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The CCC has identified major and significant bills for the 2007 Legislative Session.

For information on a specific piece of legislation, go to Bill Information.

All the legislation the CCC is following may be viewed on the Capitol Track legislative data report.

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Explanation and Legend for Capitol Track Report

Annually the California Catholic Conference reviews thousands of pieces of proposed legislation and tracks hundreds. The bills that are tracked are allocated to four different lobbyists, who assign the appropriate CCC position and priority. Those bills concern a number of issues, and most are considered of particular interest to one or more of our constituent groups.

The key to the information on the report you will see is:

  • The list of bills is divided into the Constituent Groups, each one headed by a bold abbreviation centered on the page. Those groups are:

     

    • CAPSO: California Association of Private School Organizations
    • CCCEd: CCC Education Committee
    • CCoC: Catholic Charities of California
    • CCSS: California Catholic School Superintendents
    • CDA: Catholic Diocesan Attorneys
    • DDM: Diocesan Detention Ministry
    • DHM: Diocesan Hispanic Ministry
    • DRE: Diocesan Religious Education
    • FLD: Family Life Directors
    • RLD: Respect Life Directors
    • SAD: Social Action Directors
  • The CCC's Position on a bill is designated by one of the following abbreviations:

     

    • N = Neutral
    • N*= Neutral, amendment considered
    • S = Support
    • S*= Support, amendment considered
    • O = Oppose
    • O*= Oppose unless amended
  • The Priority assigned to the bill is:

     

    • Major
    • Significant
    • Monitor
    • Read
  • The Subjects of the issues we lobby are: (The numbers are for internal control)

     

    1. Respect Life
    2. Human Rights/Prisons
    3. Economic Rights/Unions
    4. Family Rights
    5. Education
    6. Institutional Issues
    7. Religious Freedom
    8. Social Services/Policy
    9. Agriculture
    10. Health
    11. Budget
    •
NOTES: Any one piece of legislation may appear more than once on this report. To access the items for a particular group, scroll down until the Abbreviation for that group appears in bold type centered on the page.

To see detailed information about any one bill, simply click on the bill number. A new window will open which will allow you to see the text, and to check the Legislature's report on the status and history of the bill.

To search for a particular piece of legislation in the report, enter the bill number in the Search box at the top right hand corner in the following format: the letter designation in caps, space, bill number, e.g., AB 10.

 

 
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