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Here are the worst bills affecting children and families that SaveCalifornia.com is tracking and exposing.

AB 659 by Democrat Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry would pretend to require unneeded, ineffective, injurious Gardasil shots for all children in government-run or private (including church) schools before they enter 8th grade, and for college students 26 and younger at government-run UC, CSU, and community colleges.

Gardasil has injured and killed many. Yet Big Pharma Democrats are maniacally still pushing it. As amended April 12, AB 659 falsely threatens pre-teens, teens, and college students by purporting “it is the public policy of the state” that you “are expected” to be jabbed with Gardasil — when these shots are not required.

HERE ARE THE DETAILS OF THE APRIL 12 VERSION OF AB 659:

SEC. 3. Section 120336 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:

(a) It is the public policy of the state that pupils are expected to be fully immunized against human papillomavirus (HPV) before admission or advancement to the 8th grade level of any private or public elementary or secondary school.
(b) Upon a pupil’s admission or advancement to the 6th grade level, the governing authority shall submit to the pupil and their parent or guardian a notification containing a statement about the state’s public policy described in subdivision (a) and advising that the pupil be fully immunized against HPV before admission or advancement to the 8th grade level.

SEC. 4. Section 120390 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:

The department, in consultation with the Trustees of the California State University, the Regents of the University of California, and the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as applicable, shall adopt and enforce all regulations necessary to carry out this chapter.

SEC. 5. Section 120390.6 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:

120390.6. It is the public policy of the state that students who are 26 years of age or younger are expected to be fully immunized against human papillomavirus (HPV) before first-time enrollment at an institution of the California State University, the University of California, or the California Community Colleges.

Bottom line, as amended April 12, AB 659 will purport to be a "mandate," by declaring parents and college students alike to be told "it is the public policy of the state" that pre-teens, teens, and college students "are expected" to receive at least two Gardasil jabs. This bad bill pushes a terrible product by threatening and coercing millions of California families with children and college students!

Status | Votes: AB 659 has been sent to the Assembly Appropriations Committee after passing the Assembly Health Committee April 18 on a party-line vote (all the Democrats voted yes, except Democrat Akilah Weber abstained; all Republicans voted no).

Eliminating parental consent for mind-altering drugs ("treatment") plus anti-family "counseling"

More bad bills by Assembly Democrats

AB 5 by Democrat Assemblymember and "LGBTQIA+" activist Rick Zbur would require all teachers and employees of California government schools in grades 7 through 12 to be brainwashed with "LGBTQ cultural competency curriculum."

From the Democrat-controlled Legislative Counsel's Office: "This bill would require the State Department of Education, on or before July 1, 2025, to finalize the development of an online training delivery platform and an online training curriculum to support LGBTQ cultural competency training for teachers and other certificated employees, as specified. The bill would...require, commencing with the 2025–26 school year, each school operated by a school district or county office of education and each charter school serving pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to use the online training delivery platform and curriculum, or an in-service alternative, to provide at least 4 hours of training at least once every 3 years to teachers and other certificated employees at those schools, as provided. By imposing additional duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would require the department to ensure a 95% completion rate of the training required pursuant to these provisions within each 3-year training period, and would require the department to report specified completion data to the Legislature, as provided. The bill would require these provisions to be known as the Safe and Supportive Schools Act."

Status: AB 5 is scheduled for an April 26 hearing in the Assembly Education Committee.

AB 223 by "LGBTQIA+" Democrat activists (3 Democrat assemblymembers + 4 Democrat state senators) would require secrecy (sealed records) for children (minors) seeking a legal change of "gender identity."

Status | Votes: This bad bill supporting child mutilation and eliminating a parent's right to know has been sent to the State Senate after passing the Assembly floor on March 23. Joining the supermajority Assembly Democrats in voting yes on AB 223 were 3 Republicans: Diane Dixon, Bill Essayli, and Greg Wallis. The rest of the Republicans abstained, as did Democrats Sabrina Cervantes and Brian Maienschein. Previously, on March 14, the bill passed the Democrat-controlled Assembly Judiciary Committee. Joining all the committee's Democrats in voting yes were Republicans Dixon and Essayli, while Republican Kate Sanchez voted no.

AB 315 by Democrat Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan would allow civil lawsuits based on "emotional distress" against pro-life crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) for "false or misleading statements. This anti-child, anti-First-Amendment bill is an attempted "end run" around the 2018 U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down a previous Democrat bill requiring pro-abortion signage at California CPCs.

Status | Votes: AB 315 has an April 26 hearing in the Assembly Appropriations Committee. Previously, on March 21, this bad bill passed the Democrat-controlled Assembly Judiciary Committee (all 8 Democrats voted yes and all 3 Republicans voted no).

AB 352 by Democrat Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan would hide from dads and moms their pre-teens' and teens' records on those children receiving mind-altering drugs, drug addiction treatment, fornicating advice, sexually transmitted disease treatments, "intimate partner violence," abortions, and sex-change procedures/operations. The bill would hide this "health information" by requiring:
a) any entity that electronically stores or maintain medical information to take specific steps to hide these "sensitive services"
b) the health care profession to refuse to cooperating with any inquiry or investigation in these "sensitive services" from within California or other states
c) a state advisory group to exclude these "sensitive services" in their statewide health information sharing policy.

Status | Votes: AB 352 is scheduled for an April 25 hearing in the Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee. On April 11, this bill passed the Assembly Health Committee (all the Democrats voted yes; voting no were Republicans Vince Fong, Joe Patterson, and Marie Waldron; abstaining was Republican Heath Flora.

AB 443 by Democrat Assemblymember and "LGBTQIA+" activist Corey Jackson builds upon last year's AB 2229, which aimed to prohibiting sincerely religious law enforcement officers. This new bill, AB 443, would require the state's Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to unconstitutionally define “biased conduct” in order to punish current police officers and police force applicants based on what a state commission finds on social media. AB 443 reads: "The commission shall develop guidance for local law enforcement departments on performing effective Internet and social media screenings of officer applicants. The guidance shall include, at minimum, strategies for identifying applicant social media profiles and for searching for, and identifying, content indicative of potential biases, such as affiliation with hate groups." With family values organizations labeled as "hate groups" by the discredited SPLC, you know where this is going. Free-speech attorneys, prepare your federal lawsuits now!

Status | Votes: AB 443 has been sent to the Assembly Appropriations Committeee. On March 14, this unconstitutional bill unanimously passed the Assembly Public Safety Committee (the 6 Democrats and 2 Republicans -- Juan Alanis and Tom Lackey -- all voted yes).

AB 492 by Democrat Assemblymember Gail Pellerin this bill would seek to spend state and federal funds to create a pilot project adding the treatment of "mild-to-moderate behaviorial health conditions" to Planned Parenthood and other abortionists, which are defined in the bill "as a Medi-Cal provider that is enrolled in the Family PACT Program and that provides abortion- and contraception-related services." This bill attempts to add to Planned Parenthood's cover story of "comprehensive," non-abortion "services," and at its core aims to replace wiser counsel from parents, pastors, and psychologists. Bottom line, AB 492 would spend taxpayer money on lie-based, pro-abortion counseling at Planned Parenthood killing centers. Mothers, babies, and taxpayers all lose.

Status | Votes: AB 492 has been sent to the Assembly Appropriations Committee after on April 18 passing the Assembly Health Commitee on a party-line vote (all 11 Democrats voted yes; all 4 Republicans voted no).

AB 576 by Democrat Assemblymember Akilah Weber would fully fund chemical abortions under the state's Medi-Cal (welfare) program. Aiming to kill more preborn babies, this bill would "fully reimburse providers for the provision of medication to terminate a pregnancy."

Status | Votes: AB 576 is scheduled to be heard April 26 in the Assembly Appropriations Committee. Previously, this bad bill passed the Assembly Health Committee on April 11 (voting yes were all the Democrats, except Carlos Villapudua abstained; voting no were all the Republicans).

AB 598 by Democrat Assemblymember Buffy Wicks would require that children at junior high and high schools all receive "physical or digital" referrals to abortions. The bill would also mandate the anti-family "California Healthy Kids Survey" upon all school districts to impose in grades 5, 7, 9, and 11. This bill would also require these invasive questionaires include "questions about sexual and reproductive health care as a core survey module for pupils in grades 7, 9, and 11."

Status | Votes: AB 598 is scheduled for a May 3 hearing in the Assembly Appropriations Committee. On April 12, this bad bill passed the Assembly Education Committee (all the Democrats voted yes; all the Republicans voted no).

AB 665 by Democrat Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo would permit minors 12 and above to consent to "mental health counseling" and "mental health treatment" at a government-funded "residential shelter." Parents would be cut out -- no parental notification or consent. Because children's brains are not fully developed until age 25, children cannot give informed consent, which is why parents are essential to making decisions on any medical or psychological treatment of their children. By removing any conditions for a child's "consent," AB 665 permits adults to both manipulate and legally "kidnap" impressionable children.

EXISTING LAW IN CALIFORNIA FAMILY CODE, SECTION (3)(B):

(b) A minor who is 12 years of age or older may consent to mental health treatment or counseling on an outpatient basis, or to residential shelter services, if both of the following requirements are satisfied:

(1) The minor, in the opinion of the attending professional person, is mature enough to participate intelligently in the outpatient services or residential shelter services.

(2) The minor (A) would present a danger of serious physical or mental harm to self or to others without the mental health treatment or counseling or residential shelter services, or (B) is the alleged victim of incest or child abuse.

AB 665 CHANGES IT TO THIS, REWORDING (3)(B) AND (B)(1), AND DELETING (B)(2)

(b) A minor who is 12 years of age or older may consent to mental health treatment or counseling on an outpatient basis, or to residential shelter services, if the minor, in the opinion of the attending professional person, is mature enough to participate intelligently in the outpatient services or residential shelter services.

This change would give children who are 12 years old and up 100% unconditional consent to receive “mental health treatment or counseling” or to go live at a “residential shelter," without parental consent and for no "abuse" reason. AB 665 would replace special-case, conditional "independence" in the current law by now letting a minor somehow "consent" to “treatment,” “counseling,” and a secret "residential shelter," without parental consent or even notification, and without any claim or evidence that the minor is an alleged victim of incest or child abuse, or that the minor "would present a danger of physical or mental harm to self or others."

Status | Votes: AB 665 awaits committee scheduling in the State Senate, after passing the Assembly floor on April 10 with 55 yes votes (all Democrats), 10 no votes (all Republicans: Alanis, Megan Dahle, Dixon, Vince Fong, Gallagher, Lackey, Mathis, Joe Patterson, Ta), and the rest of the Republicans and several Democrats abstained. Previously, AB 665 passed the Assembly Judiciary Committee on March 28, during which all but one of the majority Democrats voted yes; voting no were Republicans Bill Essayli and Kate Sanchez; not voting were Republican Diane Dixon and Democrat Ash Kalra.

AB 957 by Democrat Assemblymember Lori Wilson would "require the court to strongly consider that affirming the minor’s gender identity is in the best interest of the child if a nonconsenting parent objects to a name change to conform to the minor’s gender identity." This unscientific, pro-child-mutiliation bill would make the courts go against what is truly best for children and families all the more.

Status | Votes: AB 957 has been sent to the State Senate after passing the Democrat-controlled Assembly floor on March 30. Assemblymembers voting yes were 50 Democrats and 1 Republican, Greg Wallis; voting no were 13 Republicans; abstaining were 12 Democrats and 4 Republicans (Juan Alanis, Philip Chen, Heath Flora, Devon Mathis). Previously, this bill on March 21 passed the Democrat-controlled Assembly Judiciary Committee (all 8 Democrats voted yes and all 3 Republicans voted no).

AB 1078 by Democrat Assemblymember and "LGBTQIA+" activist Corey Jackson would prohibit local school boards from "ceasing to teach any curriculum or removing any instructional materials" unless the State Board of Education approves. This bill also requires State Board of Education approval "removing any books, publications, or papers from schools and school libraries." AB 1078 would also require new instructional materials to "accurately portray the contributions of people of all gender expressions and the role and contributions of LGBTQ+ Americans."

Status: AB 1078 is scheduled for an April 26 hearing in the Assembly Education Committee.

AB 1120 by Democrat Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel would require every government-controlled school "that serves pupils in grades 6 to 12" to "adopt a policy on universal mental health screening of pupils for youth behavior disorders." The big problem here is what is defined as a "youth behavior disorder?" Since more and more Democrat-driven agendas are to extinguish biblical or moral or traditional values, this bill could easily call right wrong and good bad. Another problem is AB 1120 does not require written, advance notification of parents or a clear opt-out, saying only that the local educational agency will determine "The manner in which parents or guardians of pupils will be notified and given the option to object to the mental health screenings."

Status: AB 1120 was scheduled for a March 29 hearing in the Assembly Education Committee, but then, "Hearing canceled at the request of author." Is another bad bill in trouble?

AB 1432 by Democrat Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo would require group health insurance carriers that sell policies in California to "cover" the killing of preborn babies via abortion and "sex changes" (the bill calls this "gender-affirming care"). Beyond the lie and harm of these "operations," AB 1432 would raise the cost of insurance for the rest of us.

Status | Votes: AB 1432 has been sent to the Assembly Appropriations Committee after passing the Assembly Health Committee on April 18 (all Democrats voted yes, all Republicans voted no).

AB 1450 by Democrat Assemblymember and "LGBTQIA+" activist Corey Jackson would require every California government-run elementary and secondary school "to conduct universal screenings for adverse childhood experiences." But what defines whether an experience was "adverse"? Under AB 1450, will good parents' loving training and discipline be labeled "adverse," so get these children into "re-education" counseling right away? The bill contains no written, advance notification of parents or a clear opt-out.

Status: AB 1450 has been assigned to the Assembly Education Committee.

ACA 5 'Marriage Equality'

ACA 5 is coauthored by 71 Democrat senators and assemblymembers, plus 1 Republican assemblymember, Greg Wallis. If passed by two-thirds of both houses of the California State Legislature, this proposed state constitutional amendment would place so-called "marriage equality" on the California ballot.

This is all about symbolism and truth versus lies. In 2008, California voters placed into the California State Constitution, "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California." But in 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal striking down Prop. 8, and homosexual marriages started happening in California. In 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court opined that homosexuals can obtain marriage licenses in all 50 states. And even though Prop. 8 is legally dead, "LGBTQIA+" activists hate seeing the 14 words of truth about marriage in the California Constitution. So they're trying to remove it the only way possible, by passing a state constitutional amendment and getting a majority of California voters to support it.

Status: ACA 5 has not yet been assigned to committee.

Bad bills by Senate Democrats

SB 36 by Democrat State Senator Nancy Skinner would prevent California judges, law enforcement, or bail professionals from helping save pre-born human life or save kids from "LGBTQIA+" mutilation. As the Democrat-run Public Safety Committee said, SB 36 does four things to prohibit any California "authority" from helping with the arrest and detention of out-of-state residents seeking California abortions and "sex changes":

(1) Prohibit a magistrate from issuing a warrant for the arrest of a bail fugitive whose alleged offense or conviction is for the violation of another state’s laws that criminalize abortion, contraception, reproductive care, or gender-affirming care that is otherwise lawful under the laws of this state, regardless of the individual’s location;
2) State that it is a misdemeanor for a bail fugitive recovery agent or bail bondsman to take into custody a bail fugitive whose alleged offense or conviction is for the violation of another state’s laws that criminalize abortion, contraception, reproductive care, or genderaffirming care that is otherwise lawful under the laws of this state and makes them ineligible for a license to operate in California;
3) Prohibit a state or local law enforcement agency from providing information or assistance to specified entities regarding legally protected health care activity, which includes abortion, contraception, reproductive care, or gender-affirming care that is otherwise lawful under the laws of this state; and,
4) State that a person who is fleeing to avoid prosecution, or custody and confinement after conviction, for the above-described acts, is not ineligible for the California Work Opportunity

Status | Votes: SB 36 has been sent to the State Senate Appropriations Committee after its April 18 passage by the Senate Judiciary Committee (all the Democrats voted yes, except Angelique Ashby abstained; all the Republicans voted no). Previously, on March 14, this bill passed the Senate Public Safety Committee (all 4 Democrats voted yes, and the sole Republican abstained).

SB 58 by Democrat State Senator and "LGBTQIA+" activist Scott Weiner would legalize the mind-altering, "hallucinogenic substances" of psilocybin, psilocyn, dimethyltryptamine (DMT), ibogaine, and mescaline. This bill, by legalizing these harmful, "recreational drugs" for 21-year-olds, would, for all practical purposes, open the door to teens and pre-teens getting it. A stoned society is not a safe society.

Status | Votes: SB 58 has been referred to the State Senate Appropriations Committee. Previously, on March 21 passed the Democrat-controlled State Senate Public Safety Committee by the narrowest of margins (3 Democrats voted yes, Democrat Aisha Wahab voted no, while Republican Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh did not vote).

SB 59 by Democrat State Senator Nancy Skinner would dramatically expand "free menstual products" in California. If this bill were only about using taxpayer money to "stock menstrual products" in women's restrooms in state-and-local-government buildings and state-funded hospitals, it would simply be another big-government "nanny government" program. Yet by mimicking existing bad law requiring "free menstual products" at certain public schools' "all-gender restrooms, and in at least one men’s restroom," SB 59 descends into lunacy by claiming men have a uterus that can discharge blood, and requiring menstual pads "in at least one men’s restroom" in government buildings and most hospitals. If this passes, expect a future bill that would require "free menstual products" be stocked by private-sector businesses.

Status | Votes: On April 17, SB 59 was placed on the "suspense file" of the State Senate Appropriations Committee, which has under May 19 to pass it. Previously, on March 29, this bill was approved by the Democrat-controlled Senate Health Committee (voting yes were all 10 Democrats, voting no was Republican Shannon Grove, abstaining was Republican Janet Nguyen). Earlier, on March 14, this bad bill passed the Senate Governmental Organization (all Democrats voted yes; all Republicans voted no).

SB 274 by Democrat State Senator Nancy Skinner would eliminate government-school suspensions or expulsions based on "disrupting school activities" or "willful defiance" of teachers, staff, or school administrators. Yet the SB 274 amendments still permit teachers to suspend disruptive or defiant students for less than two days -- "for the day of the suspension and the day following." Thinking it is inappropriate to expect children to be trained or disciplined, SB 274, according to the Democrat-run Legislative Counsel's Office, "This bill would extend the prohibition against the suspension of pupils, including pupils enrolled in a charter school, for disrupting school activities or otherwise willfully defying the valid authority of supervisors, teachers, administrators, school officials, or other school personnel engaged in the performance of their duties to all grades, indefinitely, but would retain a teacher’s existing authorization to suspend any pupil from class

for any of the listed acts, including willful defiance, for the day of the suspension and the day following, as provided." In addition, SB 274 would prohibit suspensions or expulsions based on a student's unexcused absences.

Status | Votes: SB 274 is on the floor of the State Senate after passing the Senate Education Committee on April 12 (joining all the Democrats in voting yes were both Republicans, Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh and Scott Wilk).

SB 345 by Democrat State Senator Nancy Skinner would make California even more pro-abortion and pro-"sex changes" than ever. The bill would stop any preborn baby from being referred to as "child" and "person" in California's statutes. SB 345 also aims to remove all legal hurdles to children from other states being brought to California for abortions and "sex change" procedures and operations. What's more, the bill would eliminate certain peaceful, free speech activities of California pro-lifers, banning any business from sharing data "that contains the personally identifying information of a person physically located in or in close proximity to a family planning center." And SB 345 would exempt from murder "a mother who committed the act that resulted in the death of the fetus."

Specifically, this bill does its utmost to hide abortions done on minors and "sex changes" done on minors as "legally protected health care activities." SB 345 would prohibit the state's medical, dental, and other medical boards from suspending or revoking a license from providing a service or treatment of a "legally protected health care activity," which the bill defines as "reproductive health care services or gender-affirming health care service." Expanding existing pro-abortion law, SB 345 would declare criminal or civil action by other states over those bringing pregnant teenagers across state lines to California to be "contrary to the public policy of this state" and states that "California law governs in any action against a person who provides or receives by any means, including telehealth, reproductive health care services or gender-affirming health care services."

In addition, SB 345 declares that "interference" and any "public act or record of a foreign jurisdiction" suing any California entity in order to rescue children from "reproductive or gender-affirming health care services" is "a violation of public policy." What's more, the bill permits any Californian who's sued for violating another jurisdiction's policies against aborting babies and mutilating children via "sex change" procedures/operations to countersue the initiator of the lawsuit as a perpetrator of "abusive litigation." And SB 345 would require California courts to "stay" ("pause") another state's money judgment for the liability of spriting away minors for dangerous abortions and injurious "sex changes." Finally, this bill prohibits the governor of California from extraditing to another state anyone in California who's been charged by another state for pushing an abortion or "sex change" on a minor, and prohibits state and local law enforcement from doing anything to apprehend the suspect.

SB 345 would also legalize DIY abortions and perhaps even infanticide by exempting from a charge of murder "a mother who committed the act that resulted in the death of the fetus." What's more, throughout California statutes, SB 345 would replace “unborn child” with “fetus," and “unborn person” with “unborn beneficiary.”

Status | Votes: SB 345 is scheduled for an April 25 hearing in the State Senate Judiciary Committee. Previously, this bad bill was approved April 18 by the Senate Public Safety Committee (Democrats yes, Republicans no).

SB 385 by Democrat State Senator and former abortion clinic director Toni Atkins would expand on last year's bill allowing nurses -- and now letting physicians assistants -- to engage in "performing an abortion by aspiration techniques" (a suction abortion that vacuums a preborn baby -- dismembering, torturing, and killing a little boy or girl). SB 385 would also lower training standards for physicians assistants performing abortions (this means greater risk to mothers). What's more, SB 385 would remove virtually all legal and regulatory accountability, declaring, "A person authorized to perform abortion by aspiration techniques...shall not be punished, held liable for damages in a civil action, or denied any right or privilege for any action relating to the evaluation of clinical competency of a physician assistant." This bill is an abortionist's dream (and the worst nightmare for preborn babies).

Status | Votes: SB 385 has been referred to the State Senate Appropriations Committee after its April 18 passage by the Senate Judiciary Committee (all the Democrats voted yes; all the Republicans voted no). Previously, this bad bill passed April 10 in the Democrat-controlled Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee. Voting yes were all the Democrats; all the Republicans voted no.

SB 407 by Democrat State Senator and "LGBTQIA+" activist Scott Wiener would make California foster parents -- even those with biblical, moral values -- support the "LGBTQIA+" agenda to the extreme, or else they can't be foster parents. According to the Democrat-run Legislative Counsel's Office, SB 407 would:

"require a resource family to demonstrate an understanding of the unique needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or plus (LGBTQ+) and gender-expansive youth, and the capacity and willingness to meet those needs, as specified."
"The bill would additionally require the family evaluation to include assessing the ability of an applicant to provide care and supervision for LGBTQ+ and gender-expansive youth."
"This bill would expressly include among those the rights of LGBTQ+ and gender-expansive youth among those rights of which an applicant is required to demonstrate an understanding. The bill would also require the applicant to demonstrate that understanding through signing a document acknowledging foster youth rights."
"This bill would require the department to ensure that county-approved resource families are upholding the rights of a child in foster care and meeting the resource family’s responsibility to safeguard those rights, including the right to have fair and equal access to all available services, placement, care, treatment, and benefits, and to not be subjected to discrimination or harassment on the basis of actual or perceived race, ethnic group identification, ancestry, national origin, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, mental or physical disability, or HIV status. The bill would require the department to work with stakeholders, including counties, the California Alliance of Child and Family Services, and LGBTQ+ advocates, to develop standards and a caregiver handbook for caring for LGBTQ+ and gender-expansive youth."
"This bill additionally would require a county to investigate incidents reported about a resource family not meeting the specific needs of LGBTQ+ and gender-expansive youth. By creating new duties for counties, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program."
Explaining how potential or current foster parent applicants can be rejected for "conduct that poses a risk or threat to the health and safety, protection, or well-being of a child," and how counties must ensure foster parents must complete caregiver training, the Legislative Counsel's Office says SB 407 "would expand the application of these provisions to include LGBTQ+ and gender-expansive children."

Status | Votes: SB 407 is scheduled for an April 25 hearing in the State Senate Judiciary Committee. Previously, on April 17, this bad bill passed the Senate Human Services Committee by just one vote (3 Democrats voted yes, Democrat Melissa Hurtado abstained and so did Republican Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh).

SB 541 by Democrat State Senator and "LGBTQIA+" activist Caroline Menjivar requires "internal and external condoms" to be made available to all pupils free of charge" in grades 9 through 12 at government-controlled junior high and high schools (includes charter schools). SB 541 would also permit school districts to give condoms to children as young as 7th grade. This bill would also "prohibit a retail establishment, as defined, from refusing to furnish nonprescription contraception to a person solely on the basis of age by means of any conduct, including, but not limited to, requiring the customer to present identification for purposes of demonstrating their age." What's more, the bill would subsidize with taxpayer money Gardasil injections (the so-called "HPV vaccine) by the abortion giant Planned Parenthood and others that provide "comprehensive clinical family planning services."

What's more, SB 541 prohibits schools from stopping "school-based health centers" from "making internal and external condoms available and easily accessible to pupils." And if there's no budget money for SB 541's condom distribution, "The bill would authorize a state agency, the State Department of Education, or a public school to accept gifts, grants, and donations from any source for the support of a public school carrying out these provisions, including, but not limited to, the acceptance of condoms from a manufacturer or wholesaler."

Status | Votes: SB 541 is scheduled for an April 24 hearing in the State Senate Appropriations Committee. On April 12, this bad bill passed the Senate Health Committee (all Democrats voted yes; voting no was Republican Janet Nguyen; abstaining was Republican Shannon Grove. Earlier, on March 29 SB 41 passed the Senate Education Committee (all Democrats voted yes; both Republicans voted no).

SB 760, authored by Democrat State Senator Josh Newman and co-authored by four other openly homosexual Democrat legislators, would require all K-12 government schools, including charter schools, to have "at least one all-gender restroom...stocked with menstrual products."

Status | Votes: SB 760 has been referred to the State Senate Appropriations Committee after April 12 passing the State Senate Education Committee. Voting yes were all 4 Democrats and Republican Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh; abstaining was Republican Scott Wilk.

INSIGHT: Why do so many bad bills pass and good bills fail?

Who's behind the aborting of pre-born babies with your tax dollars, the brainwashing of children, tyranny against free speech, religious freedom, and private property, a lot of sexually-transmitted diseases, depression and suicide stemming from sexual addictions?

In California, the abortion industry and homosexual-bisexual-transsexual activists and their Democrat politicians, who dominate the California State Legislature, are pushing a raft of awful bills. And by extension, anyone who supports abortion or "gay rights" and votes for Democrats is, intentionally or unintentionally, behind these bills too.

For example, "Equality California," composed of homosexual and transsexual activists, pushes an endless number of "genders," opposes parental rights, religious freedom, private property rights, and fairness for dissenting views; and defies science proving the harm of homosexuality, bisexuality, and transsexuality. Yet no one can change their sex.

2022 Bills We Tracked and Their Outcomes

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