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Education Has No Limits, Dual Enrollment Continues Through Committee

Sacramento, CA – Today, Assemblymember Chris Holden’s bill– Dual Enrollment Opportunities and Outreach bill which would enable more local education agencies to establish dual enrollment opportunities for students, couple those opportunities with student support services and outreach campaigns to ensure the continued success of dual enrollment programs passed Assembly Committee

Accountability, Empathy, and Equity for Traffic Stops Passes Committee

Sacramento, CA –Today, Assemblymember Chris Holden’s bill, Traffic or pedestrian stops: notification by peace officers, a measure which require the department to include information regarding the duty of a peace officer to state the reason for the stop in the handbook at the earliest opportunity when the handbook is otherwise revised or reprinted, Assembly Bill 2773, passe

Truth to Protect Youth Passes Committee

Sacramento, CA – Today, Assemblymember Chris Holden’s bill,  Juvenile Custodial Interrogations bill  which prohibits the use of statements made by youth (25 years of age or younger) as evidence in criminal or juvenile court proceedings if they were made during interrogations where law enforcement used threats, physical harm, deception, or psychologically manipulative

Carbon Intensity of Construction and Building Materials Act Passes Committee

Sacramento, CA –Today, Assemblymember Chris Holden’s bill, Carbon Intensity of Construction and Building Materials Act, a measure which would require the State to develop a framework for measuring and then reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the construction of new buildings, including those for residential uses, Assembly Bill 2446, passed the Assembly Committee on Natura

California Legislative Black Caucus Now Accepting African-American Leaders of Tomorrow (AALT) Applications

Pasadena (CA) – Assemblymember Chris Holden and the California Legislative Black Caucus announced the availability of applications for African-American Leaders of tomorrow (AALT) conference – a four-day residential summer program from July 20 – 23, 2022, for high school freshmen and sophomores on the campus of California State University Dominquez Hills (CSUDH).

AB 1720 Passes Assembly Human Services Committee

Sacramento, CA – Today, Assemblymember Chris Holden’s bill AB 1720 - Care facilities: criminal background checks passed the Assembly Human Services Committee with 7-0, unanimous, bi-partisan support.