SANGER, CA  Today, Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) announced that she is inviting residents of Senate District 14 (which includes communities in Kings, Fresno, Kern, and Tulare Counties) to submit their ideas for state legislation or budget requests. Senator Hurtado's staff will vet proposed concepts before the Senator personally reviews them. Senator Hurtado’s office may submit qualifying ideas as legislation for consideration in the Legislature.

“Residents of the 14^th Senate District face unique challenges that are often overlooked by Sacramento and California’s urban areas,” said Senator Hurtado. “I encourage everyone in Senate District 14 to submit their ideas on how we can improve the safety, health and wellbeing of our community.”

To submit your idea, visit Senator Hurtado's website at https://sd14.senate.ca.gov/submit-bill-ideas.

To see if you are in Senator Hurtado’s district, click here.

Senator Hurtado encourages anyone who has ever said to themselves, "there is a better way to do this" or "I think I can fix that" to participate with an idea. This process is also a unique opportunity for anyone who has a suggestion to eliminate an unnecessary law or regulation.

While Senator Hurtado’s office will consider all local bill ideas, the Senator urges constituents to use the form to submit their entries by Friday, January 7, 2022. The submission form includes typical questions that are asked about potential laws during the legislative process, so that residents can make the strongest arguments possible for their bill ideas or budget requests.

About Senator Melissa Hurtado

Senator Melissa Hurtado represents a new generation of Latina leaders as the youngest woman ever elected to the California State Senate and a product of immigrant parents. Senator Hurtado represents the 14th Senate District and focuses on rural community issues that often go unheard — access to clean air and water, food insecurity and poverty, inequities in environmental policies, agriculture and access to health care. In July 2020, she was appointed to the national Biden Latino Leadership Committee alongside former Labor Secretary and current Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis – the only two California Latinas on the Committee.

For more information, visit Senator Hurtado’s Website here or find her on Twitter at @Senator_Hurtado

For Immediate Release: December 1, 2021

Media Contact: Michelle.Sherwood@sen.ca.gov

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