The CA Senate Public Safety Committee will consider Assembly Bill (AB) 1568 on Tuesday, June 16. The hearing will be held in the State Capitol, Room 112, starting at 8:30 a.m. If passed, this bill would block thousands of registrants who are otherwise eligible from filing a petition for removal from the registry.
“This hearing could be the last opportunity for registrants, family members and supporters to stop AB 1568,” stated ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci.
“Therefore, it is important for as many people as possible to attend this hearing on June 16.
“We must also call, write letters and email the Senate Public Safety Committee and each of its members by June 9 at 3:00 PM. When you call just say want to make a comment on a bill and say you oppose AB 1568.
“When you write, you can be more detailed. At the bottom of this page is a link to the letter of opposition sent by ACSOL to the Public Safety Committee you can use for ideas. Send your letters at least a few days before June 9 to make sure they get there by the deadline (they don’t count emails and letters received within a week of the hearing).
“Yes, it is more of an effort than usual to fight this bill, but it is so dangerous that we must invest our time to fight it or face the consequences.”
Also below is a list of the 6 Senate Public Safety Committee members and contact information.
Please start contacting them ASAP by June 9 at 3:00 PM.
CA Senate Public Safety Committee members:
| Senator | Email or contact form link | Phone | Letter mailing address |
| Senate Public Safety Committee | [email protected] | (916) 651-4118 | Capitol Building 1020 N Street, Room 545 Sacramento, CA 95814 |
| Sen Jesse Arreguín (Chair) | Click here for contact form | (916) 651-4007 |
Capitol Office, 1021 O Street |
| Sen. Kelly Seyarto (Vice-Chair) | Click here for contact form | (916) 651-4032 |
Capitol Office, 1021 O Street |
| Sen. Anna Caballero | Click here for contact form | (916) 651-4014 |
Capitol Office, 1021 O Street |
| Sen. Dave Cortese | Click here for contact form | (916) 651-4015 |
Capitol Office, 1021 O Street |
| Sen. Sasha Renée Pérez | Click here for contact form | (916) 651-4025 |
Capitol Office, 1021 O Street |
| Sen. Scott Wiener | Click here for contact form | (916) 651-4011 |
Capitol Office, 1021 O Street |
Click here to download ACSOL’s letter. Please use what you want but reword it so it doesn’t sound exactly the same (they discount quoted information):
From the looks of it, Congress is trying to make laws abridging the rights of people to petition for redress of grievances.
Please do not be complacent and make your calls to the Senate Committee!
It only takes literal seconds of your time for each call, there is no judgement – the representative answering the phone is not something to be scared of. They will simply log your opposition to the bill.
I assume there is more of a chance with the Senate Committee to listen to reason and Scott Weiner is known to take a common-sense, logical approach to these absurd bills.
Call as soon as you can, it’ll take less than 5 minutes of your time.
I will be there. Any me too’s want to chime in.
Now is the time to stop this bill, not argue it’s constitutionality. We can stop it now or argue it in court for the next 5 years. I choose now.
I made my calls. It was fast and easy. They just wanted to know the bill and that I wanted the senator to oppose it. Also, my name and my zip code.
Tomorrow I will put together a short custom letter based on some of what Janice wrote in her sample letter. Then I can easily duplicate it for each member’s letter and contact form. Just copy/paste.
I will also take the time to drive to the hearing.
We HAVE to spend the time to do this! Inaction will result in it being difficult to get off the registry even when we reach the 10 or 20 year requirement.
Please don’t assume some other people will make those calls and write those letters.
WHY are so few registrants commenting and making their calls?
Do you guys just expect everyone to do the work for you?
Don’t whine and complain about the registry if you’re not willing to put in the minimum work to help stop it.
Make your calls, stop being complacent and expecting other people to do your work.
It’s important to call these offices. It’s even more important to attend the June 16 hearing. We need to have a large presence at the hearing in order to be heard.
I just made all 6 calls. Everybody was extremely nice. Took less than 5 minutes. My question is, how do people who are not on these forums get this information so they can call, too? There are so many PFRs in CA, but only a small percentage utilizes these forums.