14 Facts About Bill Quirk

William J Quirk was born on September 1,1946 and is an American politician who served in the California State Assembly from 2012 to 2022.

Bill Quirk left NASA to work at the management consulting firm McKinsey and Company in New York City in their computer system practice.

Bill Quirk then worked in the computer industry in Silicon Valley before settling into a career at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where he established himself in the fields of atmospheric science and nuclear technology design.

Bill Quirk became this country's expert in nuclear programs in numerous foreign countries.

Bill Quirk prepared reports for the Presidential Daily Brief and played a key role in the negotiations for the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

Bill Quirk served on the city's Hayward-Ghazni Sister City Committee, promoting relations between the city and the province of Ghazni, Afghanistan, while on the Council.

Bill Quirk is the only rocket engineer to serve in the California legislature.

Since being elected to the California State Assembly in November 2012, Quirk has served on five committees: Rules, which determines what committees bills are sent to; Appropriations, which determines whether bills that appropriate funds can proceed to a vote of the full assembly; Utilities and Commerce, that deals with the state's telecommunication, electric, gas, and water utilities; Agriculture; and Public Safety.

In 2014, Quirk authored a bill that made it easier to get domestic violence restraining orders in California.

In 2017, Bill Quirk was principal coauthor of the controversial California Senate SB 649 which would remove a city's ability to control where 5G technology is placed and transfer that power to the state.

On December 12,2021, Bill Quirk announced that he would not be a candidate for reelection.

Bill Quirk left office on November 30,2022, and was succeeded by labor executive Liz Ortega.

Since moving to Hayward in 1978, Bill Quirk served the community as president of Hayward Friends of the Library and Chair, Hayward Library Commission.

Bill Quirk is a member of Hayward Rotary, the Hayward Arts Council and the Hayward Area Historical Society.