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Contact committee members to voice your support now!! Go to the “Take Action” page. The State Assembly Public Safety Committee must approve SB 399, or the bill will die. A committee hearing is set for Tuesday, June 30th at 9:00 a.m. in Room 126 at the State Capitol building. Supporters should come to the hearing, but it is even more important for supporters to contact committee members this week.

By a vote of 23 to 15, SB399 won passage out of the Senate. The bill next heads to the State Assembly. SB 399 would permit judges to re-examine  youth offender cases. “A kid who did the crime is not necessarily the same person who’s doing the time,” said  Senator Yee. ”This is a worthy bill and deserves to pass and be signed into law, ” the Los Angeles Times noted on June 2nd.