Write or call your state officials and thank them for supporting! Let Mr. Jones know how you feel about his NO vote 🙁 on SB 98 but also thank him for supporting SB 627.

California legislative update:  Two bills passed on 9.2.25 (AB 49 and SB 98)

                                                    SB 627 rescheduled for 3^rd Reading in Assembly for 9.3.25

Bill	Description	Actions
AB 49  California Safe Havens Act (Long list of supporters, including San Diego Unified School District).	This bill, an urgency measure, prohibits local educational agencies (LEAs) from allowing immigration enforcement officers to enter nonpublic areas of a schoolsite without providing a valid judicial warrant, judicial subpoena, or court order. Senate Floor Amendments of 8/26/25: 1) reinforce student privacy protections by explicitly prohibiting the release of a student’s education records without parent consent; 2) reaffirms that a LEA or school official has the right to consult legal counsel to assess and, if appropriate, challenge the validity of court documents.	9.2.25	Passed– to engrossing and enrolling (then to go to Governor) Assembly   DeMaio     Voted NoSenate    Jones     Not voting
SB 98  PerezSchool safety plan to notify parents of ICE presence	1) Requires when a comprehensive school safety plan is next reviewed on or before March 1, 2026 through January 1, 2031, it include procedures to notify parents,  guardians, school personnel when the school confirms the presence of immigration enforcement. 2) Requires the content and timing of the notification to consider the safety and well-being of the students and others on the schoolsite in the issuing of such notifications. 3) Authorizes the notification to include a hyperlink to additional resources for families with information about their educational rights, state laws that protect parents′ and students′ privacy and confidentiality, and, if available, counseling or support services. 4) Applies the notification requirements to charter schools through January 1, 2031. 5) Requires the CSU Trustees, each CCD governing board, and an independent institution of higher education that is a Cal Grant qualifying institution, through January 1, 2031, to notify all students, and others on campus when the presence of immigration enforcement at a campus is confirmed	9.2.25	Passed– to engrossing and enrolling (then to go to Governor)  Assembly   DeMaio   Voted NoSenate   Jones  Voted No

Now Rescheduled for 3^rd Reading 9.3.25

SB 627  (Masks)

1) Prohibits a peace officer and any officer or agent of a federal law enforcement agency, or any person acting on behalf of a federal law enforcement agency, from wearing a facial covering in the performance of their duties. 2) Makes a first violation an infraction, and a second or subsequent violation a misdemeanor. 3) Defines “facial covering” for the purposes of this bill…defines exceptions (Under Cover Operations, SWAT teams), …7) Requires a state or local law enforcement agency (LEA), on or before July 1, 2026, to adopt policies regulating the use of facial coverings.  Requires state, local, and federal law enforcement agencies, before undertaking operations that are reasonably likely to involve agency personnel wearing facial coverings in the performance of their duties, to provide advance notice to the LEA with jurisdiction over the location where the operation takes place

5.8.25 7.15.25  8.20.25 Next:9.3.25

Passed in Senate 36-0 (Jones voted Yes)Passed, as amended,  Assembly  Public Safety CommitteePassed Assmbly Approp  Assmbly         `

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