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Assemblymember Reyes Passes Five Bills Out of Appropriations Committee

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Sacramento – On Friday, Assemblymember Eloise Gómez Reyes (D-San Bernardino) passed five bills out of the Assembly Appropriations Committee. Any bill that is deemed to have a fiscal impact of over $500,000 dollars or that meets other criteria must pass through the committee.

Of the bills that passed through, these bills seek to address issues over immigration protection, bilingual teacher education, student equity plans in Community Colleges, creating a domestic violence prevention fund and the assessment of the state’s CalVet homes for efficiency.

AB578- Increases the penalty for an individual who in order to prevent a witness or victim from reporting or testifying, threatens to report the immigration status of the crime witness or victim.

AB952- Establishes the Bilingual Teacher Professional Development Program for the purpose of developing bilingual educators for increasingly bilingual classrooms.

AB1018- Mandates that the governing board of each community college district maintain a student equity plan that addresses the campus’s homeless students.

AB1268- Creates the Domestic Violence Prevention Fund.

AB1365- Requires CalVet to submit their yearly financial reports to the Legislature and to post them online and requires the review each home every five years.

 

Assemblymember Eloise Gómez Reyes represents Assembly District 47 which includes the cities of Fontana, Rialto, Colton, Grand Terrace, San Bernardino and the unincorporated areas of Muscoy and Bloomington.

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Contact: Galen Dobbins, galen.dobbins@asm.ca.gov, (916) 319-2047