SACRAMENTO – Sen. Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas, issued the following statement today on her decision not to move forward with SB 1196 this year:

SACRAMENTO – Legislation by Sen. Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas, to ban the use of plastic bags at grocery store checkouts passed the Senate Environmental Quality Committee on Wednesday.

SACRAMENTO – Legislation by Sen. Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas, to revitalize the rail corridor that runs from San Diego through six Southern California counties to San Luis Obispo passed the Senate Transportation Committee on Tuesday.

SACRAMENTO – Legislation by Sen. Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas, requiring producers of marine flares to establish and run a program to collect expired and unwanted flares passed the Senate Environmental Quality Committee on Wednesday.

SACRAMENTO – Legislation by Sen. Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas, to ensure that anyone who needs to pump breast milk while in court will be given breaks to do so passed the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.

SACRAMENTO – Legislation by Sen. Blakespear, D-Encinitas, to help ease the shortage of child care options for military personnel passed the Senate Human Services Committee on Monday.

SACRAMENTO – Three bills by Sen. Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas, designed to reduce gun violence passed the Senate Public Safety Committee on Tuesday.

SACRAMENTO – Sen. Blakespear, D-Encinitas, has introduced legislation to help ease the shortage of child care options for military personnel by allowing people who are certified to provide child care in their homes by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to provide it in California without a state license.