The mothers packed the room. The chair left a blank.

Alexandra’s Law (SB 44, Sen. Tom Umberg) did not create a new death penalty. It required a court to hand a convicted fentanyl dealer a written warning: if you sell this again and someone dies, you can be charged with homicide.

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Bill

SB 44 · Alexandra’s Law

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Author

Sen. Tom Umberg (D)

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Written homicide warning to convicted fentanyl dealers

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Chair’s move

No vote recorded · bill dies in committee

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Bipartisan. Dozens of co-authors. Grieving parents packed the dais. [CBS News][CapRadio]

The bill had the votes to pass the Senate if it reached the floor. [CBS News]

It had to clear Wahab’s Public Safety Committee first. [CapRadio][CBS News]

Committee Democrats, including Wahab, used a no-vote-recorded maneuver. Abstain. The bill dies. Nobody’s name sits next to “NO.” [CBS News]

CBS and Digital Democracy later showed how California chairs kill popular bills by not voting. [CBS News]

Later, Democrats tried a weaker alternative package to head off a tougher citizen initiative. Police unions called it a “weak attempt to appear to address the public safety crisis.” [CalMatters]

“We don’t elect these people to go to Sacramento to not vote.”

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Her spin

She authored other “behavioral health” fentanyl bills. Fine. Put them in a small box labeled HER SUBSTITUTE.

The record

The parents asked for a warning to dealers. The chair would not put her name on a vote.

If she will not vote in front of the mothers, she will not vote for you.

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