Assembly

Floor Action:

Rural Development: Passed and sent to the Senate on a 55-20 vote a bill (AB 2590) by Assemblyman Dan Hauser (D-Arcata) to provide $28 million in grants and loans for rural public works projects and $9 million for rural job creation programs.

Child Abduction: Passed and sent to the Senate on a 76-0 vote a bill (AB 2791) by Assemblyman Gray Davis (D-Los Angeles) to double the fine for parental abduction of children from $10,000 to $20,000.

Community Colleges: Passed and sent to the Senate on a 48-21 vote a bill (AB 3409) by Assemblyman Tom Hayden (D-Santa Monica) to create a task force to develop a new mechanism for financing community colleges that is based on actual costs rather than a student head count.

Drugs: Passed and sent to the Senate on a 66-3 vote a bill (AB 2692) by Assemblyman Elihu M. Harris (D-Oakland) appropriating $3.7 million to local governments to track down and prosecute illegal drug manufacturing laboratories. Senate

Property Taxes: Approved and placed on the Nov. 4 ballot by a 34-0 vote a proposed constitutional amendment (ACA 2) by Assemblyman Thomas M. Hannigan (D-Fairfield) to provide that an adult who inherits a home from his or her parents does not have to pay increased property taxes. It also passed the Assembly, 70-0. Committee Action:

VDTs: The Senate Industrial Relations Committee approved a bill (AB 2742) by Assemblyman Richard E. Floyd (D-Hawthorne) to require a state study of possible occupational health and safety hazards connected with the use of video display terminals. A 5-2 vote sent it to the Appropriations Committee.

Surrogate Parents: The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill (AB 1707) by Assemblywoman Jean M. Duffy (D-Citrus Heights) to set up safeguards and guidelines for childless couples who wish to use surrogate services, such as artificial insemination or an ovum transplant, in order to become parents. A 6-4 vote sent it to the Senate floor.