In Session for One Day, the Legislature Introduces 131 Bills

Although the members of the Assembly and Senate were sworn in December 6 and adjourned until January, they did manage to introduce 131 bills before they left the Capitol for the rest of the year.

In the Assembly 58 bills were introduced, eight constitutional amendments and nine measures dealing with the state’s projected $25.4 billion budget hole.

The one Assembly Concurrent Resolution was introduced by freshman Mike Gatto, a Burbank Democrat. The resolution asks the Department of Transportation “erect informational signs” on Interstate 5 in Los Angeles County to help motorists find the Armenian Cathedral Complex.

These signs, Gatto says, shall be “consistent with the signing requirements for the state highway system” and be paid for without state taxes.

The 40-member Senate introduced 40 bills on the first day of session, five constitutional amendments, two concurrent resolutions and five Senate resolutions, mainly to organize the upper house.

Among the Assembly bills introduced is AB 4, which would require the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau to regulate hydrolysis facilities and hydrolysis facilities managers.

Authored by Jeff Miller, an Orange Republican, the bill basically adds hydrolysis and hydrolyzed remains to the existing laws governing the operation of crematoria.

Hydrolysis, sometimes referred to as “bio-cremation” is a process with less of a carbon footprint than burning someone’s remains. As the name implies, it uses water with alkaline to dissolve human bodies.

The cadaver is placed in a stainless steel chamber, which is then filled with water. A pinch of potassium hydroxide alkali is added and the contents heated to  350 degrees.

After awhile the body is reduced bone fragments.

Miller introduced a similar measure last year but it died in the Senate Environmental Quality Committee.

Among the other Assembly measures is one that defines compost as including “but not limited to, vegetable, yard, and wood wastes that are not hazardous waste.”

Salaries of state employees earning $150,000 or more would be prevented from receiving a pay raise until January 1, 2014 while another bill would boost the minimum wage to $8.50 on January 1, 2012.

An Assembly constitutional amendment seeks to end the time-honored practice of working late into the early morning by requiring that prohibits either the Assembly Senate from holding a floor session before f 9 a.m. and after 9 p.m. The only exception is legislation needed to address an emergency caused by a natural disaster. Any bills passed before 9 .am. or after 9 p.m. “would have no effect.”

In the senate, a “spot bill” expresses the Legislature’s intent to rein in automated calls, so-called “robo-calls” on behalf of political candidates.

Another Senate bill would, subject to some exceptions provide that a “person who possesses with the intent to deliver, or delivers, to an inmate or ward in the custody of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation any cellular telephone or other wireless communication device or any component thereof, including, but not limited to, a subscriber identity module (SIM card) or memory storage device, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding $5,000 for each device.”

Sen. Mark Leno, a San Francisco Democrat seeks to change the definition of “rectifier” to exclude anyone who “colors, flavors, or blends distilled spirits or wine products” for consumption on the premises.

A “rectifier,” in this usage, is not a device that converts alternating current to direct current but a person who blends or dilutes whiskey or other alcoholic beverages.

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Here are the bills, as compiled by the Assembly:

AB 1(John A. Pérez) Education finance: CalWORKs Stage 3. Introduced: 12/06/2010

Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would reappropriate $118,000,000 in unobligated balances appropriated in the Budget Act of 2009, and from the federal Child Care and Development Block Grant, and would also appropriate $115,534,000 from the General Fund, to the State Department of Education for CalWORKs Stage 3 child care services. The bill would also require the State Department of Education to use those funds for families that were receiving, or would have been eligible to receive, CalWORKs Stage 3 child care development services, on or after October 31, 2010. This bill contains other related provisions.

 

AB 2(Portantino) Postsecondary education: Educational and Economic Goals for California Higher Education.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would delete these specific requirements of the CPEC. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

AB 3(Miller) Vehicles: confidential home addresses: citations.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would require a person who requests the confidentiality of his or her home address to provide the department with a current employment address for purposes of processing the service and collection of a traffic, parking, or toll road violation. The bill would require that the applicable statutory time periods for processing the service and collection of traffic, parking, or toll road violations be tolled until the department provides the law enforcement agency, governmental agency, or issuing agency with the person’s current employment address. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

AB 4(Miller) Human remains: hydrolysis.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would require the bureau to license and regulate, as specified, hydrolysis facilities and hydrolysis facility managers, as defined, and would enact requirements substantially similar to those applicable to crematoria. By expanding the definition of crimes relating to the disposition of human remains and creating new crimes, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

AB 5(Fuentes) Certificated school employees: performance evaluation.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would make those provisions inoperative on June 30, 2012, and would repeal them on January 1, 2013. The bill, commencing with the 2012-13 school year, instead would require the governing board of a school district to adopt and implement a fair, transparent, and rigorous evaluation system based on a uniform standard for certificated employees, as specified. The bill would require the governing board of a school district, in developing the evaluation system, to consult with the exclusive bargaining representative of the certificated employees in the school district, in accordance with specified statutes regarding collective bargaining, on all procedures and components of the evaluation. The bill would require a permanent certificated employee who is deemed to be performing in an unsatisfactory manner at the end of his or her evaluation process to participate in an instructional support program for certificated employees, as adopted by the governing board of the school district, for one year for the purpose of improving the performance of the employee. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

AB 6(Fuentes) CalWORKs and CalFresh Program.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would repeal these provisions relating to fingerprints and would make related conforming changes. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

AB 7(Portantino) State employment: salary freeze.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would until January 1, 2014, prohibit a person employed by the state whose base salary on or after the effective date of the bill is greater than $150,000 per year from receiving a salary increase while employed in the same position or classification. The bill would exempt from this prohibition a person whose compensation is governed by an operative memorandum of understanding, as described above, a person who has been exempted by Executive order of the Governor, as specified, or a person whose salary is set pursuant to the California Constitution. The bill would also authorize the Controller to reject a request for disbursement of funds that violates these provisions. The bill would make related legislative findings and declarations regarding the state budget deficit.

AB 8(Huber) Division of Juvenile Justice: facilities: closures.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would prohibit the Division of Juvenile Facilities from closing any youth correctional facility for a period of 6 months from the effective date of this bill. The bill would state that it is expected that ongoing activity levels at each division facility shall equal activity levels in place immediately prior to October 20, 2010, and that the number of employees also be maintained at those levels during this period, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions.

AB 9(Ammiano) Education: bullying.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to protect pupils from acts of bullying by requiring school personnel to report known or suspected instances of bullying to law enforcement entities.

AB 10(Alejo) Minimum wage: annual adjustment.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would increase the minimum wage, as of January 1, 2012, to not less than $8.50 per hour. This bill contains other related provisions.

AB 11(Portantino) Taxes: credits: small businesses.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would reduce the total amount of credit which may be allocated under those laws to $200,000,000. This bill contains other related provisions.

AB 12(Swanson) Abolition of Child Commerce, Exploitation, and Sexual Slavery Act of 2011.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would enact the Abolition of Child Commerce, Exploitation, and Sexual Slavery Act of 2011, and would require that a person who is convicted of a crime involving substantial sexual conduct, as defined, with a victim who is under 16 years of age, or who seeks to procure or procures the sexual services of a prostitute, if the prostitute is a minor who is under 16 years of age, be ordered to pay an additional fine of $25,000 to be deposited in the Victim-Witness Assistance Fund to be available for appropriation in the same manner as specified above.

AB 13(Knight) Public school volunteers.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would specify that each of these provisions applies to charter schools. The bill would also prohibit persons who have been convicted of specified sex, controlled substance, or violent offenses from serving as nonteaching volunteer aides. This bill contains other existing laws.

AB 14(Wieckowski) Redevelopment: Fremont Redevelopment Agency.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would authorize the Fremont Redevelopment Agency to adopt a redevelopment plan for a project area encompassing or surrounding the New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI) automobile manufacturing plant and the Warm Springs Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station. The bill would set forth alternative conditions that cause blight for the purpose of the adoption of this redevelopment plan. The bill would provide that the redevelopment plan would not be required to demonstrate conformance with the community’s general plan, but would prohibit the agency from receiving or using tax increment funds from the project area until its legislative body determines that the redevelopment plan is consistent with the general plan. The bill would also make other changes to the plan adoption process in order to streamline that process. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

AB 15(V. Manuel Pérez) Workforce development: California Renewable Energy Workforce Readiness Initiative: local workforce investment boards.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would require the CWIB, by July 1, 2012, in consultation with the Green Collar Jobs Council (GCJC), to establish the California Renewable Energy Workforce Readiness Initiative to ensure green collar career placement and advancement opportunities within California’s renewable energy generation, manufacturing, construction, installation, maintenance, and operation sectors that is targeted toward specified populations. The bill would require that the initiative provide guidance to local workforce investment boards on how to establish comprehensive green collar job assessment, training, and placement programs that reflect the local and regional economies, as prescribed. The bill would require the CWIB, in developing the initiative, to assist the local workforce investment boards in collecting and analyzing specified labor market data, in order to assess accurately the workforce development and training needs of local or regional industry clusters. The CWIB would be required to submit to the Legislature, by January 1, 2014, a report on the implementation of the initiative. The bill would require that the board only implement the initiative established pursuant to provisions of the bill if the Director of Finance determines that there are sufficient funds made available to the state for expenditure for the initiative pursuant to the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998, or other federal law, or from other non-General Fund sources, and would require that the initiative terminate at such time that the director determines that there are no longer sufficient funds available for the initiative.

AB 16(Perea) High-Speed Rail Authority.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would require the authority to make every effort to purchase high-speed train rolling stock and related equipment that are manufactured in California, consistent with federal and state laws.

AB 17(Davis) Retirement: pension fund management.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would require the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System and the Teachers’ Retirement Board to submit a report annually to the Legislature on the ethnicity and gender of the investment managers who participate in managing their portfolios of external fund management contracts, as specified. The bill would also require these boards to report on the ethnicity and gender of the brokerage firms that provide brokerage services to their fund’s internally and externally managed investment management firms, as specified. The bill would also require these boards to develop and include in the report plans and strategies to increase the participation of emerging investment managers, as defined, and emerging brokerage firms, as defined. The bill would also make related findings and declarations. This bill contains other existing laws.

AB 18(Brownley) School-based financial reporting system.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction, on or before December 1, 2012, to make recommendations to the Legislature and the Governor regarding prescribed topics relating to the statutory and regulatory changes that would be necessary to support the development, implementation, and use of comprehensive school-level financial data. These provisions would be repealed on December 1, 2015. The bill would require the Superintendent, on or before July 1, 2012, to make all ministerial changes that are necessary to support the future reporting of school-level financial data by local educational agencies, as specified. The bill also would require the Superintendent, on or before July 1, 2012, and annually thereafter, to notify the superintendent of each school district and county office of education, and the administrator of each charter school, of specified items relating to tracking and reporting school-level financial data.

AB 19(Fong) Building standards: water meters: multiunit structures.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would require a water purveyor that provides water service to a multiunit residential structure or mixed-use residential and commercial structure that is subject to specified building standards, to either adopt a general policy to require the installation of either a water meter, as defined, or a submeter, as defined, to measure water supplied to each individual dwelling unit, or to inform, on an individual basis, an applicant for new water service as to whether a water meter or submeter is required to be installed for each individual dwelling unit. The bill would require the owner of the structure to ensure that a water submeter installed for these purposes complies with laws and regulations governing installation, approval of meter type, maintenance, reading, billing, and testing of water submeters. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

AB 20(Halderman) Construction defect actions: attorneys.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would require an attorney who solicits or consults with a client or potential client for purposes of filing a residential construction defect action to provide certain written information to the client, including a description of a seller’s duty to disclose certain facts concerning real property, as specified. The bill would specify that a failure to comply with this requirement constitutes cause for professional discipline.

AB 21(Nestande) State Budget: key liabilities.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would direct that the report include a discussion of budget-related, infrastructure-related, and retirement-related liabilities, as well as recommendations for the retirement of those liabilities. This bill contains other related provisions.

AB 22(Mendoza) Employment: credit reports.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would prohibit an employer, with the exception of certain financial institutions, from obtaining a consumer credit report for employment purposes unless the information is (1) substantially job-related, meaning that the position of the person for whom the report is sought has access to money, other assets, or confidential information, and (2) the position of the person for which the person is sought is a position in the state Department of Justice, a managerial position, a position in a city, county, or both city and county, that of a sworn peace officer or other law enforcement position, or a position for which the information contained in the report is required to be disclosed by law or to be obtained by the employer. This bill contains other existing laws.

AB 23(Smyth) Local agency meetings: simultaneous meetings: prohibition.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would prohibit the members of a legislative body, during a meeting of that legislative body, from convening simultaneous or serial order meetings of any other legislative body for which the members of the convened legislative body constitute at least a quorum, except as provided.

AB 24(Block) California Postsecondary Education Commission: feasibility study: Chula Vista.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would require the commission to complete a study and make recommendations concerning the feasibility of establishing and expanding postsecondary education opportunities in Chula Vista, California.

AB 25(Hayashi) High school athletics.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would create additional requirements for school districts relating to this training, it would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

AB 26(Donnelly) Illegal immigrants.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would prohibit public officials and agencies from adopting a policy that limits or restricts the enforcement of federal immigration laws or that restricts the sharing of a person’s immigration status, as specified. The bill would allow any person to bring an action against an entity to enforce these provisions. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

AB 27(Gorell) State budget.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would require that the Budget Bill be in print and posted on a publicly accessible Internet Web site for 72 hours before it could be passed and sent to the Governor. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

AB 28(Huber) State agencies: repeal.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would establish repeal dates for various agencies for the purpose of increasing the number of agencies that meet the definition of an “eligible agency” that is eligible for review by the Joint Sunset Review Committee.

AB 29(John A. Pérez) Office of Economic Development.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would create the Office of Economic Development, which would be administered by a director appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate. The bill would require that the office serve the Governor as the lead entity for economic strategy and the marketing of California on issues relating to business development, private sector investment, and economic growth, and make recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature regarding policies, programs, and actions to advance statewide economic goals. The bill would create the California Business Investment Services Program, as specified, within the office, under the authority of the director, for the purpose of serving employers, corporate executives, business owners, and site location consultants who are considering California for business investment and expansion. The bill would also move the Office of Small Business Advocate to the Office of Economic Development. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

AB 30(Hayashi) Health facilities: security plans.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would require the plan to include these considerations, as well as other considerations prescribed by the bill. It would also require the hospital to adopt specified security policies as part of the plan. The bill would also require the hospital to evaluate and treat an employee who is involved in a violent incident and to provide specified followup care. The bill would prohibit a hospital from prohibiting an employee from, or taking punitive or retaliatory action against an employee for, seeking assistance from local emergency services or law enforcement when a violent incident occurs. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

AB 31(Beall) Land use: high-speed rail: local master plan.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would establish the High-Speed Rail Local Master Plan Pilot Program, applicable to specified cities and counties, and would require each of those jurisdictions to prepare and adopt, by ordinance, a master plan for development in the areas surrounding the high-speed rail system in each jurisdiction. The bill would require the master plan to include incentives for encouraging investment and coherent growth in the areas surrounding the high-speed rail system in each participating jurisdiction. The bill would also require the participating jurisdictions to collaborate with the State Air Resources Board to develop incentives to encourage development while concurrently reducing greenhouse gas emissions, consistent with or pursuant to the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. The bill would require the master plan to be consistent with the jurisdiction’s general plan and the regional sustainable communities strategy. By adding to the duties of local government officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

AB 32(Lara) Entrepreneurship: economic gardening.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would state the intention of the Legislature to enact legislation that supports entrepreneurship as a form of economic development and job creation in communities throughout this state. This legislation would provide for research and assessment of urban and suburban communities regarding their assets, skills, and needs, and utilize that data to determine economic opportunities in those communities and support access to capital for entrepreneurs in these communities. The legislation would also, among other things, identify opportunities for local and state agencies to remove barriers to make siting, zoning, and licensing easier for small businesses, in order to allow for entrepreneurial job creation, and promote the development of entrepreneurial education curricula and programs.

AB 33(Jeffries) County board of supervisors: vacancy: appointment.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would require the Governor to fill the vacancy within 90 days, and if the Governor fails to act within 90 days, the bill would authorize the board of supervisors, within the next 90 days, to appoint an individual to fill the vacancy, call a special election to fill the vacancy, or leave the vacancy open until the next regularly scheduled general election, as provided. The bill would provide that if the Governor and board of supervisors both fail to act, then the vacancy shall remain open until the next regular election at which time a successor may be elected.

AB 34(Williams) Solid waste: compost market program.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would specify that these organic wastes include, but are not limited to, vegetable, yard, and wood wastes that are not hazardous waste.

AB 35(Solorio) State property: Orange County Fair: sale.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would require the Director of General Services, prior to sale, to obtain an independent appraisal of the fair market value of the real property of District 32a, using specified approaches. The bill would require that the real property be sold at the minimum fair market value, which must be consistent with the independent appraisal, as specified. The bill would provide that if a proposed sale of the property requires legislative approval of the sale, the Legislature shall express that approval by statute. The bill would add information to that which the Director of General Services is required to report to the chairs of the fiscal committees of the Legislature, and would revise the time within which that information is to be provided. This bill contains other related provisions.

AB 36(Hill) Ephedrine: retail sale.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would instead provide that it is a misdemeanor, punishable as specified, for any retail distributor, except pursuant to a valid prescription from a licensed practitioner with prescriptive authority, to sell or distribute to a person specified amounts of nonprescription products containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, norpseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine within specified time limits, to sell or distribute any of those substances to a person whose information has generated an alert, or, except under specified conditions, to sell or distribute to any purchaser a nonprescription product containing any amount of those substances. The bill would contain provisions requiring the secure storage and monitoring of products containing any amount of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, norpseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine, as specified. The bill would require retail distributors to transmit sale information to the National Precursor Log Exchange (NPLEx) for purposes of determining whether the sale would violate these provisions. The bill would require the Department of Justice to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators regarding the transaction records in NPLEx, as specified. The bill would provide that the information in the system may not be used for any purpose other than to meet the requirements of, or comply with, this act or a certain federal act, as specified. The bill would specify legislative findings and intent. The bill’s provisions would remain in effect only until January 1, 2018. By creating a new crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

AB 37(Huffman) Smart grid deployment: smart meters.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would require the CPUC, by January 1, 2012, to identify alternative options for customers of electrical corporations that decline the installation of wireless advanced metering infrastructure devices, commonly referred to as smart meters, as part of an approved smart grid deployment plan. The bill would also require the CPUC, when it has identified those alternative options, to require each electrical corporation to permit a customer to decline the installation of an advanced metering infrastructure device and make the alternative options available to that customer. The bill would also require the CPUC to disclose certain information to customers about the technology of smart meters. The bill would require the CPUC to direct each electrical corporation to suspend the deployment of advanced metering infrastructure until the CPUC has complied with the above requirements. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

AB 38(Bradford) Banking development districts.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would create a Banking Development District Program, within the department, that would encourage the establishment of banking branches in designated geographic locations where there is an underserved community, as defined. The bill would require the department to provide information on the Banking Development District Program to the Treasurer and would authorize the Treasurer to utilize the Banking Development District Program when promoting the Treasurer’s Time Deposit Program. The bill would require the department to adopt rules and regulations for the establishment and maintenance of banking development districts and to evaluate and approve applications for designation of banking development districts. The bill would require the department to develop and provide certain incentives to banks, as defined, located in a banking development district. The bill would also require the department to establish and post on its Internet Web site a performance review process for the program, as specified.

AB 39(Beall) Special education: funding.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would require the department to allocate $57,000,000 of those moneys to county mental health departments for purposes of providing special education services, thereby making an appropriation. The bill also would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction and county mental health directors to jointly convene a technical working group to develop a transitional program to transfer the responsibilities associated with providing special education services from county mental health departments to the State Department of Education. This bill contains other related provisions.

AB 40(Yamada) Elder abuse: reporting.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would require the mandated reporter to report the abuse to both the local ombudsperson and the local law enforcement agency. This bill would also make various technical, nonsubstantive changes. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

AB 41(Hill) Conflicts of interest: disqualification.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would add members of the High-Speed Rail Authority to those specified offices who must publicly identify a financial interest giving rise to a conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest, and recuse themselves accordingly. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

AB 42(Huffman) State parks.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would declare the intent of the Legislature to address the need to fully fund the state park system with stable, reliable, and adequate funding sources.

AB 43(Monning) Medi-Cal: eligibility.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would require the department to establish, by January 1, 2014, eligibility for Medi-Cal benefits for any person who meets these eligibility requirements. This bill would permit the department, to the extent permitted by federal law, to phase in coverage for those individuals. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

AB 44(Logue) Inmates: release: notification.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would require that notification be sent 60 days prior to the scheduled release date of an inmate, unless the notification cannot be provided within the 60 days due to an unanticipated change in the release date of an inmate, and would prohibit any change in county placement less than 30 days prior to the release date unless due to an unanticipated change in a release date, as specified. The bill would conform the timeline for local comments and the department response to the longer notification period, as specified. If there is a change in county of placement after the 60-day notice is given, this bill would require that notification be sent by mail at least 30 days prior to the scheduled release date to the ultimate county of placement. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

AB 45(Hill) Charter-party carriers of passengers: alcoholic beverages: open containers.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would expand the application of those alcoholic beverage provisions concerning passengers under the age of 21 years by applying those requirements to the driver of any vehicle used in the transportation of passengers for hire operated by a permitted or certificated carrier. The bill would make the 3rd or subsequent violation of the open container prohibition by a driver of any vehicle used in the transportation of passengers for hire operating under a valid certificate or permit, or any officer, director, agent, or employee of a carrier operating vehicles used in the transportation of passengers for hire under such a certificate or permit, a misdemeanor. The bill, by creating a new crime, would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

AB 46(John A. Pérez) Local government: cities.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would provide that every city with a population of less than 150 people as of January 1, 2010, would be disincorporated into those cities’ respective counties as of 90 days after the effective date of the bill, unless a county board of supervisors determines, by majority vote within that 90-day period, that continuing such a city within that county’s boundaries would serve a public purpose because the location of the city, in a rural or isolated location, makes it impractical for the residents of the community to organize in another forum of local governance.

AB 47(Huffman) Schools: open enrollment.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would instead provide that the list created by the Superintendent to define low-achieving schools may include up to 1,000 schools, that schools on the list be ranked in decile 1 on the most current API, and that county offices of education operating a special education program, and state special schools not be included on the list.

AB 48(John A. Pérez) School personnel: evaluation and assessment.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would instead specify that the procedures to be used for evaluation of certificated employees shall be subject to specified provisions of law regarding the scope of representation by the exclusive representative of certificated employees and that the school governing board shall consult with the exclusive representative of certificated employees with respect to all other matters related to the evaluation of certificated employees. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

AB 49(Gatto) Development: expedited permit review.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would require the office to provide information to developers explaining the permit approval process at the state and local levels, or assisting them in meeting statutory environmental quality requirements, as specified, and would prohibit the office or the state from incurring any liability as a result of the provision of this assistance. The bill would require the office to assist state and local agencies in streamlining the permit approval process, and an applicant in identifying any permit required by a state agency for the proposed project. The bill would authorize the office to call a conference of parties at the state level to resolve questions or mediate disputes arising from a permit application for a development project. The bill would require that the office be located exclusively in Sacramento, and to consist of no more than 4 personnel through 2013. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

AB 50(Hill) Income taxes: gross income: exclusion: capital gains: exclusion: San Bruno gas explosion.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would exclude from the computation of gross income any compensation provided by the Pacific Gas and Electric Company to a victim of the natural gas transmission line explosion on September 9, 2010, as provided. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

AB 51(Yamada) Payroll cards.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would state that it is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to define “payroll card” and that would impose restrictions on the use of those cards by an employer to pay his or her employees’ wages.

AB 52(Feuer) Health care coverage.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to require approval from the Department of Managed Health Care and the Department of Insurance for increases in health care premiums, copayments, or deductibles.

AB 53(Solorio) Insurers: procurement contracts: women, minority, and disabled veteran business enterprises.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would require that each admitted insurer, with gross annual revenues exceeding $25,000,000, and their regulated subsidiaries and affiliates, submit annually to the commissioner a detailed and verifiable plan for increasing procurement from women, minority, and disabled veteran business enterprises, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

AB 54(Solorio) Drinking water.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would allow the department to issue a letter of no prejudice, as defined, to a public water system that is a lead applicant for a project that may be funded by the Safe Drinking Water Revolving Fund and would make expenditures related to the project reimbursable in specified circumstances. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

AB 55(Gatto) Unemployment compensation: employer: motion picture industry.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would delete the authorization of the department to make the report and the January 1, 2012, repeal date.

AB 56(Hill) Public utilities: fines and penalties: intrastate pipeline safety.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would prohibit a public utility from recovering any fine or penalty in any rate approved by the commission. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

AB 57(Beall) Transportation planning.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would also require those activities to be done in consultation with metropolitan planning organizations.

AB 58(Galgiani) High-speed rail.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would authorize the Governor to appoint up to 5 deputy directors exempt from civil service who would serve at the pleasure of the executive director. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

ABX1 1(Portantino) State employment: salary freeze.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would until January 1, 2014, prohibit a person employed by the state whose base salary on or after the effective date of the bill is greater than $150,000 per year from receiving a salary increase while employed in the same position or classification. The bill would exempt from this prohibition a person whose compensation is governed by an operative memorandum of understanding, as described above, a person who has been exempted by Executive order of the Governor, as specified, or a person whose salary is set pursuant to the California Constitution. The bill would also authorize the Controller to reject a request for disbursement of funds that violates these provisions. The bill would make related legislative findings and declarations regarding the state budget deficit. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

ABX1 2(Logue) State Air Resources Board: alternative actions to assessing penalties.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would authorize the state board, in lieu of assessing penalties for a violation of an air pollution control law administered by the state board, to require a person who has violated that law to spend an amount equivalent to the amount that would have been assessed for the violation toward actions to comply with the air pollution control law that was violated or toward a supplemental environmental project, as defined. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

ABX1 3(Logue) Regulations: 5-year review and report.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would additionally require a state agency to review and report on regulations that it adopts or amends on and after January 1, 2012, 5 years after adoption, as specified. The bill would require that the review and report include 10 specified factors, including a summary of the written criticisms of the regulation received by the agency within the immediately preceding 5 years and the estimated economic, small business, and consumer impact of the regulation. The bill would require the Office of Administrative Law to make the review and report available on the office’s Internet Web site. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

ABX1 4(Logue) Regulations: effective date.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would require that a regulation or an order of repeal of a regulation become effective, instead, on January 1 next following a 90-day period after the date it is filed with the Secretary of State, except as provided. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

ABX1 5(Logue) Regulations: legislative notice.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would require that the notice of proposed action also be submitted to the Legislature if it includes particular information relating to economic and cost impacts of the regulation on businesses and private persons. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

ABX1 6(Logue) Regulations: economic impacts review.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would additionally require the department to adopt and update instructions for inclusion in the State Administrative Manual that prescribe the methods that any agency shall use in making certain determinations, estimates, statements, and findings relating to the economic and cost impacts of a regulation on businesses and private individuals. The bill would require, instead of authorize, the department to review these determinations, estimates, statements, and findings for content. This bill would require the department, if it determines that an agency’s determinations, estimates, statements, or findings are erroneous or otherwise inconsistent with the prescribed guidelines, criteria, or formats, to submit its determinations to the agency in the form of public comment to be considered by the agency, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

ABX1 7(Logue) General Fund: fines.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would require, notwithstanding any other law, that any fine or penalty imposed by the Department of Pesticide Regulation, the Department of Toxic Substances Control, the State Air Resources Board, or the State Water Resources Control Board for a violation of a regulation adopted by that state agency be deposited into the General Fund. The bill would also make a statement of findings. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

ABX1 8(Ma) Transportation bond funds.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute. This bill contains other existing laws.

ACA 1(Jeffries) Meetings of the Legislature.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would further require 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. The measure would generally prohibit consideration of any matter not included in the agenda. The measure would require public disclosure of a writing provided to members of a house or a committee in connection with the consideration of agenda items unless the writing is exempt from the mandatory disclosure requirements imposed by statute. The measure would require each agenda for a regular committee meeting to provide an opportunity for members of the public to directly address the committee on an item of interest to the public, before or during the committee’s consideration of the item, that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the committee. The measure would provide for the calling of a special or emergency meeting of the house or a committee upon specified notice to its members and the media. This bill contains other existing laws.

ACA 2(Jeffries) Legislature: floor sessions.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would prohibit a house from meeting in a floor session other than between the hours of 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. unless doing so is necessary to consider legislation relating to an emergency created by a natural disaster. The bill provides that any legislation passed by a house during a floor session occurring outside of those hours that is not necessary to consider legislation relating to an emergency created by a natural disaster would have no effect.

ACA 3(Jeffries) Revised biennial session.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would require the Legislature to convene in regular biennial session, but would require, commencing on December 3, 2012, that the sessions held in odd-numbered years be budget sessions, and sessions held in even-numbered years be general sessions. The measure would require the Legislature in the budget session to adopt Budget Bills for each of the 2 subsequent fiscal years. The measure would prohibit 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 or urgency statutes. Urgency statutes would require a 3/4 vote of the membership in each house for passage during a budget session. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

ACA 4(Blumenfield) Local government financing: voter approval.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would create an additional exception to the 1% limit for a rate imposed by a city, county, city and county, or special district, as defined, to service bonded indebtedness incurred to fund specified public improvements and facilities, or buildings used primarily to provide sheriff, police, or fire protection services, that is approved by 55% of the voters of the city, county, city and county, or special district, as applicable. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

ACA 5(Portantino) State finance reform.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would , until January 1, 2020, prohibit an initiative measure from being submitted to the electors or from having any effect if the initiative measure appropriates state funds for any purpose in an amount exceeding the amount appropriated for that purpose for the 2004-05 fiscal year by more than $250,000 unless the measure provides for additional state revenue or offsetting savings in a total amount that is not less than the amount of the appropriation. This bill contains other related provisions.

ACA 6(Gatto) Initiative measures: funding source.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would prohibit an initiative measure that would result in a net increase in state or local government costs other than costs attributable to the issuance, sale, or repayment of bonds, from being submitted to the electors or having any effect unless and until the Legislative Analyst and the Director of Finance jointly determine that the initiative measure provides for additional revenues in an amount that meets or exceeds the net increase in costs.

ACA 7(Feuer) Initiative measures: funding source.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would prohibit an initiative measure that would result in a net increase in state or local government costs other than costs attributable to the issuance, sale, or repayment of bonds, from being submitted to the electors or having any effect unless and until the Legislative Analyst and the Director of Finance jointly determine that the initiative measure provides for additional revenues in an amount that meets or exceeds the net increase in costs.

ACA 8(Olsen) State budget.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would require the Governor to recommend, in addition to additional revenues, any spending reductions to be made to balance expenditures with estimated revenues in the ensuing fiscal year. This measure would also require the Governor, commencing in 2013, to submit to the Legislature, concurrent with the submission of the annual budget for the ensuing fiscal year, a statement of intent regarding the budget for the following fiscal year that projects the estimated expenditures and revenues for that fiscal year. This measure would also prohibit the Governor from submitting a statement of intent regarding the budget for the following fiscal year in which the estimated expenditures exceed the estimated revenues for that fiscal year.

ACAX1 1(Portantino) State finance reform.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Read first time. To print.  Summary: Would , until January 1, 2020, prohibit an initiative measure from being submitted to the electors or from having any effect if the initiative measure appropriates state funds for any purpose in an amount exceeding the amount appropriated for that purpose for the 2004-05 fiscal year by more than $250,000 unless the measure provides for additional state revenue or offsetting savings in a total amount that is not less than the amount of the appropriation. This bill contains other related provisions.

ACR 1(Gatto) Armenian Cathedral Complex.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. To print.  Summary: Would request that the Department of Transportation erect informational signs on State Highway Route 5 in the County of Los Angeles directing motorists to the Armenian Cathedral Complex, consistent with the signing requirements for the state highway system and upon receiving donations from nonstate sources sufficient to cover the cost to erect those signs.

HR 1(Skinner) Relative to the Standing Rules of the Assembly for the 2011-12 Regular Session.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read. Adopted.  Summary:

HR 2(John A. Pérez) Relative to the election of officers of the Assembly for the 2011-12 Regular Session.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read. Adopted.  Summary:

HR 3(John A. Pérez) Relative to the organization of the Assembly for the 2011-12 Regular Session.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read. Adopted.  Summary:

SB 1(Kehoe) 22nd District Agricultural Association: Del Mar Race Track and Fairgrounds: sale of state property.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Would create District 22a, which would consist of all of that real property and personal property that is a portion of District 22 that is commonly known as the Del Mar Race Track and Fairgrounds located in the City of Del Mar and certain other property in the City of San Diego, and would prescribe certain matters applicable to officers of the 22nd District Agricultural Association and the District 22a Agricultural Association. The bill would, among other things, authorize the Department of General Services to sell all or any portion of the real property that comprises District 22a and related personal property to the City of Del Mar and require the net sale proceeds to be deposited into the District 22a Disposition Fund, which the bill would create in the State Treasury. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

SB 2(Calderon) Mortgage loans.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Would extend those provisions until January 1, 2015, and to persons who facilitate or attempt to facilitate mortgage loan modifications or forbearance. The bill would further extend those prohibitions to persons who for a fee negotiate, attempt to negotiate, arrange, attempt to arrange, facilitate, attempt to facilitate, or otherwise offer to accomplish the sale of a residential dwelling for less than the remaining amount of indebtedness due to a mortgagor, mortgagors, trustor, or trustors at the time of sale. The bill would make conforming changes to the 14-point bold type statement that is required to be provided to a borrower, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

SB 3(Padilla) Telecommunications: universal service.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Would extend the repeal date of that program requirement until January 1, 2013. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

SB 4(Calderon) Mortgages.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Would additionally require that the notice of sale, if a deed of trust or mortgage containing a power of sale is secured by real property containing from one to 4 single-family residences, contain language notifying potential bidders of specified risks involved in bidding on property at a trustee’s sale, and a separate notice to the homeowner of that property informing the homeowner how to obtain information regarding any postponement of the sale.

SB 5(Harman) Attorney General: defense of initiative statutes.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Would require the Attorney General to defend against constitutional challenge, at the trial court level or as a respondent or appellant at the court of appeal or the Supreme Court, a constitutional amendment or an initiative statute that has been approved by the voters, unless an appellate court has made a determination that the amendment or statute is unconstitutional or otherwise in conflict with, or in violation of, federal law or regulation. The bill would authorize the proponents of the constitutional amendment or initiative statute, if any, to defend the amendment or statute in the place of the Attorney General, if he or she is disqualified. The bill would authorize the Attorney General to appoint special counsel if the proponents do not defend the amendment or statute when the Attorney General is disqualified.

SB 6(Calderon) Real estate: appraisal and valuation.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Would delete that provision and would instead prohibit a licensee from providing an opinion of value of real property if his or her compensation is dependent on or affected by that opinion of value or if he or she has any interest in the property or transaction. The bill would also prohibit a licensee who offers or provides these opinions, for compensation or in expectation of compensation, from knowingly or intentionally misrepresenting the value of real property. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

SB 7(Steinberg) Medi-Cal: hospitals: quality assurance fee.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Would provide that it is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would impose a quality assurance fee to be paid by hospitals, which would be used to increase federal financial participation in order to make supplemental Medi-Cal payments to hospitals through June 30, 2011. This bill would provide that it is the intent of the Legislature that the quality assurance fee be implemented only if specified conditions are met. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

SB 8(Yee) Public records: auxiliary organizations.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Would require specified entities to comply with the act, but would not require these entities to disclose information obtained in the process of soliciting potential donors that has actual or potential independent economic value because it is not generally known to the public or because the individuals can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use. The bill would exempt from disclosure the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of persons who volunteer services or donate to specified entities if those persons request anonymity. However, the bill would provide that this exemption does not apply if a volunteer or donor meets specified conditions.

SB 9(Yee) Sentencing.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Would authorize a prisoner who was under 18 years of age at the time of committing an offense for which the prisoner was sentenced to life without parole to submit a petition for recall and resentencing to the sentencing court, and to the prosecuting agency, as specified. The bill would establish certain criteria, at least one of which shall be asserted in the petition, to be considered when a court decides whether to conduct a hearing on the petition for recall and resentencing and additional criteria to be considered by the court when deciding whether to grant the petition. The bill would require the court to hold a hearing if the court finds that the statements in the defendant’s petition are true, as specified. The bill would apply retroactively, as specified.

SB 10(Evans) Military and veterans: Veterans’ Home Allied Council.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Would provide for the establishment of a Veterans’ Home Allied Council for each veterans’ home, and would additionally permit each council to represent veterans who reside in the veterans’ home for which the council was established in matters before the Legislature if each council, in the course of providing that representation, complies with specified requirements, as prescribed. This bill contains other related provisions.

SB 11(Anderson) Registered warrants.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Would prohibit a state entity from assessing a fine, interest, or penalty, based on a debt owed to the state by an individual who or entity that is a payee named in a registered warrant, from the date the state issued the registered warrant until at least 30 days after the date the registered warrant is payable by the state. This bill would also, notwithstanding any other provision, make a debt owed to the state by an individual who or entity that is a payee named in a registered warrant not be due before 30 days after the date the registered warrant is payable upon presentation to the state. The bill would limit these provisions to an individual or entity that is a payee in a registered warrant and is subject to a state fine, interest, or penalty that was imposed between January 1, 2006, and December 31, 2009, inclusive.

SB 12(Corbett) Education finance: CalWORKs stage 3 child care.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Would appropriate $250,000,000 from the General Fund, for transfer by the Controller to Section A of the State School Fund, for restoration of funding for CalWORKs stage 3 child care. This bill contains other related provisions.

SB 13(Correa) Pupils: teen dating violence prevention.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Would authorize a school district to provide teen dating violence prevention education consisting of age-appropriate instruction, as developed by the state board pursuant to the bill, as part of the sexual health and health education program it provides to pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive. The bill would authorize a school district to use school district personnel or outside consultants who are trained in the appropriate courses to provide this additional instruction. The bill would specify the required content and criteria for this additional instruction and any associated materials if a school district elects to provide it. The bill would provide that a parent or guardian of a pupil has the right to excuse his or her child from all or part of the teen dating violence prevention education and any assessments related to it, and would prescribe the procedure for a parent or guardian to exercise that right. This bill contains other related provisions.

SB 14(Wolk) State Budget.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Would require that the budget submitted by the Governor to the Legislature for the 2014-15 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter be developed pursuant to performance-based budgeting, as defined, for each state agency. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

SB 15(DeSaulnier) State budget.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Would instead require the budget submitted by the Governor to contain itemized statements, provisional language, performance measurement standards for state agencies and programs, recommended state expenditures, and a projection of anticipated state revenues, including revenues anticipated to be one-time revenues. In addition, the bill would require the budget to contain an estimate of the total resources available for the state expenditures recommended for the budget year and the succeeding fiscal year, and would further require the budget to contain a projection of anticipated state expenditures and anticipated state revenues for the 3 fiscal years following the fiscal year succeeding the budget year, along with budget-related plans and proposals for those 3 fiscal years. In the event recommended expenditures exceed estimated revenues, the Governor would be required to recommend reductions in expenditures or the sources from which the additional revenues should be provided and to include an estimate of the long-term impact that the expenditure reductions or additional revenues will have on the state economy. The Governor would also be required to submit with the budget any legislation necessary to implement appropriations contained in the budget, together with a 5-year capital infrastructure and strategic growth plan. If the Governor’s budget proposes to create a new state program or agency, or to expand the scope of an existing state program or agency, resulting in a net increase in state costs during the budget year or the succeeding fiscal year, or proposes to reduce a state tax resulting in a net decrease in state revenue in the budget year or the succeeding fiscal year, the proposal would be required to be accompanied by a statement identifying state program reductions or sources of additional state revenue in an amount that is equal to or greater than the net increase in state costs or net decrease in state revenue. The bill would also require the Director of Finance to provide to the Legislature, on or before October 15 of each year, updated projections of state revenues and state expenditures for the current fiscal year and for the ensuing fiscal year. This bill contains other related provisions.

SB 16(Rubio) Energy: renewable energy and transmission projects: expedited permitting.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to establish a new program to ease and expedite the state permitting process for renewable energy and transmission projects within the state.

SB 17(Blakeslee) State budget: budget bills.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to require that the final language of a Budget Bill or bill implementing a Budget Bill be in print for public review for not less than 72 hours prior to a Legislative vote.

SB 18(Blakeslee) Political Reform Act of 1974: gifts.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would further limit the ability of special interest groups, including lobbyist employers, to give gifts to Members of the Legislature.

SB 19(Blakeslee) Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign telephone calls.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation regulating automated and prerecorded telephone calls regarding candidates for public office and ballot measures.

SB 20(Padilla) Food facilities: menu labeling.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would conform state menu labeling requirements to federal requirements. This bill contains other existing laws.

SB 21(Liu) Long-term care: assessment and planning.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Would require a hospital that is required to provide, as part of its discharge policy, information to patients anticipated to need posthospital care, to provide the information both orally and in writing to the patient and, if necessary, to his or her representative, at the earliest possible opportunity prior to discharge. By changing the definition of an existing crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

SB 22(La Malfa) High-speed rail.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Would state the intent of the Legislature to reexamine the bond funding mechanism of the authority relative to the authority’ s high-speed rail project.

SB 23(Simitian) Energy: renewable energy resources.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Would require an applicant to inform the United States Department of Defense of a proposed project and that an application will be filed with the commission if the site and related facility specified in the application are proposed to be located within 1,000 feet of a military installation, or lie within special use airspace or beneath a low-level flight path, as defined. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

SB 24(Simitian) Personal information: privacy.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Would require any agency, person, or business that is required to issue a security breach notification pursuant to existing law to fulfill certain additional requirements pertaining to the security breach notification, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions.

SB 25(Padilla) Correctional facilities: wireless communication devices.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Would provide, subject to exceptions, that a person who possesses with the intent to deliver, or delivers, to an inmate or ward in the custody of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation any cellular telephone or other wireless communication device or any component thereof, including, but not limited to, a subscriber identity module (SIM card) or memory storage device, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding $5,000 for each device. The bill would also provide that if a person visiting an inmate or ward in the custody of the department, when searched or subjected to a metal detector, is found to be in possession of a cellular telephone or other wireless communication device or any component thereof, including, but not limited to, a SIM card or memory storage device, that cellular telephone or wireless communication device or component shall be subject to confiscation, but shall be returned on the same day the person visits the inmate or ward, except as provided. The bill would require posted notices regarding those search and confiscation provisions, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

SB 26(Padilla) Prisons: cell phones.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to impose sanctions for the possession of cell phones and other wireless devices by inmates in state prisons.

SB 27(Simitian) Public retirement: final compensation: computation: retirees.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Would provide that any change in salary, compensation, or remuneration principally for the purpose of enhancing a member’s benefits would not be included in the calculation of a member’s final compensation for purposes of determining that member’s defined benefit. The bill would generally require the board of each state and local public retirement system to establish, by regulation, accountability provisions that would include an ongoing audit process to ensure that a change in a member’s salary, compensation, or remuneration is not made principally for the purpose of enhancing a member’s retirement benefits. This bill would revise the definition of “creditable compensation” and would limit the calculation of a member’s final compensation to an amount not to exceed the average increase in compensation received within the final compensation period and the 2 preceding years by employees in the same or a related group as that member. This bill would also provide that a person who retires on or after January 1, 2013, may not perform services for any employer covered by a state or local retirement system until that person has been separated from service for a period of at least 180 days. This bill would provide for the implementation of these required changes under the laws that govern PERS and STRL. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

SB 28(Simitian) Vehicles: electronic wireless communications devices: prohibitions.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Would require the department to include a test of the applicant’s understanding of the distractions and dangers of handheld cell phone use and text messaging while operating a motor vehicle. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

SB 29(Simitian) Vehicles: automated traffic enforcement systems.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Would require that, no later than January 1, 2013, those requirements include identifying the system by signs posted within 200 feet of an intersection where a system is operating. The bill would require, by January 1, 2013, the governmental agency that operates an automated traffic enforcement system to develop uniform guidelines for specified purposes and to establish procedures to ensure compliance with those guidelines. The bill would require the governmental agency to adopt a finding of fact establishing the need for the system at a specific location for reasons related to safety for those systems installed after January 1, 2012. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

SB 30(Simitian) Kindergarten: age of admission.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Existing law requires that a child be admitted to kindergarten at the beginning of a school year, or at any time later in the same year if the child will have his or her 5th birthday as specified. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that provision.

SB 31(Correa) Local government: lobbyist registration.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that will require each local government to create a lobbyist registration program as a condition of the local government being eligible to apply for any discretionary grant from any state agency or department.

SB 32(Leno) Alcoholic beverages: definitions: rectifiers.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Would refine the definition of “rectifier” to exclude any on-sale licensee that colors, flavors, or blends distilled spirits or wine products on the licensed premises for consumption on those premises. This bill contains other existing laws.

SB 33(Simitian) Elder and dependent adult abuse.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Existing law provides for the confidentiality of financial records but does not prohibit various state and local officers and agencies from requesting information from an office or branch of a financial institution and the office or branch from responding to the request, as to whether a person has an account or accounts at that office or branch and, if so, any identifying numbers of the account or accounts. This bill would make a technical nonsubstantive change to the above provisions. The Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act establishes procedures for the reporting, investigation, and prosecution of elder and dependent adult abuse. The act requires persons, defined as mandated reporters, to report known or suspected instances of elder or dependent adult abuse. Under the act, care custodians of elder or dependent adults and local law enforcement agencies are mandated reporters. A violation of the reporting requirements by a mandated reporter is a misdemeanor. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

SB 34(Simitian) Water infrastructure projects: fees.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to develop a fee-based system to pay for costs associated with updating and modernizing water infrastructure projects in the state. The bill would express legislative intent with respect to the imposition of the fees and use of the fee revenues.

SB 35(Padilla) Energy: Public Interest Energy Research, Demonstration, and Development Program.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Would extend this requirement to January 1, 2013. Because a violation of the act is a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

SB 36(Simitian) County Health Initiative Matching Fund.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Would allow persons who are eligible for but unable to enroll in the Healthy Families Program as a result of enrollment policies initiated by MRMIB due to insufficient funding to receive this coverage and would also allow a county, a county agency, a local initiative, or a county organized health system that will provide an intergovernmental transfer to apply to MRMIB for funding to provide health care coverage to eligible children whose family income is at or below 400% of the federal poverty level. The bill would specify that implementation of these provisions is conditioned on MRMIB obtaining necessary federal approval thereof. This bill contains other existing laws.

SB 37(Simitian) Energy: State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission: natural gas.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Would enact the Liquefied Natural Gas Market Assessment Act and would require the Energy Commission, as a component of the integrated energy policy report, to conduct a study of the need for liquefied natural gas imports to meet the state’s energy demand. The bill would also require the Energy Commission, prior to a lease or permit being issued by the State Lands Commission or the California Coastal Commission to license a liquefied natural gas facility on the California coast, to update its study of the need for liquefied natural gas imports at least 60 days prior to a hearing by the State Lands Commission or the California Coastal Commission if the Energy Commission has not issued an integrated energy policy report within 180 days of the hearing. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

SB 38(Padilla) Radiation control: health facilities and clinics: records.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Would instead, commencing on July 1, 2012, require a facility to report these events. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

SB 39(Padilla) Alcoholic beverages: caffeinated beer beverages.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Would prohibit the import, production, manufacture, distribution, or sale of caffeinated beer beverages, as defined, at retail locations within the state. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

SB 40(Correa) Internet poker.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Would establish a framework to authorize intrastate Internet poker, as specified. The bill would require the department to adopt regulations, in consultation with the California Gambling Control Commission, governing the intrastate play of poker games on the Internet, and would provide for a licensed entity to operate an intrastate Internet poker Web site. The bill would make it a misdemeanor for any person or entity to offer or participate in any form of illegal Internet gambling, as defined, or to process any financial transaction arising out of participation in illegal Internet gambling. The bill would authorize the seizure of any money or property used in or derived from illegal Internet gambling, as specified, and would provide for any money or property that has been seized to be forfeited to the Internet Gambling Fund, as established by this bill. By creating new crimes, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

SCA 1(Wyland) State Auditor: duties.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Would require the State Auditor to biennially conduct a performance evaluation of each state program, including the administration or oversight of that program by the department or agency that is responsible for the program, and submit a report of the results of that performance evaluation to the Legislature, as prescribed. This measure would require the committee that considers the budget in each house of the Legislature to meet and consider recommendations made in each performance evaluation within 90 days of submission by the State Auditor. This measure would require the State Auditor to make each performance evaluation available to the public on an Internet Web site and in hardcopy format and require the Legislature to appropriate to the Bureau of State Audits funds as necessary to implement these provisions.

SCA 2(Wyland) Revised biennial session.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Would require the Legislature to convene in regular biennial session, but would require, commencing on December 3, 2012, that the sessions held in odd-numbered years be budget sessions, and sessions held in even-numbered years be general sessions. The measure would require the Legislature in the budget session to adopt Budget Bills for each of the 2 subsequent fiscal years. The measure would require 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. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

SCA 3(Wyland) Legislature: Budget Bill: passage requirements.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Would require that the Budget Bill and any budget implementation bill, as defined, be printed and distributed to the members of a house considering either bill and made available to the public at least 21 calendar days before a vote in that house on the passage of either bill. The measure would provide that its requirements could be satisfied by electronic publication and distribution of the bills.

SCA 4(DeSaulnier) Initiative measures: funding source.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Would prohibit an initiative measure that would result in a net increase in state or local government costs other than costs attributable to the issuance, sale, or repayment of bonds, from being submitted to the electors or having any effect unless and until the Legislative Analyst and the Director of Finance jointly determine that the initiative measure provides for additional revenues in an amount that meets or exceeds the net increase in costs.

SCA 5(Simitian) Taxation: educational entities: parcel tax.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.  Summary: Would alternatively condition the imposition, extension, or increase of a parcel tax, as defined, by a school district, community college district, or county office of education upon the approval of 55% of its voters voting on the proposition, if the proposition meets specified requirements. This measure would also make conforming changes to related provisions.

SCR 1(Steinberg) Legislative Counsel of California.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.  Summary: This measure designates Diane F. Boyer-Vine as the Legislative Counsel of California.

SCR 2(DeSaulnier) California Constitution Revision Commission.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS.  Summary: Would create the California Constitution Revision Commission with 19 members to examine, and make recommendations regarding, specified matters relating to state and local government.

SR 1(Alquist) Relative to holdover Senators.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read and adopted.  Summary:

SR 2(Hernandez) Relative to the election of officers.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read and adopted.  Summary:

SR 3(Steinberg) Relative to the election of members of the Senate Committee on Rules.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read and adopted.  Summary:

SR 4(Dutton) Relative to notifying the Governor of the organization of the Senate.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read and adopted.  Summary:

SR 5(Evans) Relative to notifying the Assembly of the organization of the Senate.
Introduced: 12/06/2010
Status: 12/06/2010-Introduced. Read and adopted.  Summary:

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