PLACER COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE LEGISLATION COMMITTEE 2021 Report

By

Terry P Rodriguez

PCDCC Chair Legislation Committee

The current 2021-2022 Federal and State legislation sessions is in its second and final year.

Federal and California State legislation sessions have opened their second year as of January 3, 2022. In September 2021, California State legislation acted upon and passed during the first year was submitted for the Governor’s signature and finalized in October.  Starting in January 2022, our California State Legislature has been actively determining which first year legislation session (2021) bills will be continued for consideration in 2022.  This process has been completed and the introduction of new California State legislation is underway.  

Federal legislation introduced and still active at the end of 2021 is carried over into their second-year session. 

The PCDCC Legislation Committee finished its analysis process in November 2021, completing a very productive year in engineering both Federal and State legislation through our committee’s Endorsement Process.  Nine Federal bills and five State bills were endorsed by the PCDCC.  The Legislation Committee set a new precedent in its analysis process to consider those legislation issues our PCDCC membership should oppose. In this endeavor, our committee achieved a non-endorsement vote against Republican submitted California State resolutions SCR-5 and ACR-46 which advocated for the end of Governor Newsom’s powers to engineer the Covid-19 health emergency.  These resolutions failed in the State Legislature, and our Governor continues to carry out his authority to protect our California citizens from this present pandemic. 

In both houses of governments, any bills not transacted upon by the end of these legislation sessions die but can be reintroduced in the next Legislation Sessions.   

Year 2022 will bring forth a new slate of Federal and State Legislations and your PCDCC Legislation Committee will be busy again with the endorsement process.  Our PCDCC Legislation Committee looks forward to a very productive year.  In conclusion, legislation endorsed by the PCDCC represents how Democrats are addressing and supporting those issues they consider important to our American community.

PCDCC Endorsed 2021 Legislation

 Federal Legislation

H.R. 4 John R Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021

H.R. 5 2021 Equality Act

H.R. 3 Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Cost Now Act

H.R. 1280 George Floyd’s Justice in Policing Act

H.R. 51 Washington D.C. Statehood

H.R. 6 American Dream and Promise Act

H.R. 1603 Farm Workforce Modernization Act

H.R. 55 Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act

 California State Legislation

AB 1400. Guaranteed Health Care for All - California

AB 256 Criminal Procedure: Discrimination

AB 1385 Employee Obligations.  Exclusivity Options:  Music Talent & Actors.  Free Artist from Industry 

            Restrictions Act

SB 28 Broadband and Digital Infrastructure Video Competition Reform Act of 2021

AB 9 Fire Safety:  Wildfires. Fire Adapted Communities

PCDCC Non-Endorsed Legislation as a Stand Against State Republican Opposition to Governor

Covid-19 Health Enforcement Emergency Policies.

SCR 5 State of Emergency:  Covid-19 Termination

ACR 46 State of Emergency: Covid-19