“It was a very successful week for my constituents in the San Joaquin Valley. All of the bills that I presented on the Assembly floor passed this week,” said Assemblymember Parra. “I look forward to now working with the Senate to quickly pass my bills to foster construction of schools in rural communities, give local communities input in water quality and reliability decisions, and improve public safety.”
AB 442 updates and conforms sections of the Penal Code to keep current with Proposition 83, commonly known as “Jessica’s Law,” which voters approved last fall. This bill would ensure that the penalty increases for child pornographers included in Proposition 83 go into effect.
AB 808 would require people applying for a driver’s license, or renewal of a license, to acknowledge that drinking and driving can result in death. Assemblymember Parra introduced AB 808 as part of a bi-partisan package of bills designed to reduce drunk driving.
AB 831 would help the state avoid wasting money, improve the integrity of the budget process, shine a light on long-hidden spending, and put budgeted spending and tax-code spending on more of a level playing field, by requiring that all tax expenditures contain a “sunset clause.”
AB 877 seeks to obtain a quantification of the resulting economic impacts associated with water supply reduction in the eight-county region comprising the San Joaquin Valley. These economic figures are a critical component for the development a San Joaquin Valley Regional Water Plan.
AB 1545 eases the process for rural schools attempting to apply for hardship funding from the state. The bill is a follow up to legislation introduced last session by Assemblymember Parra that aids low-wealth school districts in completing the construction of school facilities. AB 1545 requires the State Office of Public School Construction to assess the current hardship funding scheme and recommend changes, including those to specifically help low-wealth school districts.