Call to ACTION:
Many immigrant support bills passed the legislature recently, including SB 81, which the Multi-Faith ACTION Coalition supports! Now we need to ask the Governor to sign it.
Thank you for advocating that California should protect immigrants seeking healthcare.
Summary:
This bill prohibits a health care provider entity and its personnel, unless required by state and federal law, from granting access to medical information or the nonpublic areas of the facility for immigration enforcement without a valid judicial warrant or court order.
Why we support SB 81:
Federal policies and actions have stoked fear among immigrants across California. This deters people from accessing the health care and essential services they need due to the possibility of arrest, surveillance, and family separation by immigration agents. We support SB 81 because it seeks to safeguard access to health care for all Californians by protecting people’s immigration status and place of birth information from being shared with immigration authorities, and prohibiting immigration agents from accessing the private spaces of health care facilities.
Information about this bill from CalMatters Digital Democracy
Summary | Bill Text | Status | Votes | Analysis | Supporters & Opponents
On the linked page above, click on an item in the tabbed section below the Current Status timeline. NOTE: If the status is “Enacted” the Governor has already signed the bill.
How to ask the Governor to sign this bill
This applies to all bills that have passed both houses of the state legislature.
1. Go to https://www.gov.ca.gov/
2. Click on “Contact” at the right end of the top menu bar to get to the “Contact the Governor” page (https://www.gov.ca.gov/contact/)
3. On the Best method page, under What is your request or comment about?, select the Topic “An Active Bill.”
4. Under “What specific bill?”, scroll down to select “SB 81: Health and care facilities: information sharing.”
If you don’t see the bill you’re looking for, it’s probably for one of these reasons: (1) the bill hasn’t passed the Legislature yet, (2) the Governor has already signed or vetoed the bill, (3) the deadline for the Governor to act on the bill has passed, or (4) you got the bill number wrong.)
5. Under What is the purpose of your message?, click “Leave a comment.”
6. Click the “Next” button.
7. Under If applicable, what is your stance on this topic?, select “Pro”.
8. Under What is your message for the Governor?, do this:
- Copy Please sign SB 81! and paste it into the “Message subject” box, replace the default subject “An Active Bill”. Your message title will be “Please sign SB 81!”.
9. In the Message box, paste this argument in support of the bill:
- Copy and paste the text below into the Message box. Feel free to edit or add your own words.
- Please sign SB 81! I support SB 81 because it seeks to safeguard access to health care for all Californians by protecting people’s immigration status and place of birth information from being shared with immigration authorities, and prohibiting immigration agents from accessing the private spaces of health care facilities without a judicial warrant.
10. Click the “Next” button.
11. Fill in your name, email address, and (optionally) phone number.
12. Click the “Submit” button.
That’s all there is to it!
Alternative Methods
Here are other ways to contact the Governor. These may take longer.
Mail
Governor Gavin Newsom
1021 O Street, Suite 9000
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone
(916) 445-2841
