SAVE THE DATE - SB94 Public Safety Committee Hearing on April 11

Heidi • March 21, 2023

SB 94 will be heard in the Senate Public Safety Committee April 11th

The first date to save in seeing SB94 through the legislative process on its way to Governor Gavin Newsom's signature starts Tuesday April 11th. The bill gets its first hearing in the California Senate in front of the Senate Public Safety Committee. The hearing starts at 930am PT, and SB94 is listed as the second bill on the posted agenda for the hearing.


Due to COVID, the ability to attend the hearing in person will be limited, so the best way for you to signal your support and provide testimony for SB94 is to send a Position Letter. You can do this through the California Legislative Position Letter Portal. After completing a one-time registration to obtain a username and password, log in to submit your position letter as a registered lobbyist, organization or individual seeking to communicate your views to the bill author’s staff as well as the committee that will be hearing the bill. Support letters for the SB94 committee hearing must be submitted by 3pm PT Tuesday April 4th (the week prior to the meeting where SB94 will be heard).


To watch the livestream of the proceeding visit: www.senate.ca.gov


To listen only, but not testify, for this hearing in Senate Committee Room 2200, please dial 1-888-808-6929 and use Access Code 7362834.


More information coming from yesterday's SB94 Community Launch Zoom, including forms you can use to contact your legislator directly if you're a California voter to signal your support for SB94, and forms to use if you're submitting your support on behalf of an organization. Watch this space!

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