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Senator Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) announced her bill Senate Bill 1156 was voted down in the Senate Governance and Finance Committee with a vote of 2-2. SB 1156 would have repealed the annual inflation adjustment in California’s per gallon motor vehicle fuel excise tax, and the diesel fuel excise

Senator Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) announced her bill SB 1484 passed unanimously in the Senate Governance and Finance Committee. SB 1484 would allow private sector employers to obtain a tax credit for hiring foster youth or former foster youth. Every year, California youth make up a significant

Senator Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) announced that her Senate Bill 1319 has passed unanimously through the Senate Environmental Quality Committee. SB 1319 would implore the Legislature to realize that much of the crude oil imported into California comes from foreign nations with demonstrated human

Senator Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) announced her bill SB 1356, was voted down in the Senate Transportation Committee with a vote of 3-5. SB 1356 would have increased the maximum allowable gross weight of fuel haulers from 80,000 pounds to 88,000 pounds, to match the increased weight allowed for

Senator Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) and Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) announced today their bipartisan legislation in partnership with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to establish California’s first Statewide Imagination Library Program unanimously passed the Senate

Senator Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) announced her bill, Senate Bill 1195 passed unanimously through the Senate Military and Veterans Affairs Committee. SB 1195 requires the California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet), in its five year review of California’s Veterans Homes, to explore

Senator Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) announced her bill SB 1042, which would include human trafficking in the lists of crimes that are defined as serious and violent under California law, was voted down by democrats in the Senate Public Safety Committee. “It is disheartening that the members of the

Senator Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) has introduced Senate Bill 1319which would implore the Legislature to prohibit the import of crude oil into California if the source of the oil is a foreign nation with demonstrated human rights abuses, or a foreign nation with environmental standards that are

Senator Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) has selected Gail Zurek, President and CEO of the Visalia Chamber of Commerce as her Women of the Year. Each year, Senator Grove nominates from the 16th Senate District a woman known for her hard work and dedication to improving the lives of others. This year

Senator Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) has introduced Senate Bill 1484to help address the worsening homeless crisis in California while also creating a prosperous business climate and encourage job growth. SB 1484 is part of the Assembly and Senate Republicans “ACT on Homelessness” legislative

Today, Senate Democrats chose to keep Governor Newsom’s ‘one-man rule’ and voted against Senate Concurrent Resolution 5 (SCR 5) which would have ended the governor’s declared State of Emergency from two years ago. Senator Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) issued the following statement: “For two years