California Assembly Votes
Cannabis Issues 2007-8
(1) AB 2279 - Employment Rights for Medical Marijuana Users sponsored by Mark Leno, coauthored by Berg, Hancock and Saldana (2008). Would reverse CA Supreme Court's Ross v. Raging Wire decision by prohibiting employers from discriminating against medical marijuana users, for example by random or pre-employment urine tests. Passed Assembly 41-35 and State Senate 21-15 (Sep. 2008).
(2) AB 684 - Industrial Hemp Bill coauthored by Mark Leno and Chuck Devore, and co-sponsored by Assembly members Adams, Beall, Berg, Huffman and Saldana and Sen. McClinock (2007). Would have established a demonstration hemp cultivation program in four counties. Approved by Assembly 41-29; State Senate 26-13. Vetoed by Gov. Schwarzenegger (Sep. 2007).
Cal. State Assembly Marijuana Votes 2007-2008
Y=Yes (favorable vote ); N=No (unfavorable vote); -- = Not voting
| DISTRICT | Member | Party | AB 2279 |
AB 684 |
|
| a01 | Santa Rosa | Berg | D | Y |
Y |
| a02 | Redding CA | LaMalfa | R | N |
N |
| a03 | Grass Valley CA | Keene | R | N |
N |
| a04 | Granite Bay | Gaines | R | N |
N |
| a05 | Fair Oaks CA | Niello | R | N |
Y |
| a06 | San Rafael | Huffman | D | Y |
Y |
| a07 | Santa Rosa | Evans | D | Y |
Y |
| a08 | Davis | Wolk | D | N |
Y |
| a09 | Sacramento | Jones | D | Y |
Y |
| a10 | Stockton | Nakanishi | R | N |
N |
| a11 | Martinez | DeSaulnier | D | Y |
Y |
| a12 | San Francisco CA | Ma | D | Y |
Y |
| a13 | San Francisco CA | Leno | D | Y |
Y |
| a14 | Berkeley | Hancock | D | Y |
Y |
| a15 | Danville | Houston | R | N |
N |
| a17 | Tracy | Galgiani | D | N |
N |
| a18 | Hayward | Hayashi | D | Y |
Y |
| a19 | South San Francisco | Mullin | D | Y |
Y |
| a20 | Fremont CA | Torrico | D | Y |
Y |
| a21 | Redwood City | Ruskin | D | Y |
Y |
| a22 | Mountain View | Lieber | D | Y |
Y |
| a23 | San Jose CA | Coto | D | Y |
Y |
| a24 | San Jose | Beall | D | Y |
Y |
| a26 | Stockton | Aghazarian | R | N |
N |
| a27 | Santa Cruz | Laird | D | Y |
Y |
| a29 | Clovis | Villines | R | N |
N |
| a30 | Hanford | Parra | D | Y |
N |
| a31 | Fresno CA | Arambula | D | N |
N |
| a32 | Bakersfield | Fuller | R | N |
N |
| a33 | San Luis Obispo | Blakeslee | R | N |
N |
| a34 | Visalia | Maze | R | N |
N |
| a35 | Santa Barbara | Nava | D | -- |
Y |
| a36 | Lancaster CA | Runner | R | N |
-- |
| a37 | Thousand Oaks | Strickland | R | N |
-- |
| a38 | Santa Clarita | Smyth | R | N |
N |
| a39 | N. Hollywood | Fuentes | D | Y |
Y |
| a40 | Sherman Oaks | Levine | D | Y |
Y |
| a41 | Santa Monica | Brownley | D | Y |
Y |
| a42 | Los Angeles | Feuer | D | Y |
Y |
| a43 | Burbank | Krekorian | D | Y |
Y |
| a44 | La Canada Flintridge | Portantino | D | -- |
Y |
| a45 | Los Angeles CA | De Leon | D | Y |
Y |
| a46 | Los Angeles | Nunez | D | Y |
Y |
| a47 | Los Angeles | Bass | D | Y |
Y |
| a48 | Los Angeles | Davis | D | Y |
Y |
| a49 | Monterey Park | Eng | D | Y |
Y |
| a50 | South Gate | De La Torre | D | Y |
Y |
| a51 | Inglewood | Price | D | Y |
Y |
| a52 | Compton | Dymally | D | Y |
Y |
| a53 | Torrance | Lieu | D | Y |
Y |
| a54 | Long Beach | Karnette | D | Y |
Y |
| a55 | Long Beach | Furutani | D | Y |
|
| a56 | Artesia | Mendozaa | D | Y |
Y |
| a57 | Baldwin Park | Hernandez | D | Y |
Y |
| a58 | Whittier | Calderon | D | Y |
Y |
| a60 | Diamond Bar | Huff | R | N |
N |
| a61 | Pomona | Soto | D | -- |
Y |
| a62 | Rialto | Carter | D | -- |
-- |
| a63 | Redlands | Emmerson | R | N |
N |
| a64 | Riverside | Benoit | R | N |
N |
| a65 | Yucca Valley | Cook | R | N |
N |
| a66 | Lake Elsinore | Jeffries | R | N |
N |
| a68 | Costa Mesa | Tran | R | N |
N |
| a69 | Santa Ana | Solorio | D | Y |
Y |
| a70 | Irvine | DeVore | R | N |
Y |
| a71 | Orange | Spitzer | R | N |
N |
| a73 | Mission Viejo | Walters | R | N |
N |
| a74 | Solana Beach | Garrick | R | N |
-- |
| a75 | La Jolla | Plescia | R | N |
N |
| a76 | San Diego CA | Saldana | D | Y |
Y |
| a77 | La Mesa | Anderson | R | N |
N |
| a78 | Bonita | Horton | R | N |
N |
| a79 | Chula Vista | Salas | D | Y |
Y |
| a80 | Cathedral City | Garcia | R | N |
N |
| A16 | Alameda | Swanson | D | Y |
Y |
| a25 | Modesto CA | Berryhill | R | N |
N |
| A28 | Salinas | Caballero | D | Y |
Y |
| a59 | Hesperia | Adams | R | N |
Y |
| A67 | Sunset Beach | Silva | R | N |
N |
| a72 | Yorba Linda | Duvall | R | N |
N |