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State Senate
NOTE: To update the 2008 Digest of Legislation, former Assemblymember Tony Strickland was declared the winner of Senate District 19, defeating former Assemblymember Hannah-Beth Jackson.
On December 1, 2009, Senator Darrell Steinberg was formally elected the new President Pro Tem replacing Senator Don Perata who was termed out of office. The Democratic leadership for the 2009-10 legislative session includes Dean Florez, Senate Majority Leader; Leland Yee, Assistant Senate Pro Tem; Jenny Oropeza, Caucus Chair; Jenny Oropeza and Gil Cedillo, Senate Rules Committee members; Denise Ducheny, Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee Chair, and Christine Kehoe, Senate Appropriations Committee Chair.
The Senate Republicans were led by Senator Dave Cogdill until February who was replaced by Senator Dennis Hollingsworth after the February budget agreement. Others elected to leadership positions included Mimi Walters, Assistant Senate Republican Leader; Robert Huff, Caucus Chair; Tony Strickland, Assistant Minority Leader-Elections; Mark Wyland, Assistant Senate Republican Leader-Policy Development; Sam Aanestad and Robert Dutton, Senate Rules Committee members; Robert Dutton, Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee Vice-Chair; and Dave Cox, Senate Appropriations Committee Vice-Chair.
Senator Mark Ridley-Thomas was elected to the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors leaving Senate District 26 vacant until May 2009. A special primary election was held on March 24, 2009, for the seat in which Assemblymember Curren Price defeated Assemblymember Mike Davis on May 19,2009. Assemblymember Price won the special general election, which created a vacancy in the Assembly.
On November 4th, the Governor appointed Senator John J. Benoit-R to the Riverside County Board of Supervisors which means a special election will be held for the 37th District Senate seat in 2010, and Senator Dave Cogdill-R and Senator Pat Wiggins-D, have announced they will not run for reelection in 2010.
State Assembly
On December 1, 2008, Speaker Karen Bass was re-elected Speaker for the 2009-10 legislative session. Other members which became part of the Democratic leadership team include Lori Saldana, Speaker Pro Tem; Isadore Hill, Assistant Speaker Pro Tem; Alberto Torrico, Majority Leader; Paul Krekorian, Assistant Majority Leader; Fiona Ma, Majority Whip; Marty Block, Assistant Majority Whip; John A. Perez, Caucus Chair; Ted Lieu, Assembly Rules Committee Chair; Noreen Evans, Assembly Budget Committee Chair; and Kevin de Leon, Assembly Appropriations Committee Chair.
The Assembly Republicans in May 2009 replaced Assemblymember Mike Villines as Minority Floor Leader with Assemblymember Sam Blakeslee. The Republican leadership team includes Cameron Smyth, Caucus Chair; Curt Hagman, Minority Caucus Floor Leader; Tom Berryhill, Nathan Fletcher, and Martin Garrick as Assistant Republican Leaders; Connie Conway, Steve Knight, and Brian Nestande as Whip; Ted Gaines, Assembly Rules Committee Vice-Chair; Jim Nielsen, Vice Chair of Assembly Budget Committee; Connie Conway, Assembly Appropriations Committee Vice Chair; Jean Fuller, Audra Strickland, and Bill Berryhill, Caucus Operations Team; and Nathan Fletcher, Curt Hagman, Jean Fuller, and Dan Logue, Policy Team Leaders.
On September 1, 2009, Gardena City Councilmember Steven Bradford won the special election to fill the vacancy left by Curren Price who was elected to the State Senate.
On October 9, 2009, Assemblymember Mike Duvall resigned from the Assembly after he had indicated to Assemblymember Miller, at a committee hearing, that he had inappropriate liaisons with several lobbyists. A special election will be held for the vacancy left by his resignation on November 17, 2009.
In January 2009, President Barack Obama appointed Congressmember Hilda Solis as the United States Secretary of Labor and Ellen Tauscher as United States Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security in the State Department. A special primary election was held for the Solis seat on May 15th with former Assemblymember and Board of Equalization member Judy Chu defeating Senator Gil Cedillo, and on July 14th, Judy Chu won the special general election. On September 1st, the special primary election was held for the Tauscher seat with former State Assemblymember, Senate Senator, Insurance Commissioner, and current Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi defeating State Senator Mark DeSaulnier and Assemblymember Joan Buchanan and Garamendi was elected in the General Election defeating former California Lt. Governor John Harmer's son, David Harmer.
On November 24, 2009, the Governor announced his appointment of Senator Abel Maldonado to the position of Lieutenant Governor. The Legislature has 90 days to confirm this appointment.
SB 516 (DeSaulnier-D) California Youth Legislature
Authorizes the addition of the California Fund for Youth checkoff to the personal income tax form upon the removal of another voluntary contribution fund from the form.
(In Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee)
SB 745 (Ashburn-R) Meetings of the Legislature
Requires that all meetings of the Legislature be open to the public and comply with the open meeting requirements of the Ralph M. Brown Act, except as specified. Defines "meeting," for its purposes, as a gathering of two or more members of the Legislature in one place for the purposes of discussing matters, including budget-related matters, within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Legislature.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
SCA 2 (Wyland-R) Revised biennial legislative session
Requires the Legislature to convene in regular biennial session, but requires, commencing on 12/6/10, that the sessions held in odd-numbered years be budget sessions, and sessions held in even-numbered years be general sessions. Requires the Legislature in the budget session to adopt Budget Bills for each of the two subsequent fiscal years. Requires the Legislature, during a budget session, to meet only to conduct oversight and review of the revenues and expenditures of the state and to consider Budget Bills, budget implementation bills, as defined, and related revenue bills, except the Legislature could consider urgency statutes. Requires, in each odd-numbered calendar year, commencing in 2011, that the Governor submit to the Legislature two proposed budgets for the two subsequent fiscal years, respectively.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
SCA 17 (Hollingsworth-R) Legislative powers
Requires the Legislature, on and after 12/6/10, to convene in annual regular session, with a session held in an odd-numbered year to be known as a general session when general legislation may be adopted, subject to specified limitations, and a session held in an even-numbered year to be known as a budget
session. Requires the Legislature to adopt a two-year Budget Bill during each budget session, and prohibits the Legislature during that session from considering legislation other than the Budget Bill, revenue acts necessary therefor, and acts necessary to provide for the expenses of the session, except that the Legislature could also consider bills that would repeal provisions of existing law during a budget session held in a gubernatorial election year. Limits each annual regular session to not more than 100 calendar days, not including Saturdays and Sundays, except that the session could be reconvened to consider bills vetoed by the Governor. Makes various conforming changes relating to annual sessions and the two-year budget requirement, including providing for the calculation of the state appropriations limit, the funding of the Budget Stabilization Account, and the calculation of the state school funding obligation on a two-year basis.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
SCA 20 (Maldonado-R) Legislature: public notice of bills
Requires a Budget Bill or a bill implementing a Budget Bill, as defined, to be displayed on the Internet in the form it is to be voted on for at least 48 hours before it may be voted on by either house of the Legislature, except that this requirement could be waived by a 3/4 rollcall vote of the house.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
SCA 24 (Hancock-D) Legislature: term limits
Prohibits a person who is first elected as a member of the Legislature on or after 11/2/10, from serving, during his/her lifetime, more than 12 years in the Senate, the Assembly, or both, in any combination.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
SCA 25 (Denham-R) Legislature: revised biennial sessions and part-time status
Requires, commencing in 2015, that the Legislature convene in regular biennial session, commencing at noon on the first Monday in February of each odd-numbered year and adjourning sine die at midnight of June 30 of the following even-numbered year. Requires that the sessions held in odd-numbered years be budget sessions, and that sessions held in even-numbered years be general sessions. Requires the Legislature, in each budget session, to adopt Budget Bills for each of the two subsequent fiscal years. Prohibits the Legislature, during a budget session, from considering legislation other than the Budget Bills and related revenue bills, except bills addressing a declared state of emergency. Prohibits the Legislature from meeting in regular session after June 30 of any calendar year, except for a single period after that date of up to five consecutive calendar days to reconsider bills vetoed by the Governor. Provides that, at general sessions, the Legislature may consider any legislation other than Budget Bills. Requires the California Citizens Compensation Commission to reduce the annual salary of Members of the Legislature, effective 12/1/14, by 50% and requires the Commission to apply the existing criteria for adjusting this annual salary to maintain it at 50% of the amount that would otherwise be determined.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
SCR 1 (Oropeza-D) Legislative Joint Rules
Adopts the Joint Rules of the Legislature for the 2009-10 Regular Session.
Resolution Chapter 22, Statutes of 2009
SCR 2 (Steinberg-D) Legislative Counsel of California
Reappoints Diane Boyer-Vine as the Legislative Counsel for the 2009-10 legislative session.
Resolution Chapter 1, Statutes of 2009
SCR 13 (Steinberg-D) Joint Committee for the Protection of Lake Tahoe
Creates the Joint Committee for the Protection of Lake Tahoe, requires the Committee to consist of eight members from the Senate and Assembly, requires the members to meet on or before 12/31/09, and authorizes termination of the Committee on 11/30/10.
Resolution Chapter 118, Statutes of 2009
SCR 21 (Kehoe-D) Joint Legislative Committee on Emergency Management
Continues the existence of the Joint Legislative Committee on Emergency Services and Homeland Security, renames it as the Joint Legislative Committee on Emergency Management, and authorizes the Joint Committee to act until 11/30/10.
Resolution Chapter 36, Statutes of 2009
SCR 1X (Steinberg-D) Joint legislative rules
Adopts the Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly for the 2009-10 Regular Session, as set forth in SCR 1 (Oropeza-D), as the Joint Rules, except as specified, for the 2009-10 First Extraordinary Session.
(Died at Assembly Desk)
The First Extraordinary Session related to revising the 2008-09 Budget shortfall.
SCR 1XX (Steinberg-D) Joint legislative rules
Adopts the Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly for the 2009-10 Regular Session, as set forth in SCR 1 (Oropeza-D), as the Joint Rules, except as specified, for the 2009-10 Second Extraordinary Session.
(Died at Assembly Desk)
The Second Extraordinary Session related to the economic crisis.
SCR 3XX (Steinberg-D) Final adjournment: Second Extraordinary Session
Provides that the 2009-10 Second Extraordinary Session of the Legislature is adjourned.
Resolution Chapter 1, Statutes of 2009-10, Second Extraordinary Session
The Second Extraordinary Session related to stimulating the economy, creating and retaining jobs, the mortgage crisis, making the Unemployment Insurance Fund solvent, and solving inefficiencies in government.
SCR 1XXX (Steinberg-D) Joint legislative rules
Adopts the Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly for the 2009-10 Regular Session, as set forth in SCR 1 (Oropeza-D), as the Joint Rules, except as specified, for the 2009-10 Third Extraordinary Session.
(Died at Assembly Desk)
SCR 2XXX (Steinberg-D) 2009-10 Third Extraordinary Session: final adjournment
Provides that the 2009-10 Third Extraordinary Session of the Legislature is adjourned.
Chapter 3, Statutes of 2009-10, Third Extraordinary Session
SCR 1XXXX (Steinberg-D) Joint legislative rules
Adopts the Joint rules of the Senate and Assembly for the 2009-10 Regular Session, as set forth in SCR 1 (Oropeza-D), as the Joint rules, except as specified, for the 2009-10 Fourth Extraordinary Session.
(Died at Assembly Desk)
The Fourth Extraordinary Session related to solving the budget imbalance and deficits for fiscal years 2008-09 and 2009-10.
SCR 2XXXX (Steinberg-D) Final adjournment: 2009-10 Fourth Extraordinary Session
Provides that the 2009-10 Fourth Extraordinary Session of the Legislature is adjourned.
Resolution Chapter 1, Statutes of 2009-10, Fourth Extraordinary Session
SCR 1XXXXX (Steinberg-D) Joint legislative rules
Adopts the Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly for the 2009-10 Regular Session, as set forth in SCR 1 (Oropeza-D), as the Joint Rules, except as specified, for the 2009-10 Fifth Extraordinary Session.
(At Assembly Desk)
The Fifth Extraordinary Session relates to education reform.
SCR 1XXXXXX (Steinberg-D) 2009-10 Sixth Extraordinary Session: Joint Rules
Adopts the Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly for the 2009-10 Regular Session, as set forth in SCR 1, as the Joint Rules, except as specified, for the 2009-10 Sixth Extraordinary Session.
(At Assembly Desk)
The Sixth Extraordinary Session relates to tax reform.
SCR 1XXXXXXX (Steinberg-D) 2009-10 Seventh Extraordinary Session: Joint Rules
Adopts the joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly for the 2009-10 Regular Session, as set forth in SCR 1, as the Joint Rules, except as specified, for the 2009-10 Seventh Extraordinary Session.
(Died at Assembly Desk)
The Seventh Extraordinary Session relates to providing a comprehensive water management plan for the state.
SR 1 (Ducheny-D) Holdover Senators
Requests that the holdover Senators from the 2007-08 Session take their seats while the new members elected in the November 2008 election take their oath of office. Individuals to be sworn in as Senators include Elaine Alquist, John J. Benoit, Dave Cox, Mark DeSaulnier, Robert Dutton, Loni Hancock, Tom Harmon, Robert Huff, Christine Kehoe, Mark Leno, Carol Liu, Alan Lowenthal, Abel Maldonado, Fran Pavley, George Runner, Joe Simitian, Tony Strickland, Mimi Walters, Lois Wolk, and Roderick Wright.
Adopted by the Senate
SR 2 (Florez-D) Officers of the Senate
Elects Senator Darrell Steinberg, President pro Tempore, Gregory Schmidt, Secretary of the Senate, and Tony Beard, Jr., Sergeant at Arms.
Adopted by the Senate
SR 3 (Steinberg-D) Senate Rules Committee members
Elects Senator Darrell Steinberg as Chair of the Senate Rules Committee and Senator Robert Dutton as Vice Chair. Members of the State Senate added to the Senate Rules Committee are Senator Gilbert Cedillo, Senator Jenny Oropeza, and Senator Samuel Aanestad.
Adopted by the Senate
SR 4 (Dutton-R) Senate Standing Rules
Adopts the Standing Rules of the Senate for the 2009-10 Regular Session.
Adopted by the Senate
SR 5 (Cedillo-D) Notification of the Governor of Session
Requires the Senate President pro Tempore to select a committee to notify the Governor that the Senate is duly organized for the 2009-10 legislative session.
Adopted by the Senate
SR 6 (Hancock-D) Notification of the Assembly of Session
Requires the Senate President pro Tempore to appoint a special committee to notify the Assembly that the Senate is duly organized for the 2009-10 Regular Session.
Adopted by the Senate
SR 8 (Steinberg-D) Budget and Fiscal Review Committee
Expands the membership of the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee to include all elected members of the Senate.
Adopted by the Senate
SR 12 (Steinberg-D) Senate standing committees
Amends the Standing Rules of the Senate for the 2009-10 Regular Session, specifying the standing committees of the Senate, the number of members, and the subjects to be referred to each. Creates the Senate Food and Agriculture Committee for the 2009-10 Regular Session, and specifies the legislation to be considered in this committee be related to agriculture, food marketing and processing.
Adopted by the Senate
SR 15 (Steinberg-D) Bill introduction limitation
Amends Senate Rule 22.5 relating to bill introduction limitation, by decreasing the number of bills which a Senator may introduce in the 2009-10 Regular Session by 10, from 50 to 40.
Adopted by the Senate
SR 19 (Steinberg-D) Senate standing committees
Increases the Senate Banking, Finance and Insurance Committee from 10 to 12.
Adopted by the Senate
AB 573* (Portantino-D) Legislative fellows
Clarifies that the services of legislative fellows provided by the California Council on Science and Technology and duly authorized by the Senate Rules Committee, the Assembly Rules Committee, or the Joint Rules Committee are not considered compensation, a reward, or a gift to a member of the Legislature under the Code of Ethics in existing law, nor are these fellows considered employees for purposes of this bill.
Chapter 117, Statutes of 2009
AB 1024 (Harkey-R) Legislature
Requires the custodian legislative committee that has received a request for a legislative record to search both the committee files and the individual legislative member files related to the request and to attest to having done so when responding to the request. Provides that each member of the Legislature who attends a meeting of the Assembly, the Senate, or any committee or subcommittee thereof in violation of the requirement that the meeting be open and public, with knowledge of the fact that the requirement was violated, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(In Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 1411 (Torrico-D) Legislature: delayed budget bill passage
Prohibits a member of the Legislature from participating in any campaign fundraising activity from July 1 until August 15 or the date the Budget Bill is passed by the Legislature and sent to the Governor, whichever occurs first.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
ACA 1 (Silva-R) Legislature
Requires a 2/3 vote of the Assembly and the Senate for every bill that "would result in more than $150,000 of annual expenditures" by the state, as determined by the Department of Finance (DOF). Requires DOF to analyze every bill and every amendment to every bill and provide the Assembly and Senate Appropriations Committees, in writing, a determination, as whether the bill results in an annual expenditure of more than $150,000.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
ACA 8 (Jeffries-R) Meetings of the Legislature
Requires a house or committee of the Legislature, at least 72 hours before a regularly scheduled meeting, to post an agenda containing a brief general description of each item to be considered, including items to be considered in closed session. Generally prohibits consideration of any matter not included in the agenda.
(In Assembly Rules Committee)
ACR 16 (Silva-R) Joint Rules: fiscal committee
Provides that whenever a bill that would result in net costs for a program specified in the bill is referred or re-referred to the fiscal committee of either house, the bill shall not be heard or acted upon by the committee or either house until the bill either provides for an appropriation or other funding source in an amount that meets or exceeds the net costs.
(Unassigned to a committee)
ACR 65 (Ruskin-D) Joint Committee on the Master Plan for Higher Education
Establishes the joint Committee on the Master Plan for Higher Education until 11/30/10, to review the Master Plan for Higher Education and create a framework to ensure that higher education continues to thrive.
Resolution Chapter 106, Statutes of 2009
ACR 1X (Torrico-D) Final adjournment: First Extraordinary Session
Provides that the 2009-10 First Extraordinary Session of the Legislature is adjourned.
Resolution Chapter 1, Statutes of 2009-10, First Extraordinary Session
HR 1 (Lieu-D) Assembly Standing Rules
Enacts the Standing Rules of the Assembly for the 2009-10 Regular Session.
Adopted by the Assembly
HR 2 (Bass-D) Officers of the Assembly
Elects E. Dotson Wilson as Chief Clerk of the Assembly, Ronald E. Pane, Chief Sergeant at Arms, Father Constantine C. Pappademos, Chaplain, and Reverend Ivan L. Williams, Sr., Alternate Chaplain.
Adopted by the Assembly
HR 3 (Lieu-D) Organization of the Assembly
Specifies that no bill shall be placed on the Desk for introduction except by a person designated by the author in writing.
Adopted by the Assembly
HR 8 (Nestande-R) Bill introduction limitation
Reduces the bill limitation for Assemblymembers from 40 to 30.
(Unassigned to a committee)
Alcoholic Beverage Control
SB 131* (Wiggins-D) Alcoholic beverages: tied-house restriction
Creates a tied house exemption for an alcohol licensee to make monetary and alcoholic beverage contributions to a symphony association (San Francisco Symphony) that is a nonprofit charitable corporation or association under specified conditions.
Chapter 638, Statutes of 2009
SB 192 (Negrete McLeod-D) Alcoholic beverages: returns
Adds a new provision to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act that permits the return of unsold and unopened beer from an organization that obtained a temporary license.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
SB 415 (Oropeza-D) Alcoholic beverages: licenses: local government review
Expands the eligibility list of local government officials who may request an extension of time to review the issuance of transfer of an alcoholic beverage license and lengthens the existing extension period from 20 to 30 days.
Vetoed
SB 639 (Calderon-D) Alcoholic beverage licensees: on-sale tasting license
Creates an on-sale tasting license within the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to allow off-sale retail licensees to furnish tastes of alcoholic beverages to consumers, as specified.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 825 (Assembly Governmental Organization Committee) Alcoholic beverages: liquor licenses: protests
Deletes reference to "federal tax stamps" which have not been required for over 20 years. Makes clarifying and conforming changes to an existing provision of law pertaining to notification requirements and the submission of protests to Alcohol Beverage Control regarding an application for a liquor license.
Chapter 68, Statutes of 2009
SB 1X* (Ducheny-D) Taxation
Used as a Budget Trailer Bill relating to taxation it raises alcohol-related excise taxes. Existing law imposes excise taxes on alcoholic beverages at a rate of 20 cents per gallon for beer and wine, 30 cents for champagne and sparkling wine, and $3.30 per gallon for distilled spirits. Raises the rate for alcoholic beverages by the equivalent of 5 cents per drink. On a per gallon basis, increases the tax on beer by 53 cents, increases the tax on wine by $1.28 per gallon, and increases the tax on distilled spirits to $4.27 per gallon.
(Failed passage on the Assembly Floor)
SB 1XXXX (Ducheny-D) Taxation
Imposes, beginning 2/1/109, an additional surtax on beer, wine, sparkling cider, and distilled spirits, and imposes a surtax on sparkling wines. Requires that the revenues derived from the additional taxes be remitted to the State Board of Equalization and deposited in the General Fund.
(Failed passage on Assembly Floor)
AB 59 (Jeffries-R) Alcoholic beverages: military identification cards
Provides that, if a military identification card lacks a physical description, but does include date of birth and photo, further proof of majority shall not be required to purchase or consume any alcoholic beverage, as specified.
Chapter 405, Statutes of 2009
AB 172 (Smyth-R) Alcohol beverages: places of consumption
Allows public colleges to serve alcoholic beverages during fundraisers in college facilities that are used to support school K-12 students, if the event is held at a time when students are not present at the facility.
Chapter 398, Statutes of 2009
AB 813* (John Perez-D) Alcoholic beverages: advertising
Creates a new tied-house exception to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act that authorizes the owner of a venue (Club Nokia) in Los Angeles to engage in a sponsorship agreement with an alcoholic beverage supplier for the privilege of placing advertising in the on-sale licensee's premises.
Chapter 647, Statutes of 2009
AB 888 (Price-D) Alcoholic beverages: open containers: school grounds
Adds a new provision to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act that prohibits an individual from possessing or consuming an open alcoholic beverage container on city and county streets, alleys, and sidewalks within 600 feet of a public or private school, with specified exceptions.
Vetoed
AB 1019 (Beall-D) Alcohol-Related Services Program
Establishes the Alcohol-Related Services Program within the Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs to mitigate the harm of alcohol use and imposes a ten cent mitigation fee on beer, wine, and liquor to fund the program.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
AB 1060 (De La Torre-D) Alcoholic beverage licenses: self-service checkouts
Prohibits off-sale licensees from selling alcoholic beverages using a self-service checkout system.
(On Senate Inactive File)
AB 1191 (Conway-R) Alcoholic beverages: proof of age: passports
Allows licensees selling alcoholic beverages to accept United States passports and foreign passports as proof of age.
Chapter 142, Statutes of 2009
AB 1282* (Hall-D) Alcoholic beverages
Extends to out-of-state domestic and overseas brewers, as well as importers, the same privileges as California brewers have with respect to the dollar value of advertising specialty items that may be given away to adult consumers.
Chapter 521, Statutes of 2009
AB 1448 (Tom Berryhill-R) Alcoholic beverage control: public schoolhouses
Creates an exception to the general prohibition against the consumption of alcoholic beverages on publicly owned school property by allowing alcoholic beverages to be sold and consumed for an event during the weekend or at other times when pupils are not on the grounds of an overnight retreat facility owned and operated by the county office of education in Stanislaus County.
Chapter 399, Statutes of 2009
AB 1470 (Evans-D) Alcoholic beverage licensees
Permits an on-sale beer and wine public premises licensee to allow a person who has purchased and partially consumed a bottle of wine to remove the partially consumed bottle from the premises upon departure.
Chapter 535, Statutes of 2009
AB 1493 (John Perez-D) Alcoholic beverages: advertising
Limits an existing exception to the purchase of advertising space to specified facilities located in the City of Los Angeles.
(In Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 1579 (Assembly Governmental Organization Committee) Alcoholic beverage control: licensees: operating permits
Makes minor clarifying changes to an existing provision of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act that grants the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control the authority to, in its discretion, issue an interim retail permit to an applicant for any retail license to operate the premises during the period an application for a license at the premises is pending, subject to specified conditions.
(On Senate Inactive File)
ACR 86 (Huffman-D) Sonoma Wine Country Weekend
Proclaims the weekend of 9/4/09 through 9/6/09, as Sonoma Wine Country Weekend and extends the Legislature's support to this celebration of California grape growing and winemaking heritage.
Resolution Chapter 112, Statutes of 2009
Tribal Gaming
SB 357 (Ducheny-D) Tribal gaming: grants to local jurisdictions
Extends the sunset date, from 1/1/10 to 1/1/21, on the law which specifies how Indian Gaming Special Fund local mitigation grant monies are distributed.
Chapter 181, Statutes of 2009
AB 122* (Coto-D) Tribal gaming: compact ratification
Ratifies the tribal-state gaming compact entered into between the State of California and the Pinoleville Pomo Nation, executed on 3/10/09. Requires that related revenue contributions be deposited into the General Fund, except as specified, and also provides that, in deference to tribal sovereignty, certain actions may not be deemed projects for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
AB 1443 (Huffman-D) Gaming compacts: local support
Requires the Governor to consider the presence or absence of local support when negotiating a tribal-state gaming compact to allow class III gaming on Indian lands, as specified. Includes a related statement of legislative findings and declarations.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
AB 1576* (Chesbro-D) Tribal gaming
Ratifies the tribal-state gaming compact entered into between the State of California and the Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake, executed on 9/2/09. Requires that related revenue contributions be deposited into the General Fund, except as specified, and also provides that, in deference to tribal sovereignty, certain actions may not be deemed projects for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
AB 12XXXX* (Evans-D) Tribal gaming budget trailer language
Authorizes expenditures from the Individual Tribal Casino Account for monies allocated for the 2008-09 fiscal year to continue through 12/31/09 prior to reverting to the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund.
Chapter 12, Statutes of 2009-10, Fourth Extraordinary Session
Horse Racing
SB 254 (Wiggins-D) Horses: sale, purchase, or transfer
Revises horse racing law relative to the sale of equines. Requires each purchase, sale or transfer to be accompanied by a written bill of sale signed by the buyer and seller. Prohibits any person from acting as a dual agent, as defined, without the knowledge and written consent of the buyer and seller. Restricts an agent's compensation to no more than $500 per transaction unless the amount of compensation is disclosed in writing and the buyer and seller provide written consent.
Chapter 42, Statutes of 2009
SB 517* (Florez-D) Thoroughbred associations or fairs: wager deductions
Allows a thoroughbred association or fair, subject to the approval of the California Horse Racing Board (CHRB), to alter the amount deducted from horse racing wagering. Allows the distribution of funds from the amount deducted to be modified or redirected, subject to the approval of CHRB.
Chapter 636, Statutes of 2009
SB 693 (Harman-R) Advance deposit wagering: satellite wagering facilities
Modifies the commissions paid to satellite wagering facilities based on the time that the satellite wagering facilities are open and operating.
Chapter 63, Statutes of 2009
SB 766 (Negrete McLeod-D) Horse racing
Allows uncommitted surplus funds in the horse racing Market Promotion Fund or the horse racing Workers' Compensation Fund, to be reallocated to any other fund or account created pursuant to the Horse Racing Law.
Chapter 616, Statutes of 2009
SB 16XX (Ashburn-R) Horse racing: license fees
Shifts the horse racing industry's obligation to fund the network of California fairs from license fees imposed on horse racing wagers to the General Fund.
Chapter 12, Statutes of 2009-10, Second Extraordinary Session
SB 12XXXX* (Ducheny-D) Horse racing associations and fairs
Establishes that horse racing associations and fairs shall pay $5.5 million to the Fairs and Exposition Fund over the next six fiscal years in order to meet obligations of money awards from previous fiscal years.
(Died on Senate Unfinished Business File)
AB 136* (Silva-R) Horse racing: imported harness or quarter horse races
Deletes the limitation on the total number of out-of-state or out-of-country harness or quarter horse races that may be imported in a calendar year by a harness or quarter horse racing association.
Chapter 221, Statutes of 2009
AB 246* (Price-D) Deductions and distributions: horse racing
Adds two new sections to the Horse Racing Law to (1) require a person licensed to conduct a horse racing meeting to hold in trust the distributions required to be made pursuant to law until the funds are paid to the various statutorily designated distributes; and (2) authorize a quarter horse association, subject to approval by the California Horse Racing Board, and a harness racing association to deduct up to 2% more from the total amount wagered in the parimutuel pool for any type of wager, and specifies how the funds shall be distributed to eligible satellite wagering facilities, owners purses and racetrack commissions.
Chapter 226, Statutes of 2009
AB 605 (Portantino-D) Horse racing: proposition parimutuel pool wagers
Allows thoroughbred horse racing results to be included in proposition parimutuel pool wagers.
(On Senate Inactive File)
AB 734 (Hill-D) Horse racing: fair satellite wagering facilities
Authorizes the Secretary of the Department of Food and Agriculture to make money in the Inclosure Facilities Improvement Fund available to maintain operations at any fair satellite wagering facility regardless of whether the fair, or the association conducting racing at the fair, contributed to that fund.
(In Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 763* (Chesbro-D) Horse racing: Humboldt County Fair
Allows the Humboldt County Fair to import and accept wagers on up to eight races per day from out-of-state locations and allows the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club to import and accept wagers on an additional eight races per day from out-of-state locations during the period that the Humboldt County Fair is conducting a live race meet.
Chapter 122, Statutes of 2009
AB 864 (Price-D) Horse racing: racetrack improvement contracting
Requires at least 10% of the total amount of all state contracts for infrastructure improvements at any racetrack grounds in the state to be let to small businesses or disabled veteran business enterprises.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1499* (Evans-D) Horse racing: workers' compensation
Reauthorizes a fair to deduct an additional 0.5% of the total amount handled in exotic pari-mutuel pools of races for any breed, other than races solely for thoroughbreds, to defray workers' compensation insurance costs for trainers and owners who race at an applicable fair.
Chapter 151, Statutes of 2009
AB 1575 (Assembly Governmental Organization Committee) Horse racing
Makes various technical, clarifying, and conforming changes to the Business and Professions Code in order to update and condense current provisions of the Horse Racing Law.
Chapter 650, Statutes of 2009
AB 1578 (Assembly Governmental Organization Committee) Thoroughbred racing: California-bred bonus program
Requires the official thoroughbred registering agency, the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association, to distribute a specific portion of designated funds annually for a California-bred bonus program.
Chapter 550, Statutes of 2009
AB 1587* (Assembly Agriculture Committee) Fairs
Makes various technical, clarifying, and conforming changes to the Business and Professions Code in order to update and condense current provisions of the Horse Racing Law.
(Unassigned to a committee)
AB 12XXXX* (Evans-D) Horse racing associations and fairs
Establishes that horse racing associations and fairs shall pay $5.5 million to the Fairs and Exposition fund over the next six fiscal years in order to meet obligations of monies awarded from previous fiscal years.
Chapter 12, Statutes of 2009-10, Fourth Extraordinary Session
Other Gaming Legislation
SB 126* (Cedillo-D) Bingo: remote caller bingo
Makes various technical changes to the remote caller bingo law enacted last year by SB 1369 (Cedillo-D), Chapter 748, Statutes of 2008, deletes reference to "school districts" in the provisions specifying the organizations that may conduct bingo games and instead authorizes "charitable organizations affiliated with a school district" to conduct bingo games, deletes reference to organizations "registered" to conduct those bingo games, and deletes the requirement that the Gambling Control Commission establish criteria for registering manufacturers and distributors.
Chapter 562, Statutes of 2009
SB 200 (Correa-D) Raffles: Internet advertisement
Authorizes private, nonprofit, and eligible organizations to advertise raffles over the Internet.
Chapter 38, Statutes of 2009
SB 213 (Florez-D) Gambling licenses
Extends the moratorium on the issuance of new gambling establishments from 1/1/15 to 1/1/20, and makes other related changes regarding the regulation of gambling.
Vetoed
SB 570* (Maldonado-R) California State Lottery
Institutes a number of changes to reform the California State Lottery Act of 1984 (Act). Modifies the definition as to what constitutes total revenues, modifies the distribution percentages of total revenues, enhances the authority of the California State Lottery Commission to establish the percentage of total revenues that will be allocated for prizes and education, authorizes the allocation of $1 million a year to the Office of Problem Gambling within the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs for problem gambling awareness and treatment programs, modifies the percentage of total revenue allocated for the expenses of the California State Lottery (Lottery), enhances the authority of the Director of the Lottery, modifies the Lottery's procurement and contracting authority to allow for the award of contracts to the best (not lowest and best) proposal, and increases the noncompetitive bid contract threshold from $100,000 to $500,000, and provides that the provisions of the Act will control in the event that there are any conflicts between the provisions of the Act and any other provision of law.
(In Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
SB 610 (Corbett-D) Gambling establishments: Santa Clara County
Provides that a gambling establishment licensed by the Gambling Control Commission (GCC) and operating in the City of San Jose on 1/1/10, may change its location within the County of Santa Clara by providing the GCC with notice at least three months prior to that change. Provides that these provisions do not supersede any local measure prohibiting or regulating gambling establishments.
(In Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
SB 829 (Assembly Governmental Organization Committee) Gambling: licenses
Clarifies and updates the definition of "key employee" in the Gambling Control Act, and provides the Gambling Control Commission (GCC) with the authority to administer oaths of office to new GCC members and other specified employees of GCC and to certify official acts in connection with the business of GCC.
Chapter 624, Statutes of 2009
SB 831* (Assembly Governmental Organization Committee) California State Lottery: multistate lottery
Reinstates a provision of the California State Lottery Act that was inadvertently chaptered-out by AB 1654 (Assembly Budget Committee), Chapter 764, Statutes of 2008. Gives a player up to one year to claim prize money for a jackpot or grand prize won in a multistate lottery game.
Chapter 207, Statutes of 2009
AB 293 (Mendoza-D) Gambling regulation
Among other things, allows limited liability companies (LLCs) and its officers, managers, members, or owners to be eligible for a state gambling license; imposes on all partnerships and LLCs the same licensing requirements that are applicable to limited partnerships and provides that a partnership, instead of being formed under the laws of the state to be eligible for a gambling license must be registered in the state and provide specific supplemental information. Requires the Gambling Control Commission to develop procedures to allow for the continuous operation of licensed gambling establishments in cases including the death or incapacity of a licensee.
Chapter 233, Statutes of 2009
AB 662* (Hagman-R) California State Lottery: construction: salary reductions
Prohibits the California State Lottery Commission from continuing the process to build a new California State Lottery headquarters. Requires that a portion of those unused funds be applied toward renovating the existing headquarters, public education, services for employees whose salaries have been reduced, and advertising or other marketing activities.
(Failed passage in Assembly Governmental Organization Committee; reconsideration granted)
AB 1036 (Niello-R) Bingo
Extends the date, with respect to charitable nonprofit organizations applying for mitigation payments from the Charity Bingo Mitigation Fund, by which that organization must have ceased using electronic bingo machines/devices to 10/1/09 and extends the deadline for applying to the Gambling Control Commission for mitigation payments to 10/31/09.
(In Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 1577 (Coto-D) Problem and pathological gambling
Requires the prevention program developed by the Office of Problem Gambling (OPG) within the Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs to include the development of education and awareness programs that specifically target geographically diverse multicultural populations. Authorizes the OPG to include in its treatment program a grant program for education, outreach, and prevention, giving preferences to grant applications that meet prescribed conditions.
Vetoed
AB 12XXX* (Evans-D) California State Lottery
Makes technical and programmatic statutory changes to clarify education appropriations, clarifies the authority of the Director of the California State Lottery (Lottery) relative to state employees, and requires Lottery audits be posted on the Internet. These changes will be placed before the voters, along with various sections of AB 1654 (Assembly Budget Committee), Chapter 764, Statutes of 2008, the Lottery modernization trailer bill for the Budget Act of 2008, at the next statewide election.
Chapter 8, Statutes of 2009-10, Third Extraordinary Session
AB 25XXXX* (Evans-D) State Lottery
Provides the necessary statutory changes in the area of cash investments in order to amend the 2009 Budget Act. As it relates to the California State Lottery, expands the pool of potential investors in state-issued debt, including the State's cash flow borrowings, by specifying that the Lottery Commission can invest in state issued general obligation bonds, Revenue Anticipation Notes, and Revenue Anticipation Warrants.
Chapter 24, Statutes of 2009-10, Fourth Extraordinary Session
Public Employees
SB 11 (Negrete McLeod-D) County employees retirement: San Bernardino County
Authorizes the San Bernardino County Board of Retirement to establish a post-employment health benefits fund for the investment of assets held in trust for the exclusive purpose of providing health benefits to the retirees of that county, and those of any participating local agency.
Chapter 326, Statutes of 2009
SB 37 (Strickland-R) State employees: statement of deductions
Requires that state employees participating in the direct deposit program receive their statement of earnings and deductions by an electronic method unless the employee requests, in writing, to receive a paper version of the statement.
Chapter 329, Statutes of 2009
SB 72 (Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee) State employees: payroll
Clarifies that the payday deferral enacted through AB 12XXXX (Evans-D), Chapter 12, Statutes of 2009-10, Fourth Extraordinary Session, applies to only June 30th paychecks. (Current law directs the State Controller to issue date all June 30th paychecks to July 1, thus allocating those costs into the following fiscal year.) Makes technical clarifying amendments to the provision authorizing the Public Employees' Retirement System to use reserves generated by one or more self-funded benefit plans to reduce premiums charged.
Chapter 340, Statutes of 2009
SB 115 (Lowenthal-D) Public employment
Requires that a public employee or employment applicant be permitted to take and sign a modified oath of office based on the employee's or applicant's moral, ethical, or religious beliefs that conflict with his/her ability to take such oath without mental reservation, so long as he/she is willing and able to uphold the Constitutions of the United States and California. Provides that this will not apply to a public official who is elected or who serves at the pleasure of an elected official.
Vetoed
SB 220 (Yee-D) State employees: whistleblower protection
Expands the application of the California Whistleblower Protection Act (CWPA) to former state employees who have been covered by the CWPA during their employment. Revises some of the provisions relating to the filing, investigation, hearing, and processing of complaints filed by state employees under the CWPA. Authorizes an administrative law judge hearing an CWPA complaint to make any order as may appear just in order to prevent any named party from being embarrassed, delayed, or put to unnecessary expense. Authorizes the State Personnel Board, after a hearing and a determination that improper activity has occurred under the CWPA, to order any appropriate relief, including attorney's fees, for successful prosecution of a retaliation complaint before the Board, in addition to other relief under existing law.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
SB 257 (Pavley-D) Lactation accommodation: state employees
Requires every state agency and department, including local offices, when notified by a female employee that she is nearing maternity leave, to notify the employee, through its usual channels of communication with state employees and in the most cost-effective manner, of specified information regarding breastfeeding.
Vetoed
SB 278 (Negrete McLeod-D) Public Employees' Retirement System: Board of Administration
Specifies that the membership of the Public Employees' Retirement System Board of Administration include an official of a domestic or foreign life insurer.
(In Senate Public Employment and Retirement Committee)
SB 345 (Negrete McLeod-D) San Bernardino County: death benefit
Provides, in San Bernardino County, only upon the adoption of the Board of Supervisors, that the safety members' special death benefit paid to a surviving spouse or eligible child shall be based upon the salary of the then-active safety member employed in the job classification applicable to the deceased member at the time of injury or death.
Chapter 583, Statutes of 2009
SB 519 (Ashburn-R) Public employment
Eliminates the 1/1/10 sunset on the fifth level 1959 Survivor Benefit for certain state and school employees covered under the Public Employees' Retirement System who do not participate in the Social Security program and approves the addendum to the memorandum of understanding entered into by the state and State Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol), represented exclusively by the California Association of Highway Patrolmen and makes the statutory changes needed to implement the provisions of the addendum.
Chapter 188, Statutes of 2009
SB 538 (Senate Public Employment And Retirement Committee) County employees' retirement: mandatory retirement
Requires, in Los Angeles County only, a safety member returning from disability leave be given the same opportunity to receive certification as to his/her ability to perform assigned duties as is available to other safety members in the County, thereby avoiding being subject to the mandatory retirement age provisions.
Chapter 190, Statutes of 2009
SB 596* (Cedillo-D) State employees: memorandum of understanding
Approves the memorandum of understanding between the state and the California Correctional Peace Officers Association.
(In Senate Public Employment and Retirement Committee)
SB 623 (Ashburn-R) Civil service appointments: limited term appointments
Allows the State Personnel Board to extend the two-year maximum of limited term appointments for up to two-years (total four years) if the extension is needed because the funding for the position exceeds two years, or to retain the expertise of the current incumbent to complete the project that is still in progress, or to prevent a disruption in state service.
(In Assembly Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Committee)
SB 628 (Ashburn-R) Public Employees Medical and Health Care Act
Allows governmental agencies that participate in the Public Employees Medical and Hospital Care Act to negotiate a lower tier of employer health care contributions for employees hired after 1/1/10, if agreed to in a memorandum of understanding with exclusive employee representatives.
(Failed passage in Senate Public Employment and Retirement Committee; reconsideration granted)
SB 644 (Denham-R) State civil service examinations: veterans' preference
Increases the veterans' preference points provided on open, nonpromotional state civil service entrance examinations from 10 to 15 points for disabled veterans, and from five to 10 points for all other veterans.
Chapter 357, Statutes of 2009
SB 656 (DeSaulnier-D) Public employees: collective bargaining: peace officers
Provides that a local bargaining unit which is comprised of a majority of persons who are peace officers will be excluded from the jurisdiction of the Public Employment Relations Board for purposes of dispute resolutions.
Vetoed
SB 752* (Correa-D) County employees' retirement: Orange County
Implements a recently negotiated bargaining agreement between Orange County and the Orange County Employees' Association. This agreement implements a second-tier option for new non-safety employees and gives incumbent non-safety employees a one-time election to enter the new lower tier, for prospective service only.
Chapter 362, Statutes of 2009
SB 3X (Ducheny-D) 2008-09 Budget: public employees
Allows the Director of the Department of Finance to allocate necessary reductions in employee compensation from General Fund items and makes other reductions in various agencies.
Vetoed
SB 2XXX* (Ducheny-D) Public employee's compensation
Reflects reductions across all budget areas to reduce employee compensation costs related to furloughs, the elimination of two state holidays, and minor changes to overtime calculations.
Chapter 2, Statutes of 2009-10, Third Extraordinary Session -- Item Veto
SB 8XXX* (Ducheny-D) Public employee compensation budget changes
Enacts the following changes to employee compensation in order to achieve budgetary savings: (1) eliminates two state-worker holidays (Lincoln's Birthday and Columbus Day), and premium pay for hours worked on holidays, and (2) requires overtime payments be made to state workers based on actual time worked (rather than on other calculations that have been used for some groups of employees).
Chapter 4, Statutes of 2009-10, Third Extraordinary Session
SR 25 (Negrete McLeod-D) State employee furloughs
Urges the Governor to exempt from the furloughs enforcement officers of the Department of Consumer Affairs and various special-fund health care licensing boards that are directly involved in pursuing consumer complaints.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
AB 43 (Blakeslee-R) California Earthquake Authority: employees
Authorizes the California Earthquake Authority to employ a chief mitigation officer and removes the restriction that the Authority hire no more than 25 civil service employees.
Vetoed
AB 65 (Hayashi-D) Public employees: health benefits
Establishes a self-funded vision care program for retired local members, school members, and university members to be administered by the Public Employees' Retirement System effective on or before 1/1/11.
Chapter 265, Statutes of 2009
AB 86 (Nava-D) Public employees' retirement: airport police officers
Allows local contracting agencies of the Public Employees' Retirement System to reclassify specified airport law enforcement officers as local safety members.
Chapter 79, Statutes of 2009
AB 88* (Assembly Public Employees, Retirement And Social Security Committee) State employees: memoranda of understanding
Approves the memorandum of understanding agreed to by the state and the state bargaining units (BUs) represented exclusively by the Service Employees International Union, Local 1000, including BU 1 (Professional, Administrative, Financial, and Staff Services), BU 3 (Professional Educators and Librarians), BU 4 (Office and Allied), BU 11 (Engineering and Scientific Technicians), BU 14 (Printing and Allied Trades), BU 15 (Allied Services), BU 17 (Registered Nurses), BU 20 (Medical and Social Services), and BU 21 (Educational Consultant and Library).
(Failed passage on Senate Floor; reconsideration granted)
A similar bill is AB 964 (Assembly Public Employees, Retirement, and Social Security Committee) which failed passage on the Assembly Floor; reconsideration granted.
AB 125 (De Leon-D) Retirement: California Employee Savings Program
Creates the California Employee Savings Program to be administered by the Public Employees' Retirement System designed to offer individual retirement accounts to employees of private-sector or nonprofit employers that do not otherwise provide access to retirement savings plans.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 399 (Brownley-D) Public employee benefits
Authorizes the Public Employees' Retirement System to refund accumulated contributions to inactive members when they reach 70 years of age under specified circumstances. Preserves the retirement benefit of furloughed state employees.
Chapter 240, Statutes of 2009
AB 446 (Niello-R) Public employees' retirement: additional retirement service
Requires the Public Employees' Retirement System to submit information to the Legislature from its system-wide actuarial investigation that relates to purchases of additional service credit, as specified.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
AB 468 (Hayashi-D) Public employees: health care
Creates a specific vesting schedule and employer contribution amount for annuitant health care premiums for the Alameda County Transportation Improvement Authority employees hired on or after 10/1/04.
Chapter 320, Statutes of 2009
AB 502 (Furutani-D) State employees: memorandum of understanding
Ratifies the provisions of a memorandum of understanding between the state and state bargaining unit 9 (Profession Engineers), represented exclusively by the Professional Engineers in California Government.
(In Senate Public Employment and Retirement Committee)
AB 609 (Conway-R) County employees retirement system
Prohibits expenses incurred in any year from exceeding 18/100 of 1% of the approved actuarial liability of the retirement system.
(In Senate Public Employment and Retirement Committee)
AB 637 (Hill-D) Public Employees' Retirement System: contracting agencies
Requires the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) contracting agencies to use electronic funds transfer for the payment of amounts due to PERS and changes the method for calculating interest on late employer payments, as specified.
Chapter 118, Statutes of 2009
AB 704 (Charles Calderon-D) Public employees' retirement: deferred retirement option
Establishes the Deferred Retirement Option Program as a supplemental benefit program in the Public Employees' Retirement System. The program would be available for managerial employees in state bargaining units 5 (Highway Patrol), 6 (Corrections), 7 (Protective Services and Public Safety), and 8 (Firefighters).
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 749 (Fong-D) Public employment: adverse action
Prohibits disciplinary action from being imposed on civil service employees in state bargaining unit 5 (Highway Patrol) until the appeal process is completed and the charges have been sustained by an administrative judge.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 779 (Hayashi-D) State employees: memorandum of understanding
Ratifies the provisions of a memorandum of understanding between the state and state bargaining unit 7 (Protective Services and Public Safety), represented exclusively by the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association.
(In Senate Public Employment and Retirement Committee)
AB 781 (Jeffries-R) Public employment: language
Requires that a city, county, or state governmental entity shall not discriminate against an employee or an applicant for employment on the basis of the ability of the employee or applicant to speak a language other than English, unless an ability to speak a language other than English constitutes a bona fide occupational qualification.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 790 (Ruskin-D) State scientists: salaries
Requires implementation of the salary determinations contained in the 4/28/08 Director's Decision of the Department of Personnel Administration for 14 classifications of state scientific supervisors, as ordered by the Sacramento County Superior Court on 4/24/09.
(In Senate Public Employment and Retirement Committee)
AB 803 (Duvall-R) Health care coverage: state employees/legislative employees
Requires the state, as of 7/1/10, to provide a state or legislative employee the option of receiving a cash payment in lieu of coverage in a health benefit plan.
(In Assembly Public Employment, Retirement and Social Security Committee)
AB 820 (Conway-R) Public employees: benefits
Makes the self-funded group legal services plan currently offered to state employees also available to retirees. Authorizes the Department of Personnel Administration to directly bill a retiree if there are insufficient funds in the retiree's benefit allowance to pay the premium for the vision care program and provides that monies in the vision care program are continuously appropriated.
Chapter 126, Statutes of 2009
AB 843 (Block-D) State employees
Shifts the burden of proof in appeals of disciplinary actions taken against managerial state employees from the employee to the state. Deletes the rebuttable presumption in law that the disciplinary action taken against the managerial employee was free from fraud and bad faith.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 886 (Garrick-R) Library employees: child abuse reporting
Includes employees in public libraries as mandated child abuse reporters, for purposes of reporting the use of computers in public libraries, discovered in the course of their duties, to access, on the Internet or from other sources, any material that would constitute depictions of sexual exploitation, as described.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 944 (Silva-R) Civil service: employee hearings
Requires that state employee termination hearings or investigations take priority over all other cases that were initiated within the previous four months by the State Personnel Board.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 965 (Assembly Public Employees, Retirement And Social Security Committee) State employees: memorandum of understanding
Ratifies the provisions of a memorandum of understanding between the state and state bargaining unit 10 (Professional Scientific), represented exclusively by the California Association of Professional Scientists.
(In Senate Public Employment and Retirement Committee)
AB 966 (Assembly Public Employees, Retirement And Social Security Committee) Public employee benefits
Makes several minor or technical amendments to various sections of the Government Code administered by the Public Employees' Retirement System that are necessary for the continued efficient administration of the system.
Chapter 130, Statutes of 2009
AB 1034 (Huffman-D) County employees' retirement
Includes the retirement system established in Marin County within the definition of a "district" for purposes of providing retirement benefits to that system's employees, subject to resolution by the board of retirement making that provision applicable to the county.
(In Assembly Public Employment, Retirement and Social Security Committee)
AB 1125* (Hernandez-D) State employees: compensation
Provides that state employees will continue to be paid even if a budget is not enacted by the beginning of the new fiscal year.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1126 (Hernandez-D) Public Employees' Health Care Act: billing disputes
Prohibits a health care provider giving emergency services and care, as defined, from seeking reimbursement or attempting to obtain payment for any covered services provided to an employee or annuitant other than from the participating health benefit plan covering that employee or annuitant. Specifies that the provision would not apply to any copayments, coinsurance, or deductibles required for the covered services provided to that employee or annuitant other than from the participating health plan covering that employee or annuitant.
(In Assembly Public Employment, Retirement and Social Security Committee)
AB 1136 (Fong-D) County employees' retirement: optional settlements
Permits, upon adoption by a county board of retirement, a retired member of a county retirement system being operated under the County Employees' Retirement Law of 1937 to change previously elected optional settlements, as specified.
Vetoed
AB 1161 (Buchanan-D) State employment: adverse actions
Requires that an adverse action against a managerial or supervisory employee commence, in most cases, within one year of the cause of the discipline. Currently the adverse action must begin within three years. Retains the existing requirement that adverse actions for fraud, embezzlement, or the falsification of records commence within three years of the discovery of these activities.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1215 (De La Torre-D) Public employment: furloughs
Exempts employees in positions funded at least 95% by sources other than the General Fund from furloughs implemented by any state agencies, boards, and commissions. Prohibits a state agency, board, or commission from directly or indirectly implementing or assisting in implementing a furlough of those employees.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
AB 1241 (Nava-D) State employee compensation
Requires the California Citizens Compensation Commission, in addition to its constitutional duties, to establish the compensation of attorneys employed by the Department of Justice. Requires the Commission to consider specified factors in establishing that compensation.
(In Assembly Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Committee)
AB 1290 (Conway-R) Public employment: internship program
Directs the State Personnel Board to establish a state internship program to facilitate the hiring of college graduates in the state civil service.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1354 (Fong-D) County employees' retirement
Prohibits the amount payable, including cost-of-living adjustments, to a member of a county retirement system being operated under the County Employees' Retirement Law of 1937 from exceeding the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 415 limits, as specified, and specifies that adjustments to the IRC Section 415 limits continue to apply after a member's severance from employment or annuity starting date.
(In Senate Public Employment and Retirement Committee)
AB 1355 (Fong-D) County employees' retirement: survivor's allowances
Appropriately cross-references an alternative method of calculating survivor's allowances in the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937.
Chapter 9, Statutes of 2009
AB 1406 (Emmerson-R) County Board of Retirement: San Bernardino County
Allows the Board of Retirement of San Bernardino County, which operates a retirement system established under the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937, to appoint, outside the county civil service system, supervisors and employees who have specialized training and knowledge in the following areas: (1) pension and benefit member services, (2) investment reporting compliance, (3) investment accounting, (4) pension benefit tax reporting, (5) pension benefit financial accounting, and (6) pension law.
Chapter 393, Statutes of 2009
AB 1429 (Evans-D) Public employees: excluded employees
Provides managerial employees the right to meet and confer with their employer on matters relating to employee compensation, including hours, benefits, and wages.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1584* (Hernandez-D) Public employees' retirement: retirement boards
Requires all public pension systems to adopt a policy requiring the disclosure of fees paid to investment placement agents, requires the disclosure of campaign contributions and gifts made by placement agents to public retirement board members, as specified, prohibits public retirement board members from selling investment products to other public retirement systems, and lengthens post-employment restrictions on influencing retirement board actions for former system executives and board members that currently apply to the Public Employees' Retirement System and to the State Teachers' Retirement System, and extends those expanded provisions to apply to all public retirement systems in California.
Chapter 301, Statutes of 2009
AB 12XXXX* (Evans-D) State employees
Eliminates the Rural Health Care Equity Program, which provides a stipend to state employees who live in an area with the health maintenance organization plan available. Permanently requires the State Controller to provide salaries for state workers paid through the Uniform State Payroll System, for the pay period ending June 30, no sooner than July 1. Specifies that payments to state employees made through the Uniform State Payroll System in July, shall be counted as expenditures of the fiscal year they are paid in for budgeting purposes (i.e., 6/30/10 payroll, pursuant to this bill, will be counted toward the 2010-11 fiscal year Budget). Authorizes, for one year, the use of excess reserves generated by one or more self-funded benefit plans to reduce or otherwise pay the premiums charged for enrollment in one or more separate self-funded health benefit plans offered by the Public Employees' Retirement System.
Chapter 12, Statutes of 2009-10, Fourth Extraordinary Session
ACR 50 (Skinner-D) State Scientist Day
Proclaims 5/20/09 as the 21st Annual State Scientist Day, as a tribute to the dedication and professionalism of the state scientists who work on behalf of all Californians.
Resolution Chapter 45, Statutes of 2009
AJR 10 (Torlakson-D) Social Security: retirement benefits: public employees
Requires the President and the Congress of the United States to enact the Social Security Fairness Act of 2009, which would repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision from the Social Security Act.
Resolution Chapter 103, Statutes of 2009
Other State Government
SB 9 (Wyland-R) State Auditor: duties
Requires the State Auditor, on or before 1/1/10, and every two years thereafter, to conduct a performance evaluation of every state government program and expenditure, and submit a report of the results of that evaluation to the Legislature. Requires the State Auditor to make the report easily available to the public, and the Legislature to appropriate funds to the State Auditor sufficient to fulfill these duties.
(In Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
SB 29* (Denham-R) State surplus property: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Mandates the sale of land that the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena occupy, including the state's share of the Sports Arena structure, and abolishes the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission upon completion of that sale.
(In Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
SB 30* (Denham-R) State property
Requires the Department of General Services to identify not less than $1 billion worth of state property that can be sold immediately to pay off outstanding general obligation bonds and help close the budget deficit. Requires state agencies affected by the sale to determine the costs and benefits of leasing back their existing space or finding new, more cost-effective space.
(In Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
SB 35 (Oropeza-D) Food donations: Governor's role
Requires the Governor to direct a state agency to establish and maintain a clearinghouse database that allows a food bank or a nonprofit charitable organization that would like to receive food to contact a food facility that has an interest in donating food.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 65* (Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee) Bond sales: letter of credit: budget trailer language
Among other provisions, increases from 2% to 3%, until 6/30/13, the amount which may be appropriated for fees, costs, and other similar expenses incurred in connection with a credit enhancement of liquidity agreement linked to a bond sale. Without this provision, the State Treasurer will be unable to extend existing debt and efficiently handle the current cash situation.
Chapter 633, Statutes of 2009
A similar bill is AB 189 (Assembly Budget Committee), Chapter 646, Statutes of 2009.
SB 116* (Calderon-D) State warrants
Makes changes intended to improve the states ability to sell registered reimbursement warrants the next time the state's fiscal situation requires a reimbursement warrant sale.
Chapter 23, Statutes of 2009
SB 136 (Huff-R) State real property
Authorizes the Department of General Services to dispose of all or any portion of three specific parcels of state owned real property.
Chapter 166, Statutes of 2009
SB 149* (Kehoe-D) Claims against the state: appropriation
Appropriates $110,464.40 from the General Fund to the Department of Justice to pay a settlement in Maternal and Child Health Access v. Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board. Any funds appropriated in excess of the amount required for the payment of this claim shall revert to the General Fund.
Chapter 170, Statutes of 2009
SB 178 (Aanestad-R) State property: Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Authorizes the Director of the Department of General Service to sell, lease or exchange approximately three acres of state-owned real property located at 875 Cypress Avenue, in the City of Redding, that is specifically not declared surplus to the state's needs and is currently used by the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection as its Shasta-Trinity Unit Headquarters, for the purpose of consolidating operations on or near the Redding Airport.
Chapter 564, Statutes of 2009
SB 218 (Yee-D) Public records: state agency: auxiliary organizations
Includes, in the California Public Records Act, auxiliary organizations of the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges, except as specified.
Vetoed
SB 256 (Aanestad-R) State property: Department of the California Highway Patrol
Authorizes the Department of General Services to sell, lease, exchange, or any combination thereof, all or a portion of approximately 1.69 acres of state-owned real property located at 995 Fir Street, in the City of Chico, that is specifically not declared surplus to the state's needs, and is used by the Department of the California Highway Patrol as its area office, in order to relocate and expand the office.
Chapter 572, Statutes of 2009
SB 300 (Yee-D) Harbors and ports
Imposes a new navigation technology surcharge on vessels piloted through the Golden Gate until 1/1/11 to recover the pilots' costs for navigation hardware, software, and ancillary equipment purchased after 12/5/08.
Chapter 576, Statutes of 2009
SB 327* (Kehoe-D) State claims
Appropriates $601,473.21 from various funds to the Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board to pay 294 claims accepted by the Board.
Chapter 45, Statutes of 2009
SB 369 (Maldonado-R) Prisoner-of-War/Missing-in-Action Flag: state buildings
Requires the National League of POW/MIA Families flag be flown at all state-owned buildings and facilities during business hours where the United States and the California state flags are currently flown, if the flag can be attached to existing structures. Authorizes the state to accept donations of the POW/MIA flags and related materials.
Chapter 47, Statutes of 2009
SB 451 (Cogdill-R) Public contracts: preferences: forest products
Requires any state agency that contracts for, or acquires, lumber or other solid wood products, excluding paper and other types of secondary manufactured goods, to give preference, if price, fitness, and quality are equal, to lumber and other solid wood products that are harvested from forests within this state.
(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
SB 461 (Correa-D) Notaries public
Adds a Matricula Consular, issued through a consulate office of the Mexican Government, as an allowable form of identification for a credible witness to prove the identity of an individual who executes a written instrument.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
SB 502 (Walters-R) State agency Web sites: information
Requires, by no later than 1/1/10, each state department and agency to develop and operate a searchable Internet Web site. Requires the searchable Internet Web site to include specified information relating to each expenditure of state funds, made by that state department or agency in the most recently completed fiscal year, the ability of the user to view information in a format that may be downloaded and managed by the user, and the ability of users to provide input regarding the utility of, and recommendations for, improvements to the searchable Internet Web site.
(In Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
SB 503 (Kehoe-D) State General Obligation Bond Law: audits
Requires the State Controller's Office (SCO), on or before 4/30/10, and on or before April 30, annually thereafter, to choose one or more bond projects funded from certain bond acts to be the subject of an audit, pursuant to certain procedures. Requires the SCO to annually assign ten auditor positions to conduct the audits.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 553 (Wiggins-D) Payment of state claims: grants
Extends provisions of the California Prompt Payment Act regarding late payment penalties to contracts with, or grants to, a nonprofit public benefit corporation. Deletes a limitation which prohibits a nonprofit organization from being eligible to receive a penalty payment if the contract or grant is more than $500,000. Deletes a limitation which prohibits nonprofit public benefit corporations from receiving a late payment penalty where a state agency fails to make a timely payment.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 555 (Kehoe-D) Eminent Domain Law: conservation easement
Revises the Eminent Domain Law by establishing requirements for acquisition of property subject to a conservation easement.
Vetoed
SB 572 (Leno-D) Harvey Milk Day: official designation
Designates May 22 of each year as Harvey Milk Day, and calls for the day to be observed by public schools as a day of special significance. Requires the Governor to annually proclaim May 22 as Harvey Milk Day.
Chapter 626, Statutes of 2009
SB 586 (Yee-D) Agricultural districts: Cow Palace: sale
Directs the Department of General Services, in consultation with the Department of Food and Agriculture, to enter into negotiations by 2010, to sell at fair market value, to any interested third party, with certain restrictions, a parcel of state property located in the County of San Mateo and the City and County of San Francisco, known as the Cow Palace.
(In Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
SB 638 (Negrete McLeod-D) Regulatory boards: operations
Deletes the requirement that a board become a bureau under the Department of Consumer Affairs if it sunsets, and instead provides for the removal of a board's members, and appointment of a successor board. Revises and recasts sunset review law to remove references to the Joint Committee for Boards Commissions and Consumer Protection, and instead authorizes the appropriate standing policy committees of the Legislature to carry out the sunset review functions. Terminates the terms of office of each board member and bureau chief within the department upon an unspecified date, and authorizes successor board members and bureau chiefs to be appointed, as specified.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
SB 642 (Denham-R) Small Business Procurement and Contract Act
Increases from the maximum amount of a contract to a certified small business, including a microbusiness and a disabled veteran business enterprise, without complying with specified competitive bidding requirements, from less than $100,000 to less than $250,000.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 643 (Denham-R) California Prompt Payment Act
Includes a disabled veteran business enterprise, as defined under the California Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program, among the entities to whom higher penalties are payable under the California Prompt Payment Act.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 685 (Strickland-R) State boards and commissions: salaries: suspension
Suspends the salaries of members serving on specific state boards and commissions for three consecutive fiscal years, beginning with the 2010-11 fiscal year. Provides that a board or commission member who is prohibited from receiving a salary may receive $100 daily per diem allowance during those fiscal years in which their salaries are suspended.
(Failed passage in Senate Governmental Organization Committee; reconsideration granted)
SB 719 (Huff-R) State agency Internet Web sites: information
Enacts the Taxpayer Transparency Act of 2009, which requires each state department and agency to develop and operate a searchable Internet Web site accessible by the public that includes specified information relating to expenditures of state funds including contracts, grants, purchase orders, subcontracts, and tax refunds, rebates, and credits. Requires the development and operation to occur no later than 7/1/10.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 755 (Negrete McLeod-D) State contracts: participation goals
Establishes a statewide participation goal of not less than 1% for persons with developmental disabilities business enterprises (PDDBEs) to participate in contracts awarded by state agencies for goods and services. Requires, until 6/30/14, that each state agency awarding contracts take specified actions to encourage that participation. The Department of General Services shall adopt regulations and consult with the Department of Developmental Disabilities with respect to implementation of this bill. Imposes civil penalties for the first and subsequent violations of providing false or fraudulent information with respect to the qualification of a person with a PDDBE, and prohibits the person or entity that made the false statement from bidding on or participating in state contracts for specified periods of time.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 760 (Aanestad-R) State property: City of Red Bluff
Authorizes the Director of the Department of General Services to sell, lease or exchange approximately 3.14 acres of state-owned real property in the City of Red Bluff, that is specifically not declared surplus to the State's needs, and use the proceeds to acquire office and related space not to exceed 40,000 net square feet in the City, to consolidate various departments and state agencies.
Chapter 64, Statutes of 2009
SB 802 (Leno-D) Works of improvement: progress payments: notice
Requires that contract retention proceeds not exceed 5% of the payment of all contracts entered into after 1/1/10, between a public entity and an original contractor, between an original contractor and a subcontractor, and between all subcontractors. Requires the Department of General Services to withhold not more than 5% of the contract price until final completion and acceptance of the project.
Vetoed
SB 826 (Assembly Governmental Organization Committee) General obligation bonds
Makes a number of technical changes to the General Obligation Bond Law to clarify the way the law applies to negotiated sales of bonds.
Chapter 205, Statutes of 2009
SB 4X (Ducheny-D) Environmental quality: surplus state property
Provides a statutory exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for disposition of state surplus lands and clarify timing of CEQA compliance by state agencies.
Vetoed
SB 13X (Wyland-R) State Auditor: duties
Requires the State Auditor, on or before 1/1/10, and every two years thereafter, to conduct a performance evaluation of every state government program and expenditure, and submit a report of the results of that evaluation to the Legislature. Requires the State Auditor to make the report easily available to the public, and the Legislature to appropriate funds to the State Auditor sufficient to fulfill these duties. States that it addresses the fiscal emergency declared by the Governor by proclamation issued on 12/1/08, pursuant to the California Constitution.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
SB 1XX (Wyland-R) State Auditor: duties
Requires the State Auditor, on or before 1/1/10, and every two years thereafter, to conduct a performance evaluation of every state government program and expenditure, and submit a report of the results of that evaluation to the Legislature. Requires the State Auditor to make the report easily available to the public, and the Legislature to appropriate funds to the State Auditor sufficient to fulfill these duties.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
SB 4XX (Cogdill-R) State facilities: design-build
Authorizes the Department of General Services, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Judicial Council to use design-build contracting, consistent with existing statutory procedures, for state office buildings, prison facilities, and court facilities, respectively. Limits this authority to a total of five facilities statewide.
Chapter 2, Statutes of 2009-10, Second Extraordinary Session
SB 8XXX* (Ducheny-D) State and local government
Provides the necessary statutory changes in the area of general government in order to make mid-year revisions to the Budget Act of 2008.
Chapter 4, Statutes of 2009-10, Third Extraordinary Session
SB 20XXX* (Maldonado-R) State Controller: budget
Makes changes to the 2009 Budget by reducing $1 million General Fund from the State Controller's budget. Includes budget language specifying that no funds shall be provided for modular furniture, as specified.
Chapter 3, Statutes of 2009-10, Third Extraordinary Session -- Item Veto
The Governor item-vetoed $4.732 million more from the State Controller's budget.
SB 16XXXX* (Ducheny-D) State finances
Makes necessary statutory changes to defer certain payments and manage cash obligations for 2009-10.
Chapter 23, Statutes of 2009-10, Fourth Extraordinary Session
SCR 3 (DeSaulnier-D) Constitutional convention
Proposes that the people of the State of California vote at the next statewide general election on the question of whether to call a convention to revise the California Constitution.
(In Senate Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments Committee)
SCR 6 (Alquist-D) Prefecture of Athens: sister state relationship
Extends, on behalf of the people of the state, an invitation to the people of the Prefecture of Athens, Greece, to join in a sister state relationship.
(At Assembly Desk)
SCR 8 (Padilla-D) Information and communication technologies digital literacy
Requests that the Governor create the California Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Digital Literacy Leadership Council to provide leadership regarding ICT digital literacy, defined as using digital technology, communications tools, or networks, or any combination thereof, to access, manage, integrate, evaluate, create, and communicate information in order to function in a knowledge-based economy and society.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
SCR 17 (Corbett-D) Irish American Heritage Month
Designates March 2009 as Irish American Heritage Month in honor of the multitude of contributions that Irish Americans have made to the country and state.
Resolution Chapter 43, Statutes of 2009
SCR 19 (Steinberg-D) Jewish American Heritage Month
Designates May 2009 as Jewish American Heritage Month.
Resolution Chapter 24, Statutes of 2009
SCR 23 (Steinberg-D) Chabad Day
Proclaims March 23 as Chabad Day in California.
Resolution Chapter 37, Statutes of 2009
SCR 27 (Wolk-D) National Library Week
Declares the week of 4/12/09 to 4/18/09, inclusive, as National Library Week.
Resolution Chapter 38, Statutes of 2009
SCR 29 (Correa-D) Black April Memorial Week
Proclaims the week of 4/23/09 to 4/30/09, inclusive, as Black April Memorial Week, a special time for Californians to remember the countless lives lost during the Vietnam War era, and to hope for a more humane and just life for the people of Vietnam.
(In Assembly Rules Committee)
SCR 48 (Yee-D) Filipino American History Month
Designates the month of October 2009, and every October thereafter, as Filipino American History Month.
Resolution Chapter 120, Statutes of 2009
SCR 58 (Cedillo-D) Freedom of speech: hate speech
Condemns the increase of hate speech in the media, particularly against Latinos, and urges for accurate and fair reporting to counter hate speech on television, radio, cable, and the Internet.
(At Assembly Desk)
SR 9 (Alquist-D) Greek Independence Day
Recognizes 3/25/09, as Greek Independence Day.
Adopted by the Senate
SR 13 (Alquist-D) Greek History Month
Designates March 2009 as Greek History Month in the state and urges all residents of the state to celebrate the accomplishments of Greek Americans and thank them for their innumerable contributions to our nation's cultural, economic, and political heritage.
Adopted by the Senate
SR 17 (Yee-D) Shaolin Temple Day
Recognizes 3/21/09 as Shaolin Temple Day in California.
Adopted by the Senate
SR 20 (Lowenthal-D) Anne Frank Day
Proclaims 6/12/09 as Anne Frank Day in honor of her heroism and unique contributions to humanity.
Adopted by the Senate
SR 22 (Alquist-D) 80th Anniversary of the Daughters of Penelope
Resolves that the significant contributions of American citizens of Greek ancestry, and Philhellenes, to the United States be recognized. Commemorates the 80th anniversary of the Daughters of Penelope, applauds its mission, and commends the many charitable contributions of its members to organizations and communities around the World.
Adopted by the Senate
AB 4 (Blakeslee-R) Constitutional convention: delegates
Provides for the selection of 56 delegates to the Constitutional Convention, with 14 delegates selected from each of the State Board of Equalization districts, as specified. Prohibits a delegate to the Convention from holding a specified office or position, including an elective or appointed federal, state, county, or city office, for four years following the date of his or her appointment as a delegate to the Convention. The term of each delegate expires at the time the Convention submits its proposal to the Secretary of State to be voted on at the next statewide election. Prohibits a voter from being eligible to serve as a delegate to the Convention if the voter or his or her immediate family member held a specified office or position, including an elective or appointed federal, state, county, or city office, for the 10 years preceding the date of his or her application. Requires the Convention to convene in the Assembly Chambers at the Capitol in the City of Sacramento and specifies the rules for the Convention. Specifies that the delegates to the Convention shall be paid $300 for each day he or she engaged in Convention business. Provides for the removal of a delegate by the Governor with the concurrence of 3/4 of the Members of the Senate after the delegate has been served with written notice and provided an opportunity for a response. Any vacancy of a delegate shall be filled within 30 days from the date of the vacancy by an applicant for the Convention who is of the same voter registration category and the same State Board of Equalization district as the vacating delegate. Provides that no employer shall discharge, threaten to discharge, intimidate, coerce, or retaliate against any employee by reason of the employee's scheduled attendance at any meeting of the Constitutional Convention.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 10 (Hagman-R) Public funding: actions
Prohibits a state or local agency, or any organization that is funded in part by local agencies, from using public resources to commence legal action to block a law or constitutional amendment that was proposed by an initiative and approved by voters.
(Failed passage in Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee; reconsideration granted)
AB 26 (Hernandez-D) Public contracts: bid preference
Requires a state agency awarding a public works contract to provide a 2% bid preference to a bidder whose employee health care expenditures, and those of its subcontractors, are at least 6.5% of the aggregate Social Security wages paid to its employees in California. Requires a bidder and its subcontractors to submit statements certifying that they qualify for the bid preference, requires the bidder and contractors to continue to make employee health care expenditures. Imposes civil penalties in connection therewith. Becomes operative on 1/1/11.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 31 (Price-D) Small Business Procurement and Contract Act
Increases the maximum amount of a contract for goods, services, or information technology to a certified small business from $100,000 to $250,000 without complying with specified competitive bidding requirements. Requires the contractor, upon completion of a public contract for which a commitment to achieve certified small business or disabled veteran business enterprise participation goals was made, to report the actual percentage of certified small business or disabled veteran business enterprise participation that was achieved.
Chapter 212, Statutes of 2009
A similar bill is SB 642 (Denham-R) which is in Senate Appropriations Committee.
AB 32 (Lieu-D) Public officials: personal information
Requires the removal of personal information of specified officials from the Internet, and permits employers or professional organizations to assert the rights of the official in removing the personal information from the Internet.
Chapter 403, Statutes of 2009
AB 54 (Jeffries-R) State government: California Emergency Management Agency
Requires the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the Office of the State Fire Marshal, the State Board of Fire Services, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the Office of Traffic Safety, the California Conservation Corps, and the Emergency Medical Services Authority to create a working group, by 3/1/10, to prepare a Governor's Reorganization Plan that transfers the authorities and duties of those departments, offices, and entities to the California Emergency Management Agency. Requires the working group to develop the proposed Governor's Reorganization Plan, so that the Governor may transmit the plan to the Legislature for approval during the 2011 portion of the 2011-12 Regular Session of the Legislature. Requires that the plan becomes operative no later than 1/1/12.
(In Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 92* (De Leon-D) State claims
Appropriates $617,711.41 from various funds to the Executive Officer of the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board to pay claims accepted by the Board. Requires the State Controller, upon the request of the Board, in a form prescribed by the State Controller, to transfer surcharges and fees from specified Budget Act items of appropriation identified in the bill to Item 1870-001-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2009.
Chapter 218, Statutes of 2009
AB 93* (De Leon-D) Claims against the state: appropriation
Appropriates $11,402,373.95 General Fund to the Department of Justice for the payment of (1) a settlement in the amount of $245,373.95 for the case of In re Marriage Cases, San Francisco Superior Court, Judicial Council Coordination Proceeding 4365; (2) litigation costs in the amount of $990,000 related to the settlement in the case of League of United Latin American Citizens v. Wilson, United States District Court Case No. 94-7569 MRP; (3) judgment costs in the amount of $8,500,000 in the case of Bank of America v. State of California, San Francisco Superior Court Case No. 401775; (4) a settlement in the amount of $96,000 related to the settlement of legal fees in the case of Video Software Dealers Association v. Schwarzenegger, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Case No. 07-16620; (5) a settlement for legal fees in the amount of $996,000 in the case of Whyte v. California Department of Justice, Kern County Superior Court Case No. S-1500-CV-244826; (6) a settlement in the amount of $575,000 related to the case California Pro-Life Council, Inc. v. Randolph, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Case Nos. 08-17359 and 08-17473. Any funds appropriated in excess of the amounts actually required for the payment of the judgment and settlements revert to the General Fund on June 30 of the fiscal year in which the final payment is made.
Chapter 219, Statutes of 2009
AB 121 (Hernandez-D) Judgment liens: continuation
Establishes a process for the continuation of a judgment lien on personal property, so that a creditor will not have to file a new lien at the end of five years.
Chapter 410, Statutes of 2009
AB 151 (Ruskin-D) Department of General Services: authorization
Authorizes the Department of General Services to investigate and negotiate the terms of a sale, exchange, lease, or any combination thereof, of all or a portion of specified real property in Sacramento that is used for state offices, including offices used by the Board of Equalization.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 189* (Assembly Budget Committee) State finances: letters of credit
Increases, the cap from 2% to 3%, on the annual amount of fees, costs, and other similar expenses to be incurred by the state in connection with letters of credit.
Chapter 646, Statutes of 2009
A similar bill is SB 65 (Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee), Chapter 633, Statutes of 2009.
AB 216 (Beall-D) Public contracts: claims
Revises the pre-litigation dispute resolution process for local government public works contracts entered into after 1/1/10.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 264 (Cook-R) Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day
Designates March 30 of each year as Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day, and calls for the day to be observed by the public schools as a day of special significance. Requires the Governor to annually proclaim March 30 as Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day.
Vetoed
A similar bill is AB 717 (Cook-R), Chapter 158, Statutes of 2009.
AB 265 (Cook-R) Office holding: forfeiture
Requires elected state officers to forfeit their office upon the conviction of a specified crime pursuant to the federal Stolen Valor Act of 2005.
Chapter 93, Statutes of 2009
AB 349 (Silva-R) State mandates
Requires, beginning 1/1/12, the Administration to produce draft trailer bill language with its January budget proposal that repeals mandates that are proposed to be suspended for at least the third consecutive year.
(In Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee)
AB 368 (Skinner-D) State lands: oil, gas, and mineral leases
Makes various modifications to an existing provision of law relating to quitclaim or relinquishment of rights under oil and gas and mineral leases.
Vetoed
AB 400 (De Leon-D) State agencies: FISCal funds
Requires the Financial Information System for California to list State General Fund and federal fund expenditures in the amount of $5,000 or greater on a public Web site.
Chapter 440, Statutes of 2009
AB 423 (Torres-D) Emergency telephone systems
Requires the review of technical and operational standards for 911 systems by the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) to include standards for recruitment and training of public safety dispatchers. Adds one representative from the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training and one representative from the Office of the State Fire Marshal to the State 911 Advisory Board. Modifies the requirement that the State 911 Advisory Board advise the OCIO on training standards for county coordinators and 911 system answering point managers to also advise the OCIO concerning issues related to the receipt of calls in a language other than English.
Vetoed
AB 442 (Arambula-IN) Notaries public
Provides that a notary public may reasonably rely on a Matricula consular issued by the government of the United States of Mexico as proper identification to prove the identity of an individual who executes a written instrument.
Vetoed
AB 449 (Bill Berryhill-R) Advertising: prohibition
Provides for an exemption under current law governing the use of x-ray equipment to allow the use of a mini C-arm digital radiography device in connection with the diagnosis of bone fractures, in a licensed trauma center or an emergency department of a licensed hospital, by an orthopedic resident, an orthopedic nurse practitioner, or a physician assistant, when under the direct or indirect supervision of a certified radiological technologist.
(In Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 472 (Blumenfield-D) Earthquake and emergency preparedness
Requires any state agency, beginning 7/1/10, to maintain on its homepage a link that will direct a user to earthquake and emergency preparedness information for the home and workplace.
Vetoed
AB 480 (Tran-R) Bond acts: auditing
Requires any state bond measure approved on and after 1/1/10, to include auditing provisions with respect to the use of any bond monies that would be spent for the purposes of the bond measure. Authorizes the Bureau of State Audits to conduct periodic audits to ensure that bond proceeds are awarded in a timely manner and that recipients of bond monies use the funds in compliance with applicable provisions of law. Requires that the costs associated with the audits be reimbursed by the bond proceeds.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 520 (Carter-D) Public records
Authorizes, whenever it is made to appear by verified petition, a superior court to issue a protective order limiting the number and scope of requests a requestor may make under the California Public Records Act. Requires the court, in issuing the order, to determine that the requestor has sought records under the act for an improper purpose, including, but not limited to, the harassment of a public agency or its employees.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 539 (Monning-D) State Auditor
Makes various changes to clarify existing law and codify existing practice by (1) requiring the State Auditor to establish an equal employment opportunity program as specified, (2) requiring the State Auditor to deliver audit reports to the Legislature, its relevant committees and subcommittees, and the Governor as provided, (3) authorizing the State Auditor to examine all the financial records, accounts, and documents of any state agency, as defined, during any audit or investigation the State Auditor conducts, and (4) extending the time limit, from 30 to 60 days, that the head of an agency or appointing authority has to submit an initial report, as specified, in response to a State Auditor report of alleged improper activity.
Chapter 115, Statutes of 2009
AB 540 (Monning-D) State Auditor: Bureau of State Audits: budget.
Requires the Bureau of State Audits (BSA) to provide the Department of Finance with the BSA's proposed budget for each fiscal year, and requires the department to include the BSA's proposed budget in the Governor's Budget without modification.
Chapter 114, Statutes of 2009
AB 556 (Conway-R) Personal services contracts
Prohibits the personal services contract from adversely affecting the state's equal employment opportunity efforts and requires a contract to include assurances that the contractor's hiring practices meet applicable nondiscrimination, equal employment opportunity standards.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 567 (Villines-R) Government practices
Revises the California Whistleblower Protection Act to broaden the class of employees covered by the Act, expands the definition of "improper governmental activity" that could be reported by a whistleblower, and permits the State Auditor to publicly report on recommendations made to heads of state agencies that have not been fully implemented after one year, among others.
Chapter 452, Statutes of 2009
AB 579 (Huber-D) State boards and commissions: audits
Requires the State Auditor to assess the workload of at least two state boards or commissions annually, and directs the State Auditor to audit the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board to satisfy one of the annual audits required by this bill for the year 2010.
Vetoed
AB 600* (Hall-D) Surplus state property: Compton Armory
Grants the Director of the Department of General Services the authority to lease the Compton Armory to the City of Compton at fair market value.
Vetoed
AB 608 (Evans-D) State real property: Napa County
Authorizes the Department of General Services to execute an agreement in the best interests of the state to modify boundary lines dividing private and state property along the area known as the River to Ridge Trail, from Kennedy Park to Skyline Park, in Napa County.
Vetoed
AB 611 (Fong-D) Emergency services
Requires the California Emergency Management Agency to take measures to help people with limited English proficiency (LEP) prepare for emergencies and understand information conveyed during emergencies, such as utilizing bilingual persons in public contact positions, and coordinating with organizations that represent the needs of LEP persons in order to disseminate guidance to local and regional governmental entities.
Vetoed
AB 617 (Blumenfield-D) State government: information technology
Requires the Office of the Chief Information Officer to establish and enforce a state information technology strategic plan to protect the environment and reduce energy use.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 618 (Blumenfield-D) Office of the State Chief Information Officer: duties
Requires the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) to submit to the Legislature an information technology strategic plan on or before 1/1/11, and every three years thereafter, and in intervening years requires the OCIO to submit to the Legislature a report on the status of objectives in the plan and a progress report on the implementation of the Governor's Reorganization Plan No. 1.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 641 (Hagman-R) Approval of contracts
Requires all contracts executed by the Legislature to be approved by the Department of General Services, and establishes a "low-bid" contracting process for public works contracts let by the Legislature.
(Failed passage in Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 717 (Cook-R) Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day
Requires the Governor to annually proclaim March 30 of each year as Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day, and encourages schools to conduct exercises on March 30 of each year to recognize the contributions of those involved in the Vietnam conflict.
Chapter 158, Statutes of 2009
A similar bill was AB 264 (Cook-R) which was vetoed.
AB 756 (Eng-D) Public contracts: information: Internet Web site
Requires a state agency to provide a link to a centrally located and accessible state Internet Web site that includes a list of the personal services and consulting services entered into by the agency. Requires listings on the state's Internet Web site to include specified information, and requires, on and after 1/1/12 a summary of a contract to be initially posted within 15 days of being signed by all parties. Requires the Director of the Department of General Services (DGS) to maintain the Internet Web site and to establish the publishing of the contract listing information. Authorizes DGS to use the services of any state agency. Requires contractors to electronically provide information to assist state agencies in the reporting of information for the listings of personal services contracts.
Vetoed
AB 759 (Ma-D) Public contracts with expatriate corporations
Simplifies the method used to report a water's-edge taxpayer's portion of its "controlled foreign corporation" income under the Corporation Tax Law by conforming to the federal Subpart F rules for computing the amount of income that is included in a shareholder's income. Prohibits a foreign incorporated entity domiciled in a jurisdiction that does not have an income tax treaty in force with the United States from contracting with a state agency.
(On Senate Inactive File)
AB 783 (Anderson-R) State government: agencies, commissions, boards: repeal
Requires that all statutorily created state agencies, boards, and state commissions that are funded by General Fund revenues, except for the Franchise Tax Board, be repealed on 1/1/22.
(In Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 831 (Monning-D) State Auditor: confidential records
Clarifies that state and local government officers and employees that are the subject of, or possess information about, an ongoing audit or investigation, cannot release audit findings.
(In Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 846 (Torrico-D) State agencies: civil and administrative penalties
Requires specified agencies administering environmental, health, and workplace safety laws to update the minimum and maximum civil and administrative penalties to account for annual inflation, and then, upon enforcement of those penalties, requires the department or agency to assess liability that, at a minimum, recovers any economic benefits derived by the violator, with specified exceptions.
(In Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 850 (De La Torre-D) Conflicts of interest: contracts
Provides that no person shall knowingly induce or participate in or conspire with a public official to violate the law prohibiting financial conflicts of interest in the award of public contracts.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 865 (Price-D) Emergencies: communication
Requires the California Emergency Management Agency, in cooperation with the Office of the State Chief Information Officer, to develop and operate a full-time wireless communications system providing the public with emergency information that is accessible by cellular telephone, text pager, or computer.
(In Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 898 (Lieu-D) Notaries public
Makes three changes to the law governing notaries public (1) Authorizes the Secretary of State to refuse to process (authenticate) documents that are clearly intended for fraudulent purposes. Prohibits the use of a subscribing witness when establishing a power of attorney, just as a subscribing witness cannot now be used for real property documents that must be recorded. Eliminates the duty of a notary public to process antiquated documents (i.e., "protests" of nonpayment of negotiable instruments), unless the notary public works for a financial institution.
(On Senate Inactive File)
AB 926 (Ruskin-D) State contracts: goods: loss leader
Requires certain advertising of state contracting opportunities to include a statement explaining current state law against the use of "loss leaders."
Chapter 490, Statutes of 2009
AB 930 (Saldana-D) Department of General Services: Administrative Procedure Act
Provides that the State Administrative Manual and the State Contracting Manual maintained by the Department of General Services are exempt from the Administrative Procedures Act for periods prior to January 1, 1999.
Chapter 128, Statutes of 2009
AB 961 (Krekorian-D) Public contracts: state contract eligibility
Prohibits "scrutinized companies" (i.e. those that were engaged in business with perpetrators of specified genocides) that still hold looted or deposited assets of genocide victims or their heirs, from bidding on or submitting proposals for contracts with state agencies.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 978 (V. Manuel Perez-D) State Chief Information Officer: duties
Requires the State Chief Information Officer to develop an online master application for businesses to file for state permits and licenses, and work in collaboration with other state agencies to accomplish this duty.
(In Assembly Rules Committee)
AB 994 (Fong-D) Buildings: Integrated Waste Management Board
Requires the California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB) to identify policy changes that may accelerate adoption of high performance building practices, as well as create educational training centers in state government and higher education facilities. Provides that the CIWMB is required to carry out these provisions to the extent that funding is obtained from local, federal, public, or other non-state sources.
(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 1006 (Buchanan-D) State buildings: building locations: considerations
Adds a new provision to the State Building Construction Act that requires the Department of General Services to consider the proximity of the workforce and the population being served when deciding where to build or lease state office buildings.
Vetoed
AB 1009* (V. Manuel Perez-D) Bonds
Modifies statute related to the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee and the California Industrial Development Financing Advisory Commission to allow these entities to allocate, issue, and collect data on the new types of bonds authorized under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Chapter 648, Statutes of 2009
AB 1018 (Hill-D) State finance
Places added long-term economic and fiscal forecasting responsibilities on the Department of Finance, State Treasurer, and the State Controller.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1086 (Miller-R) Public contracts: bids
Makes findings and declarations that it is legislative intent to encourage contractors and manufacturers to develop and implement new and ingenious materials, products, and services that function as well, in all essential respects, as materials, products, and services that are required by a contract, but at a lower cost to taxpayers.
Chapter 132, Statutes of 2009
AB 1097 (Eng-D) State contracts: motor vehicles: fuel efficiency
Requires a state agency, department, officer, or other entity to only purchase or lease a motor vehicle that has a fuel efficiency of at least 35 miles per gallon of gasoline.
(In Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 1128 (Brownley-D) Emergency services: fire engines
Requires the Secretary of the California Emergency Management Agency to acquire 131 fire engines.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1156 (Nava-D) State and local surplus funds: investments
Provides that community banks and credit unions be given first priority for the investment of state surplus funds and the investment of surplus funds in certificates of deposit by local agencies.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1194 (Audra Strickland-R) State agency Internet Web sites: information
Requires each state department and agency to develop and operate an Internet Web site accessible by the public that includes specified information relating to expenditures of state funds, defined to include, among other things, grants, contracts, subcontracts, purchase orders, and tax refunds, rebates, and credits.
(In Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 1196 (Blumenfield-D) The False Claims Act
Revises and clarifies significant aspects of the California False Claims Act. Among other provisions, ensures that those who knowingly defraud the government are held liable regardless of whether the fraud was conducted through an intermediary. Reorganizes existing state law provisions to conform to the structure of federal law. Ensures that false claim lawsuits are not dismissed without the written consent of the government. Requires that civil penalties be imposed for each violation of the Act, in order to deter and punish those inclined to defraud the government.
Chapter 277, Statutes of 2009
AB 1234 (Skinner-D) State Capitol: modernization plan
Requires the Department of General Services to submit to the Legislature, by 1/1/11, a State Capitol, Smart Building Modernization Plan to achieve energy savings through modernization. Specifies that the Sacramento Municipal Utilities District may assist the department in identifying funding sources to implement the plan.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1245 (Monning-D) Recovery of public records
Establishes a process by which the Secretary of State or a local agency may seek the return of public records belonging to the state or a local agency from a person, organization, or institution not authorized by law to possess those records, or require that person to respond in writing and declare why the records do not belong to the state or local agency.
Chapter 519, Statutes of 2009
AB 1266 (Huber-D) State government information technology
Codifies the Governors Reorganization Plan 1. Specifically, transfers all duties, functions, employees, property and related funding of the Division of Telecommunications from the Department of General Services (DGS) to the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO). Renames the Department of Technology Services to the Office of Technology Services and transfers it from the State Consumer Services Agency (SCSA) to the OCIO, along with the applicable revolving fund. Eliminates the Office of Information Security and Privacy Protection, and instead creates the Office of Information Security within the OCIO, and the Office of Privacy Protection within the SCSA. Transfers all necessary employees to the OCIO and maintains the status, position, and rights of those employees. Transfers certain responsibilities relating to creating the state's information technology procurement policies from the Department of Finance, DGS, and the Department of Information Technology to the OCIO.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1277 (Harkey-R) State bonds: sale
Gives the State Treasurer the authority to delay sales of voter-approved bonds when (1) the resulting amount of debt service payments would exceed 6% of total general fund revenues, (2) when the cost of commercial paper needed to fund a start up loan would be more than three times the normal cost, or (3) when the Treasurer determines that the pooled money investment account does not have sufficient funds to lend an amount equal to the bond proceeds.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1311 (Duvall-R) State government reports
Repeals and revises various reporting requirements for the Department of General Services.
Chapter 284, Statutes of 2009
AB 1327 (Bass-D) State Capitol Sustainability Task Force
Establishes the State Capitol Sustainability Task Force consisting of the California State Senate, the California State Assembly, the Office of the Governor, and the Office of the Lieutenant Governor to coordinate, develop, and complete a state capitol sustainability initiative to further the sustainability practices at the State Capitol Building, the Legislative Office Building, and the State Capitol park grounds.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1364* (Evans-D) Public contracts: state bonds: grant agreements
Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, any state agency that has entered into a grant agreement for the expenditure of state bond funds where the state agency or grant recipient is, or may be, unable to comply with the terms of that agreement because of the suspension of interim funding for projects and contracts by the Pooled Money Investment Board on or after 12/18/08, shall, with the consent of the grant recipient, have the authority to either renegotiate, modify, or eliminate the deadlines and timetables for and deliverables within the grant agreement in order to address the suspension or to terminate the grant agreement if no grant funds have yet been delivered. Specifies that it does not modify any act under which bonds are authorized to be issued or the State General Obligation Bond Law.
Chapter 526, Statutes of 2009
AB 1380 (Bass-D) Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank
Expands the membership of the board of directors of the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank (I-Bank) from five to seven members. Of the two additional members, one each is appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly and the Senate Committee on Rules. The two new members serve as nonvoting members.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
AB 1420 (V. Manuel Perez-D) State government: research
Requests the California Council on Science and Technology to undertake an assessment of the state's innovation infrastructure and seek the cooperation of public colleges and universities and other private entities to perform this task.
(In Assembly Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy Committee)
AB 1444 (Garrick-R) Disposition of state property: services contracts
Authorizes the Department of General Services to advertise and award service contracts related to the disposition of state-owned real property, and to establish a list of pre-qualified firms that may enter into such contracts.
Chapter 295, Statutes of 2009
AB 1494 (Eng-D) Public meetings: definition
Makes changes to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act regarding communication between members of a state entity.
Chapter 150, Statutes of 2009
AB 1501 (V. Manuel Perez-D) Boards and commission: salaries full time
Requires that the salaries of board or commission members making over $100,000 per year be prorated to actual hours worked in any given month where the board member does not work full time.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1506* (Anderson-R) State funds: registered warrants
Requires a state agency to accept from any person or entity a registered warrant or other similar evidence of indebtedness issued by the State Controller that is endorsed by that payee, at full face value, for the payment of any obligations owed by that payee to that state agency, as specified, until 7/1/12.
(In Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 1518 (Anderson-R) State government: boards, commissions, committees: repeal
Requires that all statutorily created state boards, commissions, and committees that have not met or had a quorum at any of their regular meetings since 1/1/08, be repealed on 1/1/10, with certain exceptions.
(In Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 1585* (Assembly Accountability And Administrative Review Committee) State government: reporting requirements: required repealer
Requires that the summary of a report made by a state agency to either house of the Legislature be submitted to the Members of the appropriate house by that agency, instead of by the Legislative Counsel Bureau (LCB). Requires LCB to maintain the list of state and local agencies' reports in a specified manner, including maintaining the list in an electronic format and deleting specified reports from the list. Requires, on and after 1/1/10, any bill that requires a state agency to submit a report on any subject to either house of the Legislature, a committee or office of either house of the Legislature, or LCB to include a provision that repeals the reporting requirement, or makes the requirement inoperative, no later than a date four years following the operative date of the bill or four years after the due date of any report required every four or more years. Requires LCB, in drafting a bill that includes a reporting requirement as described above, to include a provision repealing the reporting requirement or making the requirement inoperative as specified, unless directed to do otherwise.
(In Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 7XXX* (Evans-D) State funds: registered warrants
Enacts statutory changes necessary to permit the State Controller to effectively manage any warrants that must be issued.
Chapter 26, Statutes of 2009-10, Third Extraordinary Session
AB 13XXX* (Evans-D) State and local government
Provides the necessary statutory changes to implement adjustments to the 2008 Budget Act and implement the 2009 Budget Act in the area of cash management.
Chapter 9, Statutes of 2009-10, Third Extraordinary Session
AB 16XXX* (Evans-D) State finance: federal funds
Enacts new Section 99030 of the Government Code requiring the State Treasurer and the Director of the Department of Finance (DOF) to meet, in public, on or before 4/1/09, for the purpose of determining whether federal legislation has been enacted that will make available, by 6/30/10, additional federal funds that may be used to offset not less than $10 billion in General Fund expenditures. If it is determined that sufficient federal funds have been made available to the state, the Director of DOF shall immediately notify the State Controller.
Chapter 5, Statutes of 2009-10, Third Extraordinary Session
AB 77XXX (Torlakson-D) Unclaimed property: gift certificates
Includes gift certificates within the unclaimed property law and requires the full value of a gift certificate issued commencing 7/1/06, or portion thereof that has not been redeemed within three years after issuance of the gift certificate to escheat to the state and be forwarded to the State Controller. Provides that it does not alter the rights and responsibilities of the seller and buyer under the terms of the gift certificate and authorizes a seller to claim the value of a subsequently redeemed gift certificate as a credit against the seller's next payment to the State Controller. Establishes the Escheated Gift Certificate/Poison Control Center Funding Account within the State Treasury and requires deposit of the funds collected pursuant to this bill into the account for the purposes of funding poison control centers, upon appropriation by the Legislature, and requires the transfer of excess funds to the General Fund. States that it addresses the fiscal emergency declared by the Governor by proclamation issued on 12/19/08, pursuant to the California Constitution.
(Died at Assembly Desk)
AB 12XXXX* (Evans-D) Information technology: Cal Expo
Enacts changes consistent with the approved Governor's Reorganization Plan #1 relative to information technology. Includes additional reporting language to track the success of the expanded Office of the Chief Information Officer in efforts to reduce costs and increase efficiency surrounding statewide Information Technology. Authorizes a transfer of $2.8 million from the Exposition Park Improvement Fund to the General Fund. Requires the Department of Finance to submit a written report to the Legislature prior to executing a contract for the prime vendor to develop the Financial Information System of California (FI$Cal).
Chapter 12, Statutes of 2009-10, Fourth Extraordinary Session
AB 21XXXX* (Evans-D) Procurement reform
Makes changes in the state law relating to state procurement of goods and services.
Chapter 19, Statutes of 2009-10, Fourth Extraordinary Session
AB 22XXXX* (Evans-D) State property: Orange County Fair: inventory: leases
Authorizes the Director of the Department of General Services to (1) sell the Orange County Fairgrounds, (2) sell certain state-owned office buildings and enter into long-term leases for those buildings with the option to buy back any of the buildings, (3) enter into and approve "long-term" leases of the state's real properties and determine terms and conditions of such leases. Imposes additional reporting requirements upon state agencies relative to information that must be submitted to DGS pertaining to the state's real property holdings. Authorizes a loan of not more than $10 million from the General Fund to support the management of the state's real property assets and any extra workload
Chapter 20, Statutes of 2009-10, Fourth Extraordinary Session
AB 25XXXX* (Evans-D) Surplus state funds
Makes various changes to the law relating to investment of state funds, as proposed by the State Treasurer.
Chapter 24, Statutes of 2009-10, Fourth Extraordinary Session
AB 34XXXX (Jeffries-R) State-owned motor vehicles
Rescinds the use of funding of fuel for a state-owned motor vehicle that is used by an employee for personal take-home use for all employees and agents of state departments, divisions, and agencies. Authorizes the Department of Personnel Administration to grant exceptions, as specified. States that it addresses the fiscal emergency declared by the Governor by proclamation issued on 7/1/09, pursuant to the California Constitution.
(Unassigned to a committee)
ACA 27 (Logue-R) State-mandated local programs
Applies the existing requirement that the Legislature either appropriates the full payable amount of a mandate or suspend the mandate only through the 2010-11 fiscal year. Prohibits the Legislature or a state agency from mandating a new program or higher level of service on any local government, except as specified, unless the local government is paid for the costs of that new program or higher level of service. Requires, on or after 7/1/10, that if the Legislature adopts a statute that mandates a new program or higher level of service on any local government, the mandate would not become operative until the operative date of an appropriation, for that purpose, of funds to pay all affected local governments for the costs of the new program or higher level of service for the remainder of the fiscal year in which the mandate becomes operative. Imposes parallel requirements with regard to a regulation mandating a new program or higher level of service. Renders the mandate inoperative, on and after 7/1/11, for a mandate that became operative in a prior fiscal year, if the Legislature fails to fund the mandate in the current fiscal year. Adds an additional exemption from the mandates for which the Legislature is required to appropriate funds, a mandate for which the governing body of the local government has express statutory authority to impose a fee, assessment, or other charge that pays for the costs of the program or increased level of service and that is paid to the local government by the person or entity that is subject to, is regulated by, or otherwise benefits from, the new program or higher level of service. Allows a local government to file an action in superior court if the Legislature or a state agency mandates a new program or higher level of service and the amount of the funds appropriated to the local government for that new program or higher level of service does not meet the costs of that new program or higher level of service. Requires the superior court to include, within an order upholding a challenge brought by the local government, an order setting the amount the court determines is reasonably necessary to pay the local government for the costs of the new program or higher level of service.
(Unassigned to a committee)
ACA 1XXX (Niello-R) State finance
Enacts the "Budget Stabilization Act" creating a reserve fund (colloquially referred to as a "rainy day fund") to be used in economic downturns. Specifies that 3% of General Fund revenues will annually be deposited in this fund. Deposits unanticipated increases in revenues into this reserve fund, and defines the process for calculation how unanticipated revenue would be determined. Provides a mechanism to fund the education obligations that would ensue if the constitutional amendment contained in SCA 2XXX was adopted by voters.
Resolution Chapter 1, Statutes of 2009-10, Third Extraordinary Session
Voters rejected the amendment at the 5/19/09 special election making the amendment inoperative.
ACR 1 (Blakeslee-R) Constitutional Convention
Proposes that the people of the State of California vote at the next statewide general election on the question of whether to call a convention to revise the California Constitution.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
ACR 3 (Mendoza-D) Cesar Chavez Day
Recognizes 3/31/09 as the anniversary of the birth of Cesar Chavez, and calls upon all Californians to participate in appropriate observances to remember Cesar Chavez as a symbol of hope and justice to all persons.
Resolution Chapter 97, Statutes of 2009
ACR 5 (Torlakson-D) California Science Education Month
Proclaims the month of March 2009 as California Science Education Month, and extends the Legislature's support to students of all ages who are interested in science.
Resolution Chapter 5, Statutes of 2009
ACR 6 (Blakeslee-R) Tibet
Recognizes the Dalai Lama for his contributions to world peace and leadership in seeking nonviolent solutions to international problems, and designates 3/10/09 as Dalai Lama and Tibet Awareness Day.
(In Assembly Rules Committee)
ACR 7 (Swanson-D) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Designates that 1/19/09 be observed as the official memorial of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birth, and commemorates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Civil Rights Movement in changing public policy in California and in the United States of America.
Resolution Chapter 61, Statutes of 2009
ACR 9 (Hayashi-D) Korean-American Day
Proclaims 1/13/09 as Korean-American Day.
Resolution Chapter 7, Statutes of 2009
ACR 10 (Anderson-R) Support of Israel
Describes the conflict between Israel and Hamas, and proclaims the Legislature's support of Israel.
(Unassigned to a committee)
ACR 11 (Fong-D) Lunar New Year 4707 Celebration
Recognizes the Lunar New Year 4707 Celebration.
Resolution Chapter 8, Statutes of 2009
ACR 13 (Fuentes-D) Decennial census
Recognizes 4/10/10 as the United States Census Day, and strongly urges the Governor to act immediately to commence planning for outreach efforts for the 2010 decennial census so as to achieve a complete count of all Californians.
(In Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
ACR 21 (Yamada-D) Day of Remembrance
Declares 2/19/09 as a Day of Remembrance in order to increase public awareness of the events surrounding the internment of Americans of Japanese ancestry during World War II.
Resolution Chapter 10, Statutes of 2009
ACR 22 (Mendoza-D) Read Across America Day
Recognizes 3/2/09 as Read Across America Day.
Resolution Chapter 11, Statutes of 2009
ACR 23 (Swanson-D) Black History Month
Recognizes February 2009 as Black History Month, urges all citizens to join in celebrating the accomplishments of African Americans during Black History Month, and encourages the people of California to recognize the many talents, achievements, and contributions that African Americans make to their communities.
Resolution Chapter 62, Statutes of 2009
ACR 32 (Miller-R) Native American tribal rights
Reaffirms state recognition of the sovereign status of federally recognized Indian tribes as separate and independent governmental communities within the United States, encourages all state agencies, when engaging in activities or developing policies affecting Native American tribal rights or trust resources, to do so in a knowledgeable, sensitive manner that is respectful of tribal sovereignty, and encourages all state agencies to continue to reevaluate and improve the implementation of laws affecting Native American tribal rights.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
ACR 39 (Caballero-D) Dia de los Ninos
Designates 4/30/09 as El Dia de los Ninos: Children's Day.
Resolution Chapter 26, Statutes of 2009
ACR 41 (Miller-R) Native Americans: California Indian Heritage Month
Proclaims November 2009 as California Indian Heritage Month, encourages its observance with activities that celebrate our uniqueness as Americans, and commends California Indian nations for their outstanding contributions to this state.
Resolution Chapter 17, Statutes of 2009
ACR 42 (Fong-D) Chinese Americans in California
Acknowledges the history of the Chinese in California, recognizes the contributions made to the State of California by Chinese Americans and Chinese immigrants, and expresses regret for past discriminatory laws and constitutional provisions which resulted in the persecution of Chinese living in California.
Resolution Chapter 79, Statutes of 2009
ACR 44 (Fuentes-D) Federal decennial census
Declares 4/1/09 to be California Census Awareness Day to promote awareness of the upcoming federal decennial census in order to advance the goal of a complete and accurate count of all Californians.
Resolution Chapter 12, Statutes of 2009
ACR 45 (Ruskin-D) California Holocaust Memorial Week
Proclaims 4/20/09 through 4/26/09 as California Holocaust Memorial Week and urges Californians to observe these days of remembrance for the victims of the Holocaust in an appropriate manner.
Resolution Chapter 28, Statutes of 2009
ACR 46 (Saldana-D) Women's History Month and International Women's Day
Proclaims the month of March 2009 as Women's History Month and urges all Californians to join in the celebration of International Women's Day on 3/8/09.
(In Assembly Rules Committee)
ACR 47 (Mendoza-D) Cinco de Mayo Week
Proclaims 5/3/09 through 5/9/09 as Cinco de Mayo Week, and urges all Californians to join in celebrating Cinco de Mayo.
Resolution Chapter 29, Statutes of 2009
ACR 51 (Bonnie Lowenthal-D) Cambodian Genocide Memorial Week
Recognizes 4/13/09 to 4/17/09 as Cambodian Genocide Memorial Week, and calls upon all Californians to observe the week by participating in appropriate activities and programs.
(Unassigned to a committee)
ACR 67 (Davis-D) Black Music Month
Recognizes the significance of African American and other black music to global culture, and the positive impact of this art form on global commerce; designates the month of June as Black Music Month throughout the State of California; and calls upon the people of the state to study, reflect on, and celebrate the majesty, vitality, and importance of African American and other black music.
(In Assembly Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism and Internet Media Committee)
ACR 69 (Emmerson-R) NASCAR Day
Expresses the Legislature's declaration of 5/15/09 as NASCAR Day for the State of California, and encourages fans to wear their NASCAR Day lapel pins to show their support.
(In Assembly Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media Committee)
ACR 70 (Ma-D) Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month
Recognizes May 2009 as Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month.
Resolution Chapter 46, Statutes of 2009
ACR 80 (Hill-D) Bill of Rights for the Children and Youth of California
Declares the Legislature's support for a Bill of Rights for the Children and Youth of California that resolves to invest in all children and youth so that certain goals may be achieved.
Resolution Chapter 101, Statutes of 2009
ACR 84 (Fuentes-D) California Constitution Revision Commission
Creates the California Constitution Revision Commission, prescribes its membership, and specifies its powers and duties. Requires the Commission to submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature by 4/30/10, that sets forth its findings with respect to the formulation and enactment of a state budget and recommendations for the improvement of that process. Requires the Commission to report on specified issues relating to the structure of state governance. Declares the intent of the Legislature that $250,000 be made available from the Assembly Operating Fund and $250,000 from the Senate Operating Fund to the Commission to carry out its duties and responsibilities. Declares the Commission to be inoperative on 7/1/12.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
ACR 89 (Galgiani-D) Italian American Heritage Month
Designates the month of October 2009, and every October thereafter, as Italian American Heritage Month. Encourages public schools to highlight and include Italian American achievements and contributions to the culture of California and to take steps to promote the inclusion of the role and contributions of Italian Americans to the culture and history of California and the United States in elementary and secondary social science textbooks during the revision process for those textbooks.
Resolution Chapter 113, Statutes of 2009
ACR 96 (Hayashi-D) Korean-American Day
Proclaims 1/13/10 as Korean-American Day.
(Unassigned to a committee)
ACR 97 (Eng-D) Make a Difference Day
Designates 10/24/09, and every 4th Saturday of October thereafter, as Make a Difference Day.
(Unassigned to a committee)
ACR 98 (Tran-R) Lunar New Year 4708 Celebration
Recognizes the Lunar New Year 4708 celebration.
(Unassigned to a committee)
HR 6 (Garrick-R) Ronald Reagan Day
Resolves that the State Assembly takes great pride in honoring Ronald Reagan for his many contributions to our country and in celebrating his life, and recognizes 2/6/09 as Ronald Reagan Day.
Adopted by the Assembly
HR 17 (John Perez-D) Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Pride Month
Proclaims June 2009 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month, urges all residents to join in celebrating the accomplishments and contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, and encourages the people of California to work to help advance the cause of equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.
Adopted by the Assembly
HR 19 (Cook-R) Fourth of July
Recognizes and celebrates the 4th of July, and the 233rd anniversary of the birth of our great nation and the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Calls upon all Californians and Americans to obtain a greater knowledge and understanding of the facts, circumstances, and principles that led to the Declaration of Independence. Expresses thanks, appreciation, and prayers to all who have served and who currently serve in the Armed Forces of the United States, in recognition of the sacrifices and the role they have played in preserving, protecting and defending the freedoms and liberties of all Americans.
Adopted by the Assembly
Local Government
SB 10 (Leno-D) Voter-approved local assessment: vehicles
Authorizes counties to impose a vehicle license fee upon approval of two-thirds of the board of supervisors and a majority of local voters.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 27* (Hancock-D) Local agencies: sales and use tax: reallocation
Prohibits a local agency from entering into any form of agreement with a retailer that involves the shifting of any amount of Bradley-Burns local tax proceeds if the agreement results in a reduction in the amount of revenue that is received by another local agency from the same retailer if it is located within that other local agency, and continues to maintain a physical presence and location there.
Chapter 4, Statutes of 2009
SB 29* (Denham-R) State surplus property: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Mandates the sale of land that the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena occupy, including the state's share of the Sports Arena structure, and abolishes the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission upon completion of that sale.
(In Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
SB 43 (Alquist-D) Joint powers agencies: City of Santa Clara
Authorizes the City of Santa Clara and the Redevelopment Agency of Santa Clara as a joint powers agency, the Santa Clara Stadium Authority, to construct, operate, and maintain a stadium for use by a professional football team using a specified design-build authority.
Chapter 330, Statutes of 2009
SB 67* (Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee) Property tax revenues: Proposition 1A receivables
Revises the definition of the term "authority," in the case of an authority issuing bonds in which Proposition 1A receivables are pledged to the payment of the bonds, to require it to consist of not less than 250 local agencies.
Chapter 634, Statutes of 2009
SB 68* (Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee) Redevelopment: Budget trailer bill
Modifies the provisions enacted by AB 26XXXX (Assembly Budget Committee), Chapter 21, Statutes of 2009, which shifted $1.7 billion in redevelopment revenues to the Supplemental Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund in 2009-10, thereby benefiting the State General Fund. The modifications provide additional flexibility to redevelopment agencies in making the required transfer and specify the use of more recent redevelopment agency data in the calculation of the revenue shift.
Chapter 652, Statutes of 2009
SB 80* (Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee) Community redevelopment: Education Revenue Augmentation Fund
Revises requirements for redevelopment agencies to transfer $350 million of their tax increment funds to county Educational Revenue Augmentation Funds for the 2008-09 fiscal year.
(Died on Senate Floor)
SB 83 (Hancock-D) Traffic congestion: motor vehicle registration fees
Authorizes a countywide transportation planning agency to impose, upon a majority vote of the electorate, an annual fee of up to $10 on motor vehicles registered in a county for transportation-related programs and projects.
Chapter 554, Statutes of 2009
An identical bill is SB 205 (Hancock-D) which is in Assembly Appropriations Committee.
SB 85 (Cogdill-R) Local government finance
Provides limited property tax relief to seven counties. Freezes "negative sum" property tax allocations at the 2010-11 levels for two years, 2011-2012 and 2012-13, and then allows the negative sum amounts to resume growth in line with current law. Specifies that the freeze applies to six counties (Alpine, Lassen, Mariposa, Plumas, Stanislaus, and Trinity) that had a portion of their property taxes shifted to school districts under legislation passed following voter approval of Proposition 13 in 1978. Increases the countywide property tax allocation (and reduces school districts' allocation) by $100,000 in 2011-12 and $200,000 in 2012-13 and thereafter for the county with the second lowest percentage share of combined county-wide and less than countywide property taxes as of 2006-07. This provision affects Yolo County.
(On Senate Unfinished Business File)
SB 88 (DeSaulnier-D) Local government: bankruptcy
Prohibits a local public entity, as defined, from exercising its rights under applicable federal bankruptcy law unless granted approval by the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission, and specifies procedures in which the local public entity may override a decision of denial by the Commission.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
A similar bill is AB 155 (Mendoza-D) which is in Senate Local Government Committee.
SB 93 (Kehoe-D) Redevelopment: payment for land or buildings
Distinguishes between the public works projects that redevelopment agencies can finance inside and contiguous to redevelopment project areas and the public works projects that redevelopment agencies can finance outside project areas.
Chapter 555, Statutes of 2009
SB 99 (Senate Local Government Committee) Joint exercise of powers: reporting and disclosures
Adds a new chapter to the Government Code, and makes other statutory changes, to impose additional transparency and accountability requirements on conduit financing providers in California.
Chapter 557, Statutes of 2009
SB 101* (Senate Local Government Committee) Validations
Enacts the First Validating Act of 2009, which validates the organization, boundaries, acts, proceedings, and bonds of the state, counties, cities, special districts, school districts, redevelopment agencies, and other public agencies.
Chapter 2, Statutes of 2009
SB 102* (Senate Local Government Committee) Validations
Enacts the Second Validating Act of 2009, which validates the organization, boundaries, acts, proceedings, and bonds of the state, counties, cities, special districts, school districts, redevelopment agencies, and other public agencies.
Chapter 163, Statutes of 2009
SB 103 (Senate Local Government Committee) Validations
Enacts the Third Validating Act of 2009, which validates the organization, boundaries, acts, proceedings, and bonds of the state, counties, cities, special districts, school districts, redevelopment agencies, and other public agencies.
Chapter 164, Statutes of 2009
SB 106 (Senate Local Government Committee) Local agencies: ethics training
Requires a local agency official of a community college district, county board of education, or school district, who is serving as of 1/1/10, to receive ethics training before 1/1/11 and at least once every two years.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 113 (Senate Local Government Committee) Local Government Omnibus Act of 2009
Enacts the Local Government Omnibus Act of 2009, and makes 39 changes to the state laws affecting local agencies' powers and duties.
Chapter 332, Statutes of 2009
SB 121 (Denham-R) Central Coast Rural Crime Prevention Program
Extends the existing sunset on the Central Coast Rural Crime Prevention Program statutory provisions until 7/1/13, as specified.
Chapter 31, Statutes of 2009
SB 130* (Denham-R) King City Joint Union High School District
Exempts from the definition of "subdivided lands" and "subdivision" an undivided interest in raw land that meets five specified conditions, including the condition that a purchaser be given a completed disclosure statement before executing a purchase and sale agreement.
Chapter 20, Statutes of 2009
SB 133 (Corbett-D) Groundwater: wells, exploratory holes, and other excavations
Transfers authority to regulate groundwater wells from the Cities of Fremont, Newark and Union City to Alameda County Water District.
Chapter 563, Statutes of 2009
SB 138 (Liu-D) Local taxes: graffiti
Increases the maximum amount of local graffiti prevention tax that could be levied by local governments on aerosol paint containers and certain felt tip markers, and narrows the scope of products subject to the tax.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 139 (Kehoe-D) Tidelands and submerged lands: ports
Provides that the master plan shall not be subject to municipal, county, or district initiatives or referendums but shall be subject to the California Coastal Act of 1976.
(In Senate Local Government Committee)
SB 146 (Cox-R) State Highway Route 49: relinquishment
Authorize the California Transportation Commission to relinquish a segment of State Highway Route 49 in the Town of Downieville to the County of Sierra.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 153 (Liu-D) Jails: discharge of prisoners
Provide that the sheriff shall discharge a prisoner upon the completion of his/her sentence between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., with certain exceptions. Specifies that it shall not be construed to allow jails to retain a prisoner any longer than otherwise required or to prevent the early release of prisoners, as specified.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 170 (Florez-D) Agricultural lands: cancellation of Williamson Act contracts
Creates a rebuttable presumption that tribal cultural centers, infrastructure, and housing are alternative uses that are public concerns that substantially outweigh the Williamson Act's objectives when a federally recognized Indian tribe petitions to cancel a Williamson Act contract.
(In Senate Local Government Committee)
SB 178 (Aanestad-R) State property: Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Authorizes the Director of the Department of General Service to sell, lease or exchange approximately three acres of state-owned real property located at 875 Cypress Avenue, in the City of Redding, that is specifically not declared surplus to the state's needs and is currently used by the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection as its Shasta-Trinity Unit Headquarters, for the purpose of consolidating operations on or near the Redding Airport.
Chapter 564, Statutes of 2009
SB 193 (Lowenthal-D) Class size reduction: Long Beach Unified School District
Authorizes the Superintendent of Public Instruction to approve Kindergarten through grade 3 class size reduction funding for the Long Beach Unified School District despite exceeding required teacher-to-pupil ratios, if the increase in teacher-to-pupil ratio is due to the fire in May 2007.
Vetoed
SB 194 (Florez-D) Community Equity Investment Act of 2009
Enact the Community Equity Investment Act of 2009, which provides specified incentives to local governments to encourage planning decisions that account for disadvantaged unincorporated communities.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 198 (Cogdill-R) Health care districts: John C. Fremont Health Care District
Extends the repayment period for local health care districts' lines of credit from five years to 20 years provided that the line of credit is established on or after 1/1/10, for the sole purpose of consolidating past debt.
Chapter 37, Statutes of 2009
SB 205 (Hancock-D) Traffic congestion: motor vehicle registration fees
Allows county transportation planning agencies to place a majority vote measure on the ballot to impose an annual local vehicle registration fee of up to $10 for transportation related purposes.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 211 (Simitian-D) Park district formation: County of Santa Cruz
Authorizes the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors to initiate the formation of a regional park and open-space district with boundaries that are coterminous with Santa Cruz County, except for specified territory, and prescribes specific requirements for said district.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
SB 215 (Wiggins-D) Local government: organization
Adds regional transportation plans, including sustainable communities strategies and alternate planning strategies, to the list of factors that local agency formation commissions must consider before making boundary decisions.
Chapter 570, Statutes of 2009
SB 250 (Florez-D) Dogs and cats: spaying and neutering
Restricts the ownership of unsterilized dogs and cats and requires surgical sterilization of the animal in specified circumstances.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
SB 251 (Senate Transportation And Housing Committee) Housing and community development: housing omnibus bill
Clarifies the timeline for the Department of Housing and Community Development to review a council of government's regional housing needs allocation plan, revises a Subdivision Map Act exemption relating to the conversion of community apartments and stock cooperatives, corrects drafting errors relating to the strapping of water heaters in manufactured housing and to Chapter 8 tax sales, allows the direct sale of manufactured homes to non-profit affordable housing developers, and revises timelines related to the Local Housing Trust Fund Program.
Chapter 632, Statutes of 2009
SB 256 (Aanestad-R) State property: City of Chico
Authorizes the Department of General Services to sell, lease, exchange, or any combination thereof, all or a portion of approximately 1.69 acres of state-owned real property located at 995 Fir Street, in the City of Chico, that is specifically not declared surplus to the state's needs, and is used by the Department of the California Highway Patrol as its area office, in order to relocate and expand the office.
Chapter 572, Statutes of 2009
SB 263 (Strickland-R) Local government: community service districts
Includes the Santa Rita Hills Community Services District as a community services district authorized to limit access to roads it owns to the landowners and residents of that district.
Chapter 11, Statutes of 2009
SB 277* (Wiggins-D) Cordelia Fire Protection District
Reduces future property tax revenue shifts from the Cordelia Fire Protection District to the Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund in Solano County.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 279 (Hancock-D) Local government: community facilities districts
Adds the acquisition, installation, and improvement of energy efficiency, water conservation, and renewable energy improvements that are affixed to the types of facilities that a community facilities district may finance, or refinance, regardless of whether the buildings or property are privately or publicly owned.
Vetoed
SB 310 (Ducheny-D) Water quality: stormwater and other runoff
Allows local government agencies that have permits for stormwater systems to voluntarily create a watershed improvement plan to improve stormwater management. Allows participating agencies to assess fees on activities that generate stormwater pollution to pay for the implementation of plans approved by the regional water board.
Chapter 577, Statutes of 2009
SB 321 (Benoit-R) Local government: assessments: election requirements
Implements additional requirements on mailed assessment ballots for easier identification and makes changes to the ballot tabulation process, as specified.
Chapter 580, Statutes of 2009
SB 326 (Strickland-R) Land use: housing element
Provides that if a city or county in the prior planning period failed to identify or make available adequate sites to accommodate that portion of the regional housing need allocated to it, the city or county, within the first year of the planning period of the new housing element, would be authorized to identify adequate sites to accommodate the unaccommodated portion of the regional housing need allocation from the prior planning period.
(In Assembly Local Government Committee)
SB 345 (Negrete McLeod-D) San Bernardino County: safety members
Requires, in San Bernardino County only and only upon the adoption of the Board of Supervisors, that the special death benefit paid to a surviving spouse or eligible children of a safety member killed in the line of duty be increased when the compensation is increased for active members in his/her final job classification and membership category. The special death benefit will be increased only until the earlier of the death of the surviving spouse or eligible children or the date that the deceased member would have reached age 50.
Chapter 583, Statutes of 2009
SB 357 (Ducheny-D) Tribal gaming: grants to local jurisdictions
Extends the sunset date from 1/1/10 to 1/1/21, on the law which specifies how the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund local mitigation grants monies are distributed.
Chapter 181, Statutes of 2009
SB 382 (Florez-D) Agricultural burning: consistency with no burn days
Provides that a permit to burn agricultural waste within the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District is not valid for any day the district prohibits operation of a wood burning fireplace or heater.
Vetoed
SB 406 (DeSaulnier-D) Land use: environmental quality
Authorizes an additional fee of one dollar or two dollars on vehicle registration through an existing fee mechanism to be used for planning purposes related to SB 375 (Steinberg-D), Chapter 728, Statutes of 2008, and proposes new duties, membership, and funding for the Strategic Growth Council and the Planning Advisory and Assistance Council.
Vetoed
SB 415 (Oropeza-D) Alcoholic beverages: licenses: local government review
Expands the eligibility list of local government officials (not only law enforcement agencies) who may request an extension of time to review the issuance or transfer of an alcoholic beverage license and lengthens the existing extension period from 20 to 30 days (adds 10 days to current law).
Vetoed
SB 428 (Kehoe-D) Tide and submerged lands: San Diego
Amends a 1931 legislative grant of tidelands and submerged lands to the City of San Diego by adding an allowable use of these lands: marine mammal park for the enjoyment and educational benefit of children.
Chapter 19, Statutes of 2009
SB 430 (Dutton-R) Redevelopment: County of San Bernardino
Extends the County of San Bernardino Redevelopment Agency's Cedar Glen Disaster Recovery Project Area's time limit from 10 years to 15 years for the plan's effectiveness.
Chapter 13, Statutes of 2009
SB 460 (Wolk-D) Municipal electric utilities
Defines "electric transmission line" to include a high-voltage transmission line proposed to be built by a local publicly owned electric utility. Requires a local publicly owned electric utility proposing to construct an electric transmission line to certify to the California Energy Commission that it has undertaken a specified action. Repeals the requirement that a municipal utility district to undertake specified actions before the district may locate or construct a line for the transmission or distribution of electric energy.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
SB 483* (Corbett-D) Corporation tax credit: automobile manufacturing
For taxable years beginning on or after 1/1/10, allows to a qualified taxpayer, as defined, a credit, not to exceed $10,000,000, for specified percentages of qualified expenditures, as defined. The credit will be allowed to automobile manufacturers in this state that employ a specified number of qualified employees, as provided.
(In Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee)
SB 490 (Maldonado-R) Peace officer status: custodial officers
Grants San Luis Obispo County and Colusa County the authority currently granted to 27 other counties to employ "custodial deputy sheriffs" who are "employed to perform duties exclusively or initially relating to custodial assignments."
Chapter 52, Statutes of 2009
SB 501 (Correa-D) California Debt Limit Allocation Committee
Clarifies that the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee may permit a local agency to apply for an allocation of the state's private activity bond authority whether or not the county in which that local agency is located has applied.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
SB 505 (Kehoe-D) Local planning: fire hazard impacts
Expands the required contents of safety elements that cover state responsibility area lands and very high fire hazard severity zones, as specified.
Vetoed
SB 530 (Dutton-R) Redevelopment: payments to taxing entities
Applies the redevelopment pass-through reporting and repayment requirements enacted by last year's State Budget to redevelopment project areas that were formed before 1/1/94 and amended after 1/1/94, as specified.
(In Assembly Local Government Committee)
SB 532 (Cogdill-R) State Highway Routes 1, 108, 132, and 201
Allows for the relinquishment to the City of Kingsburg, the portion of State Route 201 that is located within the city. Allows for the relinquishment of portions of State Route 1 that is located within the City of Santa Monica, and add portions of State Route 108 in Stanislaus County to the state network of interregional roads.
Chapter 189, Statutes of 2009
SB 533 (Cogdill-R) Counties: purchasing agents
Allows the board of supervisors to authorize the purchasing agent to engage independent contractors to perform services for the county, as specified, if the aggregate cost does not exceed $150,000.
(In Senate Local Government Committee)
SB 538 (Senate Public Employment And Retirement Committee) County employees' retirement: mandatory retirement
Requires, in Los Angeles County only, a safety member returning from disability leave be given the same opportunity to receive certification as to his/her ability to perform assigned duties as is available to other safety members in the County, thereby avoiding being subject to the mandatory retirement age provisions.
Chapter 190, Statutes of 2009
SB 547 (Runner-R) Real estate: subdivided lands
Expands a state statute relating to San Francisco which limits their ability for having electrical energy projects limited only to photovoltaic solar, by giving them the ability to have more of a variety of renewable energy projects such as ocean power, in-line hydro, small urban wind, geothermal, and large and small scale solar projects.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
SB 560 (Ashburn-R) Regional transportation plans
Provides that greenhouse gas emission credits for counties and cities that site and permit commercial wind, solar, and biomass projects may be used as credit in the formulation of the sustainable communities' strategy or an alternative planning strategy. Provides that transportation trips outside of federal lands that are directly related to activities of a federal or state military installation shall not be included in the emissions inventory otherwise required to be considered to achieve any reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
SB 575 (Steinberg-D) Local planning: housing element
Revises timelines for the adoption of the fifth revision of the housing element by specified local governments, provides for timelines for subsequent housing element revisions, and makes other changes related to the clean-up of SB 375 (Steinberg-D), Chapter 728, Statutes of 2008.
Chapter 354, Statutes of 2009
SB 581 (Leno-D) Hetch Hetchy Water and Power
Expands a state statute relating to San Francisco which limits their ability for having electrical energy projects limited only to photovoltaic solar, by giving them the ability to have more of a variety of renewable energy projects such as ocean power, in-line hydro, small urban wind, geothermal, and large and small scale solar projects.
Chapter 598, Statutes of 2009
SB 585 (Leno-D) Agricultural District 1-A: firearm sales at the Cow Palace
Prohibits more than five events per year at which firearms or ammunition are sold on Cow Palace property for the years 2010 through 2012. Commencing 1/1/13, no such event shall be authorized or allowed on Cow Palace property.
Vetoed
SB 607 (Ducheny-D) Imperial County Transportation Commission
Creates the Imperial County Transportation Commission as the successor agency to the Imperial Valley Association of Governments.
Chapter 56, Statutes of 2009
SB 610 (Corbett-D) Santa Clara County: gambling establishments
Provides that, notwithstanding existing provisions, a gambling establishment licensed by the California Gambling Control Commission and operating in the City of San Jose on 1/1/10, may change its location within the County of Santa Clara by providing the commission with notice at least three months prior to that change. Provides that these provisions do not supersede any local measure prohibiting or regulating gambling establishments.
(In Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
SB 613 (Harman-R) Irvine Ranch Water District/Santa Margarita Water District
Authorizes the Irvine Ranch Water District and the Santa Margarita Water District to pledge and apply all or any part of the districts' revenues to the payment or security of the principal, redemption price, purchase price, and interest of any general obligation bonds for improvement districts or consolidated general obligation bonds for improvement districts issued or carried by the districts. Allows the districts to make that pledge in the manner and upon terms that the districts' boards deem advisable.
(In Senate Local Government Committee)
SB 619 (Strickland-R) Santa Barbara: flood control
Authorizes the state to provide subvention funds to the County of Santa Barbara for the project relative to flood damage reduction on Lower Mission Creek, in the sum to be determined and appropriated by the Legislature upon recommendations and advice from the Department of Water Resources, and upon written determination by the department that the project meets all requirements.
Chapter 195, Statutes of 2009
SB 635 (Wiggins-D) Marriage licenses: vital records: fees: domestic violence
Authorizes the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors, upon making findings and declarations for the need for governmental oversight and coordination of domestic violence agencies, to increase fees for marriage licenses, confidential marriage licenses, and certified copies of marriage certificates, fetal death records, and death records by up to $2, until 1/1/15. Extends the sunset date for a similar program in Solano County by one year.
Chapter 356, Statutes of 2009
SB 636 (Ashburn-R) Nevada County: vehicle license fees
Allows Nevada County to redirect proceeds from an increase in vehicle license fee funds contained in the February 2009 State Budget.
Chapter 605, Statutes of 2009
SB 650* (Yee-D) Real property: City of Half Moon Bay
Directs the Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank to loan $10 million to the City of Half Moon Bay to assist in the purchase of the Beachwood property. The Bank will use its existing criteria to qualify the loan. Specifically references that the loan would assist the City in a settlement in the case of Yamagiwa v. City of Half Moon Bay (N.D. Cal. 2007) 523 F. Supp.2d 1036, involving the Beachwood property in the City. Requires the City, prior to the disbursement of any funds, to obtain an independent appraisal of the Beachwood property that conforms to the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice.
(In Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)
SB 652* (Huff-R) Alameda Corridor-East Construction Authority
Declares that the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments and the Alameda Corridor-East Construction Authority are political subdivisions of the state. States that this provision is declaratory of existing law. Also states that the San Gabriel Valley Council of Government and the Alameda Corridor-East Construction Authority are eligible to apply for state and federal funds, including the Federal Railroad Administration Capital Grants Program for Rail Line Relocation and Improvement Projects.
(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)
SB 663 (Benoit-R) City of Palm Desert: neighborhood electric vehicles
Authorizes the City of Palm Desert to establish a neighborhood electric vehicle transportation plan.
(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)
SB 664 (Cogdill-R) Local government: Williamson Act
Declares that the failure of a city or county to provide the notice of expiration of a Williamson Act contract to the Director of the Department of Conservation does not invalidate the contract's expiration.
(In Senate Local Government Committee)
SB 671 (Runner-R) Agricultural land: valuation
Authorizes a county assessor to require a deposit from a landowner to cover the costs of conducting a formal review of the fair market value of agricultural land subject to a Williamson Act contract proposed for cancellation.
Chapter 358, Statutes of 2009
SB 672 (Cox-R) South Lake Tahoe Public Utilities District: water meters
Authorizes the South Tahoe Public Utilities District to delay the deadlines established by AB 2572 (Kehoe-D), Chapter 884, Statutes of 2004, by 10 years, as follows: the date to begin charging customers that have an installed water meter based on the actual volume of deliveries, as measured by the water meter, will be delayed from 1/1/10 to 1/1/20. The date for the installation of water meters on all municipal and industrial service connections will be delayed from 1/1/25 to 1/1/35.
(In Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)
SB 673 (Cox-R) Public utility districts
Allows the board of directors of a public utility district to adopt an ordinance that provides that a director at large may be elected by receiving the greatest number of votes districtwide.
Chapter 14, Statutes of 2009
SB 676 (Wolk-D) Local fees
Increases and/or eliminates the maximum for various fees a county, city or court may charge for specified services.
Chapter 606, Statutes of 2009
SB 684 (Cogdill-R) Local government finance
Requires the county auditor of a "negative sum" county, beginning in the 2011-12 fiscal year, when determining the reduction of property tax revenues to the county, to apply a reduction amount equal to its 2010-11 reduction amount.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 711 (Leno-D) Public meetings: closed sessions: labor negotiations
Requires a local legislative body, in an open session before the closed session, to identify, orally or as part of the meeting agenda, the agency's designated representatives, the employee or class of employees that are the subject of the negotiations, and the representatives of the employees. Provides an oral report by the agency's designated representative on the current status of the negotiations. Requires that a final action on any agreement must be conducted during an open and public regular meeting of the legislative body.
(In Senate Local Government Committee)
SB 715 (Wolk-D) Agricultural land: Williamson Act
Reforms the Williamson Act by increasing local enforcement authority over contract compliance and conditioning the subdivision of land for development if the land is under contract.
(In Assembly Agriculture Committee)
SB 716 (Wolk-D) Local transportation funds
Updates reference to the federal decennial census that is to be used to determine if a county is rural or urban for purposes of administering claims from its local transportation fund. Requires a regional transportation planning agency, as part of its unmet transit needs determination process, to consider funding farm worker vanpool programs, under certain circumstances.
Chapter 609, Statutes of 2009
SB 728 (Lowenthal-D) Air pollution: parking cash-out program
Authorizes local entities to enforce the provisions of the parking cash-out program.
Chapter 359, Statutes of 2009
SB 730 (Wiggins-D) Sonoma County Energy Efficiency Pilot Project Act of 2010
Establishes the Sonoma Energy Efficiency Pilot Project Act of 2010 and requires the Public Utilities Commission, in cooperation with the Sonoma County Water Agency, to institute a rulemaking proceeding for the creation of a pilot project to grant rebates for the installation of energy efficient heating and cooling systems, as defined, in Sonoma County. Requires the rebates and incentives be made from funds collected from a surcharge imposed by the Commission on gas and electric ratepayers in Sonoma County.
(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
SB 737 (Negrete McLeod-D) Airports: airport land use commissions
Repeals specified exemptions from the requirement for counties that contain an airport to establish an Airport Land Use Commission.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 752* (Correa-D) County employees' retirement: Orange County
Implements a recently negotiated bargaining agreement between Orange County and the Orange County Employees' Association. This agreement implements a second tier option for new non-safety employees and gives incumbent non-safety employees a one-time election to enter the new lower tier, for prospective service only.
Chapter 362, Statutes of 2009
SB 760 (Aanestad-R) State property: City of Red Bluff
Authorizes the Department of General Services to replace the existing state office building in Red Bluff (Tehama County).
Chapter 64, Statutes of 2009
SB 763* (Walters-R) Land use: subdivision maps
Extends the applicable expiration date by 12 months for any vesting tentative subdivision or parcel map that has been approved, that has not expired on the date the bill is effective, and that will expire before 1/1/12.
(In Senate Local Government Committee)
SB 792 (Leno-D) Tidelands and submerged lands: City/County of San Francisco
Repeals and readopts, with certain revisions, the Hunters Point Shipyard Conversion Act of 2002, the Hunters Point Shipyard Public Trust Exchange Act, and Section 5006.8 of the Public Resources Code, relating to land exchanges at Candlestick Point.
Chapter 203, Statutes of 2009
SB 799 (Wiggins-D) Local agencies: bonds
Prohibits a local agency from entering into a financial advisory, legal advisory, underwriting, or similar relationship with an individual or firm, with respect to a bond issue that requires voter approval on or after 1/1/10, if that individual or firm, or an employee, agent, or person related to an employee or agent of the individual or firm, provided or will provide bond campaign services, as defined, to the bond campaign.
(In Senate Local Government Committee)
SB 813 (Kehoe-D) Community development: deferred payments
Allows the Department of Housing and Community Development, for four years, to make financial assistance provided for self-help housing through the CalHOME program, Building Equity and Growth in Neighborhoods, Home Investment Partnership Program, and the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant program as a deferred payment loan to be paid through an increase in the future equity of the home.
Vetoed
SB 827 (Wright-D) South Coast Air Quality Management District: permits
Authorizes the South Coast Air Quality Management District, notwithstanding a superior court decision, to issue emission reduction credits to "essential public services" and exempt facilities or equipment, consistent with District rules. Sunsets on 5/1/12.
Chapter 206, Statutes of 2009
Similar bills are SB 450 (Lowenthal-D) which is on the Assembly Third Reading File, and SB 579 (Lowenthal-D) and SB 696 (Wright-D) which are at the Assembly Desk.
SB 6X (Ducheny-D) County sales and use taxes: rate increase
Provides local governments with the authority to generate additional revenue for transportation purposes in order to address the fiscal emergency outlined in the Governor's proclamation in the First Extraordinary Special Session of 12/1/08.
Vetoed
SB 7X (Ducheny-D) Local Government: 2008-09 Budget Act
Eliminates the existing continuous appropriation to the State Controller to make open-space subvention payments to counties and cities. Eliminates funding provided the county sheriffs of small and rural counties. Redirects Vehicle License Fee revenue currently allocated to offset Department of Motor Vehicles administrative costs. Includes a $12 increase in the annual vehicle registration fee. Adds additional special funds to those available for General Fund cash-flow borrowing.
Vetoed
SB 4XX (Cogdill-R) Local Government: design-build
Authorizes redevelopment agencies to use design-build contracting for building projects in excess of $1 million. Limits the authority to 10 design-build contracts.
Chapter 2, Statutes of 2009-10, Second Extraordinary Session
SB 2XXX* (Ducheny-D) Resources: budget reductions
Makes loans from the Harbors and Watercraft Revolving Fund to the General Fund. Replaces $11 million in General Fund with Proposition 84 funds for court ordered Department of Parks and Recreation Americans with Disabilities Act improvements. Loans $90 million from the Off-Highway Vehicle Trust Fund to the General Fund. Makes loans from various Integrated Waste Management funds to the General Fund. Provides a $61 million loan from the School Land Bank Fund at the State Lands Commission to the General Fund.
Chapter 2, Statutes of 2009-10, Third Extraordinary Session
SB 8XXX* (Ducheny-D) Local government: budget revisions
Realigns funding for local law enforcement subventions and enacts payment deferrals for various local governments and private-sector obligations.
Chapter 4, Statutes of 2009-10, Third Extraordinary Session
SCR 56 (Oropeza-D) Coastal development and Marina del Rey
Requests the County of Los Angeles to undertake a comprehensive update of the Marina del Rey local coastal program prior to any further approvals of coastal development permits or amendments to the local coastal program for Marina del Rey, in order to ensure that any redevelopment proposals reflect the statewide goals and objectives of the California Coastal Act of 1975 and the California Environmental Quality Act.
(In Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)
SCR 59 (Cedillo-D) The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Urges all state and local government agencies, departments, offices, and other entities responsible for the allocation and disbursement of federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds for public contracts and infrastructure projects in the state, to the extent permitted under state and federal law, to ensure that Latino-owned and minority-owned small businesses receive an equal share of the available federal stimulus funds.
(Held at Assembly Desk)
AB 10 (Hagman-R) Public funding: actions
Prohibits a state or local agency, or any organization that is funded in part by local agencies, from using public resources to commence legal action to block a law or constitutional amendment that was proposed by an initiative and approved by voters.
(Failed passage in Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee; reconsideration granted)
AB 14 (Fuentes-D) Local ordinances: vehicles: nuisance abatement: impoundment
Authorizes cities or counties to adopt local ordinances declaring a motor vehicle to be a public nuisance subject to impoundment for a period of up to 30 days upon a valid arrest of a person who uses the vehicle in the commission or attempted commission of specified prostitution crimes or illegal commercial dumping and has one prior conviction, committed in the last three years for those crimes. An ordinance may incorporate any combination of all of these offenses.
Chapter 210, Statutes of 2009
AB 15* (Fuentes-D) Disaster relief
Adds the wildfires that occurred in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties in 2008 (2008 Wildfires) to the list of disasters eligible for full state reimbursement of local property tax losses, beneficial homeowners' property tax exemption treatment, and special "carry forward" treatment of excess disaster losses. Contingent upon AB 666 (Jones-D) and SB 505 (Kehoe-D) being signed.
(On Senate Third Reading File)
AB 18 (Knight-R) Local government: city councils
Extends the amount of time that a city council has to fill a vacancy in an elective city office from 30 days to 60 days. Changes the number of city council members that hold office following the first general municipal election in a newly incorporated city that elects council members at large.
Vetoed
AB 45 (Blakeslee-R) Local government: small wind energy systems
Reenacts a lapsed authorization for local governments to provide, by ordinance, for the installation of small wind energy systems, as defined, and requires local governments that have not provided such authorization by a specified date to approve applications for small wind energy systems by right if certain conditions are met by the applicants.
Chapter 404, Statutes of 2009
AB 49 (Feuer-D) Urban water management plan
Requires the state to achieve a 20% reduction in urban water use in California by 12/31/20 and requires agricultural water suppliers to prepare and adopt agricultural water management plans with specified components by 12/31/12, and update those plans every five years. Provides that this bill becomes operative only if the other comprehensive water bills are enacted: AB 39 (Huffman-D), SB 12 (Simitian-D), SB 229 (Pavley-D), and SB 458 (Steinberg-D and Simitian-D).
Conference Completed
AB 73 (Hayashi-D) Marriage licenses: vital records: fees: domestic violence
Eliminates the 1/1/10 sunset date for Alameda County and the City of Berkeley to continue to authorize existing fees to fund domestic violence prevention programs, and extends the deadline for a final report to the Legislature.
Chapter 215, Statutes of 2009
A similar bill is SB 635 (Wiggins-D), Chapter 356, Statutes of 2009.
AB 74 (Chesbro-D) Flood control: Middle Creek and Hamilton City
Authorizes state participation in two flood management projects: The Hamilton City Flood Damage Reduction and Ecosystem Restoration Project in Glenn County and the Middle Creek Flood Damage Reduction and Ecosystem Restoration Project in Lake County.
Chapter 216, Statutes of 2009
AB 77 (Jeffries-R) Parking agencies: vehicles
Requires the parking processing agency to verify that all notices of delinquent parking violations substantially match the corresponding information on the registration of the vehicle, and to cancel the parking violation if the information is not a match. Deletes the requirement that a person provide a written request for cancellation of the parking violation to the parking processing agency.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)
AB 80 (Blakeslee-R) Reservoirs: recreational use
Amends water storage and treatment requirements for the Nacimiento and Lake Lopez Reservoirs to allow body-contact recreation.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
AB 110 (Smyth-R) Parks and open space: Rim of the Valley Trail Corridor
Expands the geographic scope within which the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy may revise the boundaries of the Rim of the Valley Trail Corridor.
Chapter 407, Statutes of 2009
AB 112 (Beall-D) Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
Authorizes the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority to allocate revenue to repair and maintain facilities that it has acquired or built for vehicular or pedestrian transportation.
Chapter 81, Statutes of 2009
AB 113* (Portantino-D) Highways: Route 710: sale of property
Requires the Department of Transportation to sell real property it owns in the unconstructed portion of the State Route 710 corridor in Los Angeles County.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)
AB 115 (Beall-D) Santa Clara County: adult Health Coverage Expansion Program
Revises the Adult Health Coverage Expansion Program in Santa Clara County, authorized pursuant to AB 12 (Beall-D), Chapter 677, Statutes of 2007, for the purpose of allowing the Program to provide health care coverage products to the spouses, domestic partners, and eligible children of program enrollees, as specified.
Vetoed
AB 135* (Jeffries-R) State parks: California Citrus State Historic Park
Requires the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into an operating agreement with the City of Riverside for the development, improvement, restoration, care, maintenance, administration, and control of California Citrus State Historic Park.
(In Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)
AB 137 (Jeffries-R) Open meetings: advisory committees
Limits exclusion from the Ralph M. Brown Act an advisory committee composed solely of the members of the legislative body that are less than a quorum of the legislative body and whose subject matter jurisdiction has cumulatively lasted for two years or less.
(In Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 139 (Brownley-D) Los Angeles County Flood Control District
Authorizes the Los Angeles County Flood Control District to impose a fee to pay the cost and expenses of carrying out projects and providing services to improve water quality and reduce stormwater and urban runoff in the District and provides for a division of those fees collected between the District and other jurisdictions within the boundaries of the District.
(In Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 144 (Ma-D) Vehicles: distinguishing placards and special license plates
Allows the inappropriate use of placards or license plates issued to disabled persons to be adjudicated as a parking violation.
Chapter 415, Statutes of 2009
AB 155 (Mendoza-D) Local government: bankruptcy proceedings
Authorizes a local public entity, with the approval of the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission, and under Commission's terms and conditions, to file a petition and exercise powers pursuant to applicable federal bankruptcy law.
(In Senate Local Government Committee)
AB 166 (Lieu-D) Vessels: abandonment: abatement
Establishes a pilot program that authorizes the sale of surrendered vessels prior to their potential or eventual abandonment, and authorizes local agencies to accept title of vessels from willing owners for the purpose of disposal.
Chapter 416, Statutes of 2009
AB 182* (Assembly Budget Committee) Community redevelopment
Provides additional flexibility to redevelopment agencies in making the required transfers and specifies the use of more recent agency data in the calculation of the revenue shift.
(In Assembly awaiting concurrence)
AB 210 (Hayashi-D) Local government: green building standards
Clarifies that cities and counties may amend state green building standards if they make a finding that the amendments are reasonably necessary because of local climatic, geological, or topographical conditions.
Chapter 89, Statutes of 2009
AB 213 (Bonnie Lowenthal-D) Long Beach: vehicles: parking.
Allows the City of Long Beach, under specified conditions, to permit parking on the left side of two-way local residential streets that dead-end with no cul-de-sac or other designated turnaround area.
Vetoed
AB 223* (Ma-D) Physical education: Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps
Requires the San Francisco Board of Education to make Junior Reserve Officer's Training Corps (ROTC) courses available to pupils under its jurisdiction in grades 9-12, inclusive, at all schools within the district where ROTC courses were offered during the 2008-09 school year if it also makes athletic programs available to its pupils.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 240 (Monning-D) Conveyances: DeLaveaga Park
Revises the terms of a previously authorized exchange of DeLaveaga Park parcels, currently owned by the State of California and the City of Santa Cruz, respectively, in accordance with the current needs of the State and City.
Chapter 422, Statutes of 2009
AB 251 (Knight-R) Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Reconfigures the make up of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board by removing one of the public members appointed by the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles and adding the appointment of one member by the city councils of the Cities of Palmdale, Lancaster, and Santa Clarita.
(Failed passage in Assembly Local Government Committee
AB 263 (Miller-R) Riverside County Transportation Commission
Authorize the Riverside County Transportation Commission, until 1/1/20, to approve and award one best-value design build contract for transportation improvements on the State Highway Route 91 corridor based on criteria established by the commission, as specified.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)
AB 277 (Ammiano-D) Transportation: local retail transaction and use taxes
Provides that the San Francisco County Transportation Authority shall consist of the members who are elected officials as specified in the county transportation expenditure plan, and deletes the option of specifying Authority membership in the retail transactions and use tax ordinance.
Vetoed
AB 300 (Caballero-D) Subdivisions: water supply
Requires that the water supply assessments mandated by SB 221 (Kuehl-D), Chapter 642, Statutes of 2001, that amended the Subdivision Map Act, and SB 610 (Costa-D), Chapter 643, Statutes of 2001, that amended the California Environmental Quality Act, be based on the anticipated water demand for the subdivision project, given planned water demand reduction actions contained in an adopted urban water management plan and current statutory, regulatory, and local ordinance requirements, reduced by the amount of voluntary demand management measures.
(In Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)
AB 312 (Ammiano-D) San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
Creates an Office of Citizen Complaints to review and investigate allegations of misconduct filed against peace officers in the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit Police Department.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 320 (Solorio-D) County jails: reentry facilities
Modifies the conditions for the funding of reentry facilities under the Public Safety and Offender Rehabilitation Services Act of 2007. States that a county shall be eligible for funding preference pursuant to this subdivision for providing beds and program space in county jails for use as reentry facilities for prison inmates if specified requirements are met.
Vetoed
AB 333* (Fuentes-D) Land use: subdivision maps: expiration dates
Extends the expiration dates by 24 months for tentative maps issued to developers, provided their approval date has not expired when this bill takes effect.
Chapter 18, Statutes of 2009
AB 338 (Ma-D) Transit village developments: infrastructure financing
Allows local officials to divert property tax increment revenues to pay for public facilities and amenities within transit village development districts.
Vetoed
AB 344 (Caballero-D) State highways: relinquishment
Authorizes the California Transportation Commission to relinquish segments of State Route (SR) 146 to the City of Soledad and the Counties of Monterey and San Benito respectively, and a segment of SR 1 (Pacific Coast Highway) and a portion of SR 55 to the City of Newport Beach.
Chapter 238, Statutes of 2009
AB 348 (Salas-D) South Bay Irrigation District: directors
Eliminates the landownership requirement in order to serve as a director of the South Bay Irrigation District.
Chapter 99, Statutes of 2009
AB 349 (Silva-R) State mandates
Requires, beginning 1/1/12, the administration to produce draft trailer bill language with its January budget proposal that repeals mandates that are proposed to be suspended for at least the third consecutive year.
(In Senate Budget ad Fiscal Review Committee)
AB 388 (Miller-R) Firefighting uniforms
Requires vendors of uniforms to verify that a person purchasing a uniform identifying a firefighting agency or department is an employee or authorized member of the agency or department identified on the uniform, as specified. Failure to do so will be a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of up to $1,000.
Chapter 100, Statutes of 2009
AB 397 (Jeffries-R) South Coast Air Quality Management District
Requires the members of the South Coast District Governing Board to be elected by divisions commencing with the 2012 general election.
(In Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 405 (Caballero-D) Public contracts: health care districts: design-build
Authorizes health care districts, upon approval of their board of directors, to use a design-build procedure when assigning contracts for the construction of a hospital or health facility building.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 408 (Saldana-D) Local planning: water supplies
Requires the local planning agency to notify the California regional water quality control board servicing the area before adopting or amending the general plan. Requires the State Water Resources Control Board to increase, on or before 1/1/15, the sustainable local water supplies available for meeting existing and future beneficial uses in this state by an unspecified amount of acre-feet per year, in excess of the 2002 levels of sustainable local water supply and specifies the methods to be used, pursuant to its existing authority, in meeting this goal.
(In Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 419 (Caballero-D) Joint powers agreements: water utilities
Authorizes a water utility that is regulated by the Public Utilities Commission to enter into a joint powers agreement with one or more public agencies and other water suppliers, if the purpose of the joint powers agreement pertains to regional or local water management.
(In Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 430 (Hagman-R) Chino Valley: corrections: citizens' advisory committees
Adds a representative of the Chino Valley Independent Fire District to the Citizen Advisory Committee responsible for the correctional facilities in Chino Valley.
Chapter 108, Statutes of 2009
AB 432 (Nestande-R) City of Palm Desert: renewable energy resources
Establishes a solar feed-in tariff, as defined, pilot program that is applicable to the City of Palm Desert, which is within the service territory of Southern California Edison Company.
(In Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)
AB 444 (Caballero-D) Land use: natural resources
Clarifies that funds set aside for long-term management of mitigation lands conveyed to a nonprofit organization may also be conveyed to the nonprofit, and authorizes the nonprofit to hold, manage, invest, and disburse the funds for management and stewardship of the land or easement for which the funds were set aside.
Vetoed
AB 466 (Coto-D) Santa Clara Valley Water District
Changes the composition and representation of the Santa Clara Valley Water District Board effective 12/3/10, expands a district exemption from special fees, and makes other governance changes.
Chapter 443, Statutes of 2009
AB 474 (Blumenfield-D) Public agencies: contractual assessments
Expands the authorization that allows public agencies to enter into contractual assessments to finance the installation of specified improvements to now include water efficiency improvements.
Chapter 444, Statutes of 2009
AB 486 (Chesbro-D) Local government: emergencies
Eliminates the distinction between a governing body that meets weekly and nonweekly, and requires any governing body to review the continuing need for a local emergency at least once every 30 days until the local emergency is terminated.
Chapter 6, Statutes of 2009
AB 494 (Caballero-D) Local planning: agricultural laborer housing
Exempts from the Subdivision Map Act the lease of agricultural land to nonprofit organizations for the purpose of operating an agricultural labor housing project, if the property meets certain conditions.
Chapter 447, Statutes of 2009
AB 512 (Yamada-D) Agricultural land: Williamson Act: compatible uses
Includes horse breeding and training facilities as a compatible use of land under a Williamson Act contract.
(In Assembly Agriculture Committee)
AB 528 (Silva-R) Local government: reorganization: expenditure reporting
Conforms the reporting and disclosure requirements of campaigns associated with local boundary changes in the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Act with the requirements of the Political Reform Act.
Chapter 113, Statutes of 2009
AB 535 (Ammiano-D) Elder death review teams: information requests
Allows a county elder death team to request and obtain copies of certificates of death from the local registrar of births and deaths, subject to any fee requirements.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
AB 541 (Duvall-R) Public contracts: claims: arbitration of contract disputes
Allows a public agency and a contractor to mutually agree to resolve a claim through independent arbitration.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 548 (Krekorian-D) State mandates
Extends the timeframe within which the State Controller may audit a reimbursement claim from three years of the filing or amendment of a claim to within four years of that filing. Eliminates the authority of the State Controller to audit a reimbursement claim within three years of the payment of a claim if no funds are appropriated or payment made for the fiscal year for which the claim is filed.
(On Senate Inactive File)
AB 558 (Portantino-D) Local law enforcement: rape kits
Requires local law enforcement agencies responsible for taking or processing rape kit evidence to annually report to the Department of Justice statistical information pertaining to the processing of rape kits, as specified. Reports received would be subject to inspection under the California Public Records Act.
(In Assembly Rules Committee)
AB 570 (Arambula-IN) Local Housing Trust Fund Matching Grant Program
Reduces the minimum grant amount a newly established housing trust fund that represents a county with a population of less than 425,000 can receive from the Local Housing Trust Fund Matching Grant Program (Program), administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development, from $1 million to $500,000.
Chapter 455, Statutes of 2009
AB 594 (Harkey-R) Land use: housing element
Authorizes the Department of Housing and Community Development to allow a city, county, or city and county to substitute the provision of units for up to 50% of its site identification obligation if it includes in its housing element a program to provide units within the city or county in any income category that will be made available to low- and very low income households through the provision of committed assistance, as defined.
(In Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 596 (Evans-D) Community planning grants
Establishes the Community Planning Grant and Loan Fund and authorizes the Strategic Growth Council to expend the revenues in the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for competitive grants established under this measure.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 600* (Hall-D) Surplus state property: Compton Armory
Grants the Director of the Department of General Services the authority to lease the Compton Armory to the City of Compton at fair market value.
Vetoed
AB 602 (Evans-D) Land use and planning: cause of actions
Authorizes a notice of an action or proceeding against local zoning and planning decisions of a legislative body to be filed any time after an action to adopt, amend, or revise a housing element pursuant to existing law.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
AB 608 (Evans-D) Napa County: state property
Authorizes the Department of General Services to execute an agreement in the best interests of the state to modify boundary lines dividing private and state property along the area known as the River to Ridge Trail, from Kennedy Park to Skyline Park, in Napa County.
Vetoed
AB 609 (Conway-R) County employees retirement: administrative costs
Increases the administrative budgets of retirement systems being operated under the County Employees' Retirement Law of 1937.
(In Senate Public Employment and Retirement Committee)
AB 610 (Caballero-D) Local infrastructure
Requires the Office of Planning and Research to advise and educate local agencies and other interested stakeholders about the role that public-private partnerships can play in planning, studying, designing, financing, constructing, operating, maintaining, or managing local infrastructure projects.
(In Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 620 (John Perez-D) County clerks: recordkeeping: registrations
Establishes new minimum size requirements and other changes to identification cards for a specified class of registered professionals.
Chapter 458, Statutes of 2009
AB 644 (Caballero-D) Monterey-Salinas Transit District Act
Dissolves the Monterey-Transit Agency and creates the Monterey-Salinas Transit District.
Chapter 460, Statutes of 2009
AB 650 (Hill-D) Real property: City of Half Moon Bay
Directs the state to loan $10 million to the City of Half Moon Bay to assist in the purchase of the Beachwood Property.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 652 (Skinner-D) Vehicles: vehicle length limitation
Extends the length of a public bus owned and operated by the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit), by four inches, for a bike rack mounted on the front of it. The additional length will be allowed for the installation of 40-inch bike racks on AC Transit buses so that three bikes, instead of two, can be loaded and transported in the front of the buses.
Chapter 369, Statutes of 2009
AB 666 (Jones-D) Subdivision maps
Requires the legislative body of a county to make three specified findings before approving a tentative map or a parcel map for an area located in a state responsibility area or a very high fire hazard severity zone as designated by the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
Vetoed
AB 672 (Bass-D) Local agencies: transportation: bond-funded projects
Allows, under specified conditions, an agency responsible for administering a Proposition 1B program to issue a letter of no prejudice to a local agency providing an assurance that the administrative agency will reimburse the local agency for expenditures it makes on a Proposition 1B project that has been programmed but for which funds have not yet been allocated.
Chapter 463, Statutes of 2009
AB 680 (Hall-D) Local government: fees and judgments
Increases, by amounts ranging from $5 to $20, various fees for serving, executing, and processing required court notices, writs, orders, and other services provided by county sheriffs and marshals, generally effective 2011.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
AB 694 (Saldana-D) Tidelands and submerged lands: City of San Diego
Repeals Chapter 642 of the Statutes of 1929 which removed the tidelands designation on all land shoreward of the bulkhead in the City of San Diego and declared them to be free from all public trusts and restrictions.
Vetoed
AB 711* (Charles Calderon-D) Local agency formation commissions
Appropriates $112,000 from the General Fund to the State Controller for allocation to the Los Angeles County Local Agency Formation Commission for a loan to the East Los Angeles Residents Association, as specified.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 715 (Caballero-D) County and city ordinances
Authorizes cities and counties to post, within 15 days of passage, adopted ordinances on their official Internet Web sites in lieu of publishing the ordinances in general circulation newspapers.
(In Senate Local Government Committee)
AB 720 (Caballero-D) Land use: housing element
Allows a city or county to meet up to 25% of its housing need allocation through the acquisition, preservation, or substantial rehabilitation of affordable housing units for which the city or county has committed financial assistance in the two years prior to the beginning of the housing element planning period, in addition to during the first two years of the planning period.
Chapter 467, Statutes of 2009
AB 726 (Nielsen-R) Local roads: capital improvement projects
Clarifies that local road rehabilitation projects are eligible for funding through the State Transportation Improvement Program process.
(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)
AB 727 (Nielsen-R) Resource conservation districts: Prompt Payment Act
Makes resource conservation districts eligible for specified late payment penalties, pursuant to the state's Prompt Payment Act, when state agencies are delinquent in making contract payments to districts.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 744 (Torrico-D) Bay Area Toll Authority: transportation: toll lanes
Authorizes the Bay Area Toll Authority to develop, administer, operate, and maintain a network of high-occupancy toll lanes in the Bay Area, provides authority to finance the development of the network using toll revenues, and establishes a process for regional cooperation.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 746 (Coto-D) Local contracts: conflicts of interest
Requires an independent contractor not be deemed interested in a contract executed on or after 9/1/08, as a result of the independent contractor's preparation, at the request of a governmental entity, of a document that serves a purpose independent of the contract or any bid-related documents.
(In Senate Local Government Committee)
AB 760 (Solorio-D) Orange County Fire Authority: Joint Forces Training Base
Requires the state, by 7/4/10, to enter into a contract with the Orange County Fire Authority, as defined, to authorize the authority to provide fire protection services, paramedic services, aircraft rescue firefighting, dispatching services, fire prevention services, and all other related services to the Joint Forces Training Base in the City of Los Alamitos.
(In Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 763* (Chesbro-D) Horse racing: Humboldt County Fair
Allows the Humboldt County Fair to import and accept wagers on up to eight races per day from out-of-state locations, as specified. Allows a thoroughbred association in the southern zone to import and accept wagers on an additional eight races from out-of-state locations during the period that the fair is conducting a live race meet, as defined.
Chapter 122, Statutes of 2009
AB 772 (Ammiano-D) The Local Government Identification Act
Establishes the Local Government Identification Act, authorizes counties to issue local identification cards to persons who can provide proof of identity and proof of residency within the county.
Vetoed
AB 774 (Cook-R) Community college districts: transportation fees
Authorizes all local community college districts to charge a fee to students and employees in order to fund transportation services if specified requirements are met. Specifies that the fee applies to only those using the services. This authority is currently provided only to the Los Rios, Peralta and Rio Hondo Community College District.
Chapter 253, Statutes of 2009
AB 775 (Cook-R) Local government finance
Prohibits the State Controller from issuing registered warrants for the payment or repayment for any program performed by any city, county, city and county, or local governmental entity, pursuant to a legal requirement or an agreement with the state.
(In Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 782 (Jeffries-R) Regional transportation plans
Prohibits judicial review of specified Air Resources Board and local government decisions related to greenhouse gas emissions and land use. Expands specified California Environmental Quality Act exemptions which are currently available only to a residential project to any project.
(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 810 (Caballero-D) Circulation and transportation element
Renames the circulation element in local general plans as the circulation and transportation element and makes the same change in seven other statutes that contain cross-references to the circulation element.
(In Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 815 (Ma-D) Public contracts: bidding procedures
Clarifies that nothing in existing law shall be construed to prohibit a local public entity from requiring a bidder to review all relevant bid documents provided by the local public entity, including but not limited to architectural or engineering plans and specifications, prior to submission of a bid, and report any errors and omissions noted by the contractor to the architect or owner.
(In Senate Local Government Committee)
AB 817 (Nestande-R) Government liability: special districts: indemnification
Requires the Attorney General to defend a special district, and its officers, employees, agents, and subcontractors, against any claim for damages arising from any authorized recreational use of public lands of the special district, and requires the state to indemnify a claim for damages arising there from, except as specified.
(In Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 827 (Yamada-D) Local Government: records
Authorizes a board of supervisors, in consultation with the county recorder, to adopt and impose a fee of up to $3 on the recording of property-related documents that refer to one or more previously recorded documents, previously archived documents, or both. Specifies that the property-related documents on which a fee is imposed must contain a description or identification of the property, include reference to one or more previously recorded documents, previously archived documents, or both.
(On Senate Inactive File)
AB 841 (Fuentes-D) Low-income housing tax credits: City of Los Angeles
Requires, to the extent possible, the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee to allocate a portion of the California low-income housing tax credit to the City of Los Angeles
(In Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)
AB 852 (Fong-D) County assessors: property taxation: statement
Authorizes county assessors to require electronic filing of annual business property statements in the format prescribed by the Board of Equalization. Requires the Board to adopt standard equipment codes for purposes of completing business property statements.
Vetoed
AB 853 (Arambula-IN) Local government: organization
Establishes a process for how unincorporated fringe or island communities shall be annexed into a city.
(In Senate Local Government Committee)
AB 861 (Ruskin-D) Public health services: consolidated contracts
Requires the Department of Public Health to develop consolidated contracts with local health jurisdictions administering specified public health programs.
Vetoed
AB 863 (Niello-R) Public utilities: municipal districts
Increases the maximum percentage of exempt employees the board of a utility district meeting specific criteria may appoint, from 2% to 5% of the total civil service positions of the district.
Chapter 127, Statutes of 2009
AB 874 (Saldana-D) Local Government: recreational activities: skateboarding
Seeks to remove the requirement in current law that city and county owned or operated skateboard parks require users to wear elbow pads and knee pads to enhance safety while retaining the requirement that "boarders" wear safety helmets. Removes the requirement that local public agencies maintain and file records regarding skateboard injuries and deletes the requirement that the Judicial Council submit a report to the Legislature on these incidents.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
AB 878 (Caballero-D) Infrastructure financing
Authorizes a local governmental agency, as defined, to enter into an agreement with a private entity for financing for specified types of revenue-generating infrastructure projects. Requires an agreement entered into under these provisions to include adequate financial resources to perform the agreement, and permits the agreements to lease, license, or provide other permitted uses by the governmental agency to extend for a term of up to 50 years, after which time the project would revert to the governmental agency.
(In Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 881 (Huffman-D) Sonoma County Regional Climate Protection Authority
Creates the Sonoma County Regional Climate Protection Authority to assist local agencies in Sonoma County to meet greenhouse gas reduction goals.
Chapter 375, Statutes of 2009
AB 889* (Jones-D) Bushy Lake and Urban American River Parkway
Codifies the latest revision of the American River Parkway Plan.
Chapter 482, Statutes of 2009
AB 890 (John Perez-D) City of Maywood: drinking water
Provides for a review of the public water systems in the City of Maywood for manganese contamination.
Chapter 259, Statutes of 2009
AB 904 (V. Manuel Perez-D) Local capital investment incentives
Specifies that a business engaged in the manufacturing of parts or components related to the production of electricity using solar, wind, biomass, hydropower, or geothermal resources on or after 7/7/10, is eligible under the California Investment Incentive Program.
Chapter 486, Statutes of 2009
AB 906* (Hill-D) Conflict of interest: remote interest in a contract
Revises the definition of "remote interest" in the existing conflict of interest statute pertaining to government officials in order to allow a government entity to enter into a contract with an investor-owned utility, if the purpose of the contract is to provide energy efficiency, as specified.
Chapter 488, Statutes of 2009
AB 914 (Logue-R) Water: mandatory minimum civil penalties
Requires the financing plan proposed by a publicly owned treatment works to include the completion of a compliance project within five years. Specifies that the State Water Resources Control Board, when determining financial hardship for small or rural communities pursuant to Section 13385 of the Water Code, may consider ratepayers' ability to pay penalties, in those instances where other financial indicators do not adequately represent the range of economic circumstances of the community.
Vetoed
AB 918 (Adams-R) Salvageable personal property: collection boxes
Requires a collection box's owner to obtain written permission from the property owner or lessee or their authorized agent, certifying permission to place the box on the property. Specifies that if the property owner, lessee, or authorized agent does not provide written consent, the collection box's owner can use verbal consent if documented with contact information. Specifies that, when requested by the local jurisdiction or an interested person, the box's owner must make this written or verbal consent available.
(In Senate Local Government Committee)
AB 958 (Eng-D) Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Authorizes the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California to use a design-build procedure for contracts involving the design, construction, fabrication, and installation of a solar energy system in excess of $1 million.
Vetoed
AB 987 (Ma-D) Local Government: vehicles: automated speed enforcement
Authorizes a city or county, until 1/1/15, to establish a program utilizing an automated speed enforcement system for speed enforcement if specified conditions are met. Requires a city or county that adopts an automated speed enforcement program to submit a specified report to the Legislature on or before 1/1/15.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)
AB 1004 (Portantino-D) Local government: emergency response
Prohibits a public agency, in making a determination of liability for purposes of seeking reimbursement for the expenses of any emergency response, from making residency a determining factor.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
AB 1022 (Nava-D) Ventura Unified School District
Authorizes the Ventura Unified School District to deposit $10 million of the proceeds from the sale of surplus real property purchased entirely with local funds and sold prior to 1/1/05, into the general fund of the school district to be used for any one-time general fund purpose.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1031 (Blumenfield-D) Local government: renewable energy resources
Expands a program that allows local governments to generate renewable energy from one facility and credit excess electricity exported to the grid against the generation charges of other local government facilities to also apply to college campuses.
Chapter 380, Statutes of 2009
AB 1037 (Bonnie Lowenthal-D) San Bernardino/Riverside counties: Medi-Cal
Requires the Department of Health Care Services to develop a pilot project in San Bernardino and Riverside counties for the mandatory enrollment of Medi-Cal seniors and persons with disabilities into managed care by 1/1/11.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1041 (Audra Strickland-R) Drinking water: private wells: county regulation
Prohibits a city, county, or city and county from regulating a private water system with four or fewer service connections.
(In Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)
AB 1042 (Carter-D) Local government: school siting and improvement
Requires the governing board of a school district to comply with any city or county ordinance regulating drainage improvements and conditions, regulating road improvements or conditions, requiring the review or approval of grading plans, or requiring sidewalk improvements as these ordinance provisions relate to the design and construction of onsite improvements which affect drainage, road conditions, grading, or pedestrian access.
(In Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 1047 (V. Manuel Perez-D) California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank
Establishes a local assistance program within the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank, to help small and rural communities obtain bond financing for infrastructure projects.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1080 (Skinner-D) School districts: leases and agreements
Adds a local governmental agency, defined by the Government Code as a city, county, city and county, special district, authority, or other political subdivision of or within the state, to the list of entities with which a school district may enter into leases and agreements for the joint occupancy of real property and buildings.
Chapter 383, Statutes of 2009
AB 1084 (Adams-R) Local planning: development projects: fees
Provides a time frame for notice relating to an increase or change in fees levied under the Mitigation Fee Act and establishes procedures for requesting an audit of those fees.
Chapter 507, Statutes of 2009
AB 1098 (Hagman-R) Chino Agricultural Preserve
Authorizes the County of San Bernardino to exchange property it owns within the Chino Agricultural Preserve that was purchased with those bond funds under the same conditions. Revises one of those conditions to alternatively require the property received in an exchange and all the proceeds from a sale to be used for the improvement, operation, and maintenance of existing or replacement land within the Chino Agriculture Preserve.
(In Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 1109 (Blakeslee-R) The Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Act of 2000
Authorizes a local agency formation commission to order the administration of nonperforming districts. Requires the commission to, upon placing a district under temporary administration, prepare a performance study, as specified.
(In Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 1158 (Hayashi-D) Transit village plan
Adds the characteristic of other land uses, including educational facilities, that provide direct linkages for people traveling to and from primary and secondary education schools, community colleges, and universities, to the list of specified characteristics that a transit village plan may address.
Vetoed
AB 1172 (Galgiani-D) Eastern San Joaquin County Water District
Provides, upon the consolidation or reorganization of the Stockton-East Water District and the Central San Joaquin Water Conservation District into one single water conservation district, for conditions for which the board membership of the single water conservation district could be increased, and allows, under specified conditions, for the single district to continue to collect charges and groundwater assessments.
Chapter 514, Statutes of 2009
AB 1176 (Ammiano-D) Infrastructure: City and County of San Francisco
Revises the special statute that controls how local officials can form, finance, and operate an infrastructure financing district along the San Francisco waterfront, at Pier 70, on land that is under the jurisdiction of the Port of San Francisco.
Vetoed
AB 1192 (Audra Strickland-R) Cities: powers
Prohibits a city's legislative body from selling or leasing any existing public improvement to a private or public entity for the purposes of renting or leasing back or repurchasing through installment payments that existing public improvement and declares this it is a statewide concern.
(In Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 1199 (Ammiano-D) Local health care master plans
Requires each county in the state to establish a working group for the purpose of creating a local health care master plan for the county that considers various issues, including equitable distribution of health care services. Requires the Department of Health Care Services to provide oversight and review of the development of each local health care master plan.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
AB 1219 (Evans-D) Public transportation: Solano Transportation Authority
Authorizes Solano Transportation Authority to file an annual claim with Metropolitan Transportation Commission for up to 2% of Solano County's Transportation Development Act revenues for transportation planning and coordination purposes.
Chapter 143, Statutes of 2009
AB 1229 (Evans-D) Public contracts: local public agencies: prospective bidders
Requires the Contractors State License Board, in collaboration with affected agencies and interested parties, to develop guidelines for qualifying bidders, and prepare the standardized questionnaire that shall be used by public entities for purposes of laws regulating local public works projects, and requires the Contractors State License Board, in developing or revising the standardized questionnaire, to consult with affected public agencies, cities and counties, the construction industry, the surety industry, and other interested parties.
(In Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 1232 (Huffman-D) Local agency formation commissions: powers and duties
Allows the Marin County Local Agency Formation Commission to initiate and approve, after notice and hearing, a reorganization or consolidation of the Sewerage Agency of Southern Marin and its member districts, without protest hearings.
Chapter 518, Statutes of 2009
AB 1235 (Hayashi-D) Alameda County: hospitals: seismic safety
Extends, for a hospital building that is owned or operated by the County of Alameda on the Alameda County Medical Centers Fairmont Campus, the deadline for submitting a facility master plan until 7/1/10.
(On Senate Inactive File)
AB 1265 (Ma-D) Mayors: marriages
Expands the list of those individuals who can perform a marriage ceremony to include a sitting mayor of a charter city.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
AB 1272 (Hill-D) Local emergency medical service: trauma center
Requires a local emergency medical service to include within its trauma system plan the provision of air transport of trauma patients to, and between, trauma centers, if the local emergency medical service agency elects to implement a trauma system.
(In Senate Health Committee)
AB 1318 (V. Manuel Perez-D) South Coast Air Quality Management District
Establishes special air pollution permitting procedures for one power plant in the South Coast Air Quality Management District.
Chapter 285, Statutes of 2009
A similar bill is SB 388 (Calderon-D) which is on Senate Unfinished Business File.
AB 1331 (Duvall-R) Subdivision map approval: validity of map
Provides that the filing of a final or parcel map by the county recorder constitutes the final act in obtaining the right to subdivide according to the terms of the final or parcel map.
(In Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 1339 (V. Manuel Perez-D) Imperial County Free Library
Forgives the Imperial County Free Library from the obligation to repay property tax revenues that were allocated to the library rather than the Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund in Imperial County from fiscal years 2001-02 through 2006-07.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1342 (Evans-D) Local taxation: income taxes: vehicle license fees
Authorizes counties, under specified circumstances, to adopt a local personal income tax , a local vehicle license fee, or both.
(In Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee)
AB 1354 (Fong-D) County employees' retirement
Prohibits the amount payable, including cost-of-living adjustments, to a member of a county retirement system being operated under the County Employees' Retirement Law of 1937 from exceeding the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 415 limits, as specified, and specifies that adjustments to the IRC Section 415 limits continue to apply after a member's severance from employment or annuity starting date.
(In Senate Public Employment and Retirement Committee)
AB 1361* (Portantino-D) Vehicles: commercial vehicle ban: State Route 2
Prohibits commercial vehicles with a gross vehicle weight exceeding 9,000 pounds from being operated on State Route 2, between Interstate Route 210 in the City of La Canada Flintridge and County Route N4 (Big Pine Highway) in Los Angeles County, with exceptions.
Chapter 147, Statutes of 2009
AB 1366 (Feuer-D) Residential self-regenerating water softeners
Authorizes local agencies that own and operate a community sewer system or water recycling facility to control salinity inputs from residential self-regenerating water softeners to protect the quality of the waters of the state, subject to certain conditions.
Chapter 527, Statutes of 2009
AB 1369 (Davis-D) County jails: home detention
Removes the requirement in existing law that jail inmates subject to an involuntary home detention program be misdemeanor inmates.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
AB 1381 (John Perez-D) Los Angeles County: high-occupancy toll lanes
Requires, rather than permits, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority to implement a value-pricing and transit development demonstration program in cooperation with the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and adds the Department of the California Highway Patrol as an agency with which the Authority must work to implement the program. Provides that the demonstration program does not preclude Caltrans or any local agency from developing facilities that may compete with the high-occupancy toll lane facilities and states that the Authority is not entitled to compensation for adverse effects on toll revenue that may be due to those competing facilities.
Chapter 289, Statutes of 2009
AB 1386 (Hayashi-D) City of Hayward: state highways
Requires the Department of Transportation to deposit proceeds from the sale of surplus properties in the State Route (SR) 84 and SR 238 corridors into a special fund, provides greater flexibility with respect to the funding of projects that use these funds, and relinquishes portions of SR 92, SR 185, and SR 238 to the City of Hayward.
Chapter 291, Statutes of 2009
AB 1388 (Hernandez-D) Local agencies: general obligation bonds
Allows local agencies to issue and sell general obligation bonds through the negotiated sale method for a price at above or below par value.
Chapter 529, Statutes of 2009
AB 1399 (Anderson-R) Elected county officials
Prohibits any elected county official from hiring or employing any immediate family member, as defined, if that immediate family member will serve under direct supervision of the elected county official. Specifically prohibits an elected county official from making a gift of public funds or property to any person without consideration.
(In Assembly Rules Committee)
AB 1406 (Emmerson-R) County board of retirement: San Bernardino County
Allows the board of retirement of San Bernardino County, which operates a retirement system established under the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937, to appoint, outside the county civil service system, supervisors and employees who have specialized training and knowledge in (1) pension and benefit member services, (2) investment reporting compliance, (3) investment accounting, (4) pension benefit tax reporting, (5) pension benefit financial accounting, and (6) pension law.
Chapter 393, Statutes of 2009
AB 1408 (Krekorian-D) Subdivisions: Water Demand Mitigation Fund
Establishes a Water Demand Mitigation Fund that a public water system may authorize a subdivision project applicant to voluntarily contribute to in order to offset at least 100% of the projected water demand associated with the subdivision, and requires all monies in the Fund to be expended on water conservation measures that will offset at least 100% of the subdivision's projected water demand.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
AB 1409 (John Perez-D) Public contracts: county highways: work authorizations
Removes the ability of counties to use either county road commissioner contracting authority or the authority granted under the Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act when determining whether to contract out construction or to perform it with county staff.
(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)
AB 1418 (Smyth-R) Local health officers: communicable diseases: reporting
Includes electronic mail or electronic facsimile as permitted methods of reporting by a local heath officer.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
AB 1425 (Fuller-R) Water: Central Valley Flood Protection Board
Requires the Central Valley Flood Protection Board to acknowledge receipt of all applications in writing within 14 days of receipt.
(In Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee)
AB 1428 (John Perez-D) Coroner: autopsy
Prohibits a coroner from performing an autopsy on the body of a decedent, if the deceased is under the age of 18 and the coroner is informed by a person with the right to control the remains that the postmortem anatomical dissection or that specified procedure would be contrary to that person's religious belief.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1431 (Hill-D) Air quality: Port of Oakland
Establishes emission reduction strategies for the Port of Oakland. Requires the Port and entities involved in goods movement at the Port to establish emission reduction strategies that are no less stringent than emission reduction strategies employed at the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)
AB 1436 (Portantino-D) Local hospital districts
Provides that local health care districts power includes ownership and revises the definition of health care facilities for purposes of this power to expressly include public hospitals, as defined.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
AB 1441 (Assembly Agriculture Committee) Agricultural land: Williamson Act: lot lines
Extends the automatic termination date from 1/1/10 to 1/1/11, in the state law that permits local officials to rescind a Williamson Act contract to facilitate a lot line adjustment.
Chapter 148, Statutes of 2009
AB 1443 (Huffman-D) Gaming compacts: local support
Requires the Governor to consider the presence or absence of local support when negotiating a tribal-state gaming compact to allow class III gaming on Indian lands, as specified. Includes a related statement of legislative findings and declarations.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
AB 1465 (Hill-D) Urban water management planning
Revises the Urban Water Management Planning Act to specify compliance with water conservation requirements, consistent with revisions to the memorandum of understanding signed by California Urban Water Conservation Council in December 2008.
Chapter 534, Statutes of 2009
AB 1471 (Eng-D) Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation
Makes technical corrections to statutes affecting the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's procurement authority, and grants additional authorities relative to public auctions.
Chapter 536, Statutes of 2009
AB 1487 (Hill-D) Inmate medical expenses
Increases the fee charged to county jail inmates for inmate-initiated medical visits from $3 to $6. The first $3 collected will continue to go to the county or city general fund and any amount over $3 will be deposited in the inmate welfare fund, to be spent as specified.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 1493 (John Perez-D) Alcoholic beverages: advertising
Limits the exception of a beer manufacturer, the holder of a winegrower's license, a distilled spirits rectifier, a distilled spirits manufacturer, or distilled spirits manufacturer's agents purchase advertising space and time from, or on behalf of, an on-sale retail licensee to specified facilities located in the City of Los Angeles.
(In Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 1582 (Assembly Local Government Committee) Local agencies: spheres of influence
Makes several minor, non-controversial changes to the laws affecting local government organization and reorganization.
Chapter 155, Statutes of 2009
AB 1586 (Swanson-D) San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
Authorizes the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District board of directors to establish an office of independent police auditor that would report directly to the board and investigate complaints filed by members of the public against district police officers relative to on-duty misconduct, as specified. Specifies that if the board establishes an office of independent police auditor, the board is required to organize, reorganize, and manage the office, and requires the auditor to prepare reports of his/her activities.
(Unassigned to a committee)
AB 35XXX* (Hagman-R) Chino Valley Unified School District
Deems Chino Valley Unified School District to have complied with the requirements for Longer Year Incentive Funding for the 2008-09 school year, as specified.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 81XXX (Hall-D) Land use: City of Industry: stadium complex
Exempts from the California Environmental Quality Act activities associated with development and operation of a stadium complex in the City of Industry, as specified, and further exempts actions taken by the City of Industry from any legal requirements concerning a general plan, or consistency with a general plan, as specified.
Chapter 30, Statutes of 2009-10, Third Extraordinary Session
AB 82XXX (Blakeslee-R) City of Fremont: economic development: projects
Authorizes the Department of Community Housing and Development to designate one special enterprise zone within the City of Fremont consisting of a geographical area encompassing a facility that manufactures automobiles and to designate, until 1/1/10, an additional 10 special enterprise zones limited to one nonrenewable 15-year term. Excludes these enterprise zones from the calculation of the overall number of enterprise zones authorized under the act.
(Died at Assembly Desk)
AB 12XXXX* (Evans-D) Mandated local program: budget language
Among other provisions, revises the following mandated local program provisions: (1) authorizes local fire authorities or the State Fire Marshal to charge fees adequate to cover their costs for pre-inspections of prospective community care facilities, (2) revises victim notification requirements to be consistent with the requirements of the voter-approved initiative Victims' Bill of Rights Act of 2008: Marsy's Law, and (3) explicitly recognizes that the previous requirement for a 72-hour holding period for dogs and cats in animal shelters remains in effect during the suspension of the Animal Adoption Mandate, which requires a longer holding period and applies to additional types of animals.
Chapter 12, Statutes of 2009-10, Fourth Extraordinary Session
AB 15XXXX* (Gaines-R) Property tax revenues: payback
Implements the suspension of Proposition 1A. Provides for a state-financed securitization of suspension for local governments.
Chapter 14, Statutes of 2009-10, Fourth Extraordinary Session
AB 20XXXX (Audra Strickland-R) Board of Geologists and Geophysicists
Abolishes the Board of Geologists and Geophysicists, and transfers the licensing and regulation of geologists and geophysicists to the Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors.
Chapter 18, Statutes of 2009-10, Fourth Extraordinary Session
AB 22XXXX* (Evans-D) State property: Orange County Fair: inventory: leases
Authorizes the Director of the Department of General Services to (1) sell the Orange County Fairgrounds, (2) sell certain state-owned office buildings and enter into long-term leases for those buildings with the option to buy back any of the buildings, (3) enter into and approve "long-term" leases of the state's real properties and determine terms and conditions of such leases, (4) impose additional reporting requirements upon state agencies relative to information that must be submitted to the Department pertaining to the state's real property holdings, and (5) authorize a loan of not more than $10 million from the General Fund to support the management of the state's real property assets and any extra workload.
Chapter 20, Statutes of 2009-10, Fourth Extraordinary Session
AB 26XXXX (Evans-D) Community redevelopment
Shifts local redevelopment revenues to the state General Fund.
Chapter 21, Statutes of 2009-10, Fourth Extraordinary Session
ACA 9 (Huffman-D) Local government bonds: special taxes: voter approval
Makes changes to the voting requirements contained in the California Constitution for special taxes and bonded indebtedness for local governments.
(On Assembly Third Reading File)
ACA 15 (Arambula-IN) Local government transportation projects: special taxes
Lowers the constitutional vote requirement for approval of a special tax specifically for providing funding for local transportation projects from 2/3 to a 55% majority.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
ACA 27 (Logue-R) State-mandated local programs
Prohibits the Legislature or a state agency from mandating a new program or higher level of service on any local government, except as specified, unless the local government is paid for the costs of that new program or higher level of service. Requires, on or after 7/1/10, that if the Legislature adopts a statute that mandates a new program or higher level of service on any local government, the mandate would not become operative until the operative date of an appropriation, for that purpose, of funds to pay all affected local governments
(Unassigned to a committee)
ACR 86 (Huffman-D) Sonoma Wine Country Weekend
Proclaims the weekend of September 4 through 6, 2009 as Sonoma Wine Country Weekend, and extends its support to this celebration of California grape growing and winemaking heritage.
Chapter 112, Statutes of 2009
Immigration Issues
SB 60 (Cedillo-D) Vehicles: driver's licenses
Requires the State of California to comply with the federal Real ID Act of 2005, a measure that establishes standards for the issuance of driver's licenses and identification cards that may be used by federal agencies for official purposes. In complying with the Real ID Act, it requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue two types of drivers' licenses and identification cards: cards that may be used for official federal purposes, and for persons who are not able to demonstrate legal presence status, cards that do not.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)
SB 125 (Benoit-R) Undocumented criminal aliens: costs of incarceration
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to bill the federal government for the incarceration of all undocumented inmates in California prisons; requires the Attorney General to use all legal means to obtain compliance with the request for reimbursement; and requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to collect data on the number of incarcerated undocumented aliens in California and publish that data on the DOJ Internet Web site.
(Failed passage in Senate Public Safety Committee; reconsideration granted)
SB 331 (Romero-D) Migrant education
Requires the state master plan and state services delivery plan for services to migrant children, beginning with the next adoption cycle, to be developed and revised as necessary by the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the statewide parent advisory council.
(In Assembly Education Committee)
SJR 19 (Cedillo-D) Enforcement of immigration laws
Condemns specified policies and practices of federal agencies regarding the enforcement of immigration laws, and urges the Congress and the President of the United States to declare an immediate moratorium on those policies and practices until a comprehensive reform of immigration laws is enacted and implemented.
(At Assembly Desk)
AB 132 (Mendoza-D) Immigration investigations: schools
Specifies the policies of the state in regards to federal immigration agents and the involvement of children in schools. Encourages schools to provide appropriate counseling for pupils who may be affected by enforcement activities of immigration agents that occur at the pupil's home, in a pupil's community, or at a parent's or guardian's place of employment.
Vetoed
AB 713 (Gaines-R) Undocumented criminal aliens: costs of incarceration
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to bill the federal government for the incarceration of all undocumented inmates in California prisons, requires the Attorney General to use all legal means to obtain compliance with the request for reimbursement, and requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to collect data on the number of incarcerated undocumented aliens in California and publish that data on the DOJ Internet Web site.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 806 (Fuentes-D) Non-citizens: criminal procedure
Requires that courts advise defendants, if they are deported from the United States and return illegally, that they could be charged with a separate federal offense.
Vetoed
AB 1207 (Logue-R) Immigrations status: student tuition
Prohibits a person without lawful immigration status from qualifying for resident tuition at the California State University and the California Community Colleges, under the provisions of AB 540 (Firebaugh-D), Chapter 814, Statutes of 2001.
(In Assembly Higher Education Committee)
AB 1208 (Logue-R) Illegal alien inmates
Provides that, except as otherwise provided by law, if a non-violent, illegal alien inmate agrees to waive his/her right to appeal his/her conviction and agrees not to contest a final order of removal, the inmate may qualify for immediate deportation, provided however, that any waiver expressly provides that the inmate agrees to be subject to the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and that, if the inmate returns to California without authorization, the inmate shall be subject to incarceration for the remainder of any sentence previously imposed. Requires an inmate agreeing to the waiver to promise not to enter the state illegally. Violation of this promise will be punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for ten years. Expresses the intent of the Legislature that the CDCR enter into a cooperative agreement with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to create the California-ICE Partnership for Rapid REPAT (Rapid Removal of Eligible Parolees Accepted for Transfer). Expresses the intent of the Legislature that the department work with ICE to obtain inmate citizenship records, identify illegal aliens in the prison system, and expedite deportation of all illegal alien inmates convicted of nonviolent offenses.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1275 (Anderson-R) Driving under the influence: undocumented drivers
Requires an arresting authority to report to the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement the presence of a person if the person is arrested for driving while under the influence of an alcoholic beverage or drug, or the combined influence of an alcoholic beverage and drug, or caused bodily injuries to another as a result of driving while under the influence, and the person fails to provide the arresting authority with appropriate documentation demonstrating his or her legal presence in the United States.
(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee; reconsideration granted)
ACR 76 (Eng-D) Day of Inclusion
Acknowledges December 17 each year as an annual "Day of Inclusion" in recognition and appreciation of the priceless contributions of all immigrants to the greatness of the United States and California.
Resolution Chapter 108, Statutes of 2009
AJR 15 (De Leon-D) Immigration: same-sex partners
Urges the Congress of the United States to pass, and the President to sign, the Uniting American Families Act, legislation that would remove a number of legal barriers to immigration by permanent same-sex partners of United States citizens.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
Federal Issues
SJR 1 (Ducheny-D) Remote sales: use taxes
Urges members of the California congressional delegation to join in support of legislative action by the Congress of the United States to allow states to collect use taxes on remote sales and to exempt from the use tax collection requirement small businesses that sell products over the Internet, and for the President to sign that legislation.
Resolution Chapter 95, Statutes of 2009
SJR 2 (Liu-D) Postsecondary education: college textbook affordability
Commends the Congress and the President of the United States for including the American Opportunity Tax Credit in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 enabling California to make college affordable for students. Expresses the intent of the Legislature to adopt similar higher education tax credits when the state's economic conditions improve.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SJR 3 (Ashburn-R) Taiwan: World Health Organization participation
Urges President Obama and his administration to support Taiwan in obtaining appropriate and meaningful participation in the specialized agencies of the United Nations system, including, but not limited to, the World Health Organization.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
SJR 4 (Correa-D) Alzheimer's Silver Alert program
Urges the President and the Congress of the United States to act to establish a federally controlled Alzheimer's Silver Alert program to locate missing persons with dementia and establish a federal grant program to aid states in establishing local Silver Alert programs.
Resolution Chapter 87, Statutes of 2009
SJR 5 (Wiggins-D) Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine
Calls upon the Congress of the United States to quickly pass the federal Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act and the President of the United States to expeditiously sign it into law.
Resolution Chapter 96, Statutes of 2009
SJR 6 (Lowenthal-D) Pedestrian safety
Urges the United States Congress and the President to support efforts to conduct appropriate research and develop minimum noise standards for new motor vehicles.
Resolution Chapter 60, Statutes of 2009
SJR 7 (Lowenthal-D) Pancreatic cancer
Urges the President and the Congress of the United States to expand federally funded research efforts aimed at developing a reliable means of detecting pancreatic cancer in its early stages.
Resolution Chapter 85, Statutes of 2009
SJR 8 (Corbett-D) Electronic cigarettes
Requests that the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) prohibit all sales of electronic cigarettes until the FDA has found them to be safe.
(In Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
SJR 9 (Kehoe-D) Military: "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.
Urges the Congress and the President of the United States to adopt the Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 (House Resolution 1283) that institutes a policy of nondiscrimination based on sexual orientation, and to repeal the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
SJR 10 (Senate Veterans Affairs Committee) Military: health care
Requests that the President and the Congress of the United States pass House Resolution 816 that would prohibit certain increases in fees for military health care.
Resolution Chapter 124, Statutes of 2009
SJR 11 (Runner-R) Guantanamo Bay: detention facility.
Urges the President of the United States and the Congress to employ necessary measures to ensure that no terrorist or suspected terrorist detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is permitted to enter California in custody or otherwise.
(Failed passage in Senate Public Safety Committee)
SJR 12 (Benoit-R) Undocumented criminals
Urges Congress and the President of the United States to restore funding for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
SJR 13 (Oropeza-D) New dialysis clinic licensure and certification.
Urges the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to adopt regulations, and the Congress and the President of the United States to enact legislation, to improve the system and speed up the process for timely licensure and certification surveys of new dialysis clinics.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
SJR 14 (Leno-D) Medical marijuana
Urges the President and Congress of the United States to take specified actions relating to the use of marijuana for medical purposes.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
SJR 15 (Alquist-D) Public health laboratories
Encourages the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to amend the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments regulations to, and the Congress and the President of the United States to enact legislation that would, allow qualified non-doctoral, non-board certified persons to serve as laboratory directors of local public health laboratories, if they are qualified to direct those laboratories under the law of the state in which the laboratory is located, with the express goals of ensuring adequate local public health laboratory support for response to communicable disease events, ensuring an adequate supply of local public health laboratory directors, and ensuring protection for the balance of the nation by increasing national security through adequate disease identification. Encourages specified federal entities to also encourage CMS and the Congress and President of the United States to accomplish these goals in this manner.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
SJR 16 (Denham-R) Veterans: educational benefits
Requests that the President and the Congress of the United States pass House Resolution 2474 that would restore funding for California veterans pursuing higher education.
(In Assembly Veterans Affairs Committee)
SJR 17 (Leno-D) Climate change: ocean acidification: Arctic
Reaffirms the Legislature's commitment to reducing greenhouse gases in California to 1990 levels by 2020. Urges the United States Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouse gases and the federal government to persevere in its commitment to leading the world in efforts to address global climate change and ocean acidification, and reduce the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to 350 parts per million.
(At Assembly Desk)
SJR 18 (Simitian-D) Marine aquaculture
Requests the Congress of the United States to develop a comprehensive federal regulatory framework for marine aquaculture that is at least as protective as that codified in the California's Sustainable Oceans Act to address environmental and economic concerns.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
SJR 19 (Cedillo-D) Enforcement of immigration laws
Condemns specified policies and practices of federal agencies regarding the enforcement of immigration laws, and urges Congress and the President of the United States to declare an immediate moratorium on those policies and practices until a comprehensive reform of immigration laws is enacted and implemented.
(At Assembly Desk)
ACR 6 (Blakeslee-R) Tibet
Recognizes the Dalai Lama for his contributions to world peace and leadership in seeking nonviolent solutions to international problems, designates 3/10/09, as Dalai Lama and Tibet Awareness Day.
(In Assembly Rules Committee)
ACR 10 (Anderson-R) Support of Israel
Describes the conflict between Israel and Hamas and proclaims the Legislature's support of Israel.
(Unassigned to a committee)
AJR 1 (Blakeslee-R) Earthquake damage: mitigation planning
States the Legislature's support of the expedient development of mitigation efforts across the state by federal, state, and local governmental entities, in cooperation with private enterprises and individuals, to protect against earthquake damage.
Resolution Chapter 64, Statutes of 2009
AJR 2 (Caballero-D) Mexican braceros: settlement
Urges the United States government to urge the Mexican government to extend the deadline for Mexican laborers, known as braceros, who worked in the United States beginning in 1942 as part of a labor importation program initiated by the United States to alleviate a labor shortage during World War II, to submit a claim to recover unpaid wages from a specified settlement fund. Urges the United States government to urge the Mexican government to accept a variety of documents as proof of a valid claim.
Resolution Chapter 51, Statutes of 2009
AJR 3 (Nava-D) Offshore oil drilling
Requests that the Congress of the United States reinstate the federal offshore oil and gas leasing moratorium for the 2009 fiscal year and beyond. Memorializes the Legislature's opposition to the proposed expansion of oil and gas drilling off the Pacific Coast and any federal energy policies and legislation that would weaken California's role in energy siting decisions by those policies.
(On Senate Third Reading File)
AJR 5 (Harkey-R) Camp Pendleton: housing detainees of Guantanamo Bay
Urges the Congress of the United States, with respect to detainees of the United States Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, not to redirect those detainees to or house them at the Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, California.
(Unassigned to a committee)
AJR 6 (Beall-D) Elder Economic Security Standard Index
Memorializes the President and the Congress of the United States to ensure economic security for all elders by taking several actions, including ensuring that federal policies and programs enable all elders and their families to meet their basic needs and using the Elder Economic Security Standard Index to modernize all federal poverty measures and guidelines, recalculate the number and demographic profile of elders whose basic needs are not being met, and evaluate the impact of public support and any current or new federal initiatives to help elders age in place.
Resolution Chapter 92, Statutes of 2009
AJR 7 (Bass-D) Stem cell research: federal legislation
Memorializes the President and Congress of the United States to enact, as expeditiously as possible, legislation that embodies the policies advanced in the federal Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
AJR 8 (Monning-D) Marine mammal protection: swordfish importation
Requests the United States government to restrict swordfish imports unless and until there is a process by which a nation seeking to export swordfish or swordfish products to the United States provides reasonable proof of the effects on marine mammals of the commercial fishing technology used to obtain the swordfish or swordfish products, and the National Marine Fisheries Service receives that proof and determines that the proof demonstrates that the swordfish or swordfish products to be imported were not caught with commercial fishing technology that results in the incidental kill or incidental serious injury of marine mammals in excess of United States standards.
Resolution Chapter 94, Statutes of 2009
AJR 9 (John Perez-D) Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act of 2006
Urges the Congress and President of the United States to enact legislation that will provide for a three-year extension of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act of 2006, including the existing formula-based funding for states with maturing names-based HIV reporting systems, from its current sunset on 9/30/09, to 9/30/12.
Resolution Chapter 57, Statutes of 2009
AJR 10 (Torlakson-D) Social Security: retirement benefits: public employees
Requests the President and the Congress of the United States to enact the Social Security Fairness Act of 2009, which would repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision from the Social Security Act.
Resolution Chapter 103, Statutes of 2009
AJR 11 (Furutani-D) National Multicultural Cancer Awareness Week
Designates the week of 4/19/09 to 4/25/09, as National Multicultural Cancer Awareness Week, and encourages the promotion of policies and programs that seek to reduce cancer disparities and improve cancer prevention, detection, treatment, and follow up care for all Californians.
Resolution Chapter 52, Statutes of 2009
AJR 12 (Block-D) Offshore tax haven jurisdictions
Requests that the President and the Congress of the United States enact legislation that closes the corporate federal tax loopholes currently allowing the sheltering of income in offshore tax haven countries, and, instead, promotes transparency, cooperation, and tax compliance.
(In Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee)
AJR 13 (Ammiano-D) Blood donation
Requests that the President of the United States, encourage the United States Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, adopt policies that repeal the current donor suitability and deferral policies of the federal Food and Drug Administration regarding the donation of blood and blood products by gay, bisexual, transgender, and heterosexual males.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
AJR 14 (Krekorian-D) Armenian Genocide: Day of Remembrance
Designates 4/24/09, as California Day of Remembrance for the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923. Memorializes the Congress and the President of the United States to act likewise to commemorate the Armenian Genocide.
Resolution Chapter 105, Statutes of 2009
AJR 15 (De Leon-D) Uniting American Families Act
Urges the Congress of the United States to include the Reuniting Families Act and the Uniting American Families Act in comprehensive immigration reform or to pass, and President Obama to sign, the Uniting American Families Act as stand-alone legislation and support the removal of legal barriers to immigration by permanent same-sex partners.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
AJR 16 (Evans-D) Journalism shield laws
Urges the Congress and President of the United States to work together to enact a shield law for America's journalists.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
AJR 17 (Swanson-D) HIV/AIDS health disparities
Urges the President of the United States, the United States Congress, and the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services to take specified actions in regards to health disparities, particularly as they relate to HIV/AIDS funding.
Resolution Chapter 104, Statutes of 2009
AJR 18 (Lieu-D) Credit card reform
Calls on Congress and the President of the United States to work together in enacting credit card reforms to protect consumers from unfair credit card practices.
(In Assembly Banking and Finance Committee)
AJR 19 (Brownley-D) Marriage
Calls upon the Congress and the President of the United States to repeal the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
AJR 20 (Caballero-D) The federal Housing Opportunity and Mortgage Equity Act
Urges the United States Congress to enact House Resolution 230 to provide all homeowners, including those in California, the opportunity to refinance their current home loans with a lower interest rate and to assist qualified home buyers with mortgage financing.
(In Assembly Banking and Finance Committee)
AJR 21 (Gilmore-R) Dairy industry
Encourages the President, the Congress, and the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture to acknowledge the importance of the dairy industry nationwide, as well as the unique aspects of the dairy industry region by region by enacting legislation or regulations that update the federal dairy product price support program to reflect today's cost of production, implement fair tariffs on unregulated imported dairy solids, mandate greater market transparency, and support a milk supply management program.
(Unassigned to a committee)
AJR 22 (Miller-R) Iranian persecution of religious minorities
Condemns the Government of Iran for its sponsored persecution of members of the Baha'i faith and requests the Government of Iran to immediately release Baha'i leaders, and all other prisoners in Iran who are held solely on account of their religion.
(Unassigned to a committee)
AJR 23 (De Leon-D) Economic crisis
Urges the Congress of the United States and the federal administration to work with the Governor and the Legislature of the State of California to, among other things, provide federal loan guarantees, flexibility with respect to certain programs, and certain funding levels for vital programs, as specified.
(In Assembly Banking and Finance Committee)
AJR 24 (Bonnie Lowenthal-D) Marine pollution: air pollution
Requests that the International Maritime Organization, a specialized agency of the United Nations, adopt the proposed North American Emission Control Area, as proposed by the United States, Canada, and France at the 60th session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee, scheduled for March 2010.
(In Assembly Environmental, Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)
AJR 25 (Furutani-D) Filipino veterans: family reunification
Requests the Legislature to join the Congress of the United States in further acknowledging the service of Filipino World War II veterans in the Armed Forces of the United States by recognizing that these veterans should be reunited with their children during their golden years, and requests that the President and the Congress of the United States pass S. 1337 and H.R. 2412, which exempts children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from the numerical limitations on immigrant visas, thus allowing for family reunification.
(Unassigned to a committee)
AJR 26 (Chesbro-D) Climate change
Requests the Congress of the United States to establish a comprehensive framework and funding for natural resources adaptation for the protection and conservation of our nation's wildlife, habitats, coasts, watersheds, rivers, and other natural resources and ecosystems in the face of climate change.
(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AJR 27 (Torrico-D) Colombia-United States free trade agreement
Urges the United States Congress to oppose a free trade agreement between the United States and Colombia.
(Unassigned to a committee)
HR 12 (DeVore-R) Southeast Asia Genocide Remembrance Week
Proclaims the week of 4/19/09 to 4/25/09, inclusive, Southeast Asia Genocide Remembrance Week, and urges all Californians to learn more about the Southeast Asia genocide and the nature of Communist rule. Urges all Californians to participate in the activities of Southeast Asia Genocide Remembrance Week.
(Unassigned to a committee)
HR 13 (Adams-R) National Public Gardens Day
Proclaims 5/8/09 to be State Public Gardens Day.
Adopted by the Assembly
| Bill | Author and Bill Title | Reference Links |
|---|---|---|
| SB 9 | Wyland-R State Auditor: duties | Other State Government |
| SB 10 | Leno-D Voter-approved local assessment: vehicles | Local Government |
| SB 11 | Negrete McLeod-D County employees retirement: San Bernardino County | Public Employees |
| SB 27* | Hancock-D Local agencies: sales and use tax: reallocation | Local Government |
| SB 29* | Denham-R State surplus property: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | Other State Government Local Government |
| SB 30* | Denham-R State property | Other State Government |
| SB 35 | Oropeza-D Food donations: Governor's role | Other State Government |
| SB 37 | Strickland-R State employees: statement of deductions | Public Employees |
| SB 43 | Alquist-D Joint powers agencies: City of Santa Clara | Local Government |
| SB 60 | Cedillo-D Vehicles: driver's licenses | Immigration Issues |
| SB 65* | Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee Bond sales: letter of credit: budget trailer language | Other State Government |
| SB 67* | Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee Property tax revenues: Proposition 1A receivables | Local Government |
| SB 68* | Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee Redevelopment: Budget trailer bill | Local Government |
| SB 72 | Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee State employees: payroll | Public Employees |
| SB 80* | Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee Community redevelopment: Education Revenue Augmentation Fund | Local Government |
| SB 83 | Hancock-D Traffic congestion: motor vehicle registration fees | Local Government |
| SB 85 | Cogdill-R Local government finance | Local Government |
| SB 88 | DeSaulnier-D Local government: bankruptcy | Local Government |
| SB 93 | Kehoe-D Redevelopment: payment for land or buildings | Local Government |
| SB 99 | Senate Local Government Committee Joint exercise of powers: reporting and disclosures | Local Government |
| SB 101* | Senate Local Government Committee Validations | Local Government |
| SB 102* | Senate Local Government Committee Validations | Local Government |
| SB 103 | Senate Local Government Committee Validations | Local Government |
| SB 106 | Senate Local Government Committee Local agencies: ethics training | Local Government |
| SB 113 | Senate Local Government Committee Local Government Omnibus Act of 2009 | Local Government |
| SB 115 | Lowenthal-D Public employment | Public Employees |
| SB 116* | Calderon-D State warrants | Other State Government |
| SB 121 | Denham-R Central Coast Rural Crime Prevention Program | Local Government |
| SB 125 | Benoit-R Undocumented criminal aliens: costs of incarceration | Immigration Issues |
| SB 126* | Cedillo-D Bingo: remote caller bingo | Other Gaming Legislation |
| SB 130* | Denham-R King City Joint Union High School District | Local Government |
| SB 131* | Wiggins-D Alcoholic beverages: tied-house restriction | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| SB 133 | Corbett-D Groundwater: wells, exploratory holes, and other excavations | Local Government |
| SB 136 | Huff-R State real property | Other State Government |
| SB 138 | Liu-D Local taxes: graffiti | Local Government |
| SB 139 | Kehoe-D Tidelands and submerged lands: ports | Local Government |
| SB 146 | Cox-R State Highway Route 49: relinquishment | Local Government |
| SB 149* | Kehoe-D Claims against the state: appropriation | Other State Government |
| SB 153 | Liu-D Jails: discharge of prisoners | Local Government |
| SB 170 | Florez-D Agricultural lands: cancellation of Williamson Act contracts | Local Government |
| SB 178 | Aanestad-R State property: Department of Forestry and Fire Protection | Other State Government Local Government |
| SB 192 | Negrete McLeod-D Alcoholic beverages: returns | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| SB 193 | Lowenthal-D Class size reduction: Long Beach Unified School District | Local Government |
| SB 194 | Florez-D Community Equity Investment Act of 2009 | Local Government |
| SB 198 | Cogdill-R Health care districts: John C. Fremont Health Care District | Local Government |
| SB 200 | Correa-D Raffles: Internet advertisement | Other Gaming Legislation |
| SB 205 | Hancock-D Traffic congestion: motor vehicle registration fees | Local Government |
| SB 211 | Simitian-D Park district formation: County of Santa Cruz | Local Government |
| SB 213 | Florez-D Gambling licenses | Other Gaming Legislation |
| SB 215 | Wiggins-D Local government: organization | Local Government |
| SB 218 | Yee-D Public records: state agency: auxiliary organizations | Other State Government |
| SB 220 | Yee-D State employees: whistleblower protection | Public Employees |
| SB 250 | Florez-D Dogs and cats: spaying and neutering | Local Government |
| SB 251 | Senate Transportation And Housing Committee Housing and community development: housing omnibus bill | Local Government |
| SB 254 | Wiggins-D Horses: sale, purchase, or transfer | Horse Racing |
| SB 256 | Aanestad-R State property: Department of the California Highway Patrol | Other State Government Local Government |
| SB 257 | Pavley-D Lactation accommodation: state employees | Public Employees |
| SB 263 | Strickland-R Local government: community service districts | Local Government |
| SB 277* | Wiggins-D Cordelia Fire Protection District | Local Government |
| SB 278 | Negrete McLeod-D Public Employees' Retirement System: Board of Administration | Public Employees |
| SB 279 | Hancock-D Local government: community facilities districts | Local Government |
| SB 300 | Yee-D Harbors and ports | Other State Government |
| SB 310 | Ducheny-D Water quality: stormwater and other runoff | Local Government |
| SB 321 | Benoit-R Local government: assessments: election requirements | Local Government |
| SB 326 | Strickland-R Land use: housing element | Local Government |
| SB 327* | Kehoe-D State claims | Other State Government |
| SB 331 | Romero-D Migrant education | Immigration Issues |
| SB 345 | Negrete McLeod-D San Bernardino County: death benefit | Public Employees Local Government |
| SB 357 | Ducheny-D Tribal gaming: grants to local jurisdictions | Tribal Gaming Local Government |
| SB 369 | Maldonado-R Prisoner-of-War/Missing-in-Action Flag: state buildings | Other State Government |
| SB 382 | Florez-D Agricultural burning: consistency with no burn days | Local Government |
| SB 406 | DeSaulnier-D Land use: environmental quality | Local Government |
| SB 415 | Oropeza-D Alcoholic beverages: licenses: local government review | Alcoholic Beverage Control Local Government |
| SB 428 | Kehoe-D Tide and submerged lands: San Diego | Local Government |
| SB 430 | Dutton-R Redevelopment: County of San Bernardino | Local Government |
| SB 451 | Cogdill-R Public contracts: preferences: forest products | Other State Government |
| SB 460 | Wolk-D Municipal electric utilities | Local Government |
| SB 461 | Correa-D Notaries public | Other State Government |
| SB 483* | Corbett-D Corporation tax credit: automobile manufacturing | Local Government |
| SB 490 | Maldonado-R Peace officer status: custodial officers | Local Government |
| SB 501 | Correa-D California Debt Limit Allocation Committee | Local Government |
| SB 502 | Walters-R State agency Web sites: information | Other State Government |
| SB 503 | Kehoe-D State General Obligation Bond Law: audits | Other State Government |
| SB 505 | Kehoe-D Local planning: fire hazard impacts | Local Government |
| SB 516 | DeSaulnier-D California Youth Legislature | Legislature |
| SB 517* | Florez-D Thoroughbred associations or fairs: wager deductions | Horse Racing |
| SB 519 | Ashburn-R Public employment | Public Employees |
| SB 530 | Dutton-R Redevelopment: payments to taxing entities | Local Government |
| SB 532 | Cogdill-R State Highway Routes 1, 108, 132, and 201 | Local Government |
| SB 533 | Cogdill-R Counties: purchasing agents | Local Government |
| SB 538 | Senate Public Employment And Retirement Committee County employees' retirement: mandatory retirement | Public Employees Local Government |
| SB 547 | Runner-R Real estate: subdivided lands | Local Government |
| SB 553 | Wiggins-D Payment of state claims: grants | Other State Government |
| SB 555 | Kehoe-D Eminent Domain Law: conservation easement | Other State Government |
| SB 560 | Ashburn-R Regional transportation plans | Local Government |
| SB 570* | Maldonado-R California State Lottery | Other Gaming Legislation |
| SB 572 | Leno-D Harvey Milk Day: official designation | Other State Government |
| SB 575 | Steinberg-D Local planning: housing element | Local Government |
| SB 581 | Leno-D Hetch Hetchy Water and Power | Local Government |
| SB 585 | Leno-D Agricultural District 1-A: firearm sales at the Cow Palace | Local Government |
| SB 586 | Yee-D Agricultural districts: Cow Palace: sale | Other State Government |
| SB 596* | Cedillo-D State employees: memorandum of understanding | Public Employees |
| SB 607 | Ducheny-D Imperial County Transportation Commission | Local Government |
| SB 610 | Corbett-D Gambling establishments: Santa Clara County | Other Gaming Legislation Local Government |
| SB 613 | Harman-R Irvine Ranch Water District/Santa Margarita Water District | Local Government |
| SB 619 | Strickland-R Santa Barbara: flood control | Local Government |
| SB 623 | Ashburn-R Civil service appointments: limited term appointments | Public Employees |
| SB 628 | Ashburn-R Public Employees Medical and Health Care Act | Public Employees |
| SB 635 | Wiggins-D Marriage licenses: vital records: fees: domestic violence | Local Government |
| SB 636 | Ashburn-R Nevada County: vehicle license fees | Local Government |
| SB 638 | Negrete McLeod-D Regulatory boards: operations | Other State Government |
| SB 639 | Calderon-D Alcoholic beverage licensees: on-sale tasting license | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| SB 642 | Denham-R Small Business Procurement and Contract Act | Other State Government |
| SB 643 | Denham-R California Prompt Payment Act | Other State Government |
| SB 644 | Denham-R State civil service examinations: veterans' preference | Public Employees |
| SB 650* | Yee-D Real property: City of Half Moon Bay | Local Government |
| SB 652* | Huff-R Alameda Corridor-East Construction Authority | Local Government |
| SB 656 | DeSaulnier-D Public employees: collective bargaining: peace officers | Public Employees |
| SB 663 | Benoit-R City of Palm Desert: neighborhood electric vehicles | Local Government |
| SB 664 | Cogdill-R Local government: Williamson Act | Local Government |
| SB 671 | Runner-R Agricultural land: valuation | Local Government |
| SB 672 | Cox-R South Lake Tahoe Public Utilities District: water meters | Local Government |
| SB 673 | Cox-R Public utility districts | Local Government |
| SB 676 | Wolk-D Local fees | Local Government |
| SB 684 | Cogdill-R Local government finance | Local Government |
| SB 685 | Strickland-R State boards and commissions: salaries: suspension | Other State Government |
| SB 693 | Harman-R Advance deposit wagering: satellite wagering facilities | Horse Racing |
| SB 711 | Leno-D Public meetings: closed sessions: labor negotiations | Local Government |
| SB 715 | Wolk-D Agricultural land: Williamson Act | Local Government |
| SB 716 | Wolk-D Local transportation funds | Local Government |
| SB 719 | Huff-R State agency Internet Web sites: information | Other State Government |
| SB 728 | Lowenthal-D Air pollution: parking cash-out program | Local Government |
| SB 730 | Wiggins-D Sonoma County Energy Efficiency Pilot Project Act of 2010 | Local Government |
| SB 737 | Negrete McLeod-D Airports: airport land use commissions | Local Government |
| SB 745 | Ashburn-R Meetings of the Legislature | Legislature |
| SB 752* | Correa-D County employees' retirement: Orange County | Public Employees Local Government |
| SB 755 | Negrete McLeod-D State contracts: participation goals | Other State Government |
| SB 760 | Aanestad-R State property: City of Red Bluff | Other State Government Local Government |
| SB 763* | Walters-R Land use: subdivision maps | Local Government |
| SB 766 | Negrete McLeod-D Horse racing | Horse Racing |
| SB 792 | Leno-D Tidelands and submerged lands: City/County of San Francisco | Local Government |
| SB 799 | Wiggins-D Local agencies: bonds | Local Government |
| SB 802 | Leno-D Works of improvement: progress payments: notice | Other State Government |
| SB 813 | Kehoe-D Community development: deferred payments | Local Government |
| SB 825 | Assembly Governmental Organization Committee Alcoholic beverages: liquor licenses: protests | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| SB 826 | Assembly Governmental Organization Committee General obligation bonds | Other State Government |
| SB 827 | Wright-D South Coast Air Quality Management District: permits | Local Government |
| SB 829 | Assembly Governmental Organization Committee Gambling: licenses | Other Gaming Legislation |
| SB 831* | Assembly Governmental Organization Committee California State Lottery: multistate lottery | Other Gaming Legislation |
| SCA 2 | Wyland-R Revised biennial legislative session | Legislature |
| SCA 17 | Hollingsworth-R Legislative powers | Legislature |
| SCA 20 | Maldonado-R Legislature: public notice of bills | Legislature |
| SCA 24 | Hancock-D Legislature: term limits | Legislature |
| SCA 25 | Denham-R Legislature: revised biennial sessions and part-time status | Legislature |
| SCR 1 | Oropeza-D Legislative Joint Rules | Legislature |
| SCR 2 | Steinberg-D Legislative Counsel of California | Legislature |
| SCR 3 | DeSaulnier-D Constitutional convention | Other State Government |
| SCR 6 | Alquist-D Prefecture of Athens: sister state relationship | Other State Government |
| SCR 8 | Padilla-D Information and communication technologies digital literacy | Other State Government |
| SCR 13 | Steinberg-D Joint Committee for the Protection of Lake Tahoe | Legislature |
| SCR 17 | Corbett-D Irish American Heritage Month | Other State Government |
| SCR 19 | Steinberg-D Jewish American Heritage Month | Other State Government |
| SCR 21 | Kehoe-D Joint Legislative Committee on Emergency Management | Legislature |
| SCR 23 | Steinberg-D Chabad Day | Other State Government |
| SCR 27 | Wolk-D National Library Week | Other State Government |
| SCR 29 | Correa-D Black April Memorial Week | Other State Government |
| SCR 48 | Yee-D Filipino American History Month | Other State Government |
| SCR 56 | Oropeza-D Coastal development and Marina del Rey | Local Government |
| SCR 58 | Cedillo-D Freedom of speech: hate speech | Other State Government |
| SCR 59 | Cedillo-D The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act | Local Government |
| SJR 1 | Ducheny-D Remote sales: use taxes | Federal Issues |
| SJR 2 | Liu-D Postsecondary education: college textbook affordability | Federal Issues |
| SJR 3 | Ashburn-R Taiwan: World Health Organization participation | Federal Issues |
| SJR 4 | Correa-D Alzheimer's Silver Alert program | Federal Issues |
| SJR 5 | Wiggins-D Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine | Federal Issues |
| SJR 6 | Lowenthal-D Pedestrian safety | Federal Issues |
| SJR 7 | Lowenthal-D Pancreatic cancer | Federal Issues |
| SJR 8 | Corbett-D Electronic cigarettes | Federal Issues |
| SJR 9 | Kehoe-D Military: "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. | Federal Issues |
| SJR 10 | Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Military: health care | Federal Issues |
| SJR 11 | Runner-R Guantanamo Bay: detention facility. | Federal Issues |
| SJR 12 | Benoit-R Undocumented criminals | Federal Issues |
| SJR 13 | Oropeza-D New dialysis clinic licensure and certification. | Federal Issues |
| SJR 14 | Leno-D Medical marijuana | Federal Issues |
| SJR 15 | Alquist-D Public health laboratories | Federal Issues |
| SJR 16 | Denham-R Veterans: educational benefits | Federal Issues |
| SJR 17 | Leno-D Climate change: ocean acidification: Arctic | Federal Issues |
| SJR 18 | Simitian-D Marine aquaculture | Federal Issues |
| SJR 19 | Cedillo-D Enforcement of immigration laws | Immigration Issues Federal Issues |
| SR 1 | Ducheny-D Holdover Senators | Legislature |
| SR 2 | Florez-D Officers of the Senate | Legislature |
| SR 3 | Steinberg-D Senate Rules Committee members | Legislature |
| SR 4 | Dutton-R Senate Standing Rules | Legislature |
| SR 5 | Cedillo-D Notification of the Governor of Session | Legislature |
| SR 6 | Hancock-D Notification of the Assembly of Session | Legislature |
| SR 8 | Steinberg-D Budget and Fiscal Review Committee | Legislature |
| SR 9 | Alquist-D Greek Independence Day | Other State Government |
| SR 12 | Steinberg-D Senate standing committees | Legislature |
| SR 13 | Alquist-D Greek History Month | Other State Government |
| SR 15 | Steinberg-D Bill introduction limitation | Legislature |
| SR 17 | Yee-D Shaolin Temple Day | Other State Government |
| SR 19 | Steinberg-D Senate standing committees | Legislature |
| SR 20 | Lowenthal-D Anne Frank Day | Other State Government |
| SR 22 | Alquist-D 80th Anniversary of the Daughters of Penelope | Other State Government |
| SR 25 | Negrete McLeod-D State employee furloughs | Public Employees |
| SB 1X* | Ducheny-D Taxation | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| SB 3X | Ducheny-D 2008-09 Budget: public employees | Public Employees |
| SB 4X | Ducheny-D Environmental quality: surplus state property | Other State Government |
| SB 6X | Ducheny-D County sales and use taxes: rate increase | Local Government |
| SB 7X | Ducheny-D Local Government: 2008-09 Budget Act | Local Government |
| SB 13X | Wyland-R State Auditor: duties | Other State Government |
| SCR 1X | Steinberg-D Joint legislative rules | Legislature |
| SB 1XX | Wyland-R State Auditor: duties | Other State Government |
| SB 4XX | Cogdill-R State facilities: design-build | Other State Government Local Government |
| SB 16XX | Ashburn-R Horse racing: license fees | Horse Racing |
| SCR 1XX | Steinberg-D Joint legislative rules | Legislature |
| SCR 3XX | Steinberg-D Final adjournment: Second Extraordinary Session | Legislature |
| SB 2XXX* | Ducheny-D Public employee's compensation | Public Employees Local Government |
| SB 8XXX* | Ducheny-D Public employee compensation budget changes | Public Employees Other State Government Local Government |
| SB 20XXX* | Maldonado-R State Controller: budget | Other State Government |
| SCR 1XXX | Steinberg-D Joint legislative rules | Legislature |
| SCR 2XXX | Steinberg-D 2009-10 Third Extraordinary Session: final adjournment | Legislature |
| SB 1XXXX | Ducheny-D Taxation | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| SB 12XXXX* | Ducheny-D Horse racing associations and fairs | Horse Racing |
| SB 16XXXX* | Ducheny-D State finances | Other State Government |
| SCR 1XXXX | Steinberg-D Joint legislative rules | Legislature |
| SCR 2XXXX | Steinberg-D Final adjournment: 2009-10 Fourth Extraordinary Session | Legislature |
| SCR 1XXXXX | Steinberg-D Joint legislative rules | Legislature |
| SCR 1XXXXXX | Steinberg-D 2009-10 Sixth Extraordinary Session: Joint Rules | Legislature |
| SCR 1XXXXXXX | Steinberg-D 2009-10 Seventh Extraordinary Session: Joint Rules | Legislature |
| AB 4 | Blakeslee-R Constitutional convention: delegates | Other State Government |
| AB 10 | Hagman-R Public funding: actions | Other State Government Local Government |
| AB 14 | Fuentes-D Local ordinances: vehicles: nuisance abatement: impoundment | Local Government |
| AB 15* | Fuentes-D Disaster relief | Local Government |
| AB 18 | Knight-R Local government: city councils | Local Government |
| AB 26 | Hernandez-D Public contracts: bid preference | Other State Government |
| AB 31 | Price-D Small Business Procurement and Contract Act | Other State Government |
| AB 32 | Lieu-D Public officials: personal information | Other State Government |
| AB 43 | Blakeslee-R California Earthquake Authority: employees | Public Employees |
| AB 45 | Blakeslee-R Local government: small wind energy systems | Local Government |
| AB 49 | Feuer-D Urban water management plan | Local Government |
| AB 54 | Jeffries-R State government: California Emergency Management Agency | Other State Government |
| AB 59 | Jeffries-R Alcoholic beverages: military identification cards | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 65 | Hayashi-D Public employees: health benefits | Public Employees |
| AB 73 | Hayashi-D Marriage licenses: vital records: fees: domestic violence | Local Government |
| AB 74 | Chesbro-D Flood control: Middle Creek and Hamilton City | Local Government |
| AB 77 | Jeffries-R Parking agencies: vehicles | Local Government |
| AB 80 | Blakeslee-R Reservoirs: recreational use | Local Government |
| AB 86 | Nava-D Public employees' retirement: airport police officers | Public Employees |
| AB 88* | Assembly Public Employees, Retirement And Social Security Committee State employees: memoranda of understanding | Public Employees |
| AB 92* | De Leon-D State claims | Other State Government |
| AB 93* | De Leon-D Claims against the state: appropriation | Other State Government |
| AB 110 | Smyth-R Parks and open space: Rim of the Valley Trail Corridor | Local Government |
| AB 112 | Beall-D Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority | Local Government |
| AB 113* | Portantino-D Highways: Route 710: sale of property | Local Government |
| AB 115 | Beall-D Santa Clara County: adult Health Coverage Expansion Program | Local Government |
| AB 121 | Hernandez-D Judgment liens: continuation | Other State Government |
| AB 122* | Coto-D Tribal gaming: compact ratification | Tribal Gaming |
| AB 125 | De Leon-D Retirement: California Employee Savings Program | Public Employees |
| AB 132 | Mendoza-D Immigration investigations: schools | Immigration Issues |
| AB 135* | Jeffries-R State parks: California Citrus State Historic Park | Local Government |
| AB 136* | Silva-R Horse racing: imported harness or quarter horse races | Horse Racing |
| AB 137 | Jeffries-R Open meetings: advisory committees | Local Government |
| AB 139 | Brownley-D Los Angeles County Flood Control District | Local Government |
| AB 144 | Ma-D Vehicles: distinguishing placards and special license plates | Local Government |
| AB 151 | Ruskin-D Department of General Services: authorization | Other State Government |
| AB 155 | Mendoza-D Local government: bankruptcy proceedings | Local Government |
| AB 166 | Lieu-D Vessels: abandonment: abatement | Local Government |
| AB 172 | Smyth-R Alcohol beverages: places of consumption | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 182* | Assembly Budget Committee Community redevelopment | Local Government |
| AB 189* | Assembly Budget Committee State finances: letters of credit | Other State Government |
| AB 210 | Hayashi-D Local government: green building standards | Local Government |
| AB 213 | Bonnie Lowenthal-D Long Beach: vehicles: parking. | Local Government |
| AB 216 | Beall-D Public contracts: claims | Other State Government |
| AB 223* | Ma-D Physical education: Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps | Local Government |
| AB 240 | Monning-D Conveyances: DeLaveaga Park | Local Government |
| AB 246* | Price-D Deductions and distributions: horse racing | Horse Racing |
| AB 251 | Knight-R Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority | Local Government |
| AB 263 | Miller-R Riverside County Transportation Commission | Local Government |
| AB 264 | Cook-R Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day | Other State Government |
| AB 265 | Cook-R Office holding: forfeiture | Other State Government |
| AB 277 | Ammiano-D Transportation: local retail transaction and use taxes | Local Government |
| AB 293 | Mendoza-D Gambling regulation | Other Gaming Legislation |
| AB 300 | Caballero-D Subdivisions: water supply | Local Government |
| AB 312 | Ammiano-D San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District | Local Government |
| AB 320 | Solorio-D County jails: reentry facilities | Local Government |
| AB 333* | Fuentes-D Land use: subdivision maps: expiration dates | Local Government |
| AB 338 | Ma-D Transit village developments: infrastructure financing | Local Government |
| AB 344 | Caballero-D State highways: relinquishment | Local Government |
| AB 348 | Salas-D South Bay Irrigation District: directors | Local Government |
| AB 349 | Silva-R State mandates | Other State Government Local Government |
| AB 368 | Skinner-D State lands: oil, gas, and mineral leases | Other State Government |
| AB 388 | Miller-R Firefighting uniforms | Local Government |
| AB 397 | Jeffries-R South Coast Air Quality Management District | Local Government |
| AB 399 | Brownley-D Public employee benefits | Public Employees |
| AB 400 | De Leon-D State agencies: FISCal funds | Other State Government |
| AB 405 | Caballero-D Public contracts: health care districts: design-build | Local Government |
| AB 408 | Saldana-D Local planning: water supplies | Local Government |
| AB 419 | Caballero-D Joint powers agreements: water utilities | Local Government |
| AB 423 | Torres-D Emergency telephone systems | Other State Government |
| AB 430 | Hagman-R Chino Valley: corrections: citizens' advisory committees | Local Government |
| AB 432 | Nestande-R City of Palm Desert: renewable energy resources | Local Government |
| AB 442 | Arambula-IN Notaries public | Other State Government |
| AB 444 | Caballero-D Land use: natural resources | Local Government |
| AB 446 | Niello-R Public employees' retirement: additional retirement service | Public Employees |
| AB 449 | Bill Berryhill-R Advertising: prohibition | Other State Government |
| AB 466 | Coto-D Santa Clara Valley Water District | Local Government |
| AB 468 | Hayashi-D Public employees: health care | Public Employees |
| AB 472 | Blumenfield-D Earthquake and emergency preparedness | Other State Government |
| AB 474 | Blumenfield-D Public agencies: contractual assessments | Local Government |
| AB 480 | Tran-R Bond acts: auditing | Other State Government |
| AB 486 | Chesbro-D Local government: emergencies | Local Government |
| AB 494 | Caballero-D Local planning: agricultural laborer housing | Local Government |
| AB 502 | Furutani-D State employees: memorandum of understanding | Public Employees |
| AB 512 | Yamada-D Agricultural land: Williamson Act: compatible uses | Local Government |
| AB 520 | Carter-D Public records | Other State Government |
| AB 528 | Silva-R Local government: reorganization: expenditure reporting | Local Government |
| AB 535 | Ammiano-D Elder death review teams: information requests | Local Government |
| AB 539 | Monning-D State Auditor | Other State Government |
| AB 540 | Monning-D State Auditor: Bureau of State Audits: budget. | Other State Government |
| AB 541 | Duvall-R Public contracts: claims: arbitration of contract disputes | Local Government |
| AB 548 | Krekorian-D State mandates | Local Government |
| AB 556 | Conway-R Personal services contracts | Other State Government |
| AB 558 | Portantino-D Local law enforcement: rape kits | Local Government |
| AB 567 | Villines-R Government practices | Other State Government |
| AB 570 | Arambula-IN Local Housing Trust Fund Matching Grant Program | Local Government |
| AB 573* | Portantino-D Legislative fellows | Legislature |
| AB 579 | Huber-D State boards and commissions: audits | Other State Government |
| AB 594 | Harkey-R Land use: housing element | Local Government |
| AB 596 | Evans-D Community planning grants | Local Government |
| AB 600* | Hall-D Surplus state property: Compton Armory | Other State Government Local Government |
| AB 602 | Evans-D Land use and planning: cause of actions | Local Government |
| AB 605 | Portantino-D Horse racing: proposition parimutuel pool wagers | Horse Racing |
| AB 608 | Evans-D State real property: Napa County | Other State Government Local Government |
| AB 609 | Conway-R County employees retirement system | Public Employees Local Government |
| AB 610 | Caballero-D Local infrastructure | Local Government |
| AB 611 | Fong-D Emergency services | Other State Government |
| AB 617 | Blumenfield-D State government: information technology | Other State Government |
| AB 618 | Blumenfield-D Office of the State Chief Information Officer: duties | Other State Government |
| AB 620 | John Perez-D County clerks: recordkeeping: registrations | Local Government |
| AB 637 | Hill-D Public Employees' Retirement System: contracting agencies | Public Employees |
| AB 641 | Hagman-R Approval of contracts | Other State Government |
| AB 644 | Caballero-D Monterey-Salinas Transit District Act | Local Government |
| AB 650 | Hill-D Real property: City of Half Moon Bay | Local Government |
| AB 652 | Skinner-D Vehicles: vehicle length limitation | Local Government |
| AB 662* | Hagman-R California State Lottery: construction: salary reductions | Other Gaming Legislation |
| AB 666 | Jones-D Subdivision maps | Local Government |
| AB 672 | Bass-D Local agencies: transportation: bond-funded projects | Local Government |
| AB 680 | Hall-D Local government: fees and judgments | Local Government |
| AB 694 | Saldana-D Tidelands and submerged lands: City of San Diego | Local Government |
| AB 704 | Charles Calderon-D Public employees' retirement: deferred retirement option | Public Employees |
| AB 711* | Charles Calderon-D Local agency formation commissions | Local Government |
| AB 713 | Gaines-R Undocumented criminal aliens: costs of incarceration | Immigration Issues |
| AB 715 | Caballero-D County and city ordinances | Local Government |
| AB 717 | Cook-R Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day | Other State Government |
| AB 720 | Caballero-D Land use: housing element | Local Government |
| AB 726 | Nielsen-R Local roads: capital improvement projects | Local Government |
| AB 727 | Nielsen-R Resource conservation districts: Prompt Payment Act | Local Government |
| AB 734 | Hill-D Horse racing: fair satellite wagering facilities | Horse Racing |
| AB 744 | Torrico-D Bay Area Toll Authority: transportation: toll lanes | Local Government |
| AB 746 | Coto-D Local contracts: conflicts of interest | Local Government |
| AB 749 | Fong-D Public employment: adverse action | Public Employees |
| AB 756 | Eng-D Public contracts: information: Internet Web site | Other State Government |
| AB 759 | Ma-D Public contracts with expatriate corporations | Other State Government |
| AB 760 | Solorio-D Orange County Fire Authority: Joint Forces Training Base | Local Government |
| AB 763* | Chesbro-D Horse racing: Humboldt County Fair | Horse Racing Local Government |
| AB 772 | Ammiano-D The Local Government Identification Act | Local Government |
| AB 774 | Cook-R Community college districts: transportation fees | Local Government |
| AB 775 | Cook-R Local government finance | Local Government |
| AB 779 | Hayashi-D State employees: memorandum of understanding | Public Employees |
| AB 781 | Jeffries-R Public employment: language | Public Employees |
| AB 782 | Jeffries-R Regional transportation plans | Local Government |
| AB 783 | Anderson-R State government: agencies, commissions, boards: repeal | Other State Government |
| AB 790 | Ruskin-D State scientists: salaries | Public Employees |
| AB 803 | Duvall-R Health care coverage: state employees/legislative employees | Public Employees |
| AB 806 | Fuentes-D Non-citizens: criminal procedure | Immigration Issues |
| AB 810 | Caballero-D Circulation and transportation element | Local Government |
| AB 813* | John Perez-D Alcoholic beverages: advertising | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 815 | Ma-D Public contracts: bidding procedures | Local Government |
| AB 817 | Nestande-R Government liability: special districts: indemnification | Local Government |
| AB 820 | Conway-R Public employees: benefits | Public Employees |
| AB 827 | Yamada-D Local Government: records | Local Government |
| AB 831 | Monning-D State Auditor: confidential records | Other State Government |
| AB 841 | Fuentes-D Low-income housing tax credits: City of Los Angeles | Local Government |
| AB 843 | Block-D State employees | Public Employees |
| AB 846 | Torrico-D State agencies: civil and administrative penalties | Other State Government |
| AB 850 | De La Torre-D Conflicts of interest: contracts | Other State Government |
| AB 852 | Fong-D County assessors: property taxation: statement | Local Government |
| AB 853 | Arambula-IN Local government: organization | Local Government |
| AB 861 | Ruskin-D Public health services: consolidated contracts | Local Government |
| AB 863 | Niello-R Public utilities: municipal districts | Local Government |
| AB 864 | Price-D Horse racing: racetrack improvement contracting | Horse Racing |
| AB 865 | Price-D Emergencies: communication | Other State Government |
| AB 874 | Saldana-D Local Government: recreational activities: skateboarding | Local Government |
| AB 878 | Caballero-D Infrastructure financing | Local Government |
| AB 881 | Huffman-D Sonoma County Regional Climate Protection Authority | Local Government |
| AB 886 | Garrick-R Library employees: child abuse reporting | Public Employees |
| AB 888 | Price-D Alcoholic beverages: open containers: school grounds | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 889* | Jones-D Bushy Lake and Urban American River Parkway | Local Government |
| AB 890 | John Perez-D City of Maywood: drinking water | Local Government |
| AB 898 | Lieu-D Notaries public | Other State Government |
| AB 904 | V. Manuel Perez-D Local capital investment incentives | Local Government |
| AB 906* | Hill-D Conflict of interest: remote interest in a contract | Local Government |
| AB 914 | Logue-R Water: mandatory minimum civil penalties | Local Government |
| AB 918 | Adams-R Salvageable personal property: collection boxes | Local Government |
| AB 926 | Ruskin-D State contracts: goods: loss leader | Other State Government |
| AB 930 | Saldana-D Department of General Services: Administrative Procedure Act | Other State Government |
| AB 944 | Silva-R Civil service: employee hearings | Public Employees |
| AB 958 | Eng-D Metropolitan Water District of Southern California | Local Government |
| AB 961 | Krekorian-D Public contracts: state contract eligibility | Other State Government |
| AB 965 | Assembly Public Employees, Retirement And Social Security Committee State employees: memorandum of understanding | Public Employees |
| AB 966 | Assembly Public Employees, Retirement And Social Security Committee Public employee benefits | Public Employees |
| AB 978 | V. Manuel Perez-D State Chief Information Officer: duties | Other State Government |
| AB 987 | Ma-D Local Government: vehicles: automated speed enforcement | Local Government |
| AB 994 | Fong-D Buildings: Integrated Waste Management Board | Other State Government |
| AB 1004 | Portantino-D Local government: emergency response | Local Government |
| AB 1006 | Buchanan-D State buildings: building locations: considerations | Other State Government |
| AB 1009* | V. Manuel Perez-D Bonds | Other State Government |
| AB 1018 | Hill-D State finance | Other State Government |
| AB 1019 | Beall-D Alcohol-Related Services Program | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 1022 | Nava-D Ventura Unified School District | Local Government |
| AB 1024 | Harkey-R Legislature | Legislature |
| AB 1031 | Blumenfield-D Local government: renewable energy resources | Local Government |
| AB 1034 | Huffman-D County employees' retirement | Public Employees |
| AB 1036 | Niello-R Bingo | Other Gaming Legislation |
| AB 1037 | Bonnie Lowenthal-D San Bernardino/Riverside counties: Medi-Cal | Local Government |
| AB 1041 | Audra Strickland-R Drinking water: private wells: county regulation | Local Government |
| AB 1042 | Carter-D Local government: school siting and improvement | Local Government |
| AB 1047 | V. Manuel Perez-D California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank | Local Government |
| AB 1060 | De La Torre-D Alcoholic beverage licenses: self-service checkouts | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 1080 | Skinner-D School districts: leases and agreements | Local Government |
| AB 1084 | Adams-R Local planning: development projects: fees | Local Government |
| AB 1086 | Miller-R Public contracts: bids | Other State Government |
| AB 1097 | Eng-D State contracts: motor vehicles: fuel efficiency | Other State Government |
| AB 1098 | Hagman-R Chino Agricultural Preserve | Local Government |
| AB 1109 | Blakeslee-R The Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Act of 2000 | Local Government |
| AB 1125* | Hernandez-D State employees: compensation | Public Employees |
| AB 1126 | Hernandez-D Public Employees' Health Care Act: billing disputes | Public Employees |
| AB 1128 | Brownley-D Emergency services: fire engines | Other State Government |
| AB 1136 | Fong-D County employees' retirement: optional settlements | Public Employees |
| AB 1156 | Nava-D State and local surplus funds: investments | Other State Government |
| AB 1158 | Hayashi-D Transit village plan | Local Government |
| AB 1161 | Buchanan-D State employment: adverse actions | Public Employees |
| AB 1172 | Galgiani-D Eastern San Joaquin County Water District | Local Government |
| AB 1176 | Ammiano-D Infrastructure: City and County of San Francisco | Local Government |
| AB 1191 | Conway-R Alcoholic beverages: proof of age: passports | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 1192 | Audra Strickland-R Cities: powers | Local Government |
| AB 1194 | Audra Strickland-R State agency Internet Web sites: information | Other State Government |
| AB 1196 | Blumenfield-D The False Claims Act | Other State Government |
| AB 1199 | Ammiano-D Local health care master plans | Local Government |
| AB 1207 | Logue-R Immigrations status: student tuition | Immigration Issues |
| AB 1208 | Logue-R Illegal alien inmates | Immigration Issues |
| AB 1215 | De La Torre-D Public employment: furloughs | Public Employees |
| AB 1219 | Evans-D Public transportation: Solano Transportation Authority | Local Government |
| AB 1229 | Evans-D Public contracts: local public agencies: prospective bidders | Local Government |
| AB 1232 | Huffman-D Local agency formation commissions: powers and duties | Local Government |
| AB 1234 | Skinner-D State Capitol: modernization plan | Other State Government |
| AB 1235 | Hayashi-D Alameda County: hospitals: seismic safety | Local Government |
| AB 1241 | Nava-D State employee compensation | Public Employees |
| AB 1245 | Monning-D Recovery of public records | Other State Government |
| AB 1265 | Ma-D Mayors: marriages | Local Government |
| AB 1266 | Huber-D State government information technology | Other State Government |
| AB 1272 | Hill-D Local emergency medical service: trauma center | Local Government |
| AB 1275 | Anderson-R Driving under the influence: undocumented drivers | Immigration Issues |
| AB 1277 | Harkey-R State bonds: sale | Other State Government |
| AB 1282* | Hall-D Alcoholic beverages | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 1290 | Conway-R Public employment: internship program | Public Employees |
| AB 1311 | Duvall-R State government reports | Other State Government |
| AB 1318 | V. Manuel Perez-D South Coast Air Quality Management District | Local Government |
| AB 1327 | Bass-D State Capitol Sustainability Task Force | Other State Government |
| AB 1331 | Duvall-R Subdivision map approval: validity of map | Local Government |
| AB 1339 | V. Manuel Perez-D Imperial County Free Library | Local Government |
| AB 1342 | Evans-D Local taxation: income taxes: vehicle license fees | Local Government |
| AB 1354 | Fong-D County employees' retirement | Public Employees Local Government |
| AB 1355 | Fong-D County employees' retirement: survivor's allowances | Public Employees |
| AB 1361* | Portantino-D Vehicles: commercial vehicle ban: State Route 2 | Local Government |
| AB 1364* | Evans-D Public contracts: state bonds: grant agreements | Other State Government |
| AB 1366 | Feuer-D Residential self-regenerating water softeners | Local Government |
| AB 1369 | Davis-D County jails: home detention | Local Government |
| AB 1380 | Bass-D Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank | Other State Government |
| AB 1381 | John Perez-D Los Angeles County: high-occupancy toll lanes | Local Government |
| AB 1386 | Hayashi-D City of Hayward: state highways | Local Government |
| AB 1388 | Hernandez-D Local agencies: general obligation bonds | Local Government |
| AB 1399 | Anderson-R Elected county officials | Local Government |
| AB 1406 | Emmerson-R County Board of Retirement: San Bernardino County | Public Employees Local Government |
| AB 1408 | Krekorian-D Subdivisions: Water Demand Mitigation Fund | Local Government |
| AB 1409 | John Perez-D Public contracts: county highways: work authorizations | Local Government |
| AB 1411 | Torrico-D Legislature: delayed budget bill passage | Legislature |
| AB 1418 | Smyth-R Local health officers: communicable diseases: reporting | Local Government |
| AB 1420 | V. Manuel Perez-D State government: research | Other State Government |
| AB 1425 | Fuller-R Water: Central Valley Flood Protection Board | Local Government |
| AB 1428 | John Perez-D Coroner: autopsy | Local Government |
| AB 1429 | Evans-D Public employees: excluded employees | Public Employees |
| AB 1431 | Hill-D Air quality: Port of Oakland | Local Government |
| AB 1436 | Portantino-D Local hospital districts | Local Government |
| AB 1441 | Assembly Agriculture Committee Agricultural land: Williamson Act: lot lines | Local Government |
| AB 1443 | Huffman-D Gaming compacts: local support | Tribal Gaming Local Government |
| AB 1444 | Garrick-R Disposition of state property: services contracts | Other State Government |
| AB 1448 | Tom Berryhill-R Alcoholic beverage control: public schoolhouses | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 1465 | Hill-D Urban water management planning | Local Government |
| AB 1470 | Evans-D Alcoholic beverage licensees | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 1471 | Eng-D Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation | Local Government |
| AB 1487 | Hill-D Inmate medical expenses | Local Government |
| AB 1493 | John Perez-D Alcoholic beverages: advertising | Alcoholic Beverage Control Local Government |
| AB 1494 | Eng-D Public meetings: definition | Other State Government |
| AB 1499* | Evans-D Horse racing: workers' compensation | Horse Racing |
| AB 1501 | V. Manuel Perez-D Boards and commission: salaries full time | Other State Government |
| AB 1506* | Anderson-R State funds: registered warrants | Other State Government |
| AB 1518 | Anderson-R State government: boards, commissions, committees: repeal | Other State Government |
| AB 1575 | Assembly Governmental Organization Committee Horse racing | Horse Racing |
| AB 1576* | Chesbro-D Tribal gaming | Tribal Gaming |
| AB 1577 | Coto-D Problem and pathological gambling | Other Gaming Legislation |
| AB 1578 | Assembly Governmental Organization Committee Thoroughbred racing: California-bred bonus program | Horse Racing |
| AB 1579 | Assembly Governmental Organization Committee Alcoholic beverage control: licensees: operating permits | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 1582 | Assembly Local Government Committee Local agencies: spheres of influence | Local Government |
| AB 1584* | Hernandez-D Public employees' retirement: retirement boards | Public Employees |
| AB 1585* | Assembly Accountability And Administrative Review Committee State government: reporting requirements: required repealer | Other State Government |
| AB 1586 | Swanson-D San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District | Local Government |
| AB 1587* | Assembly Agriculture Committee Fairs | Horse Racing |
| ACA 1 | Silva-R Legislature | Legislature |
| ACA 8 | Jeffries-R Meetings of the Legislature | Legislature |
| ACA 9 | Huffman-D Local government bonds: special taxes: voter approval | Local Government |
| ACA 15 | Arambula-IN Local government transportation projects: special taxes | Local Government |
| ACA 27 | Logue-R State-mandated local programs | Other State Government Local Government |
| ACR 1 | Blakeslee-R Constitutional Convention | Other State Government |
| ACR 3 | Mendoza-D Cesar Chavez Day | Other State Government |
| ACR 5 | Torlakson-D California Science Education Month | Other State Government |
| ACR 6 | Blakeslee-R Tibet | Other State Government Federal Issues |
| ACR 7 | Swanson-D Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day | Other State Government |
| ACR 9 | Hayashi-D Korean-American Day | Other State Government |
| ACR 10 | Anderson-R Support of Israel | Other State Government Federal Issues |
| ACR 11 | Fong-D Lunar New Year 4707 Celebration | Other State Government |
| ACR 13 | Fuentes-D Decennial census | Other State Government |
| ACR 16 | Silva-R Joint Rules: fiscal committee | Legislature |
| ACR 21 | Yamada-D Day of Remembrance | Other State Government |
| ACR 22 | Mendoza-D Read Across America Day | Other State Government |
| ACR 23 | Swanson-D Black History Month | Other State Government |
| ACR 32 | Miller-R Native American tribal rights | Other State Government |
| ACR 39 | Caballero-D Dia de los Ninos | Other State Government |
| ACR 41 | Miller-R Native Americans: California Indian Heritage Month | Other State Government |
| ACR 42 | Fong-D Chinese Americans in California | Other State Government |
| ACR 44 | Fuentes-D Federal decennial census | Other State Government |
| ACR 45 | Ruskin-D California Holocaust Memorial Week | Other State Government |
| ACR 46 | Saldana-D Women's History Month and International Women's Day | Other State Government |
| ACR 47 | Mendoza-D Cinco de Mayo Week | Other State Government |
| ACR 50 | Skinner-D State Scientist Day | Public Employees |
| ACR 51 | Bonnie Lowenthal-D Cambodian Genocide Memorial Week | Other State Government |
| ACR 65 | Ruskin-D Joint Committee on the Master Plan for Higher Education | Legislature |
| ACR 67 | Davis-D Black Music Month | Other State Government |
| ACR 69 | Emmerson-R NASCAR Day | Other State Government |
| ACR 70 | Ma-D Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month | Other State Government |
| ACR 76 | Eng-D Day of Inclusion | Immigration Issues |
| ACR 80 | Hill-D Bill of Rights for the Children and Youth of California | Other State Government |
| ACR 84 | Fuentes-D California Constitution Revision Commission | Other State Government |
| ACR 86 | Huffman-D Sonoma Wine Country Weekend | Alcoholic Beverage Control Local Government |
| ACR 89 | Galgiani-D Italian American Heritage Month | Other State Government |
| ACR 96 | Hayashi-D Korean-American Day | Other State Government |
| ACR 97 | Eng-D Make a Difference Day | Other State Government |
| ACR 98 | Tran-R Lunar New Year 4708 Celebration | Other State Government |
| AJR 1 | Blakeslee-R Earthquake damage: mitigation planning | Federal Issues |
| AJR 2 | Caballero-D Mexican braceros: settlement | Federal Issues |
| AJR 3 | Nava-D Offshore oil drilling | Federal Issues |
| AJR 5 | Harkey-R Camp Pendleton: housing detainees of Guantanamo Bay | Federal Issues |
| AJR 6 | Beall-D Elder Economic Security Standard Index | Federal Issues |
| AJR 7 | Bass-D Stem cell research: federal legislation | Federal Issues |
| AJR 8 | Monning-D Marine mammal protection: swordfish importation | Federal Issues |
| AJR 9 | John Perez-D Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act of 2006 | Federal Issues |
| AJR 10 | Torlakson-D Social Security: retirement benefits: public employees | Public Employees Federal Issues |
| AJR 11 | Furutani-D National Multicultural Cancer Awareness Week | Federal Issues |
| AJR 12 | Block-D Offshore tax haven jurisdictions | Federal Issues |
| AJR 13 | Ammiano-D Blood donation | Federal Issues |
| AJR 14 | Krekorian-D Armenian Genocide: Day of Remembrance | Federal Issues |
| AJR 15 | De Leon-D Immigration: same-sex partners | Immigration Issues Federal Issues |
| AJR 16 | Evans-D Journalism shield laws | Federal Issues |
| AJR 17 | Swanson-D HIV/AIDS health disparities | Federal Issues |
| AJR 18 | Lieu-D Credit card reform | Federal Issues |
| AJR 19 | Brownley-D Marriage | Federal Issues |
| AJR 20 | Caballero-D The federal Housing Opportunity and Mortgage Equity Act | Federal Issues |
| AJR 21 | Gilmore-R Dairy industry | Federal Issues |
| AJR 22 | Miller-R Iranian persecution of religious minorities | Federal Issues |
| AJR 23 | De Leon-D Economic crisis | Federal Issues |
| AJR 24 | Bonnie Lowenthal-D Marine pollution: air pollution | Federal Issues |
| AJR 25 | Furutani-D Filipino veterans: family reunification | Federal Issues |
| AJR 26 | Chesbro-D Climate change | Federal Issues |
| AJR 27 | Torrico-D Colombia-United States free trade agreement | Federal Issues |
| HR 1 | Lieu-D Assembly Standing Rules | Legislature |
| HR 2 | Bass-D Officers of the Assembly | Legislature |
| HR 3 | Lieu-D Organization of the Assembly | Legislature |
| HR 6 | Garrick-R Ronald Reagan Day | Other State Government |
| HR 8 | Nestande-R Bill introduction limitation | Legislature |
| HR 12 | DeVore-R Southeast Asia Genocide Remembrance Week | Federal Issues |
| HR 13 | Adams-R National Public Gardens Day | Federal Issues |
| HR 17 | John Perez-D Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Pride Month | Other State Government |
| HR 19 | Cook-R Fourth of July | Other State Government |
| ACR 1X | Torrico-D Final adjournment: First Extraordinary Session | Legislature |
| AB 7XXX* | Evans-D State funds: registered warrants | Other State Government |
| AB 12XXX* | Evans-D California State Lottery | Other Gaming Legislation |
| AB 13XXX* | Evans-D State and local government | Other State Government |
| AB 16XXX* | Evans-D State finance: federal funds | Other State Government |
| AB 35XXX* | Hagman-R Chino Valley Unified School District | Local Government |
| AB 77XXX | Torlakson-D Unclaimed property: gift certificates | Other State Government |
| AB 81XXX | Hall-D Land use: City of Industry: stadium complex | Local Government |
| AB 82XXX | Blakeslee-R City of Fremont: economic development: projects | Local Government |
| ACA 1XXX | Niello-R State finance | Other State Government |
| AB 12XXXX* | Evans-D Tribal gaming budget trailer language | Tribal Gaming Horse Racing Public Employees Other State Government Local Government |
| AB 15XXXX* | Gaines-R Property tax revenues: payback | Local Government |
| AB 20XXXX | Audra Strickland-R Board of Geologists and Geophysicists | Local Government |
| AB 21XXXX* | Evans-D Procurement reform | Other State Government |
| AB 22XXXX* | Evans-D State property: Orange County Fair: inventory: leases | Other State Government Local Government |
| AB 25XXXX* | Evans-D State Lottery | Other Gaming Legislation Other State Government |
| AB 26XXXX | Evans-D Community redevelopment | Local Government |
| AB 34XXXX | Jeffries-R State-owned motor vehicles | Other State Government |