BILL ANALYSIS Ó ------------------------------------------------------------ |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | AB 401| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ------------------------------------------------------------ THIRD READING Bill No: AB 401 Author: Ammiano (D) Amended: 5/9/12 in Senate Vote: 21 SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 7-0, 5/16/12 AYES: Lowenthal, Hancock, Huff, Liu, Price, Simitian, Vargas NO VOTE RECORDED: Runner, Alquist, Blakeslee, Vacancy ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 45-29, 5/19/11 - See last page for vote SUBJECT : School safety: Carl Washington School Safety and Violence Prevention Act SOURCE : Author DIGEST : This bill deletes a provision from the Carl Washington School Safety and Violence Prevention Act that specifies sexual orientation shall not include pedophilia. ANALYSIS : Existing law, the Carl Washington School Safety and Violence Prevention Act, is a categorical program for the purpose of helping schools have access to supplemental resources to combat bias on the basis of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation and specifies that sexual orientation does not include pedophilia. CONTINUED AB 401 Page 2 Existing law specifies that through the 2014-15 fiscal year, local educational agencies that receive funds for specified categorical programs may use the funding for any educational purpose to the extent permitted by federal law. Funding for Carl Washington School Safety and Violence Prevention Act programs is included in this categorical flexibility. This bill deletes from the Carl Washington School Safety and Violence Prevention Act the specification that sexual orientation shall not include pedophilia. FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No Local: No SUPPORT : (Verified 5/17/12) California Communities United Institute Equality California National Center for Lesbian Rights ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : The supporters argue, the purpose of the Carl Washington School Safety and Violence Prevention Act is to help public schools have access to supplemental resources to combat discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation. According to the author's office, the Act's statement that sexual orientation shall not include pedophilia is not necessary and inappropriately links a person's sexual orientation to the psychiatric disorder of pedophilia. This bill removes obsolete language without altering the intent of the Act. ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 45-29, 05/19/11 AYES: Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Charles Calderon, Campos, Carter, Chesbro, Davis, Dickinson, Eng, Feuer, Fong, Furutani, Galgiani, Gatto, Gordon, Hall, Hayashi, Roger Hernández, Hill, Huber, Hueso, Huffman, Lara, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Mitchell, Monning, Pan, Portantino, Skinner, Solorio, Swanson, Torres, AB 401 Page 3 Wieckowski, Yamada, John A. Pérez NOES: Achadjian, Bill Berryhill, Conway, Cook, Donnelly, Fletcher, Fuentes, Beth Gaines, Garrick, Grove, Hagman, Halderman, Harkey, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Logue, Mansoor, Miller, Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen, Norby, Olsen, Perea, Silva, Smyth, Valadao, Wagner NO VOTE RECORDED: Alejo, Butler, Cedillo, Gorell, V. Manuel Pérez, Williams PQ:do 5/17/12 Senate Floor Analyses SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE **** END ****