SB140 Quick Review - Northern California

SB140 Quick Review - Northern California:

SFATA NorCal and SoCal would wish to thank everyone who attended the Senate Health Committee hearing on Senator Leno’s SB 140 bill last Wednesday in Sacramento, CA. We were touched by the huge turnout in California and can’t express this any clearer than to say, wevery much appreciate you being there with us, in force! We lost count and doing a sign-up sheet wasn’t cutting it but our best estimate was that there were well over 150 of us gathered there that day.

The view I had from the witness stand might have been slightly different from the rest but, let me tell you, when the committee chairman asked who wished to voice their opposition and everyone, more than 80% of the audience, all at once, rose out of their chairs… that was a sight to behold and a strong visual that I’ll never forget.

The battle on SB 140 isn’t over yet, though. As it passed the committee with a majority vote (and not unanimously as some have stated incorrectly) the bill will now move on to the Senate Appropriations committee. In the meantime we will continue working on the bill with everything we’ve got. I got a lot of questions when it will come up on the agenda and the simple answer is, nobody knows. It could be a few weeks. It could be a few months. Keep in mind that California has legislative sessions that span a full two years.

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