Arnold Schwarzenegger in CA legislative records
On Civil Rights:
Expand civil right act to cover orientation & gender
Legislative Summary: AB1400: The Unruh Civil Rights Act prohibits business establishments from discriminating on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, or medical condition. This bill would
further prohibit that discrimination on the basis of marital status or sexual orientation.Bay Area Reporter analysis: The Civil Rights Act of 2005 adds sexual orientation, gender, and marital status to the
Unruh Act, explicitly strengthening nondiscrimination protections to clarify that businesses that provide services, goods or accommodations to the public cannot discriminate against LGBT people.
Legislative Outcome:
Passed Senate 22-16-2 on Aug/22/05; Passed Assembly 48-29-2 on Aug/29/05; Signed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Sep/29/05
Source: Cal. Youth Connection on California AB1400 voting records
Sep 29, 2005
On Education:
Maintain foster care past 18 if finishing high school
Legislative Summary: AB1633: This bill would extend the opportunity to remain in foster care placement beyond the age of 18 years to a foster child who is pursuing a high school equivalency certificate.
California Youth Connection analysis: This new law reinforces the need for everyone working with foster youth to educate youth about their education rights
and available resources so that youth receive the help they need to graduate and are able to advocate for themselves.
Legislative Outcome:
Passed Senate 29-11-0 on Aug/23/05; Passed Assembly 53-25-1 on Aug/29/05; Signed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Oct/7/05
Source: Cal. Youth Connection on California AB1633 voting records
Oct 7, 2005
On Energy & Oil:
Cut greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020
California Proposition 23, the Suspension of AB 32 (2010)- Proposition 23, which would have suspended AB 32, the "Global Warming Act of 2006," was on the Nov. 2, 2010 ballot in California as an initiated state statute, where it was defeated.
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AB 32 was passed by the California State Legislature and signed by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
- AB 32 required that greenhouse gas emission levels in the state be cut to 1990 levels by 2020.
- In their campaigns for and against Proposition 23, supporters
and opponents each adopted nicknames for the measure clarifying their respective views of it. Supporters called Proposition 23 the California Jobs Initiative, and opponents called it the Dirty Energy Proposition. Supporters of the measure filed a
lawsuit that resulted in a change to the measure's title and summary.
- Legislative outcome:
- AB 32 passed Senate 23-14-3 on 8/30/06; passed House 47-32-0 on 8/31/06; approved by Gov. Schwarzenegger, 9/27/06
Source: Ballotpedia.org on California ballot measure voting records
Sep 27, 2006
On Health Care:
Discount drugs to 6 million low-income Californians
In 2006, a bill [proposed] to provide healthcare to all children throughout the state. It soon ran into a number of obstacles--thanks in large part to the drug companies, which had provided hundreds of thousands to Arnold's election campaign and retained
considerable influence. Yet Arnold forged an impressive deal with the Democrats to provide discount drugs to 6 million low-income Californians. It was a bill he himself had blocked for nearly three years and another sign of the post-partisan era.
Source: The Governator, p.297, on Calif.Voting Record AB 2377
Oct 12, 2010
On Technology:
Ban motorists from holding cell phones while driving
Legislative Summary: SB1613: This bill would make it an infraction to drive a motor vehicle while using a wireless telephone, unless that telephone is configured to allow hands-free operation, and is used in that manner while driving.
Los Angeles Times analysis: California became the fourth state in the U.S. to ban motorists from holding cell phones while driving. Though the only official opponent of the bill was the Sprint-Nextel cellular phone company, several
lawmakers argued that the act of conversing--not of holding a phone--is the real distraction to drivers. Some Republican lawmakers criticized the bill as "nanny government."
Legislative Outcome:
Passed Assembly 78-0-1 on Aug/24/06; Passed Senate 21-16-3 on Aug/31/06; Signed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Sep/15/06
Source: Los Angeles Times on California SB1613 voting records
Sep 15, 2006
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