Physical Description: 257 file folders
Arrangement
Bill files are arranged chronologically by legislative session and numerically by bill number.
Scope and Content Note
Bill Files may include bill analyses, amendments and resolutions, author's statements, testimony, press releases, editorials
and newspaper clippings, correspondence, committee statements, and other information. Chacon both authored and sponsored numerous
bills on a variety of topics such as workman's compensation for juveniles (AB876, 1972), landlord-tenant grievance resolution
(AB89, 1977-1978), tideland grants (AB47, 1979-1980), residential utility consumers (AB45, 1983-1984), services for the homeless
(AB2839, 1985-1986), voter registration reforms (AB1204 and AB 4360, 1987-1988), school district election reform (AB2, 1989-1990),
and privacy of postsecondary student information (AB771, 1991-1992). However, his primary interests were bilingual education
and affordable housing. Examples of this include: AB1329 (1975-1976) The Chacon-Mascone Bilingual Bicultural Education Act;
AB2817 (1973-1974) Bilingual Teacher Training Corps; AB1112 (1991-1992) Language Acquisition Program; and AB1X (1975-1976)
creation of the Housing Finance Authority.
1971: AB881-AB3029, ACA82, ACR63 (LP132:28-33)
1972: AB144-AB2293, ACA79, ACR's, AJR's, Resolutions (LP132:34-40)
1973-1974: AB296-AB4416, ACA's, ACR's, AJR's, Resolutions (LP165:188-206)
1975-1976: AB116-AB4512, ACA101, ACR's, AJR's, Resolutiions (LP132:188-206)
1975: AB1x (LP174:254-255)
1977-1978: AB88-AB3749, ACR36-ACR122, AJR1-AJR57 (LP179:79-95)
1979-1980: AB3-AB3433, ACA29, ACR42, ACR74, AJR16, AJR94, JRCR's (LP202:245-253, LP203:1-20)
1981-1982: AB278-AB3737, ACA75, ACR98-ACR119, AJR69-AJR130, HR43-HR48, JRCR's, MR's (LP212:15-31)
1983-1984: AB45-AB3944, ACR38-ACR83, AJR4-AJR99, HR41, JRCR's, MR's (LP223:169-201)
1985-1986: AB541-AB4383, AJR56, ARCR70, JRCR's, MR's (LP165:207-223)
1987-1988: AB91-AB4678, ACA17-ACA35, ACR95-ACR150, AJR74 (LP432: 1-49)
1989-1990: AB2-AB4359, ACR16-ACR168, HR36-HR43 (LP432:50-78)
1991-1992: AB116-AB3749, ACA33, AJR38-AJR85 (LP432:79-91)