California SB 400 Update! So far so Good !

[Pocket Aces]

The Governor signed # 357 and # 419 but has not acted on SB 400 yet!

This is driving me crazy!

Capitol Alert: Schwarzenegger signs 89 bills, vetoes 94

 

[fanofwalt]

My first post...sorry it's this message.

I sure hope I'm reading this wrong, but...according to the Gov's website:

(NOTE: Ah. A newbie like me is not allowed to post urls. Go to the gov's website, click on Bill Signings, click the All Bills Acted On tab and search for "400" -- it'll be the fourth instance of "400" on the page)

...the status of SB 400 is "sign." The "chapter" designation (whatever that is) is "134."

Note that the Governor's website describes SB 400 as "Medi-Cal: outpatient prescription drugs," yet you can see it's sponsored by CA Sen. Ellen Corbett, and the link takes you directly to the text of the e-cig ban legislation. On Corbett's website, SB 400 is described as "tobacco," which is just as misleading, since e-cigs aren't tobacco.

I have only just discovered e-cigs, got to try one out at a county fair, and was delighted and surprised at having finally found a smarter way to get my nicotine. Now this happens. I haven't even yet made my first e-cig purchase.

So if that "signed" designation means what I think it means (sigh), can Californians still *use* their e-cigs? It's only the in-state _sale_ of the product that gets banned, or so it seems...right?

I'll stay tuned here for your experienced insights. And, if I've somehow misread the status of the bill, PLEASE correct me!!

 

[Pocket Aces]

Fan I just went to the Goveror's web site and the last update was 10/9.

Where did you see that info?

 

[boxhead]

Legislative Update
is where i got it P Aces...

 

[Pocket Aces]

Legislative Update
is where i got it P Aces...

Same list I linked to. SB 400 is not on the List! We just have to wait!

 

[fanofwalt]

Did you follow the link I spelled out for you? e-cig-forum won't let me post a url (fewer than 15 posts, so I'm not yet allowed), but I'll try to spell it out for you more directly. I checked the Gov's site just moments before I posted the info here.

ht tp colon slash slash
gov dot ca dot gov slash
bills slash
pound sign all

Put all that together to get to the url. (*whew* what a workaround!) Then do a page search for "400" and you'll find Corbett's bill, with "sign" next to the item. Other items say "veto," so I'm afraid "sign" means the bill has been signed, as opposed to being merely submitted to the governor for signature.

 

[anim8r]

You can just fill in the SB 400 on this page to see the latest updates on the bill.

w ww. gov. ca . gov / bills#search


It looks like the status is "Sign" which irritates me since I just ordered my first e-cig on Friday

 

[boxhead]

ya, i relized that after i hit the sumit, the thing fanofwalt has been looking at has been up for a long time "the status of SB 400 is "sign." The "chapter" designation (whatever that is) is "134."" is something they put to come back and edit later imo...
sorry, was flipping back and forth twitter gov`s home page and tv`s web site to see whats happing with the bill status...

 

[boxhead]

SB 400 Senate Bill - Status

that was last years sb 400 on medcare pre. drugs, and was signed last year

 

[fanofwalt]

Boxhead, click on the "MediCal Prescription Drugs" link, and you'll see that it does, in fact, take you to the text of Corbett's e-cig ban legislation, SB 400, just as I pointed out in my original post.

I wish I wish I WISH that I were mistaken. If you can prove me wrong, I'd joyfully cheer!

 

[malyden]

BILL AUTHOR DESCRIPTION MESSAGE CHAPTER CHAPTER DATE
SB 400 Corbett Medi-Cal: outpatient prescription drugs. Sign 134 7/17/2008

Bill List

Documents associated with SB 400 in the Session

SB 400 Senate Bill - Status

CURRENT BILL STATUS


MEASURE : S.B. No. 400
AUTHOR(S) : Corbett (Coauthor: Senator Alquist) (Coauthors: Assembly
Members Eng, Fong, and Jones).
TOPIC : tobacco.
+LAST AMENDED DATE : 09/02/2009


TYPE OF BILL :
Active
Non-Urgency
Non-Appropriations
Majority Vote Required
State-Mandated Local Program
Fiscal
Non-Tax Levy

LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 09/28/2009
LAST HIST. ACTION : Enrolled. To Governor at 1 p.m.
COMM. LOCATION : SEN HEALTH
COMM. ACTION DATE : 09/10/2009
COMM. ACTION : From Committee: That the Assembly Amendments be
concurred in.
COMM. VOTE SUMMARY : Ayes: 09 Noes: 02 PASS

TITLE : An act to amend Sections 22950.5, 22955, and 22962 of
the Business and Professions Code, and to add Section
111247 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to
tobacco.

 

[Timekey]

Yes you are wrong.

 

[fanofwalt]

The SB 400 re: "Medi-Cal" is denoted as "signed" and given a date of 7/17/2008 (last year, indeed), so I am hopeful that I've been mistaken. It's the hypertext link that takes us to the current e-cig ban language that has me concerned.

 

[boxhead]

sb400 is sb400, and on twitter he signd 79 more and vetod 89 more, no list yet of what whet thru...
Torey Van Oot (CapitolAlert) on Twitter

 

[fanofwalt]

Wheeee!! Thank you Malyden for the details!!! Thanks also Timekey and Boxhead!

Keeping fingers crossed for (ahem) THIS current SB 400! Veee-toh! Veeeeeee-toh!

(What are the odds that a single legislator sponsors same-numbered bills in different years, I wonder...)

 

[boxhead]

sb 400 is vetoed

 

[boxhead]

http://gov.ca.gov/pdf/press/2009bills/SB400_Corbett_Veto_Message.pdf

 

[Proverb]

http://gov.ca.gov/pdf/press/2009bills/SB400_Corbett_Veto_Message.pdf

Looks like the emails worked!!!

 

[yvilla]

It's vetoed!!!

Legislative Update 2

http://gov.ca.gov/pdf/press/2009bills/SB400_Corbett_Veto_Message.pdf

 

[dragonpuff]

http://gov.ca.gov/pdf/press/2009bills/SB400_Corbett_Veto_Message.pdf

Am i sleeping? Is this for real?

If it's for real, could you please start a new thread
so everybody can go...

WOO-HOO!!! YAY! YAY!