Assembly Floor Action:Toy Guns: Passed and sent...

Assembly Floor Action:

Toy Guns: Passed and sent to the Senate on a 43-30 vote a bill (AB 2687) by Assemblyman Steve Peace (D-Chula Vista) to provide civil penalties up to $10,000 for manufacturers who fail to place fluorescent or other permanent color markings on toy guns that look like real firearms. The markings are meant to help law enforcement officers prevent accidental shootings by differentiating between toy guns and real weapons.

Plant Closures: Rejected by a 25-45 vote a bill (AB 1490) by Assemblywoman Maxine Waters (D-Los Angeles) to require businesses that reduce operations by more than 25% in any quarter to give543518064guarantee moving expenses up to $500 and continue health and insurance benefits for one year.

Veal: Passed and sent to the Senate on a 43-30 vote a bill (AB 2653) by Assemblyman Tom Bates (D-Oakland) to make it a crime punishable by up to three years in state prison and/or a $1,000 fine to raise calves in so-called “veal crates.” These crates prevent calves from turning around or lying down naturally and assure the whiteness of the meat.

Condoms: Passed and sent to the Senate on a 54-24 vote a bill (AB 2683) by Assemblywoman Teresa P. Hughes (D-Los Angeles) to impose state requirements on the manufacture and sale of condoms to help prevent the spread of AIDS.

Tanning: Passed and sent to the Senate on a 65-2 vote a bill (AB 2139) by Assemblyman William J. Filante (R-Greenbrae) requiring tanning salons to warn customers about the potential dangers of overexposure.

Gangs: Passed and sent to the Senate on a 45-30 vote a bill (AB 1979) by Assemblyman Dave Elder (D-Long Beach) expressing legislative support for multi-agency law enforcement task forces to crack down on street gang criminal activities.

Cal/OSHA: Passed and sent to the Senate on a 43-26 vote a bill (AB 867) by Assemblyman Richard E. Floyd (D-Hawthorne) to restore the Cal/OSHA worker safety inspection program abolished by the governor in favor of federal regulation. The issue currently is in the courts.

Condors: Passed and sent to the Senate on a 72-5 vote a bill (AB 2324) by Assemblywoman Lucy Killea (D-San Diego) to appropriate $500,000 for a captive breeding program to help prevent the California condor from becoming extinct.

Sex Offenders: Passed and sent to the Senate on a 60-1 vote a bill (AB 2037) by Assemblywoman Marian W. LaFollette (R-Northridge) to help police monitor convicted sex offenders by allowing private contractors to update sex offender registration files. Bill Introductions:

Pap Smears: AB 2860 by Assemblyman Burt Margolin (D-Los Angeles) would require laboratory technologists to examine pap smear slides to reduce the chance of error in detecting early signs of cervical cancer.

Year-Round Schools: AB 2858 by Assemblywoman Marian LaFollette (R-Northridge) would require majority vote election approval of affected parents before implementing year-round school proposals. Senate Floor Action:

Drinking Water: Passed and sent to the Assembly on a 32-3 vote a bill (SB 269) by Sen. Quentin L. Kopp (I-San Francisco) to ask the voters to make Proposition 65, the anti-toxics initiative, apply to public agencies.

Guns: Passed and sent to the Assembly on a 28-2 vote a bill (SB 1027) by Sen. Ed Davis (R-Valencia) to prohibit investigators of the state Employment Development Department from carrying firearms. The bill would grant EDD investigators special retirement and disability benefits now granted peace officers, however.

Food: Killed a bill (SB 1460) by Sen. Barry Keene (D-Benicia) that would have required so-called fast foods to be labeled with ingredient and nutritional information on restaurant signs, menus, tray liners or on containers. The vote was 12-20, far short of the 21 required.

Smoke: Rejected on an 18-15 vote a Keene bill (SB 1644) to give state employees time off from the job to attend stop-smoking clinics. Bill Introductions:

Firings: SB 1827 by Sen. Bill Greene (D-Los Angeles) would allow employers to fire employees only for just cause.

Trauma: SB 1825 by Sen. Cecil N. Greene (D-Norwalk) would require state agencies to report to the Legislature and the governor on the unmet needs and costs of trauma care throughout the state by Jan. 1, 1990.