Assembly

Floor Action:

Anti-Apartheid: Approved and sent to the governor on a 42-29 vote a bill (AB 1134) by Assemblyman Maxine Waters (D-Los Angeles) to prohibit new investment of state funds in stocks or bonds of any company doing business in South Africa.

Liability: Approved and sent to the governor on a 69-1 vote a bill (AB 200) by Assemblyman Alister McAlister (D-Fremont) to provide that a property owner shall not be held liable by a criminal who is injured on his or her property while committing a felony.

Human Rights: Approved and sent to the governor on a 48-25 vote a bill (AB 1273) by Assemblyman Charles M. Calderon (D-Alhambra) to require that human rights be taught in grades seven through 12 as part of social studies and history courses.

Landslide: Defeated on a 34-25 vote a bill (AB 1461) by Assemblyman Gerald N. Felando (R-San Pedro) to provide a $2-million grant from offshore oil drilling revenues to the City of Rancho Palos Verdes to halt the Portuguese Bend landslide. The bill need 54 votes to pass.

Senate Floor Action:

School Buses: Approved on a 29-2 vote a bill (AB 37) by Assemblyman Richard Robinson (D-Garden Grove) to require that more than 8,000 school buses being used to carry students be upgraded to meet federal safety standards. It goes back to the Assembly for consideration of Senate changes.

Clove Cigarettes: Approved on a 33-0 vote a bill (AB 2559) by Assemblyman Richard L. Mountjoy (R-Monrovia) calling for state evaluation of existing studies on the health effects of smoking clove cigarettes, popular with some teen-agers. It returns to the Assembly for concurrence in Senate amendments.

Asbestos: Approved on a 33-0 vote a bill (AB 2040) by Assemblyman Gray Davis (D-Los Angeles) to establish air standards for asbestos exposure in kindergarten through grade 12 in public schools and to require contractors engaged in asbestos work to pass a state examination. It goes back to the lower house for final action.

Watermelons: Approved on 24-6 vote a bill (AB 1511) by Assemblyman Norman Waters (D-Plymouth) to set up a program for compensation of farmers, brokers, shippers, wholesalers and retailers who lost money when the state ordered the destruction of pesticide-tainted watermelons in July. It goes back to the Assembly for final action.