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Established by state law, the mission of the
California Senior Legislature
is to help preserve and enhance the quality of life for older Californians and their families.

The Joint Rules Committee of the CSL will meet June 16 and 17 in Sacramento.  Agendas are posted on the meetings page.

CSL has a new Newsletter!  Here's issue 7 of Hey, CSL What's Up?!!  You'll find links to earlier issues on the "Interesting Information" page.

Californians filing their tax returns late can still make contributions to CSL by specifying an amount on line 52 of your California tax return - it's identified as CA Fund for Senior Citizens on forms 540 and 540A, and California Fund for Senior Citizens on form 540 2EZ.

This is how CSL gets most of its funding!  Here's a flyer!  Here's a poster!

Checkoff California is publicizing these contributions!  And - here's a letter from Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger designating March as Checkoff California Month.

The 2007 Annual Legislative Session of the California Senior Legislature is now history.  Here is the Top Ten List for the session!  The text of all proposals that were passed at the annual session is now posted.

The following proposals from CSL sessions are currently active in the legislature:

Bill	Author	Proposal	Author	Subject	Committee	Hearing
SB 692	Ashburn	SP-2 ('06)	Fromm	IHSS Background Checks	Chaptered
SB 977	Correa	AP-19 ('06)	Trotter	Senior Facilities	Enrolled
SB 1058	Alquist	AP-13	Fingold	Infection Control	Senate/concurrence
AB 1765	Blakeslee	AP-12 ('06)	Loh	Elder Abuse Reporting	Failed
AB 1900	Nava	AP-22	Tucker	Elder and Dependent Adult Abuse	[Amended to new purpose]
AB 2051	Anderson	AP-28	Krohn	Elder Abuse: Offender Registry	Failed
AB 2100	Wolk	AP-4	Krohn	Elder Abuse	Enrolled
AB 2139	De La Torre	AP-2	L. Young	IHSS Provider Auto Insurance	Assembly/concurrence
AB 2160	Carter	SP-18	Messler	Mello-Granlund Older Americans Act	Enrolled
AB 2229	Huffman	SP-16	Wright	Oral Hygiene	Failed
AB 2516	Mendoza	AP-10	Monck	Electronic Prescription Writing	Failed
AB 2521	Portantino	AP-12	Serrin	Shared Housing	Housing & Comm. Dev.
SJR 12	Simitian	AFP-1('04)	Karr	Elder Abuse Prevention Postage	Chaptered
ACR 111	Huffman	SP-29	Kim-Selby	Senior Volunteers	Chaptered
AJR 21	Portantino	AP-12	Serrin	Shared Housing	To enrollment
AJR 31	Jones	AFP-7	Loh	Gov't Negotiated Drug Prices	Chaptered

 In 1980, the State Legislature requested the California Commission on Aging to develop a forum through which older Californians could develop their legislative priorities.

The California Senior Legislature (CSL) was established in 1981.  It is a nonpartisan, volunteer organization made up of 120 elected members.