California lawmaker Tom Lackey (R) hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19

Assemblyman Tom Lackey, R-Palmdale has tested positive for COVID-19 and been hospitalized since Sunday, his chief of staff George Andrews said Wednesday evening.

Lackey, a retired California Highway Patrol officer, is the second California lawmaker to become infected with the novel coronavirus.

Andrews was not able to provide information about when or how Lackey may have contracted the virus.

“He is receiving excellent treatment at Palmdale Regional Medical Center and anticipates a full recovery,” Andrews wrote in a statement.

Assemblywoman Autumn Burke, D-Inglewood tested positive on Saturday after exposure on June 26 — the day the Assembly met in person to vote on the budget, and the same day that an Assembly employee was last in the Capitol before testing positive, according to the Assembly Rules Committee. Burke remains in quarantine with her daughter. Both are asymptomatic, she tweeted on Monday.

That announcement comes amid rising COVID-19 cases in the Capitol that have led both the Senate and Assembly to indefinitely delay lawmakers’ return to chambers, originally scheduled for July 13.



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