Governor

Will attend a fund-raising dinner for his reelection campaign in Azusa on Friday and a Santa Barbara County Republican Central Committee meeting in Solvang on Saturday.

Signed into law a bill (AB 606) by Assemblyman Gray Davis (D-Los Angeles) to increase penalties for kidnaping children, establish a state reward fund to help locate missing children and establish a toll-free telephone hot line to receive and relay information.

Assembly Floor Action: AIDS: Passed and sent to the governor on a 60-1 vote a bill (SB 2484) by Senate President Pro Tem David A. Roberti (D-Los Angeles) to prohibit home purchasers from suing real estate agents if they do not disclose to buyers that a previous occupant had AIDS.

Poison: Passed by a 68-1 vote and returned to the Senate for concurrence in amendments a bill (SB 1611) by Sen. Art Torres (D-Los Angeles) to increase the maximum state prison sentence for poisoning any food, drink, drug or water supply to five years, from four years.

Traffic Tickets: Passed and sent to the Senate on a 42-26 vote a bill (AB 4153) by Assemblyman Tom Bates (D-Oakland) to require counties to establish a three-month amnesty during which drivers could pay outstanding traffic tickets without penalty.

Higher Education Bond Issue: Rejected a bill (SB 2366) by Sen. Gary K. Hart (D-Santa Barbara) to place a $700-million higher education construction bond issue on the Nov. 4 ballot. The vote was 47 to 12 in favor, but 54 votes, or a two-thirds majority, was needed for approval.

Driver’s License Tests: Passed and sent to the governor on a 46-2 vote a bill (AB 2641) by Assemblyman Richard Katz (D-Sepulveda) to allow police officers to order drivers they deem to be dangerous or physically impaired to retake the driver’s license test within five working days or face possible license suspension.

Drugs: Passed and sent to the governor on a 58-0 vote a bill (AB 4372) by Assemblyman Phillip Isenberg (D-Sacramento) to permit registered nurses working in clinics to dispense non-narcotic drugs to patients upon the order of a licensed physician.

Senate Committee Action: Charter Buses: The Transportation Committee approved a bill (AB 3262) by Assemblyman Richard Katz (D-Sepulveda) to require charter and tour buses to be inspected every 90 days and to increase penalties for drivers who violate speeding laws. A 7-0 vote sent the bill to the Appropriations Committee. The bill was sparked by a recent incident in which a gambling tour bus plunged into the Walker River and killed 22 Southern California senior citizens.

Regent: The Rules Committee recommended on a 3-0 vote confirmation of Gov. George Deukmejian’s appointment of former state Republican Party Chairman Tirso del Junco, a Pasadena physician, as a regent of the University of California.