San Diego Lawmakers See Bills Advance

California lawmakers passed hundreds of bills through their house of origin this week ahead of a deadline. Here's a look at some of the proposals from San Diego representatives that are working their way through the Legislature:

AB329 by Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, D-San Diego, to expand California's sex education curriculum, requiring schools to teach more about sexually transmitted infections and discuss same-sex relationships as part of HIV prevention.

SB15 by Sen. Marty Block, D-San Diego, and Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles, to increase college scholarship awards and encourage undergraduate degree completion in four years in the CSU system.

AB949 by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, to officially classify competitive cheerleading as a high school sport.

AB953 by Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, D-San Diego, ordering unprecedented data collection on police stops.

SB674 Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins, D-San Diego and Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles, to help immigrant victims of crime avoid detention and deportation by applying for U-Visas.

AB96 by Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, closing a loophole in the state's ban on importing, buying or selling elephant ivory or rhinoceros horn that has allowed ivory imported before 1977 to be sold.

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