UP-DATE SB1614 - 21 AUGUST 2002 It would seem every time I sit down to write you an update on SB1614, something else changes. In my Alert/Report sent out on Monday, the bill had been scheduled to be heard in the Assembly Appropriations on Wednesday. That meeting has been moved to Thursday. The final amendments are up on the Internet and I just received a copy of the Appropriations Committee analyses. We are not listed as opposed, but neither are the California Bankers and several other heavy-duty opponents. I just talked to the young man who did the analyses, and he said he was faced with a deadline and draft the analyses before any of us had the opportunity to get our formal letters of opposition to the Committee. Therefore, I hope all who wrote letters of opposition sent the out to the entire list of Committee members as I did. They tell me that the bill will go to suspense, it still could go to the floor of the Assembly for a vote by Monday, if it passes the Committee tomorrow. The Hearing begins at 9 a.m. Thursday. Only brief statements of support or opposition will be heard. I have already changed a Board Meeting [a non-genealogical organization] from Wednesday to Thursday so I could attend the Hearing. I can not possibly ask these people to change it again. I will not be able to get to the hearing before noon, if then. At this point, we can only hope that our letters/fax/Email/calls have made an impact. We still maintain support for our opposition from the Republican Caucus. I can only hope that our Democratic representative are listening to us, too. I will let you know what happens next, just as soon as I can. Iris Carter Jones, Legislative Coordinator, CSGA, 21 August 2002.