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rebecca
Democrat Serving in the State Assembly
Rebecca Bauer-Kahan was elected to the State Assembly in 2018 to represent the 16th Assembly District. She immediately made her mark on the legislature when she was selected by her colleagues to serve in the Assembly leadership as Assistant Speaker pro Tempore and Chair of the Select Committee on Women's Reproductive Health – the first committee of its kind in the nation.
Rebecca has worked to increase access to quality, affordable health care. As the Trump Administration tries to overturn the ACA and end protections for those with pre-existing conditions, Rebecca is ready to protect coverage for those who need it.
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In the Assembly, she authored a bill to help ensure Californians have more access to quality, affordable health care by streamlining the open enrollment period for Covered California (AB 1309). And she took on big tobacco by co-sponsoring legislation to ban the sales of flavored tobacco to kids.
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She also worked to protect children and adults alike with severe food allergies from health risks by requiring food servers to understand of allergens and cross-contamination issues by authoring a bill in honor of Natalie Giorgi, who died at 13 years old after being exposed to a deadly allergen at summer camp (AB 1532)
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