California Assembly Voting Record 2003-4

Votest on Marijuana and Drug Reform Issues

   Following are the voting records of the California Assembly on issues relating to marijuana and drug policy in 2003-4.

 
Legend
Y Pro-reform vote
A Absent or abstained
N Anti-reform vote

KEY VOTES, 2003

(1)

Stop DEA Interference in Proposition 215. Resolution AJR 13 by Assemblyman Mark Leno (D-SF) calls on Congress to let states regulate medical marijuana legally, stop DEA harassment of medical cannabis providers. Approved by Assembly 41-32, by Senate 21-15.

(2)

Marijuana Decrim: SB 131 by Sen. Byron Sher to decriminalize possession of less than one ounce from a misdemeanor to an infraction (like a traffic ticket). Approved by Senate 21-13. Defeated in Assembly 36-36.

(3)

SB 420 "Clean-Up" Bill: SB1494 by Sen. Vasconcellos to clean up drafting errors in last year's medical marijuana task force bill, SB 420, that appeared to limit the amount of marijuana patients could legally have under Prp. 215. Approved by Senate 21-13 and Assembly 41-34; vetoed by Gov. Schwarzenegger.

(4) Ban Random Drug Testing of Students: SB 1386 by Sen, Vasconcellos to ban random drug testing of school students. Passed Senate 27-10, Assembly 51-25. Vetoed by Gov. Schwarzenegger.

(5)

Pharmacy syringe sales: SB 1159 by Sen. Vasconcellos would permit consumers to buy hypodermic syringes at pharmacies without a prescription. Approved by Senate 22-13, Assembly 51-25. Similar bill (SB774) vetoed by Gov. Davis in 2003.

STATE ASSEMBLY
DIST.
No.
DISTRICT

CANDIDATE

VOTE COMMENTS
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
a01 N. Coast Patty Berg - D Y Y Y Y Y  
a02 Redding La Malfa -R N N N N N  
a03 N. Sierra Keene - R N N N N N  
a04 Cent.. Sierra Leslie -R * N N N N N  
a05 Fair Oaks Cox - R * N N N N N
a06 San Rafael Nation - D * Y Y Y Y Y
a07 Sonoma Wiggins - D * Y Y Y Y Y
a08 Davis Wolk - D Y Y Y Y Y  
a09 Sacramento Steinberg - D * Y Y Y Y Y
a10 Elk Grove Nakanishi - R N N N N N
a11 Concord Canciamilla - D * Y Y Y Y Y
a12 San Francisco Yee - D Y Y Y Y Y  
a13 San Francisco Leno - D Y Y Y Y Y Sponsor of AJR 13 & SF Proposition S
a14 Berkeley Hancock - D Y Y Y Y Y  
a15 Walnut Creek Houston - R N N N N N
a16 Oakland Chan - D * Y Y Y Y Y  
a17 Tracy Matthews- D * A N A Y N
a18 San Leandro Corbett -D * Y Y Y Y Y
a19 Millbrae Mullin - D Y Y Y Y Y
a20 Fremont Dutra - D * Y Y Y Y Y
a21 Palo Alto Simitian - D * Y Y Y Y Y
a22 Santa Clara Lieber - D Y Y Y Y Y
a23 San Jose Diaz - D * A N Y A Y
a24 Saratoga Cohn - D * Y N Y Y Y
a25 Modesto Cogdill - R * N N N N N
a26 Merced Aghazarian - R N N N N N  
a27 Santa Cruz Laird - D Y Y Y Y Y
a28 Salinas Salinas - D * Y A Y Y Y
a29 Fresno Samuelian - R N N N N N
a30 Hanford Parra - D N N N N N  
a31 Fresno Reyes - D * N A N Y N
a32 Bakersfield McCarthy - R N N N N N  
a33 SLO Maldonado - R * N N N Y N
a34 Barstow Maze - R N N N Y Y
a35 Santa Barbara Jackson - D * Y Y Y Y Y
a36 Lancaster Runner, Sharon - R N N N N N
a37 1000 Oaks Strickland - R * N N N N N
a38 Simi Valley Richman - R * N N A Y Y
a39 L.A-San Fern'do Montanez - D Y A A Y Y
a40 Van Nuys Levine - D Y Y Y Y Y
a41 Santa Monica Pavley - D * Y Y A Y A  
a42 W. Hollywood Koretz - D * Y Y Y Y A
a43 Los Angeles Frommer - D * Y A Y Y Y  
a44 Pasadena Liu - D * Y Y Y Y Y  
a45 Los Angeles Goldberg - D * Y Y Y Y Y Sponsored 3-strikes reform bill
a46 Los Angeles Nunez - D Y Y Y Y Y  
a47 LA -Culver City Wesson - D * A Y Y Y Y
a48 L.A.-So. Central Ridley-Thomas - D Y Y Y Y Y  
a49 Alhambra Chu - D * Y Y Y Y Y
a50 E. LA - Bell Gardens Firebaugh - D * Y A A Y Y Sponsored bill to legalize medical marijuana paraphernalia
a51 Inglewood Horton - D * Y A Y A Y
a52 Paramount Dymally - D Y Y Y Y Y
a53 Torrance Nakano - D * A A A A A
a54 Long Beach Lowenthal - D * Y Y Y Y Y
a55 Long Beach Oropeza - D * Y Y Y A Y
a56 Cerritos Bermudez - D Y Y A Y Y  
a57 Covina Chavez - D * Y Y Y Y Y
a58 Montebello Calderon, Ronald - D Y Y Y Y Y
a59 Monrovia Mountjoy - R * N N N Y N
a60 Diamond Bar Pacheco, Robert - R * N N N N N
a61 Montclair Negrete -McLeod- D* Y Y Y Y Y
a62 Rialto Longville - D* Y Y Y Y Y Sponsored MJ cultivation decrim bill
a63 San Bernardino Dutton - R N N N N N
a64 Riverside Benoit - R N N N N N  
a65 Redlands Bogh - R * N N N N N
a66 Temecula Haynes - R N N N N N  
a67 Huntington Beach Harman - R * N N N N N  
a68 Garden Grove Maddox - R * N N N Y N  
a69 Anaheim Correa - D * N N N N N
a70 Newport Beach Campbell, John- R * N N N Y N  
a71 Irvine Spitzer - R N N N Y N
a72 Brea Daucher - R * A N A N N
a73 Oceanside Bates - R * N N N Y N
a74 Escondido Wyland -R * N N N N N
a75 San Diego Plescia -R N N N N N
a76 San Diego Kehoe -D * Y Y Y Y Y
a77 La Mesa La Suer -R * N N N N N
a78 San Diego Horton - R N N N Y N
a79 San Diego Vargas - D * Y Y Y Y Y
a80 Palm Desert Garcia - R N N N N N


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