VICE CHAIR CUNNINGHAM, JORDAN Assembly California Legislature MEMBERS STATE CAPITOL CARRILLO, WENDY P.O. BOX 942849 FLORA, HEATH SACRAMENTO, CA 94249- Committee on Rules GRAYSON, TIMOTHY S. 0124 KAMLAGER-DOVE, SYDNEY (916) 319-2800 FAX (916) 319-2810 KEN COOLEY MAIENSCHEIN, BRIAN MATHIS, DEVON J. CHAIR QUIRK-SILVA, SHARON RAMOS, JAMES C. RIVAS, ROBERT WICKS, BUFFY Thursday, July 11, 2019 10 minutes prior to Session DIEP, TYLER (R-ALT) LEVINE, MARC (D-ALT) State Capitol, Room 3162 CONSENT AGENDA BILL REFERRALS 1. Bill Referrals Page 2 RESOLUTIONS 2. ACR-22 (Fong) Valley Fever Awareness Month. Page 4 3. ACR-113 (Kalra) India’s Independence Day. Page 9 4. HR-8 (Voepel) German American Heritage Day and Month. Page 13 5. HR-48 (Quirk) American Muslim Appreciation and Awareness Month. Page 17 6. HR-49 (Kalra) Diwali. (refer/hear) Page 22 Back to Agenda Page 1 of 24 Memo To: Rules Committee Members From: Michael Erke, Bill Referral Consultant Date: 7/10/19 Re: Consent Bill Referrals Since you received your preliminary list of bill referrals, ACR 110 and ACR 116 have been added to the list of referrals. Back to Agenda Page 2 of 24 REFERRAL OF BILLS TO COMMITTEE 07/11/2019 Pursuant to the Assembly Rules, the following bills were referred to committee: Assembly Bill No. Committee: ACR 110 JUD. ACR 115 B. & F. ACR 116 RLS. AJR 22 JUD. HR 49 RLS. Back to Agenda Page 3 of 24 california legislature—2019–20 regular session Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 22 Introduced by Assembly Member Fong February 5, 2019 Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 22ÐRelative to Valley Fever Awareness Month. legislative counsel’s digest ACR 22, as introduced, Fong. Valley Fever Awareness Month. This measure would declare August 2019 as Valley Fever Awareness Month. Fiscal committee: no.​ line 1 WHEREAS, Valley Fever (coccidioidomycosis), a progressive, line 2 multisymptom, respiratory disorder, is a debilitating disease; and line 3 WHEREAS, Valley Fever is caused by the inhalation of tiny line 4 airborne fungi that live in the soil but are released into the air by line 5 soil disturbance or wind; and line 6 WHEREAS, Valley Fever attacks the respiratory system, causing line 7 infections that can lead to symptoms that resemble a cold, line 8 in¯uenza, or pneumonia; and line 9 WHEREAS, If left untreated or mistreated, infection can spread line 10 from the lungs into the bloodstream, causing in¯ammation to the line 11 skin, permanent damage to lung and bone tissue, and swelling of line 12 the membrane surrounding the brain, leading to meningitis, which line 13 can be devastating and even fatal; and line 14 WHEREAS, Once serious symptoms of Valley Fever appear, line 15 including pneumonia and labored breathing, prompt treatment with line 16 often toxic antifungal drugs must be given, which is especially 99 Back to Agenda Page 4 of 24 ACR 22 Ð 2 Ð line 1 disagreeable for patients who require the drugs to be injected line 2 beneath the base of their skulls for meningitis and which can cause line 3 side effects, including nausea, fever, and kidney damage; and line 4 WHEREAS, Within California alone, Valley Fever is found in line 5 portions of the Sacramento Valley, all of the San Joaquin Valley, line 6 desert regions, and portions of southern California; and line 7 WHEREAS, California does not have an of®cial statewide line 8 method of tracking the rate of Valley Fever infections; and line 9 WHEREAS, According to the federal Centers for Disease line 10 Control and Prevention (CDC), Valley Fever infection rates rose line 11 twelvefold nationwide from 1995 to 2009, and researchers estimate line 12 that the fungus infects more than 150,000 people each year who line 13 either suffer serious ailments without knowing the cause of their line 14 illness or escape detection of the disease; and line 15 WHEREAS, According to the CDC, between 1999 and 2011, line 16 the rate of infection of Valley Fever in California rose more than line 17 600 percent, from 939 cases in 1999 to 5,697 cases in 2011, before line 18 declining to 2,243 cases in 2014, but increasing again to 3,053 line 19 cases in 2015; and line 20 WHEREAS, In Kern County, the rate of infection of Valley line 21 Fever more than tripled from 2009, for a total of 2,051 cases in line 22 2010 and 2,734 cases in 2011, before declining to 1210 cases in line 23 2014 and spiking again to nearly 2,500 cases in 2016; and line 24 WHEREAS, Although the rate of Valley Fever infection in line 25 California had declined since 2011, it continues to infect line 26 Californians at more than twice the rate of infection in 1999 and line 27 shows signs of increasing infection rates again; and line 28 WHEREAS, According to the State Department of Public line 29 Health, from January 1 to October 31, 2017, inclusive, 5,121 line 30 provisional cases of Valley Fever were reported in California. This line 31 is an increase of 1,294 provisional cases from the provisional 3,827 line 32 cases reported during that same time period in 2016; and line 33 WHEREAS, Misdiagnosis of Valley Fever is so pervasive that line 34 experts say some people suffer and even die from Valley Fever line 35 without knowing they ever had the disease; and line 36 WHEREAS, The Governor declared a Drought State of line 37 Emergency on January 17, 2014, and California continues to line 38 experience record dry conditions; and line 39 WHEREAS, Dry conditions and lack of precipitation present line 40 urgent problems regarding Valley Fever; and 99 Back to Agenda Page 5 of 24 Ð 3 Ð ACR 22 line 1 WHEREAS, Valley Fever is usually found in soil two to eight line 2 inches from the surface, and the extreme dry conditions caused by line 3 drought increase the chances of coccidioidomycosis airborne fungi line 4 exposure; and line 5 WHEREAS, Central Valley prison inmates have been infected line 6 by Valley Fever at epidemic rates, contributing signi®cantly to the line 7 state's prison healthcare costs; and line 8 WHEREAS, The rapid spread of Valley Fever at state prisons line 9 in the Central Valley has resulted in multiple prison inmate deaths line 10 and prompted calls to close certain affected prisons, further line 11 exacerbating efforts to comply with federal orders to reduce prison line 12 overcrowding; and line 13 WHEREAS, Valley Fever kills between 100 to 200 more line 14 Americans every year than tuberculosis; and line 15 WHEREAS, Valley Fever most seriously affects the young, the line 16 elderly, those with lowered immune systems, and those of African line 17 American and Filipino descent; and line 18 WHEREAS, Valley Fever is a disease that has been studied for line 19 the past 100 years but still remains impossible to control and line 20 dif®cult to treat; and line 21 WHEREAS, There is no known cure for Valley Fever, but line 22 researchers are closer than ever to ®nding a much-needed vaccine line 23 against this devastating disease; and line 24 WHEREAS, The research effort to ®nd a vaccine for Valley line 25 Fever and a funding partnership including the State of California line 26 were approved by the Legislature and signed by Governor Wilson line 27 in 1997; now, therefore, be it line 28 Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate line 29 thereof concurring, That the Legislature does hereby proclaim line 30 August 2019 as Valley Fever Awareness Month; and be it further line 31 Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies line 32 of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution. O 99 Back to Agenda Page 6 of 24 ACR 22 Page 1 Date of Hearing: July 11, 2019 ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES Ken Cooley, Chair ACR 22 (Fong) – As Introduced February 5, 2019 SUBJECT: Valley Fever Awareness Month. SUMMARY: Declares August 2019 as Valley Fever Awareness Month. Specifically, this resolution makes the following legislative findings: 1) Valley Fever (coccidioidomycosis), a progressive, multisymptom, respiratory disorder, is a debilitating disease caused by the inhalation of tiny airborne fungi that live in the soil but are released into the air by soil disturbance or wind. 2) Valley Fever attacks the respiratory system, causing infections that can lead to symptoms that resemble a cold, influenza, or pneumonia. If left untreated, or mistreated, infections can spread from the lungs into the bloodstream, causing inflammation to the skin, permanent damage to lung and bone tissue, and swelling of the membrane surrounding the brain, leading to meningitis, which can be devastating and even fatal. 3) Once serious symptoms of Valley Fever appear, including pneumonia and labored breathing, prompt treatment with often toxic antifungal drugs must be given, which is especially disagreeable for patients who require the drugs to be injected beneath the base of their skulls for meningitis and which can cause side effects such as nausea, fever, and kidney damage. 4) According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Valley Fever infection rates rose twelvefold nationwide from 1995 to 2009, and researchers estimate that the fungus infects more than 150,000 people each year who either suffer serious ailments without knowing the cause of their illness or escape detection of the disease. 5) According to the State Department of Public Health, from January 1 to October 31, 2017, inclusive, 5,121 provisional cases of Valley Fever were reported in California.