SB 1390, SB 1479, and AB 1797. Call in your opposition to both District and Capitol Committee Member Offices on Monday April 25th and Tuesday April 26th. Each bill is listed with phone list for the committee members assigned to its hearing and dates.

Call and email (D) legislators.

Email (R) legislators.

AB 2098 Physicians and surgeons: unprofessional conduct (Low)

• Phone list here: ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS CONTACT LIST

• 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 these doctors.

• Call Assembly Appropriations members to voice you opposition now until hearing.

• Assembly Appropriations Committee hearing: TBA

• Call and Meet with your local Assembly Member or their staff voicing your opposition. https://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/ 

AB 1797 Development of a state immunization registry (Weber)

• Phone list here: Assembly Health Committee Members Contact List and Assembly Education Committee phone list.

• AB 1797 would merge the three CA Immunization Registry tracking systems to create one statewide system and all vaccines will be required to be entered into the CA Immunization Registry (CAIR). Schools and other entities would have access to all vaccine records, including adults.

• Call Assembly Health Committee now and until Monday April 25th.

• Call Assembly Education Committee members now and until Tuesday April 26th.

• Assembly Health Committee hearing Tuesday April 26th at 1:30 pm. Give public comment on Tuesday April 25, at 1:30pm in person in Rm 1100 or call in (877) 692-8957; Code: 18501100

• Assembly Education Committee hearing on Wednesday April 27, at 1:30pm. Give public comment in person on Wednesday April 26, at 1:30pm in Rm 1100

SB 1390- Social media disinformation (PAN)

April 26 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.

• Phone list here: Senate Judiciary contact list.

• This bill would prohibit a social media platform, as defined, from amplifying harmful content in a manner that results in a user viewing harmful content from another user with whom the user did not choose to share a connection. The bill would provide that harmful content includes libel or slander, as specified, threats of imminent violence against governmental entities, and disinformation or misinformation, including, but not limited to, false or misleading information regarding medicine or vaccinations, false or misleading information regarding elections, and conspiracy theories.

• Call Senate Judiciary Committee members now until Monday April 25th.

• Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing date: April 26 at 1:30pm

SB 1479 COVID-19 testing in schools: COVID-19 testing plans (Pan)

• Phone list here: Senate Education Committee contact list.

• Call Committee members, Monday April 25th and Tuesday April 26th to ask them to vote NO.

• Senate Education Committee Hearing is on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at 9:00am

Email

The deadlines to submit your opposition letter through the Legislative Portal to for the bill analysis has passed for AB 2098, AB 1797, SB 1479 and SB 1464.

To make an impact, you must email your opposition directly to Committee Members now until hearing dates.

Click on all three links below for an easy one step email to all committee members.

• AB 1797 - Email (now until Monday April 25th) the Assembly Health and Education Committee Members. https://secure.everyaction.com/qZSmetPckU-t_iQHhYCZCQ2  *

• SB 1464 – Email (now until hearing) the Senate Health Committee Members. https://secure.everyaction.com/2f4_R3QgZUakdvsutejw8Q2 *

• SB 1479 - Email (now until Tuesday April 26th) the Senate Education Committee Members: https://secure.everyaction.com/fUqtN0PhiUecyPqhk2MkNw2 *

*One click links provided by A VOICE FOR CHOICE ADVOCACY

• AB 2098 - Email Assembly Appropriations Committee members.

  • Will be heard on the Assembly floor mid-May. Email your Assembly member.

Attend or call in public comment during hearings.

Hearing calendar gives you the date, time and location. Or click on bill hyperlink to be directed to committee for call in information.

List of bills to oppose and Talking Point Compilation from all organizations.

OTHER BILLS TO OPPOSE

SB 1419 Health Information (Becker)

Prohibit the representative of a minor from inspecting the minor’s patient record when the records relate to certain services, including medical care related to the prevention or treatment of pregnancy, as specified.

Senate Judiciary Committee- Passed

Referred to Senate Appropriations Committee.  

Senate floor mid-May

Contact your local State Senator to voice your opposition. (https://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/). 

Legislative Updates

ON HOLD/POSTPONED/CANCELLED

SB 1390 Social media disinformation (PAN) - April 26 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.

• Phone list here: Senate Judiciary contact list.

• This bill would prohibit a social media platform, as defined, from amplifying harmful content in a manner that results in a user viewing harmful content from another user with whom the user did not choose to share a connection. The bill would provide that harmful content includes libel or slander, as specified, threats of imminent violence against governmental entities, and disinformation or misinformation, including, but not limited to, false or misleading information regarding medicine or vaccinations, false or misleading information regarding elections, and conspiracy theories.

• Call Senate Judiciary Committee members now until Monday April 25th.

• Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing date: April 26 at 1:30pm

SB 1464 Law Enforcement of public health orders (PAN)***

• ON HOLD. Senate Health Committee hearing. Senator Richard Pan put SB 1464 ON HOLD.  This was due to the overwhelming opposition from law enforcement groups throughout the state.  On hold does NOT mean this bill is dead or defeated.

• This bill would require those sheriffs and peace officers to enforce the public health orders. The bill would additionally prohibit state funds from being provided to any law enforcement agency that publicly announces that they will oppose, or adopts a policy to oppose, a public health order. If funds are withheld, those funds would instead be reallocated to the county public health department of the county in which the law enforcement agency operates for public health purposes.

NO DATE YET

SB 866 Minors: vaccine consent (Pan) – 12 Year Old Minor Consent to Vaccination Without Parental Consent:

A minor 12 years of age or older may consent to a vaccine that is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration and meets the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (ACIP) without the consent of the parent or guardian of the minor.

Senate Judiciary Committee.  No hearing date confirmed

Submit your opposition letter before Tuesday, April 26 to the Senate Judiciary Committee here: https://calegislation.lc.ca.gov/Advocates/

BILLS GOING TO COMMITTEE HEARING

AB 2098
Physicians and surgeons: unprofessional conduct (Low)

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.

Assembly: Business and Professions Committee Hearing Date: April 19- Passed

Assembly Appropriations Committee: TBD

Contact Assembly Appropriations Committee to tell them to vote NO or ABSTAIN.

SB 1479

COVID19 testing in schools: COVID19 testing plans (PAN)

Requires schools to continue COVID19 testing. This bill would require each school district, county office of education, and charter school to create a COVID-19 testing plan and designate one staff member to report information on its COVID-19 testing program to the department.

Senate Health Committee Hearing: March 30 at 1pm - PASSED COMMITTEE

Senate Education Committee Hearing: April 27th 9am

Contact Senate Education Committee to tell them to vote NO or ABSTAIN.

AB 1797
Development of a state immunization registry (Weber)

Would merge the three CA Immunization Registry tracking systems to create one statewide system and all vaccines will be required to be entered into the CA Immunization Registry (CAIR). Schools and other entities would have access to all vaccine records, rather than just those of their students/patients or the particular vaccines required for school.

Assembly Health Committee Hearing: April 19th (pending re-refer to Com. on ED.) 04/21/22 Assembly Rule 56 suspended. 04/19/22 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

New Hearing Dates:

Assembly Health Committee: Tuesday April 26, at 1:30pm

Assembly Education Committee: Wednesday April 27, at 1:30pm

Contact both Assembly Health and Education Committee to tell them to vote NO or ABSTAIN.

BILLS GOING TO FLOOR VOTE

SB-1100

Open meetings: orderly conduct. (Cortese)

Senate Bill 1100 allows the members of a legislative body to remove individuals who willfully interrupt their meeting. The measure defines willful interruption as intentionally engaging in behavior that substantially impairs or renders infeasible the orderly conduct of the meeting in accordance with law and applicable rules. It includes, but is not limited to: (1) a failure to comply with reasonable regulations prohibiting force, threats of force, or intimidation; and (2) a threat against another person’s free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to them by the state and federal constitutions or law.

Senate Com. on GOV. & F.: Committee: Passed March 9

Sen Judiciary Committee Hearing Date: Passed April 19

Senate Floor Vote: TBD

Contact your local Senate Member to voice your opposition and demand they vote NO or ABSTAIN. (https://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/). 

SB 1184

Confidentiality of Medical Information Act: school-linked services coordinators

This bill will change the California Medical Privacy act to authorize a health care provider or service plan to disclose your child’s medical information to a school-linked services coordinator.

Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing Date: April 5th - Passed

Going to Senate Floor for vote: TBD

Contact your local Senate Member to voice your opposition and demand they vote NO or ABSTAIN. (https://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/). 

ACTION STEPS for hearings SB 1464, AB 2098, AB 1797, SB 1100 in the week of April 19th and April 20th.

IMPORTANT ACTION STEPS

Week of April 19th and April 20th for 4 Bills

SB 1464, AB 2098, AB 1797, SB 1100

All hands on deck. We continue to have success defeating the bad bills in CA. There are three targeted actions you can take this week. If possible, we encourage you to do all three. Email, Call, and Attend in Person. Detailed instructions below. Thank you for answering our call.

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Call

Make their phones ring ‘off the hook’. Call all day Monday April 18th: ask them to vote “NO” or “Abstain” on AB 2098, SB1100, AB 1797. Call in your opposition to both District and Capitol Committee Member Offices on Monday April 18th and Tuesday April 19th. Each bill is listed with phone list for the committee members assigned to its hearing.

AB 2098 Physicians and surgeons: unprofessional conduct (Low)

• Phone list here: Assembly Business and Professions Committee Members

• 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 these doctors.

• AB 2098 - Assembly Business and Professions Committee hearing Tuesday April 19th at 9am.

SB-1100 Open meetings: orderly conduct. (Cortese)

• Phone list here: Senate Judiciary Committee Member Phone List.

• SB1100 allows the members of a legislative body to remove individuals who willfully interrupt or disrupt their meeting.

• Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday April 19th at 1:30pm.

AB 1797 Development of a state immunization registry (Weber)

• Phone list here: Assembly Health Committee Members Phone List

• AB 1797 would merge the three CA Immunization Registry tracking systems to create one statewide system and all vaccines will be required to be entered into the CA Immunization Registry (CAIR). Schools and other entities would have access to all vaccine records, including adults.

• Assembly Health Committee hearing Tuesday April 19th at 1:30 pm.

SB 1464 Law Enforcement of public health orders (PAN)***

• Call all day Monday April 18th AND Tuesday April 19th.

• Phone list here: Senate Health Committee Member Phone List.

• This bill would instead require those sheriffs and peace officers to enforce the public health orders. The bill would additionally prohibit state funds from being provided to any law enforcement agency that publicly announces that they will oppose, or adopts a policy to oppose, a public health order. If funds are withheld, those funds would instead be reallocated to the county public health department of the county in which the law enforcement agency operates for public health purposes.

• Senate Health Committee hearing April 20th at 1:00 pm.

Email

The deadlines to submit your opposition letter through the Legislative Portal to for the bill analysis has passed for AB 2098, SB 1100, AB 1797, and SB 1464.

To make an impact, you must email your opposition directly to Committee Members now until hearing dates April 19th and 20th.

Click on all three links below for an easy one step email to all committee members.

• AB 1797 - Email the Assembly Health Committee Members. https://secure.everyaction.com/qZSmetPckU-t_iQHhYCZCQ2  

• AB 2098 - Email the Assembly Business and Professions Committee Members. https://secure.everyaction.com/XdxB1leoFEaTQpqUz5ryjQ2

• SB 1464 – Email the Senate Health Committee Members. https://secure.everyaction.com/2f4_R3QgZUakdvsutejw8Q2

*Links provided by A VOICE FOR CHOICE ADVOCACY

Attend or call in public comment during hearings.

Hearing calendar gives you the date, time and location. Or click on bill hyperlink to be directed to committee for call in information.

List of bills to oppose and Talking Point Compilation from all organizations.

SB 871 has been put on hold!

SB 871 has been PULLED!

Dear PERK Members,

SB871 is one of the worst bills, mandating children 0-17 to receive the Covid-19 vaccine and removing all personal belief exemptions. PERK team has called Senator Pan’s office directly and are working closely with other colleagues and Capitol contacts. According to Pan’s capitol staff, SB 871 was pulled. The bill is officially DEAD if it doesn’t get scheduled for the next two weeks. We will still stay vigilant. However, moments ago, the Capitol staff did state, “that it’s dead.” We expect an announcement soon.

We are winning because of you! Thank you! You answered our call to send letters of opposition and your non-stop pressure created this result. We are SO proud to work with you and honored that PERK can be one of the leading groups sounding the alarm this year. You are our heroes. You did not back down. The parents, the people, your calls, your emails, your texts, your donations, all the people who made their voice loud and clear that we would not accept this bill, nor amendments. Our children are our future.

We cannot win in this work without you taking the actions we ask you to take.

Thank you with all my heart!

Amy Bohn

President of PERK

*California Department of Public Health announced April 14th, 2022, (hours after Senator Pan’s statement) that it would be delaying any requirement of the COVID-19 vaccine for schools until at least the 2023-2024 school year (https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OPA/Pages/NR22-073.aspx).  If this requirement is implemented on schools by the CDPH, it would allow for a Personal Belief Exemptions. 

STAY VIGILANT

Keep up the pressure on SB871 (mandate on children) for the next two weeks. Let’s make sure that bill stays away for good. Click on the link and send in opposition letters.

Keep up the pressure on SB866 (lowering the age of consent to minors for the covid shot) for the next two weeks. Click on the link and send in opposition letters.

Keep up the pressure on SB1464 (law enforcement bill) for the next two weeks. Click on the link and send in opposition letters. Alert ALL law enforcement to take this action, too.

Legislative Update

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SB 1464 - Law enforcement of public health orders (PAN)

*April 6th, 2022 at the beginning of hearing, Senator Pan called to reschedule the hearing. We do not have a new hearing date yet.

This bill would instead require those sheriffs and peace officers to enforce the public health orders. By expanding the duties of local law enforcement, this bill would create a state-mandated local program. The bill would additionally prohibit state funds from being provided to any law enforcement agency that publicly announces that they will oppose, or adopts a policy to oppose, a public health order.

Senate Health and Public Safety Committees

Senate Health Hearing: April 6th at 1pm - Rescheduled

SB 920 - Medical Board of California: investigations: record requests.

Bill pulled by author.

Sen Melissa Hurtado sent out a press release, that she is pulling SB 920 https://sd14.senate.ca.gov/news/press-release/hurtado-releases-statement-her-decision-pull-senate-bill-920.

*The posting of a new hearing date on the Senate website for April 26th was a clerical error by the Senate Judicial committee. There is no new hearing date. As of right now the bill has been pulled.

SB 1479 - COVID19 testing in schools: COVID19 testing plans (PAN)

Requires schools to continue COVID19 testing.

Contact the Senate Education Committee members with your opposition.

Senate Health Committee Hearing: March 30 at 1pm - PASSED COMMITTEE

Senate Education Committee Hearing: April 27

*Continue to call and email the committee members with your opposition



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Opposition Letter Reminder

YOUR LETTERS TO THE LEGISLATIVE PORTAL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. GET THEM SUBMITTED BY THE DEADLINES TO BE INCLUDED IN BILL ANALYSIS. ENCOURAGE ALL ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES TO DO THE SAME.

Please don’t wait until the last minute.
The deadlines to submit an opposition letter:

• AB 2098- Physicians and surgeons: unprofessional conduct:

  Monday April 11th by 5pm (8 days before the hearing at 5:00 pm)

• AB 1797 - Development of a state immunization registry:

  Tuesday April 12th by 12pm

• SB 920 - Medical Board: investigations:

  Monday April 19th by 5pm

• SB 1390 - Social media disinformation:

  April 19th by 12pm

• SB 1479 - Covid-19 testing in schools:

  April 22nd by 12pm

Other bills to submit opposition now:

• SB 866 Minors: vaccine consent (Wiener)

• SB 871 Public health: immunizations (Pan)

List of bills to oppose and Talking Point Compilation from all organizations.

Submit all your opposition letters for each bill to the Legislative Portal. Please keep all submissions in a professional tone, tailor to the respective committee and limit to one page. Please encourage all medical professionals and organizations to also submit letters of opposition.

Instructions and link to submit letters here.

Also, email each committee member individually to voice your opposition.