| Legend | |
|---|---|
| S | Supportive vote or endorsement |
| (S) | Supportive statement |
| a | Abstained or absent |
| X | Mixed or inconsistent votes |
| O | Opposing vote |
| (O) | Opposing statement |
| KEY VOTES, 1999-2000: | |
|---|---|
| (1) | Medical Marijuana Research Program: SB 847, Sen. Vasconcellos' bill to establish a state medical marijuana research program (passed 1999). DPFCA Supported |
| (2) | Medical Marijuana Task Force Bill: SB 848, Sen. Vasconcellos' bill to create Prop. 215 enforcement guidelines and a voluntary patient registration system to protect patients from wrongful arrest. Opposed by law enforcement as too permissive. Backed with reservations by DPFCA, but opposed by some patients' advocates as too restrictive. SB 848 was backed by all Prop. 215 supporters in the legislature, making it a good test of attitudes toward Prop. 215. Failed passage. |
| (3) | Commission on Drugs and Violence: SB1261 by Sen. Hayden to create a state study on the relation between drugs -including drug laws - and violence. Would have been a step toward opening the discussion of drug law reform. Supported by DPFCA. Amended and killed. |
| (4) | Three Strikes reform: SB 79 by Sen. Hayden to create a commission to review California's Three Strikes Law and make recommendations about possible reforms. DPFCA supported. Failed passage. |
| (5) | Forfeiture reform: SB 1866 by Sen. Vasconcellos to curb forfeiture abuses. DPFCA supported. Passed by legislature. |
| STATE SENATE | ||||||||||
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| DIST.
No. |
VOTE | PROP. 36 | PARTY | CANDIDATE
** = running from Assembly |
DISTRICT | |||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | ||||||
| s01 | O | O | (O) | O | O | R | Oller** | N. Sierras | Voted for Smoke a Joint Lose Your License & a ban on NORML ads | |
| s01 | (S) | (S) | (S) | D | Romero | N. Sierras | Supports decriminatlization of adult personal use of marijuana | |||
| s03 | S | S | S | S | S | S | D | Burton | San Francisco | Senate President Burton has been a consistent ally of drug law reform |
| s03 | (S) | (S) | S | R | Faulkner | San Francisco | Favors carefully thought out, state-regulated decriminalization | |||
| s05 | a | a | (O) | S | O | D | Machado** | Stockton | ||
| s07 | O | O | O | O | O | O | R | Rainey | Walnut Creek | |
| s07 | S | S | (O) | S | D | Torlakson** | Walnut Creek | |||
| s09 | S | S | S | S | S | S | D | Perata | Oakland | |
| s09 | X | (S) | (a) | R | Marshall | Oakland | Against jail for users, but thinks 215 violates federal law | |||
| s11 | S | S | S | a | S | D | Sher | Palo Alto | ||
| s13 | S | S | S | S | S | S | D | Vasconcellos | San Jose | Chief legislative proponent of Prop. 215; supports right of adults to use marijuana |
| s13 | (S) | (a) | S | R | Longwell | San Jose | Supports adult personal use decrim | |||
| s15 | S | S | X | O | a | O | R | McPherson | Santa Cruz | |
| s17 | O | O | O | O | a | O | R | Knight | Palmdale | Sponsored bill to raise fine for pot |
| s17 | (S) | (S) | S | D | Lott | Palmdale | ||||
| s19 | O | S | S | R | McClintock** | Northridge | ||||
| s21 | S | O | (a) | O | D | Scott** | Pasadena | |||
| s23 | S | S | (S) | S | D | Kuehl** | Santa Monica | |||
| s25 | S | S | (S) | S | D | Vincent** | Inglewood | |||
| s27 | S | a | S | O | S | D | Karnette | Long Beach | ||
| s29 | O | O | (O) | O | R | Margett** | Arcadia | Sponsored anti-215 bill in Assembly | ||
| s31 | S | O | O | O | O | O | R | Brulte | San Bernardino | |
| s33 | O | O | (O) | S | R | Ackerman** | Orange | |||
| s33 | (S) | (S) | S | S | D | Roberts | Orange | |||
| s35 | O | O | a | O | S | O | R | Johnson | Irvine | |
| s37 | O | O | (O) | O | O | R | Battin** | Palm Springs | Sponsored bill to ban NORML ads | |
| s39 | S | S | S | S | S | O | D | Alpert | San Diego | |
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