Asm. Isaac Bryan
Sponsored bills
This measure would, among other things, honor the late civil rights pioneer and icon Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Existing law requires the State Board of Education, at the request of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, to take certain actions aimed at discouraging the development of discriminatory attitudes in schools and at preventing and responding to hate violence, as defined, as long as the actions do not result in a state mandate or an increase in costs to a state or local program. Existing law requires that the state board take action only if private funds are available in an amount that also covers the related department activities. Existing law defines "hate crime" in the Penal Code to mean a criminal act committed, in whole or in part, because of one or more of the following actual or perceived characteristics of the victim: disability, gender, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, and association with a person or group with one or more of those actual or perceived characteristics. This bill would expand the definition of "hate violence" to include these hate crimes to the extent they are not already included, and to include crimes committed based on actual or perceived gender expression or gender identity, for purposes of the State Board of Education's actions aimed at discouraging the development of discriminatory attitudes in schools and at preventing and responding to hate violence. Existing law prohibits a permanent school employee from being dismissed, except for one or more of certain enumerated causes, including, among others, immoral or unprofessional conduct. This bill would add failure to address complaints of hate violence, as redefined by the bill, to those enumerated causes. This bill would also make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
This measure would recognize February 7, 2022, to February 11, 2022, as National School Counseling Week.
This measure would designate the week of January 30, 2022, to February 5, 2022, inclusive, as Physician Anesthesiologist Week.
This measure would declare that passengers in motor vehicles should be educated and encouraged to advocate for their own safety and the safety of others during National Passenger Safety Week, the week of January 23 to 29, 2022, inclusive.
This measure would recognize the importance of California Native American Day, celebrated this year on September 24, 2021, and the annual California Indian Cultural Awareness Conference, to the enhancement of awareness of California Indian culture.
This measure would proclaim January 13, 2022, as Korean American Day.