Senate Leader Atkins Supports Next Steps on SB 276
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sept. 6, 2019
CONTACT: Lizelda.Lopez@sen.ca.gov
Senate Leader Atkins Supports Next Steps on SB 276
SACRAMENTO – Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego) issued the following statement in regards to Senate Bill 276 by Senator Richard Pan (D-Sacramento):
“As President pro Tem of the Senate, I have fully supported Senator Pan’s decisions on how to move forward on SB 276. SB 276 has been vigorously vetted and negotiated for months and deserves to be enacted on its merits in the form that was agreed to. Having a signature on SB 276 makes it easier to move forward with new language that has been proposed. Dr. Pan, other Senators and Assemblymembers who support SB 276 have faced threats and harassment. Besides the clear public health value of SB 276, it is important that we send the message that loud and violent will not drown out reason and science in how we govern California.”
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Toni G. Atkins is President pro Tempore of the California Senate. Having previously served as Speaker of the California Assembly, she began her tenure in the Senate in 2016. As Senator for District 39, she represents the cities of San Diego, Coronado, Del Mar and Solana Beach. Website of President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins: www.senate.ca.gov/Atkins