On April 18, 2018, the Senate Health Committee approved our "Stop Repeat Offender Hospitals" bill (SB 1288) nearly unanimously—7 to 1! This is its first step on the way to the Governor's desk.

Check out Senator Leyva's address to the committee here, followed by President Gayle Batiste's and our SEIU State Council lobbyist's testimony here—prior to this great vote.

After we testified, more SEIU Local 121RN Nurses voiced their support:

Here's everyone lining up in the committee chamber yesterday to voice their support, joined by some of our sisters and brothers from SEIU Local 721! **************
Merthine Thomas, RN at Kindred Hospital Ontario	Kerry Cavazos, Labor & Delivery at Riverside Community Hospital	Matt Montoya, ER RN at Encino Hospital Medical Center	Kathy Montanino, SICU RN at Riverside Community Hospital
Sheronda Metzger, ER RN at Northridge Hospital Medical Center	Aaron Quintyn, ICU RN at Kaiser Moreno Valley	Joyce Powell, ER RN at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center	Mabel Bochko, Clinical RN at Monterey Park Hospital

Be sure to watch our Facebook page and keep on checking our website to learn all the latest as this bill advances!