PECG’s sponsored bill (AB 1729) to maintain flexible telework rights for PECG members, and all eligible state employees is scheduled to be heard in two state Senate policy committees in the days ahead:
- June 17 (Wednesday) – Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee. The committee meets at 9:30 a.m. in Room 2200 in the Swing Space (1021 O Street). AB 1729 is scheduled to be heard first.
- June 23 (Tuesday) – Senate Governmental Organization Committee. The committee meets at 9 a.m. in Room 1200 in the Swing Space (1021 O Street) and will be set officially for hearing upon approval by the Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee on June 17.
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Here are the Senators that sit on the two committees in which AB 1729 will be heard this and next week:
Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee
Lola Smallwood-Cuevas, Chair (D-Los Angeles)
Tony Strickland, Vice Chair (R-Huntington Beach)
Dave Cortese (D-San Jose)
Maria Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles)
John Laird (D-Santa Cruz)
Senate Governmental Organization Committee
Susan Rubio, Chair (D-Baldwin Park)
Suzette Martinez Valladares, Vice Chair (R-Santa Clarita)
Marie Alvarado-Gil (R-Jackson)
Bob Archuleta (D-Pico Rivera)
Angelique Ashby (D-Sacramento)
Catherine Blakespear (D-Encinitas)
Sabrina Cervantes (D-Riverside)
Megan Dahle (R-Bieber)
Melissa Hurtado (D-Bakersfield)
Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh (R-Yucaipa)
Steve Padilla (D-San Diego)
Laura Richardson (D-South Bay)
Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles)
Aisha Wahab (D-Hayward)
Akilah Weber Pierson (D-San Diego)