After Republicans in the State Assembly threatened to force a floor vote, a bipartisan deal was struck to hear a series of fentanyl-related bills that the Chairman of the Public Safety Committee had previously refused to hear until June.
SAN DIEGO – Republicans and Democrats in the State Assembly struck a deal this week to hold a special hearing for a series of fentanyl bills that the Chairman of the Public Safety
Committee had previously refused to hear until June.Assemblywoman Laurie Davies , representing California’s 74th District, joined KUSI’s Rafer Weigel to discuss the committee’s change of heart.
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