AB 849 (formerly AB 19), Assemblyman Mark Leno’s bill to legalize “same-sex” marriage PASSED the Senate and the Assembly. UFCa OPPOSED Result: Governor Vetoed.

AB 1400 (civil rights for homosexual behavior) Current law prevents businesses from discriminating against patrons due to “race, sex, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability or medical condition.” AB 1400 (Laird) would add marital status and sexual orientation to that list, thus preventing Christian or family-friendly businesses from refusing to deal with those who challenge their moral views. Raises homosexual behavior to a “civil right.” This legislation passed the Assembly and the Senate. UFCa OPPOSED Result: Governor Approved

AB 866 (Tem Leland Yee, D-San Francisco) This bill adds a provision to the Code of Fair Campaign Practices, to which candidates may voluntarily subscribe, that a candidate will not use or permit any appeal based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Persons who, through religious convictions, disagree with the homosexual lifestyle do so peacefully. These persons have a right to uncensored information about the candidates. They can peacefully decide not to vote for a candidate because the candidate does not share their values. Passed the Assembly and the Senate. UFCa OPPOSED Results: Governor Vetoed

AB 723 (Chu-D) (“tolerance” education) This bill would, as a component of that review, require the State Board of Education to integrate instruction on intergroup relations and tolerance into existing curriculum frameworks where appropriate, with certain requirements consulting with civil rights organizations and human relations commissions. More social engineering in our public schools. Passed the Assembly and in the Senate. UFCa OPPOSED Results: Governor Vetoed

SB 161 (Soto, D-Ontario), the so-called California Youth Access to Information Act, has passed the Senate and the Assembly. This bill would require schools to post information notifying students as young as 12 that they have the right to access “confidential medical services” – without parental notification. This bill is part of a continued legislative assault on the rights of parents to direct their children’s care. Passed the legislature. Urge the governor veto this bill and to protect parental rights –NOT rights for children. UFCa OPPOSED Results: Governor Vetoed

SB 973 (Kuehl-D) Amends the various laws governing the Public Employees' Retirement System, the State Teachers' Retirement System, and the twenty County Employees Retirement Systems to entitle retired members to elect to change optional retirement. Excerpt: “...regarding the extension of the rights and duties of marriage to domestic partnerships on and after 2005. Because moneys in the Public Employees' Health Care Fund would be used for a new purpose, this bill would make an appropriation.” Benefits and rights of marriage, meant to support and encourage traditional families for the stability of society, would be used for domestic partners. Passed the Senate and the Assembly. UFCa OPPOSED Results: Governor Appoved

Pending Legislation

AB 651 (formerly AB 654) Physician-assisted suicide bill. Advocates announced that they would abandon efforts to pass their physician-assisted suicide bill this year. Physician-assisted suicide (PAS) is a procedure in which doctors, whose main mission is to heal and prolong life, would be transformed into agents of death; under AB 651, physicians would prescribe lethal doses of medication for terminal patients to “hasten” their deaths. Failing to find enough votes to pass their measure out of the Senate, Assembly members Patty Berg (D-Eureka) and Lloyd Levine (D-Van Nuys) said that they would discontinue efforts for now, but bring the bill back in January, 2006.

Supportive Abortion Resolution A resolution passed by the California Legislature further demonstrates how “out of step” our radical legislators are with mainstream Californians. AJR 3 (Cohn, D-Campbell) is a joint resolution urging the President and Congress “to protect and uphold the intent and substance of” Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that guaranteed a women’s “right” to an abortion. Since Roe, 40 million pre-born babies have been aborted. Although a resolution does not have the force of law and only expresses an opinion of the Legislature, AJR 3 passed out of the Legislature with the support of 24 senators and 47 Assembly members. UFCa OPPOSED

AB 349 (Dennis Mountjoy, R-Monrovia) Prohibited certain sexual instruction or counseling of pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 6, inclusive, and would require a school district to provide notice and obtain the written approval of the parent or guardian of a pupil to provide this instruction or counseling to a pupil in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, as specified. Example: “Requires the school district to provide notice to the parent or guardian of the pupil if a school district intends to provide instruction or counseling in a public school setting to, or in the presence of, a pupil in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, relating to bestiality, bisexuality, cunnilingus, fellatio, homosexuality, lesbianism, masochism, masturbation, necrophilia, orgies, pederasty, pedophilia, sadism, sodomy, transexuality, transgenderism, or transvestitism.” Died in Committee. UFCa SUPPORTED

AB 628 (Audra Strickland, R-Moorpark) Specifies that the religious or moral beliefs of a person licensed or certified, or applying to be licensed or certified to provide foster care will not render the person ineligible to provide foster care. Died in Committee. UFCa SUPPORTED

ACA 3 (Ray Haynes, R-Temecula) and SCA 1 (Bill Morrow, R-Oceanside) Constitutional amendment to protect marriage between a man and a woman. Failed in Committee. UFCa SUPPORTED

SB 235 (Jeff Denham, R-Salinas) The purpose of this bill is to 1) enact a new alternate misdemeanor/felony for the act of engaging in unprotected sex, with willful or wanton disregard for the health of the other person, when a person knows he or she is HIV positive and fails to disclose that fact to the other person, as specified, and 2) include in this specific provision limitations on the disclosure of the other person's identification in pleadings and orders relating to the case, as specified. Died in Committee. UFCa SUPPORTED

SB 1043 (Hollingsworth, R-Murrieta) This bill reestablishes the ability of parents to excuse their children from instruction in family life education. Supports parental rights. Specifically this bill would have added family life education to the types of instruction that a student may be excused from receiving, upon written request of a parent, if any part of it conflicts with the religious training and beliefs of a parent. This bill also allows a student to be excused from that instruction if it conflicts with his or her religious training and beliefs, still requiring a written request from a parent Bill died in Committee. UFCa SUPPORTED