Assembly Public Safety Committee

Bill to Increase Pay Inmate Wildfire Crews To $19 per Hour Passes Asm. Public Safety Committee

March 15, 2025 9:32 amMarch 15, 2025 9:32 am

A bill that would increase the pay for inmate wildfire hand crews to $19 an hour passed the Assembly Public Safety Committee earlier this week in an 8-0 vote, signaling likely passage later this year. Assembly Bill 247, authored by...

Bill to Increase Penalties For Child Sex Buyers Signed by Governor Newsom

September 26, 2024 6:36 pmSeptember 26, 2024 6:36 pm

A bill designed to strengthen protections for children by making the act of soliciting, agreeing to engage in, or engaging in any act of commercial sex with a minor a felony to help fight human trafficking was signed into law...

Assembly Public Safety Committee Waters Down Child Sex Trafficking Bill

July 3, 2024 1:11 pmJuly 3, 2024 1:11 pm

A bill to strengthen protections for children by making the act of soliciting, agreeing to engage in, or engaging in any act of commercial sex with a minor a felony to help fight human trafficking was passed in the Assembly...

Assembly Republicans Boycott Judiciary Committee Over Bill Essayli’s Removal

June 4, 2024 4:04 pmJune 4, 2024 4:08 pm

Republican members of the Assembly Judiciary Committee boycotted a hearing Tuesday to protest Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas recently removing Assemblyman Bill Essayli (R-Riverside), a former federal prosecutor, from the committee in retribution for Essayli criticizing Democrat colleagues for voting “to...

‘Democrats Don’t Want the Public to Know They’re Protecting Pedophiles’

May 21, 2024 3:24 pmMay 22, 2024 4:37 pm

“Democrats don’t want the public to know they’re protecting pedophiles, that’s why they cut my mic on the Assembly Floor! This is not democracy–it is tyranny.” That is what Assemblyman Bill Essayli said after attempting on Tuesday to get his...

Assemblyman Essayli Demanding Answers from Democrats For CA Sanctuary Policies

May 17, 2024 8:26 amMay 21, 2024 2:57 pm

California Democrats should be forced to take a position on sanctuary protections for illegal immigrants convicted of sex crimes against minors, said Assemblyman Bill Essayli (R-Riverside). Essayli will be forcing a vote on his bill Tuesday, AB 2641 to end...

Lifetime Restraining Orders Against Perpetrators Of Major Crimes bill Killed In Public Safety Committee

April 17, 2024 6:36 amApril 17, 2024 6:37 am

A bill to allowed a lifetime restraining order against perpetrators of major crimes was voted down in the Assembly Public Safety Committee on Tuesday despite early indications that it had a decent chance of being passed. Assembly Bill 1931, authored...