27 Facts About Jacqui Irwin

Jacqui Irwin was born on January 3,1962 and is an American politician currently serving in the California State Assembly.

Jacqui Irwin is a Democrat representing the 42nd Assembly District, having previously represented the 44th.

Jacqui Irwin was born in the Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles to Dutch immigrants John and Barbara Van Egmond, and grew up in the Woodland Hills neighborhood.

Jacqui Irwin graduated with a systems engineering degree from the University of California, San Diego, where she was an Academic All American swimmer.

In 2003, Jacqui Irwin was appointed to the Thousand Oaks Planning Commission, ran for City Council the following year, and became mayor of Thousand Oaks in 2008.

In 2014, Jacqui Irwin successfully ran as a Democrat in the race to represent California's 44th State Assembly district, defeating Republican opponent Rob McCoy.

Jacqui Irwin has been reelected four times in 2016,2018,2020, and most recently 2022 in the new California's 42nd State Assembly district after redistricting occurred.

Jacqui Irwin is the chair of the Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation, and the Assembly Select Committee on Cybersecurity, and the Assembly Select Committee on Gasoline Supply and Pricing.

Jacqui Irwin has been appointed to other significant roles including the Governor's Military Council, and as co-chair of the National Conference of State Legislature's Task Force on Cybersecurity.

Jacqui Irwin improved the cybersecurity of the state by mandating state agencies undergo independent security assessments, she banned powdered alcohol, expanded the ability of University of California research to be turned into real-world applications, and worked with Attorney General Kamala Harris to create the OpenJustice Web portal to provide better access to criminal justice data.

Jacqui Irwin continued her work passing significant cybersecurity legislation, enacting into law the first ever security requirement for Internet of Things devices.

Jacqui Irwin significantly changed how California Community Colleges approached remedial education in an effort to get students into transfer level courses.

In 2019 Jacqui Irwin focused heavily on gun violence prevention legislation in response to the Borderline Shooting in Thousand Oaks, California.

Jacqui Irwin's legislation strengthened Gun Violence Restraining Orders, in part by allowing them to extend up to five years.

Jacqui Irwin required law enforcement agencies to have policies about using GVROs.

Jacqui Irwin secured $3 million to support local law enforcement efforts to recover firearms from individuals listed in the Armed and Prohibited Possessors System.

In October 2019, Jacqui Irwin pulled out of attending a fundraising event for the family of an officer killed in the Borderline shooting.

Jacqui Irwin authored ACR-17, which renamed a portion of US Route 101 in Thousand Oaks after Sgt.

In 2020, Jacqui Irwin shifted the majority of her efforts towards assisting her district's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jacqui Irwin spearheaded efforts to collect personal protective equipment for front line health care workers and organized blood drives during a local shortage.

Jacqui Irwin brought together local governments, academics, private businesses, and non-profits to conduct a COVID-19 antibody testing study in Ventura County.

Jacqui Irwin worked with the group to acquire reliable and available serology tests to be used for the study.

Jacqui Irwin helped identify and secure locations that would be utilized as testing sites for the countywide study which offered free COVID-19 antibody testing to residents.

Jacqui Irwin worked to protect the elderly from hospice fraud by prohibiting incentive payments, a problem highlighted by investigative journalism by the Los Angeles Times.

Jacqui Irwin, who has a background in the tech industry, has pushed for legislature to require artificial intelligence companies to disclose training data.

Jacqui Irwin married Jon Jacqui Irwin, a corporate executive, in 1986, and has three children.

Jacqui Irwin claimed that she consults with the Assembly's ethics officer on any potential conflicts of interest.