UPDATE 3/27: AB 558 hearing has been postponed indefinitely.
Update: AB 558 is scheduled for hearing by the Assembly Public Safety Committee on March 28.
Public Safety Committee contact info below.
Update 3/15: The hearing scheduled for March 21 has been postponed indefinitely.
Update 3/10: March 21 at 9 a.m. in Room 126 of the State Capitol. Please join us to speak in opposition to the bill. Plan to spend the entire morning there as it is one of many bills to be considered that morning.
Assembly Bill 558, which would significantly reduce the number of people who quality for exemptions from the Megan’s Law website, is expected to be considered by the Public Safety Committee later this month. Therefore, it is time to send letters and make phone calls to the members of that committee. Attached are a letter sent to Committee Chairman Jones-Sawyer about AB 558 as well as a list of committee members that includes mailing addresses and phone numbers. Please send your letters no later than March 17 if possible.
Sample Letter in Opposition to AB 558 (pdf)
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB558
Assembly Public Safety Committee
| Reginald B. Jones-Sawyer, Sr. (Chair) Dem – 59 |
Contact Assembly Member Reginald B. Jones-Sawyer, Sr. Capitol Office, Room 2117 P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0059; (916) 319-2059 |
| Tom Lackey (Vice Chair) Rep – 36 |
Contact Assembly Member Tom Lackey Capitol Office, Room 2174 P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0036; (916) 319-2036 |
| Jordan Cunningham Rep – 35 |
Contact Assembly Member Jordan Cunningham Capitol Office, Room 4102 P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0035; (916) 319-2035 |
| Lorena S. Gonzalez Fletcher Dem – 80 |
Contact Assembly Member Lorena S. Gonzalez Fletcher Capitol Office, Room 2114 P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0080; (916) 319-2080 |
| Bill Quirk Dem – 20 |
Contact Assembly Member Bill Quirk Capitol Office, Room 2163 P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0020; (916) 319-2020 |
| Blanca E. Rubio Dem – 48 |
Contact Assembly Member Blanca E. Rubio Capitol Office, Room 5175 P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0048; (916) 319-2048 |
| Miguel Santiago Dem – 53 |
Contact Assembly Member Miguel Santiago Capitol Office, Room 6027 P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0053; (916) 319-2053 |
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Bill Would Eliminate Exclusions from Megan’s Law Website (AB 558)
April 18th. That’s the date for the hearing on the tiered registry bill.
Is she tweaking it to be completely compatible with that one? So she can get credit for something? Or save face?
AB 558 is scheduled for April 18th.
Now that the Tiered Registry has been pulled it seems MUCH more important now to voice our opposition to this Bill.
Should we start making more phone calls and emails now or wait till the week of the hearing?
JCrsn and everyone!
Make calls and send letters now! I called all the committee members’ Sacramento offices today. It’s very easy. All you do is say you want to put in opposition to a bill the assemblyperson will hear as part of the public safety committee.
They ask your name and address. That’s all there is to it. I also sent letters to all of them AND to my own assemblyman.
PLEASE NOTE that there is a new member of the Public Safety Committee – Heath Flora – so if you haven’t contacted him, now is the time.