The personal injury bar is active in California electoral politics, contributing more than $4 million to candidates for office in the 2007-08 election cycle. See how your legislators voted on civil justice reform bills before the Judiary Committees of the state Assembly and Senate. A complete description of each bill can be found below.
Assembly
|
Member |
District |
PIL/Plaintiffs' Lawyer Contribution (2007-08) |
Class Action Reform AB298 (2009) |
Class Action Reform AB1505 (2008) # |
Civil Procedure Reform AB1891 (2008) |
Class Action Reform AB1905 (2008) |
ADA Reform AB2533 (2008) |
|
M. Feuer (Chairman) |
42 |
$18,700 |
No | n/a | No | No | No |
|
V. Tran (Vice Chairman) |
68 |
$0 |
Aye | n/a | n/a | n/a | Aye |
|
A. Adams |
59 | $0 | n/a | n/a | Aye | Aye | Aye |
| J. Brownley | 41 |
$21,700 |
No | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| N. Evans | 7 |
$12,500 |
No | n/a | No | No | No |
|
M. Garrick* |
74 | $0 | n/a | n/a | Aye | Aye | n/a |
| D. Jones | 9 |
$98,300 |
No | n/a | No | No | No |
|
R. Keene* |
3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | Aye | Aye | Aye |
| S. Knight | 36 |
$5,400 |
Aye | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| P. Krekorian | 43 |
$13,300 |
No | n/a | No | No | n/a |
|
J. Laird* |
27 | n/a | n/a | n/a | No | No | No |
|
L. Levine* |
40 | n/a | n/a | n/a | No | No | No |
|
S. Lieber* |
22 | n/a | n/a | n/a | No | No | No |
| T. Lieu | 53 |
$44,500 |
No | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| B. Monning | 27 |
$43,900 |
No | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| J. Nielsen | 2 |
$0 |
Aye | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
* = Former members of Judiciary Committee (during 2007-08 session)
# = Bill was never seconded; did not get voted on by full committee
Senate
|
Member |
District |
PIL/Plaintiffs' Lawyer Contribution (2007-08) |
Punitive Damage Reform SB 423 (2008) |
Class Action Reform SB 1202 (2008) |
ADA Reform SB 1766 (2008) |
|
E. Corbett (Chairwoman) |
10 |
$36,200 |
No | ||
|
T. Harman (Vice Chairman) |
35 |
$0 |
Aye | ||
|
D. Ackerman* |
Aye | ||||
|
D. Florez |
16 | $23,300 | n/a | ||
|
S. Kuehl* |
No | ||||
| M. Leno | 3 |
$49,900 |
n/a | ||
|
D. Steinberg* |
6 | $118,300 | No | ||
| M. Walters | 33 |
$3,700 |
n/a |
* = Former members of Judiciary Committee (during 2007-08 session)
