GovernorSigned into law a bill (AB 1012)...

Governor

Signed into law a bill (AB 1012) by Assemblywoman Gwen Moore (D-Los Angeles) to require the Department of Education to establish a list of textbooks and other instructional materials that highlight minority contributions to the development of California and the United States.

Assembly

Floor Action:

Smoking: Passed on a 46-25 vote and sent to the governor a bill (AB 2288) by Assemblyman Steve Peace (D-La Mesa) to make it unlawful for an employer to discriminate against an employee or refuse to hire a prospective worker merely because he or she is a smoker.

Privacy: Passed and sent to the governor on a 76-0 vote a bill (AB 1779) by Assemblyman Mike Roos (D-Los Angeles) to restrict the release of driver’s license home addresses by the state Department of Motor Vehicles. The bill was sparked by the recent murder of actress Rebecca Shaeffer by a man who reportedly obtained her home address from a private investigator who got it from the DMV.

Air Pollution: Passed and sent to the governor on a 45-2 vote a bill (AB 2444) by Assembly Speaker Willie Brown (D-San Francisco) to allow the use of air pollution law violation fines to finance loan guarantees to help small businessmen purchase equipment needed to comply with clean air rules.

Latino Museum: Passed and sent to the governor on a 61-5 vote a bill (AB 241) by Assemblyman Charles M. Calderon (D-Whittier) to appropriate $500,000 in state seed money to help establish the nation’s first museum of Latino history, art and culture in California.

Mental Health: Passed and sent to the governor on a 54-13 vote a bill (AB 360) by Assemblyman Bruce Bronzan (D-Fresno) to require group health insurance providers to offer mental health treatment coverage.

Cable Television: Passed and sent to the governor on a 74-0 vote a bill (AB 544) by Assemblywoman Gwen Moore (D-Los Angeles) to make it a misdemeanor to tap into cable television lines with the intent to disrupt programming.

Greenhouse Effect: Passed and sent to the governor on a 53-15 vote a bill (AB 2151) by Speaker Willie Brown (D-San Francisco) to require the state to reduce emissions of so-called greenhouse gases by 20% by the year 2005 to help head off a predicted global warming trend.

Senate

Floor Action:

Unemployment Insurance: Passed on a 34-0 vote and sent to the governor a bill (SB 600) by Senate President Pro Tem David A. Roberti (D-Los Angeles) to increase the maximum level of weekly unemployment insurance benefits from the present $166 to $230 by 1992.

Drunk Driving: Passed 38 to 0 and sent to the governor a bill (SB 1623) by Sen. Bill Lockyer (D-Hayward) to let a law enforcement officer confiscate a driver’s license at the time of arrest of a motorist for driving under the influence or refusing to take a chemical test. A 45-day temporary license simultaneously would be issued pending an administrative hearing on the charge.

Violent Crime: Passed and sent to the governor on a 39-0 vote a bill (SB 1408) by Sen. Gary K. Hart (D-Santa Barbara) to appropriate $1.1 million for a new program using DNA genetic coding to help track down ex-felons who repeat violent crimes.

Contracts: Passed and sent to the governor on a 39-0 vote a bill (SB 1348) by Sen. Ralph C. Dills (D-Gardena) to give consumers a three-day right to cancel seminar sales contracts.

Olympic Training Center: Passed and sent to the governor on 31-6 vote a bill (SB 1403) by Sen. William Campbell (R-Hacienda Heights) to provide a $15-million state loan for construction of an Olympic training center in San Diego County. The loan would be repaid by the sale of special Olympic license plates.