California AB159 and SB149 would effectively nullify some FDA restrictions on terminally ill patients. AB159 must pass through the Assembly Health Committee successfully, and SB149 must pass through the Senate Rules Committee successfully before the bills can receive full votes in their respective chambers. Take the following action steps to support these important bills.
FOR AB159
1. Call the Assembly Health Committee Chair, Rob Bonta. Strongly, but respectfully urge him to move AB159 forward to a vote in his committee. A phone call has 10x the impact of an email.
(916) 319-2018
2. Call the rest of the committee members. Again, be strong, but respectful. Urge each of them to take action to move the bill forward and vote YES on AB159.
Brian Maienschein (R) Vice Chair (916) 319-2077
Susan Bonilla (D) (916) 319-2014
Autumn Burke (D) (916) 319-2062
Rocky Chavez (R) (916) 319-2076
David Chiu (D) (916) 319-2017
Jimmy Gomez (D) (916) 319-2051
Lorena Gonzalez (D) (916) 319-2080
Roger Hernandez (D) (916) 319-2048
Tom Lackey (R) (916) 319-2036
Adrin Nazarian (D) (916) 319-2046
Jim Patterson (R) (916) 319-2023
Sebastian Ridley-Thomas (D) (916) 319-2054
Freddie Rodriguez (D) (916) 319-2052
Miguel Santiago (D) (916) 319-2053
Marc Steinorth (R) (916) 319-2040
Tony Thurmond (D) (916) 319-2015
Marie Waldron (R) (916) 319-2075
Jim Wood (D) (916) 319-2002
FOR SB149
1. Call the Senate Rules Committee Chair, Kevin de Leon. Strongly, but respectfully urge him to move SB149 forward to a vote in his committee. A phone call has 10x the impact of an email.
(916) 651-4024
2. Call the rest of the committee members. Again, be strong, but respectful. Urge each of them to take action to move the bill forward and vote YES on SB149.
Jean Fuller (R) Vice Chair 916.651.4016
Anthony Cannella (R) 916.651.4012
Connie Leyva (D) (916) 651-4020
Holly Mitchell (D) (916) 651-4030
-Call Back – any NO or UNDECIDED – in 3-4 days. Make sure to follow-up. If they say YES, be sure to thank them and, if possible, announce their committed YES vote to email and social media contacts. If they say no, politely ask them why. Get the information from them and contact us.
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