HOT BILLS
* Sexual-Orientation Discrimination
Bottom line: Activists want to make it illegal for employers to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation.
Chances: Business advocates have made it a high-priority target.
Next step: April 2 hearing, Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee
Details: AB 257 author Antonio Villaraigosa (D-Los Angeles) can be reached at (916) 445-0703.
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* Child Labor in Hollywood
Bottom line: The Screen Actors Guild wants stronger safeguards regulating minors.
Chances: No opposition so far.
Next step: April 23 hearing, Assembly Committee on Labor and Employment
Details: AB 744 author Carl Washington (D-Paramount) can be reached at (916) 445-7486.
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* Legal Notices
Bottom line: Businesses want to reduce the millions spent on legal-notice ads.
Chances: The California Newspaper Publishers Assn. helped kill similar legislation last year.
Next step: April 9 hearing, Senate Judiciary Committee
Details: SB 119 author Quentin Kopp (I-San Francisco) can be reached at (916) 445-0503.
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