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Government

Jan. 8, 2020

Complete list of new laws 2020

Complete list of laws that went into effect in California, 2020.

• AB 128 (Gloria) This bill requires the operator of an animal auction yard to determine and post online any identifying brand, tattoo, or implanted microchip an animal may have before being sold at auction. The operator is also required to maintain records of sales for one year and make such records available to specified officials and to post notice at an auction that the sale of horses in California for slaughter for human consumption is a felony. The bill also requires a purchaser of an animal at auction to sign a sworn statement, under penalty of perjury, agreeing to comply with provisions of the Penal Code relating to the slaughter and sale of horses or horsemeat for human consumption. The bill also establishes an additional civil penalty for any person who violates these provisions. An act to amend Section 1834.8 of the Civil Code, and to amend Section 24106 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to equines.

• AB 256 (Aguiar-Curry) Revises the provisions of the California Winter Rice Habitat Incentive Program. An act to amend Sections 3469 and 3469.2 of the Fish and Game Code, relating to wildlife.

• AB 419 (Committee on Agriculture) This bill extends the fruit and vegetable standardization Program (FVS Program) to January 1, 2025. The bill also extends the California Department of Food and Agriculture's (CDFA) authority to establish an additional fee to operate the licensing program for the rendering and collection of inedible kitchen grease (IKG) until July 1, 2025, and extends to July 1, 2021 the optional county subvention program for enforcement activities, and other provisions of California Seed Law (CSL). An act to amend Sections 19227, 19315, 42815, 52323, 52324, and 52325 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to food and agriculture, and making an appropriation therefor.

• AB 450 (Arambula) This bill will require, when apiaries are moved within a county, that the apiary owner must provide the new location to the County Agriculture Commissioners (CAC) within 72 hours. An act to amend Sections 29041, 29047, 29048, 29070, 29070.5, 29101, 29302, and 29313 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to bees.

• AB 466 (Committee on Agriculture) This bill allows California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) to enter into place of origin inspection agreements (OIA) for all items requiring entry inspection for plant pests; defines 6% milk products and authorizes the Secretary (Secretary) of CDFA to establish milk standards for 6% milk products sold in California; and extends the date by which CDFA's Office of Farm to Fork (OF2F) is required to submit to the Legislature an overview of the account's income and expenditures. An act to amend Sections 6404, 35784, and 49003 of, and to add Section 35784.2 to, the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to food and agriculture.

• AB 588 (Chen) This bill requires a public or private shelter or a rescue group to disclose a known dog bite that resulted in a state-mandated bite quarantine prior to selling, giving away, or otherwise releasing the dog. An act to add Sections 30503.5 and 30526 to the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to animal shelters.

• AB 590 (Mathis) This bill makes various changes to current state law to comply with California's Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO). An act to amend Sections 32912.5, 34301, 34302, 62521, 62540, 62541, 62542, 62543, 62560, 62561, 62563, 62565, 62566, 62567, 62568, 62569, 62570, 62571, 62572, 62573, 62574, 62580, 62580.5, 62582, 62585, 62586, 62587, 62600, 62601, 62603, 62604, 62620, 62621, 62622, 62623, 62660, 62661, 62662, 62663, 62665, 62666, 62667, 64005, 64010, 64010.1, 64010.2, 64014, 64015, 64016, 64041, 64042, 64043, 64071, 64072, 64073, 64101, 64103, 64104, 64105, 64111, 64112, 64114, 64115, 64116, 64117, 64151, 64153, 64154, 64155, 64157, 64158, 64181, 64182, 64183, 64221, 64222, 64223, 64301, 64302, 64303, 64304, 64305, 64306, 64307, 64308, 64308.5, 64309, 64310, 64311, 64312, 64320, 64321, 64321.5, and 64322 of, to amend the heading of Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 34201) of Part 1 of Division 15 of, to amend the heading of Article 4 (commencing with Section 34301) of Chapter 9 of Part 1 of Division 15 of, to add Sections 34301.5, 64005.5, 64301.5, and 64323 to, to repeal Sections 32912, 32921, 62502, 62504, 62520, 62562, 62564, 62564.5, 62602, 64004, 64008, 64009, 64011, 64282, and 64313 of, to repeal Article 9 (commencing with Section 62640) of Chapter 2.5 of Part 3 of Division 21 of, and to repeal and add Section 64017 of, the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to milk, and making an appropriation therefor.

• AB 657 (Eggman) This extends the sunset date for commercial feed licensure and inspection tonnage tax from January 1, 2020 to January 1, 2025. The bill also increases the maximum rate of the tonnage tax from $0.15 to $0.25 per ton of commercial feed sold. The funding is used for education and research regarding the safe handling of commercial feed. An act to amend Sections 15053 and 15061 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to agriculture, and making an appropriation therefor.

• AB 858 (Levine) This bill adds to the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) type1C (specialty cottage) cannabis cultivation license a limit of 2,500 square feet of canopy for an outdoor grow. An act to amend Section 26061 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to cannabis.

• AB 893 (Gloria) Prohibits, as of January 1, 2021, the sale of firearms and ammunitions at the Del Mar Fairgrounds property in the County of San Diego and the cities of San Diego and Del Mar and thereby creates a misdemeanor offense for a violation of that prohibition. An act to add Section 4158 to the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to agricultural districts.

• AB 1565 (Quirk) This bill authorizes a shelter to make a kitten under eight weeks of age that is believed to be unowned to be available for adoption immediately. An act to amend Section 31752 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to cats.

• AB 1783 (Robert Rivas) Revises the entitlement process and eligibility for state programs that provide funding for farmworker housing. An act to amend Sections 12745, 12760, 12767, 12787, and 65582.1 of, and to add Section 12788 to, the Government Code, and to amend Sections 17008, 17021, 17021.6, 17035, 17037, 17037.5, 50470, 50517.10, and 50715 of, and to add Sections 17008.5, 17021.8, 17030.10, and 50205 to, the Health and Safety Code, relating to agricultural employee housing.

• AB 1800 (Committee on Agriculture). This bill allows the Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) to reclassify fairs within the network of California fairs once every five years, instead of annually. This bill also deletes outdated sections of current law. An act to amend Section 4507 of, and to repeal Section 4509 of, the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to fairs.

• AB 1801 (Committee on Agriculture) This bill will: 1) Eliminate the requirement that intact female cattle of beef breeds are required to have identification of calf-hood vaccination for Brucellosis at change of ownership to be sold for breeding; 2) Updates the current brand fee structure and authorizes the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) to increase the livestock inspection brand fee by 20%, with the approval of the Livestock Identification Advisory Board (LIAB); and, 3) clarify the recent mobile Slaughter law to apply to cattle only. An act to amend Sections 19020, 21283, 21283.5, 21285, 21288, 21288.5, 21563, 21563.5, and 65071 of, and to repeal Article 9 (commencing with Section 10511) of Chapter 3 of Part 2 of Division 5 of, the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to cattle, and making an appropriation therefor.

• SB 62 (Dodd) This bill extends the sunset date, from January 1, 2020 to January 1, 2024, on the authority under the California Endangered Species Act (CESA) for the accidental take of listed species in the course of otherwise lawful and routine agricultural activities and deletes the sunset date on the Safe Harbor Agreement (SHA) Program at the Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW). Additionally, this bill: 1) Expands the eligibility for the accidental take provisions to include an act by a person acting as a farmer or rancher, a bona fide employee of a farmer or rancher, or an individual otherwise contracted by a farmer or rancher. 2) Requires the reporting of known instances of accidental take to the DFW within ten days. An act to amend Section 2087 of, and to repeal Section 2089.26 of, the Fish and Game Code, relating to endangered species.

• SB 153 (Wilk) This bill revises provisions regulating the cultivation and testing of industrial hemp to conform to the requirements for a state plan under the federal Agriculture Marketing Act of 1946, as amended by the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (the federal Farm Bill). An act to amend Sections 81001, 81002, 81003, 81004, 81005, and 81006 of, to amend, repeal, and add Section 81000 of, and to add Sections 81004.5, 81012, 81013, 81014, and 81015 to, the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to industrial hemp, and making an appropriation therefor.

• SB 245 (Chang) This bill prohibits a public animal shelter from charging an adoption fee for a dog or cat if the person adopting the animal presents a current and valid driver's license or identification card with the word "VETERAN" printed on its Face. An act to add Sections 30505, 30524.5, 31751.4, and 31764.5 to the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to public animal shelters.

• SB 449 (McGuire) This bill extends the sunset date for the Pierce's Disease Control Program (PDCP) within the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) to March 1, 2026. An act to amend Sections 6046, 6047.19, 6047.20, 6047.21, 6047.27, and 6047.29 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to pest control, and making an appropriation therefor.

• SB 657 (Monning) This bill authorizes a county agricultural commissioner to report to the Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) the condition, acreage, production, and value of cannabis produced in the commissioner's county. An act to add Section 26069.5 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to cannabis cultivation.

• SB 787 (Committee on Agriculture) This bill replaces the outdated term "pound" with the term "shelter" in current code to reflect the terms now used by animal shelters. Additionally, this bill removes the current reference in code to a publication regarding hoof care standards that is no longer published and replaces it with the publication currently being used. This bill also replaces in code references to the California Animal Control Directors Association and the State Humane Association of California with the California Animal Welfare Association to reflect the merger of the two entities. An act to amend Section 14502 of the Corporations Code, and to amend Sections 25988, 122137, and 122323 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to animal welfare.

• AB 44 (Friedman) This bill would make it unlawful to sell, offer for sale, display for sale, trade or otherwise distribute for monetary or nonmonetary consideration a fur product in the state, or to manufacture a fur product in the state for sale, with specified exceptions. A violation of these prohibitions would subject a person to civil penalties, as provided. An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 3039 of, and to add Section 2023 to, the Fish and Game Code, relating to fur products.

• AB 205 (Daly) This bill revises the definition of "beer" for purposes of the Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Act to provide that beer may be produced using honey, fruit juice, fruit concentrate, herbs, spices, and other food materials, as adjuncts in fermentation. An act to amend Section 23006 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to alcoholic beverages.

• AB 404 (Mark Stone) This bill authorizes a cannabis testing laboratory to amend a certificate of analysis (COA) to correct minor errors and retest samples, as specified. An act to amend Section 26100 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to cannabis.

• AB 436 (Aguiar-Curry) This bill extends an existing Tied-house exception in the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act (Act) pertaining to the general prohibition against advertising arrangements between retail, wholesale, and manufacturer to include a performing arts venue Napa Valley Opera House (NVOH) and adjacent performance area located in the City of Napa, as specified. An act to add Section 25503.32 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to alcoholic beverages.

• AB 496, Low. Makes various technical corrections and nonsubstantive changes to the Business and Professions Code (BPC), including replacing gendered terms with nongendered terms. An act to amend Sections 23.8, 23.9, 25, 27, 28, 30, 31, 101, 101.7, 102.3, 103, 105.5, 106, 107, 108.5, 111, 114, 114.3, 115.5, 115.6, 116, 119, 120, 121, 124, 125, 125.3, 125.6, 125.9, 127, 129, 130, 132, 136, 137, 138, 144, 151, 152, 152.6, 153, 156.1, 158, 159.5, 161, 210, 328, 450, and 450.3 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to business and professions.

• AB 539, Limón. Prohibits California Financing Law (CFL) licensees from receiving charges on a consumer loan at a rate exceeding 36% per annum plus the Federal Funds Rate for loans with a principal amount from $2,500 to $10,000. An act to amend Sections 22202, 22250, 22251, 22305, 22334, 22452, 22453, 22454, 22456, 22463, and 22464 of, and to add Sections 22304.5 and 22307.5 to, the Financial Code, relating to consumer loans.

• AB 635 (Bigelow) Clarifies employees on fairground properties that are a part of a valid collective bargaining agreement are exempt from specified aspects of overtime requirements. An act to amend Section 19620.15 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to horse racing, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 649 (Cristina Garcia) Permits a person between 18 and 20 years of age to work in a gambling establishment in job classifications that entail providing services on and off the gaming floor that are not involved in the play of controlled game, as specified. An act to amend Sections 19859, 19911, 19912, 19914, 19921, and 19941 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to gambling.

• AB 716 (Chen) This bill authorizes the use of an electronic acknowledgment for purposes of filing fictitious business name statements with the country clerk. An act to amend Sections 17913 and 17916 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to business.

• AB 840 (Dahle) Allows the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) to create and issue a special on-sale general license to a person who owns or operates a facility that is partially located in the County of Placer and partially located in the County of Washoe, State of Nevada (Cal Neva Resort & Casino), as specified. An act to amend Section 23661 of, and to add Section 23399.52 to, the Business and Professions Code, relating to alcoholic beverages.

• AB 1032 (Quirk) This bill clarifies existing prohibitions under the Ticket Sellers Act that are to benefit ticket buyers who are intended "event attendees," as defined, and expands prohibited conduct to include the use or sale of services to circumvent security measures, access control systems or other control or measures, as specified. An act to amend Section 22505.5 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to business.

• AB 1133 (Low) This bill allows, until January 1, 2023, a beer manufacturer to give up to five cases of glassware - a total of 120 pieces - to an on-sale retail licensee, as specified, and allows an on-sale retail licensee to accept, without direct or indirect charge, up to 10 cases of glassware - a total of 240 pieces - per licensed location from licensed beer manufactures. An act to add and repeal Section 25600.05 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to alcoholic beverages.

• AB 1186 (Medina) This bill increases the maximum amount of some of the fees that pawnbrokers may charge, as specified. An act to amend Sections 21200.1, 21200.6, 21200.8, 21201, and 21201.2 of the Financial Code, relating to pawnbrokers.

• AB 1213 (Chen) Seeks to ensure the ongoing viability of professional legal document assistants (LDAs) and unlawful detainer assistants (UDAs). An act to amend Sections 6400, 6401, 6401.7, 6402, 6403, 6404, 6406, 6407, 6409, 6409.1, 6410, 6410.5, 6411, 6412, and 6413 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations.

• AB 1265 (Robert Rivas) This bill expands an existing Tied-house exception within the Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Act to allow a distilled spirits wholesaler that also holds a beer and wine wholesaler license to donate or sell beer, wine, or distilled spirits to certain nonprofit organizations, as specified. An act to amend Section 25503.9 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to alcoholic beverages, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 1289 (Chen) Prohibits a city, county, or city and county from fining an alarm company requesting dispatch to a customer that does not have a current local use permit for an alarm system, as specified. An act to add Section 7592.9 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations.

• AB 1291 (Jones-Sawyer) Requires an applicant for a license classification within the cannabis industry who currently employs fewer than 20 employees to provide a statement that the applicant will enter into a labor peace agreement, as currently required by existing law, within 60 days of employing 20 employees, and requires applicants already employing 20 or more employees to provide a notarized statement that they will or already have entered into a labor peace agreement. An act to amend Section 26051.5 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to cannabis.

• AB 1308 (Cunningham) This bill allows a qualified student to taste, but not consume, an alcoholic beverage and exempts the student and the qualified academic institution in which the student is enrolled from criminal prosecution if the qualified academic institution has established an Associate's degree or a Bachelor's degree program in hotel management or culinary arts, as provided. An act to amend Section 25668 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to alcoholic beverages.

• AB 1311 (Ting) Authorizes the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) to allow specified alcoholic beverage licenses in the City and County of San Francisco to be transferred within the same neighborhood. An act to amend Section 23826.13 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to alcoholic beverages.

• AB 1370 (Chiu). This bill authorizes the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) to issue a special on-sale general license to Saint Joseph's Church in San Francisco. An act to amend Section 23039 of, and to add Section 24045.78 to, the Business and Professions Code, relating to alcoholic beverages.

• AB 1428 (Calderon) Requires a business that offers a refund to a customer via a prepaid debit card for a purchase initiated by the customer in California, to provide the customer with at least one other method of receiving the refund other than a prepaid debit card. An act to add Title 1.3.5 (commencing with Section 1748.40) to Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code, relating to business.

• AB 1518 (Chu) This bill would authorize a student athlete to enter into a contract with an athlete agent without losing their status as a student athlete, if the contract complies with the policy of the student athlete's educational institution and the bylaws of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). An act to amend Sections 18895.2, 18897.6, and 18897.73 of, and to add Section 18897.74 to, the Business and Professions Code, relating to athletes.

• AB 1521 (Low) This bill extends the sunset date of the Board of Accountancy (Board) and its authority to appoint an executive officer by four years; revises the Board's authority related to reviewing administrative action by federal or foreign governments for purposes of licensure; sets the biennial renewal fee at $250 and raises the biennial renewal fee cap to $280; and, makes other technical and clarifying changes. An act to amend Sections 480, 5000, 5008, 5015.6, 5070, 5070.1, 5070.2, 5070.5, 5070.6, 5073, 5096, 5096.12, 5100.1, 5134, 5151, and 5152.1 of, and to add Section 5100.2 to, the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations.

• AB 1522 (Low) Extends the sunset date for the Board of Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists (Board) and its authority to appoint an executive officer until January 1, 2024; authorizes the Board to take enforcement actions against a geologist-in-training certificate; continues disciplinary authority; and makes other technical and clarifying changes An act to amend Sections 6710, 6714, 6775.2, 6787, 6788, 7830, 7830.1, 7860.2, 7872, 8710, 8727, 8780.2, and 8792 of, to add Section 7860.1 to, and to repeal Section 6704.1 of, the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations.

• AB 1523 (Low) This bill extends the operation of the California State Athletic Commission until January 1, 2024, and authorizes the Commission to hire a chief athletic inspector and assistant chief athletic inspector. An act to amend Sections 18602 and 18613 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to business.

• AB 1529 (Low) Requires a cannabis cartridge or integrated cannabis vaporizer that contains cannabis or a cannabis product to bear the universal cannabis symbol that is at least one-quarter inch by one-quarter inch. Contains an urgency clause to ensure that the provisions of this bill go into immediate effect upon enactment. An act to add Section 26122 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to cannabis, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 1790 (Wicks) This bill requires a marketplace, as defined, to ensure that its terms and conditions regarding commercial relationships with marketplace sellers meet specified requirements, including that the terms and conditions are drafted in plain and intelligible language. If a marketplace decides to suspend or terminate a marketplace seller based upon an alleged violation of law or a term, condition, or policy of the marketplace, the bill requires the marketplace to provide the marketplace seller with a written statement of reasons for that decision, as specified. An act to add Title 1.4C (commencing with Section 1749.7) to Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code, relating to business.

• AB 1825 (Committee on Governmental Organization) This bill would allow specified licensees that hold more than one of the specified licenses for a single premise to have alcoholic beverages that are authorized under those licenses at the same time anywhere within the premises for purposes of production and storage, as specified. In addition, this bill expands an existing Tied-house exception (Los Angeles Stadium at Hollywood Park), to allow for the advertising of alcohol within the retail, entertainment, commercial, and mixed-use development which includes the stadium and performance venue, as specified. An act to amend Sections 25503.6 and 25607 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to alcoholic beverage control.

• SB 21 (Dodd) This bill lowers the required minimum brewing production of a brewpub-restaurant licensee from 200 barrels per year to 100 barrels per year. An act to amend Section 23396.3 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to alcoholic beverages, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• SB 34 (Wiener) This bill allows cannabis licensees to donate cannabis and cannabis products to medicinal cannabis patients who have difficulty accessing cannabis or cannabis products, and exempts such products from taxation, as specified. An act to amend Sections 26001, 26153, 26161, and 26162.5 of, and to add Section 26071 to, the Business and Professions Code, and to amend Sections 34010, 34011, and 34012 of, and to add and repeal Sections 6414 and 34012.1 of, the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to cannabis.

• SB 39 (Hill) The bill requires a tobacco product to be delivered only in a container that is conspicuously labeled as being a tobacco product that requires the signature of a person 21 years of age or older; and requires, before completing a delivery, a specified entity to obtain the signature of a person 21 years of age or older upon delivering the product to the recipient's or purchaser's address, as specified. An act to amend Section 22963 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to tobacco products.

• SB 143 (Skinner) This bill authorizes general use prepaid cards (general use card) as a form of payment junk dealers or recyclers may provide for nonferrous material; requires the junk dealer or recycler to pay any one-time or initial use fees associated with the card; and prohibits specified fees from being charged to the general use card. An act to amend Section 21608.5 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to business, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• SB 176 (Jackson) This bill is the annual State Bar fee bill that authorizes the collection of attorney licensing fees. An act to amend Sections 6001.2, 6025, 6052, 6077, 6101, 6140, 6140.03, 6140.9, 6141, 6141.1, 6141.3, and 6230 of, to add Section 6032.1 to, and to repeal Sections 6022, 6026, and 6076.5 of, the Business and Professions Code, relating to attorneys.

• SB 180 (Chang) This bill would require a seller of gene therapy kits to place a notice on their website and on the packaging of the kit stating that the kit is not for self-administration. An act to add Chapter 37 (commencing with Section 22949.50) to Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to gene therapy kits.

• SB 185 (McGuire) This bill prohibits the use of an appellation of origin or similar sounding word unless the cannabis or cannabis product meets the appellation of origin requirement guidelines. An act to amend Sections 26001 and 26063 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to cannabis.

• SB 205 (Hertzberg) This bill requires businesses to demonstrate enrollment with stormwater discharge permits when applying for, or renewing, a business license with a city or county. An act to add Sections 16000.3 and 16100.3 to the Business and Professions Code, and to add Section 13383.10 to the Water Code, relating to business.

• SB 251 (Committee on Banking and Financial Institutions) This bill makes several technical and corrective, nonsubstantive changes to financial services and corporate securities laws. An act to amend Sections 7502.1, 7522, 7582.2, 7742, 10131.3, 10166.07, 10177, 10232.4, 10239, 11000.1, 11243, 17537.2, and 20009 of the Business and Professions Code, to amend Sections 1770, 1916.5, 2924, and 2953 of the Civil Code, to amend Sections 336a and 580e of the Code of Civil Procedure, to amend Section 9201 of the Commercial Code, to amend Sections 191, 500, 1001, 1300, 1502.1, 2011, 2117.1, 7813.5, 8011.5, 8723, 12504, 12532, 12662, 13205, 13406, 13408.5, 14312, 15911.21, 17707.07, 17711.02, 25004, 25014.6, 25023, 25100, 25102, 25102.1, 25118, 25217, 25300, 25606, 25612.3, 28505, 28715, and 31115 of the Corporations Code, to amend Sections 818, 4970, 4995, 7273, 17303, 18027, 18339, and 18596 of the Financial Code, to amend Sections 1322, 6276.18, 7603, 12657, 12659, and 75030.5 of the Government Code, to amend Sections 760, 771, 828, 845, 845.5, 1192, and 1758.993 of the Insurance Code, to amend Section 186.9 of the Penal Code, to amend Sections 10200 and 11604.5 of the Probate Code, and to amend Section 4734 of the Public Resources Code, relating to financial institutions.

• SB 334 (Pan) This bill requires the Department of Public Health (DPH) to establish a streamlined education and training program for a medical laboratory technician (MLT) to become a clinical laboratory scientist (CLS), by January 1, 2022. An act to amend Section 1261 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.

• SB 339 (Jones) This bill specifies that if a licensed land surveyor, engineer or geologist is retained as an expert witness and enters into a nondisclosure agreement, that agreement cannot be construed to prevent the licensee from reporting a potential violation of the practice act to the Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists (Board), as specified. An act to add Sections 6789, 7874, and 8790.5 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations.

• SB 385 (Jones) This bill requires the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services (BSIS) to issue an enhanced photo identification card to licensees upon issuance or renewal beginning January 1, 2021, as specified; deletes a provision allowing the unlicensed practice of private investigation (PI) to be punished as an infraction; exempts trained peace officers from additional training requirements; and makes other technical and clarifying changes. An act to amend Sections 7529 and 7542 of, to repeal Section 7520.1 of, and to amend, repeal, and add Section 7558.1 of, the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations.

• SB 391 (Monning) This bill authorizes a special investigator employed by the Bureau of Household Goods and Services (Bureau) to issue a written notice to appear in court for a violation of specified provisions of the Household Movers Act. An act to amend Section 19283.1 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to business.

• SB 469 (Dodd) This bill authorizes the California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) to immediately suspend a license to conduct a horse racing meeting when necessary to protect the health and safety of horses and riders, as specified. An act to amend Section 19530 of, and to add Section 19481.7 to, the Business and Professions Code, relating to horse racing, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• SB 540 (Jones) Allows nonprofit corporations to offer split-dollar life insurance policies as compensation when secured by the cash value or death benefit, instead of both the cash value and death benefit. An act to amend Section 5236 of the Corporations Code, relating to nonprofit corporations.

• SB 544 (Umberg) This bill prohibits the staff of the State Bar or the members of the examining committee from considering or reviewing an records relating to mental health when reviewing whether an applicant is of good moral character, or from requesting or seeking to review any medical records relating to mental health, except as provided. An act to amend Section 6060 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to attorneys.

• SB 578 (Jones) Allows sellers of time-share interests to offer to prospective buyers temporary accommodations that are beyond the 20-mile radius prescribed in existing law and provides that parties subject to the Vacation Ownership and Time-Share Act (VOTA) may submit their disputes to a third-party organization other than the American Arbitration Association. An act to amend Sections 11241, 11242, 11242.1, 11256, and 11267 of, and to add and repeal Section 11245.1 of, the Business and Professions Code, relating to time-shares.

• SB 595 (Bradford) This bill requires a cannabis licensing authority to develop and implement a program by July 1, 2020, that provides a fee deferral or fee waiver to obtain or renew a license for a needs-based applicant or licensee, as specified, contingent upon an appropriation in the annual Budget Act or another statute. An act to add Section 26249 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to cannabis.

• SB 606 (Glazer) This bill provides for a review of the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau (Bureau) by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature prior to January 1, 2024; extends the sunset date of the Board of Barbering and Cosmetology (BBC) by one year, until January 1, 2021; and, extends the appoint an executive officer for the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians (BVNPT), by one year, until January 1, 2021. An act to amend Sections 2847.1, 2847.3, 7303, 7602, 7646, and 7650 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations.

• SB 608 (Glazer) This bill extends the operations of the California Architects Board (CAB) and the Landscape Architects Technical Committee (LATC) for four years. An act to amend Sections 144, 5510, 5517, 5520, 5536, 5536.22, 5552.5, 5600.05, 5616, 5620, 5621, and 5622, of, and to add Sections 5526.5, 5552.1, and 5620.2 to, the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations.

• SB 609 (Glazer) Makes various changes to the operations of the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services (BSIS), including prohibiting BSIS from issuing firearms permits to applicants under 21 years of age, consolidating the Private Investigator (PI) Fund and the Private Security Services (PSS) Fund, increasing certain fees within the PI Act, and ensuring Legislative review of BSIS by January 1, 2024. An act to amend Sections 6980.17, 6981, 7502.6, 7504.7, 7506.10, 7511.5, 7523, 7523.5, 7528, 7532, 7541.2, 7542.2, 7564, 7570, 7573.5, 7576, 7583.2, 7583.6, 7583.8, 7583.9, 7583.10, 7583.12, 7583.15, 7583.16, 7583.19, 7583.20, 7583.23, 7585.8, 7587.8, 7587.15, 7588.6, 7588.8, 7590.5, 7591.9, 7596.3, 7596.7, 7596.81, and 7599.80 of, and to repeal and add Section 7571 of, the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations.

• SB 610 (Glazer) This bill extends the sunset date of the Contractors State License Board (CSLB) and its authority to appoint a registrar until January 1, 2024; requires the CSLB to conduct a study of the contractor bond; and, makes other technical and clarifying changes to the Contractors' State License Law (Contractors' Law). An act to amend Sections 7000.5, 7006, 7011, 7018, 7040, 7071.6, 7071.17, 7124.6, 7137, and 7169 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to contractors.

• SB 639 (Mitchell) This bill prohibits all healing arts licensees, or an employee or agent of a licensee, from offering products with deferred interest provisions, and from signing patients up for medical credit cards who are under anesthesia or sedated or in treatment areas, as specified. This bill also requires licensees who accept MediCal to specify what treatments are and are not covered by Medi-Cal, and explain if Medi-Cal would cover an alternate, medically appropriate service; and simplifies language in required patient notices. An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 654.3 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.

• SB 655 (Roth) This bill makes various changes to regulation of pharmacy, including increasing the number of hours required for a pharmacy technician training program, modifying procurement rules for a reverse distributor (an entity that collects and processes unwanted or unused drugs), updating renewal requirements for an advanced practice pharmacist, requiring licensing fees for government entities, and additional technical changes. An act to amend Sections 4115.5, 4163, and 4200 of, to amend, repeal, and add Section 4400 of, and to add Section 4211 to, the Business and Professions Code, relating to pharmacy.

• SB 679 (Bates) This bill restructures the code sections outlining requirements for persons applying to be licensed marriage and family therapists (LMFTs), licensed clinical social workers (LCSWs), and licensed professional clinical counselors (LPCCs) who have out-of-state education or experience. Additionally, it creates a new pathway for licensure for individuals applying to be LMFTs, LCSWs, or LPCCs who have held active and unrestricted out-of-state licenses in their respective practices for at least two years. An act to amend Sections 4980.03, 4980.74, 4980.78, 4980.81, 4996.18, 4999.61, and 4999.62 of, to add Sections 4996.17.1 and 4996.17.2 to, to repeal Sections 4980.79, 4996.17, and 4999.63 of, and to repeal and add Sections 4980.72 and 4999.60 of, the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.

• SB 697 (Caballero) This bill revises the way physician assistants are supervised by physicians, allowing multiple physicians and surgeons to supervise a physician assistant (PA); renames the supervision agreement from a delegation of services agreement (DSA) to a practice agreement; eliminates the statutory requirement of medical records review; generally allows supervising physician and surgeons to determine the appropriate level of supervision for PA practice; and makes other conforming and technical changes. An act to amend Sections 3500, 3501, 3502, 3502.1, 3502.3, 3509, 3516, 3518, 3527, and 3528 of, and to repeal Sections 3516.5, 3521, and 3522 of, the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.

• SB 717 (Jones) This bill authorizes a craft distiller to purchase advertising space from, or on behalf of, an on-sale retail licensee subject to the same conditions as other alcohol manufacturers. An act to amend Section 25503.6 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to alcoholic beverages.

• SB 786 (Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development) This bill makes several non-controversial, minor, non-substantive, or technical changes to various provisions pertaining to the regulatory boards of the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA). An act to amend Sections 803.1, 1902, 1902.1, 1902.2, 1902.3, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1905.1, 1905.2, 1906, 1909, 1910.5, 1916, 1917, 1917.1, 1917.3, 1918, 1922, 1926.1, 1926.2, 1926.3, 1926.4, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1936.1, 1940, 1941, 1941.5, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1950.5, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1958.1, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1966.1, 1966.2, 1966.4, 1966.5, 1966.6, 2234, 4980.36, 4980.37, 4980.43.4, 4980.50, 4980.81, 4989.22, 4990.30, 4992.1, 4996.23.3, 4999.32, 4999.33, 4999.46.4, and 4999.52 of, to repeal Section 4980.395 of, to repeal Article 8 (commencing with Section 2155) and Article 11 (commencing with Section 2200) of Chapter 5 of Division 2 of, and to repeal and add Sections 2940 and 2941 of, the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.

• SB 788 (Committee on Governmental Organization) This bill clarifies that an emergency order issued by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) is not a final decision. The bill also provides the Superior Court jurisdiction to review an emergency decision issued by ABC. An act to amend Sections 23080, 23090.5, 25503.4, 25503.56, and 25503.57 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to alcoholic beverages, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

CIVIL

• AB 206 (Chiu) To protect those opting to voluntarily participate in a lead paint abatement program, this bill provides limited immunity from lawsuits and other claims associated with the participation in the lead abatement program. An act to add Section 3494.5 to the Civil Code, relating to public nuisance.

• AB 218 (Gonzalez) Extends the civil statute of limitations for childhood sexual assault by 14 years, revives, for three years, old claims, and increases certain penalties for childhood sexual assault. An act to amend Sections 340.1 and 1002 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and to amend Section 905 of the Government Code, relating to childhood sexual assault.

• AB 330 (Gabriel) This bill increases fees on specified court filings by $15 in order to fund an expansion of legal representation for low-income litigants in three kinds of potentially life-altering civil matters: probate conservatorships, housing-related matters including eviction, and family law. An act to amend Sections 68651 and 70626 of the Government Code, relating to courts.

• AB 602 (Berman) Creates a private right of action for a "depicted individual" against a person who either creates or intentionally discloses sexually explicit material without the consent of the depicted person. An act to add Section 1708.86 to the Civil Code, relating to privacy.

• AB 622 (Chen) This bill requires guards or other security personnel, if any, to grant access to a covered multifamily dwelling, as defined, for the sole purpose of performing service of process or serving a subpoena. An act to amend Section 415.21 of the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to civil procedure.

• AB 692 (Maienschein) This bill amends exceptions to the Mandatory Fee Arbitration Act (MFAA) and provides for the tolling of the limitations period applicable to specified attorney misconduct claims pending the resolution of arbitration carried out pursuant to the MFAA. An act to amend Section 6206 of the Business and Professions Code, and to amend Section 340.6 of the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to attorneys.

• AB 749 (Mark Stone) Prohibits settlement agreements that contain a provision that restricts an employee from working for the employer against which the employee has filed a claim, as specified. An act to add Chapter 3.6 (commencing with Section 1002.5) to Title 14 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to civil actions.

• AB 800 (Chu) Provides participants in the Safe at Home Program, which permits victims of domestic violence, stalking, sexual assault, or human trafficking to utilize confidential mailing addresses, the ability proceed in legal actions using a pseudonym. An act to add Section 367.3 to the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to civil actions.

• AB 1130 (Levine) This bill updates the definition of "personal information" in various consumer protection statutes to include certain government identification numbers and biometric data. An act to amend Sections 1798.29, 1798.81.5, and 1798.82 of the Civil Code, relating to information privacy.

• AB 1202 (Chau) This bill requires data brokers to register with the Attorney General (AG), requires the AG to create a publicly available registry of data brokers on its website, and grants enforcement authority for violations of these requirements to the AG. An act to add Title 1.81.48 (commencing with Section 1798.99.80) to Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code, relating to privacy.

• AB 1349 (Obernolte). Amends several sections of the Civil Discovery Act in the Code of Civil Procedure to facilitate both the provision of responses to written interrogatories and requests for admission, and the filing of motions to compel responses to these forms of discovery requests. An act to amend Sections 2030.210 and 2033.210, of the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to civil actions.

• AB 1361 (Obernolte) Provides that a payment of a portion of a money judgment, associated costs, and interest does not waive the right to appeal other portions of the money judgment. An act to add Section 695.215 to the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to civil actions.

• AB 1510 (Reyes) Creates a one-year window in which certain victims of sexual assault may revive claims for damages that are otherwise time-barred by a statute of limitations. An act to amend Section 340.16 of the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to sexual misconduct, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 1600 (Kalra) Shortens the notice requirement in criminal cases when a defendant files a motion to discover police officer misconduct from 16 days to 10 days. An act to amend Section 1005 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and to amend Sections 1043 and 1047 of the Evidence Code, relating to discovery

• AB 1607 (Boerner Horvath) Requires local governments to provide businesses with information on the law prohibiting gender discrimination in the prices charged for certain services.

An act to amend Sections 51.6 and 55.63 of the Civil Code, relating to civil rights.

• AB 1637 (Smith) This bill authorizes the State Controller to transfer property reported to the state under the Unclaimed Property Law (UPL) in the name of a local agency or state agency directly to that agency without the filing of a claim by the agency, and provides that existing immunity from suit under the UPL also applies to the transfer of this property. An act to amend Section 1540 of the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to civil actions.

• SB 17 (Umberg) This bill provides for certain initial disclosures to be made in civil actions, as specified. This bill requires courts to impose a sanction when it makes certain findings in conjunction with requests for production of documents, as specified. An act to add Sections 2016.090 and 2023.050 to the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to civil actions.

• SB 41 (Hertzberg) This bill provides that estimations, measures, or calculations of past, present, or future damages for lost earnings or impaired earning capacity resulting from personal injury or wrongful death shall not be reduced based on race, ethnicity, or gender. An act to add Section 3361 to the Civil Code, relating to damages.

• SB 274 (Dodd) This bill (1) creates an opportunity for mobilehome residents to return when a mobilehome park is destroyed by natural disaster and subsequently gets rebuilt; (2) provides a required structure for a park's determination of whether it must accept a prospective mobilehome buyer; and (3) provides mobilehome residents the opportunity to designate at least three "companions" in each calendar year with whom to share the mobilehome. An act to amend Sections 798.34 and 798.74 of, and to add Section 798.62 to, the Civil Code, relating to mobilehome residency.

• SB 306 (Morrell) This bill gives authority to mortgage trustees to resign from that role or to refuse appointment to that role, sets forth procedures for a mortgage trustee to follow when resigning or refusing appointment, and explains the effect of the resignation or refusal. This bill also requires the trust beneficiary to appoint a trustee if one is not designated in the deed, and to appoint a successor trustee upon the resignation, incapacity, disability, absence, or death of the prior trustee. An act to amend Section 2934a of the Civil Code, relating to mortgages.

• SB 310 (Skinner) This bill permits a person with a felony conviction, who is not incarcerated in prison or jail, to serve on a jury. An act to amend Section 203 of the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to juries.

• SB 323 (Wieckowski) This bill enacts a series of reforms to the laws governing board of director elections in common interest developments, commonly referred to as homeowners associations or HOAs. In broad strokes, the reforms seek to increase the regularity, fairness, formality, and transparency associated with such elections.

• SB 326 (Hill) This bill makes two changes to the laws governing homeowners associations (HOAs). First, it establishes a mandatory inspection regime for exterior elevated elements (EEEs), such as balconies, decks, walkways, stairways, and railings, within HOAs. Second it nullifies any provision in an HOA's governing documents that purports to condition or limit the ability of the HOA to bring construction defect litigation against the developer or builder of the HOA. An act to amend Section 6150 of, and to add Sections 5551 and 5986 to, the Civil Code, relating to civil law.

• SB 370 (Umberg) Seeks to streamline the document production process to be more efficient for litigants. An act to amend Section 2031.280 of the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to discovery.

• SB 616 (Wieckowski) This bill extends and clarifies a deposit account holder's timeline for filing a claim of exemption when a judgment creditor seeks to extract money from the account through a levy. This bill also establishes an automatic exemption from bank account levies, with specified exceptions, of no more than the minimum basic standard of adequate care for a family of four, as defined and annually adjusted by the State Department of Social Services (currently $1,724). An act to amend Sections 699.520, 699.540, and 704.070 of, to amend, repeal, and add Sections 703.520 and 703.550 of, and to add Sections 704.220, 704.225, and 704.230 to, the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to civil actions.

• SB 630 (Stern) Clarifies that state law does not prevent a local governing body from adopting and enforcing a local ordinance, rule, or regulation to prevent slavery or human trafficking and allows local regulations regarding the posting of notices about slavery and human trafficking. An act to amend Section 52.6 of the Civil Code, relating to human trafficking.

• SB 645 (Monning) This bill limits the deposition testimony of dying deponents in specified civil cases. An act to add Section 2025.295 to the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to depositions.

• SB 707 (Wieckowski) Provides that the drafting party of a commercial or employment related arbitration agreement is in material breach of the arbitration agreement if the drafting party fails to pay, as required by existing law, specified costs and fees associated with the arbitration proceeding. An act to amend Sections 1280 and 1281.96 of, and to add Sections 1281.97, 1281.98, and 1281.99 to, the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to arbitration.

• AB 68 (Ting) This bill makes changes to accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and junior accessory dwelling units (JADUs) law. An act to amend Sections 65852.2 and 65852.22 of the Government Code, relating to land use.

• AB 101 (Committee on Budget) This is the Housing trailer bill for 2019-20. It contains the necessary changes related to the 2019 Budget Act. An act to amend Sections 30035.7, 65400, 65585, and 65913.4 of, to add Sections 65589.9 and 65589.11 to, and to add and repeal Article 12 (commencing with Section 65660) of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Title 7 of, the Government Code, to amend Sections 50199.8, 50517.5, 50517.6, 50517.7, 50650, 50650.3, 50650.4, 50843.5, and 53545.13 of, to add Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 50216) to Part 1 of Division 31 of, to add Chapter 3.1 (commencing with Section 50515) to Part 2 of Division 31 of, and to add and Part 12.5 (commencing with Section 53559) to Division 31 of, the Health and Safety Code, to add Sections 75218.1 and 75244 to the Public Resources Code, to amend Sections 12206, 17058, 17561, 23610.5, and 24692 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, and to amend Section 8256 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to housing, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget.

• AB 430 (Gallagher) Establishes a ministerial approval process for residential and mixed-use developments within or near the cities of Biggs, Corning, Gridley, Live Oak, Orland, Oroville, Willows, and Yuba City, so that these projects are not subject to review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). An act to add and repeal Section 65913.15 of the Government Code, relating to housing.

• AB 957 (Committee on Housing and Community Development) Makes technical and non-controversial changes to various sections of the law dealing with housing. An act to amend Section 65583.2 of the Government Code, to amend Sections 17980.7, 53590, 53591, 53592, 53593, 53594, and 53595 of the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Section 5849.35 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to housing, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 1485 (Wicks) Makes various changes to SB 35 (Wiener) Chapter 366, Statutes of 2017. SB 35 to allow for streamlining of housing developments that include a percentage of low income and/or moderate income housing. An act to amend Section 65913.4 of the Government Code, relating to housing.

• AB 1486 (Ting) This bill expands Surplus Land Act requirements for local agencies, requires local governments to include specified information relating to surplus lands in their housing elements and annual progress reports (APRs), and requires the state Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to establish a database of surplus lands, as specified. An act to amend Sections 54220, 54221, 54222, 54222.3, 54223, 54225, 54226, 54227, 54230.5, 54233, and 65583.2 of, and to add Sections 54230.6, 54233.5, 54234, 65400.1, and 65585.1 to, the Government Code, relating to surplus land.

• AB 1487 (Chiu) Establishes the San Francisco Bay Regional Housing Finance Act and enables the Bay Area voters to raise money for affordable housing. An act to add Title 6.8 (commencing with Section 64500) to the Government Code, relating to housing.

• AB 1515 (Friedman) Prohibits a court from invalidating the approval of specified development projects in an order issued to remedy an updated community plan's noncompliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). An act to add and repeal Article 8.2 (commencing with Section 65458) of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code, relating to land use.

• AB 1763 (Chiu) Revises Density Bonus Law (DBL) to require a city or county to award a developer additional density, concessions and incentives, and height increases if 100% of the units in a development are restricted to lower income households. An act to amend Section 65915 of the Government Code, relating to housing.

• SB 128 (Beall) This bill extends the best-value contracting pilot program until January 1, 2025, and adds Santa Clara and Monterey Counties to the program. An act to amend Sections 20155, 20155.1, 20155.7, and 20155.9 of the Public Contract Code, relating to public contracts.

• AB 12 (Irwin) Extends the duration of gun violence restraining orders (GVRO) and their renewals to a maximum of five years. An act to amend, repeal, and add Sections 18109, 18120, 18160, 18170, 18175, 18180, 18185, 18190, and 18197 of the Penal Code, relating to firearms.

• AB 32 (Bonta). Prohibits the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) from entering into, or renewing contracts with private for-profit prisons after January 1, 2020, and eliminates their use by January 1, 2028. Also prohibits the operation of a private detention facility within the state, except as specified. An act to add Section 5003.1 to, and to add Title 9.5 (commencing with Section 9500) to Part 3 of, the Penal Code, relating to detention facilities.

• AB 45 (Mark Stone) This bill prohibits the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and city and county jails from charging inmates a co-pay for medical visits, and prohibits those entities from charging a fee for durable medical equipment or medical supplies provided to an inmate as medically necessary. An act to amend Section 5008.2 of, to add Sections 4011.3 and 5007.9 to, and to repeal and add Sections 4011.2 and 5007.5 of, the Penal Code, relating to inmates.

• AB 61 (Ting) Expands the category of persons that may file a petition requesting a court to issue an ex parte temporary gun violence restraining order (GVRO), a one year GVRO, or a renewal of a GVRO, to include an employer, a coworker who has substantial and regular interactions with the subject of the petition for at least one year and has obtained the approval of the employer, and an employee or teacher of a secondary school, or postsecondary school the subject has attended in the last six months and has the approval of the school administration staff. An act to amend, repeal, and add Sections 18150, 18170, and 18190 of the Penal Code, relating to firearms.

• AB 164 (Cervantes) This bill prohibits any person subject to a valid restraining order, injunction, or protective order issued out of state from possessing, receiving or purchasing, or attempting to possess, receive or purchase a firearm in this state if the out-of-state order is equivalent in the prohibition against possessing, receiving or purchasing a firearm. An act to amend Section 29825 of the Penal Code, relating to firearms.

• AB 169 (Lackey) Expands the crime of causing injury to, or the death of, any guide, signal, or service dog, and adds the medical expenses and lost wages of the owner to the existing list of recoverable restitution costs. An act to amend Sections 600.2 and 600.5 of the Penal Code, relating to guide, signal, and service dogs.

• AB 189 (Kamlager-Dove) Provides that a qualified autism service provider, a qualified autism service professional, or a qualified autism service paraprofessional provider, as defined, is a mandated reporter of known or suspected child abuse and neglect for the purposes of the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act (CANRA). An act to amend Section 11165.7 of the Penal Code, relating to child abuse or neglect.

• AB 304 (Jones-Sawyer) This bill extends the sunset date until January 1, 2025, on provisions of California law which authorize the Attorney General (AG), chief deputy attorney general, chief assistant attorney general, district attorney or the district attorney's designee to apply to the presiding judge of the superior court for an order authorizing the interception of wire or electronic communications under specified circumstances. An act to amend Section 629.98 of the Penal Code, relating to wiretapping.

• AB 332 (Lackey) Requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) to submit a report to the Legislature and Governor with specified data relating to students' completion of the basic training course for peace officers and the availability of remedial training and retesting when a student fails to complete a course. An act to add Section 13510.06 to, and to add and repeal Section 13510.05 of, the Penal Code, relating to peace officers.

• AB 339 (Irwin) Requires each municipal police department, county sheriff's department, the Department of California Highway Patrol, and the University of California and California State University Police Departments to develop and adopt written policies and standards regarding the use of gun violence restraining orders (GVRO) on or before January 1, 2021. An act to add Section 18108 to the Penal Code, relating to gun violence restraining orders.

• AB 392 (Weber) This bill revises the standards for use of deadly force by peace officers. An act to amend Sections 196 and 835a of the Penal Code, relating to peace officers.

• AB 433 (Ramos) This bill requires that the prosecutor be given two days written notice of a hearing for early termination of probation, and requires the prosecutor to notify the victim if the victim has asked to be notified about the case. An act to amend Section 1203.3 of the Penal Code, relating to probation.

• AB 484 (Jones-Sawyer) This bill makes the imposition of the 180-day confinement condition that is currently required when a defendant is granted probation after being convicted of specified controlled substances offenses permissive rather than mandatory. An act to amend Section 1203.076 of the Penal Code, relating to crimes.

• AB 538 (Berman) Permits a nurse practitioner and a physician assistant to perform a medical evidentiary examination for evidence of sexual assault; and updates terminology, documentation procedures, and training curriculum for medical evidentiary examinations in cases of sexual assault. An act to amend Section 1281 of the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Sections 1203.1h, 13823.5, 13823.7, 13823.9, 13823.93, 13823.95, 13823.11, and 13823.13 of the Penal Code, relating to medical evidentiary examinations.

• AB 597 (Levine) This bill extends authorization for the use of flash incarceration for individuals on probation or mandatory supervision until January 1, 2023 An act to amend Sections 1203, 1203.35, and 4019 of the Penal Code, relating to corrections.

• AB 611 (Nazarian) Prohibits sexual contact, as defined, with any animal. Provides for seizure and forfeiture of animals involved in such violations. An act to amend Section 597.9 of, and to repeal and add Section 286.5 of, the Penal Code, relating to sexual abuse of animals.

• AB 629 (Smith) Authorizes the Victim Compensation Board (board) to provide compensation equal to loss of income or support to human trafficking victims. An act to amend Sections 13957 and 13957.5 of the Government Code, relating to crime victims, and making an appropriation therefor.

• AB 640 (Frazier) This bill requires the training course developed by the advisory committee within the Office of Emergency Services (OES) for district attorneys on the investigation and prosecution of sexual assault cases, child sexual exploitation cases, and child sexual abuse, to also include training on the investigation and prosecution of sexual abuse cases involving victims with developmental disabilities. An act to amend Section 13836 of the Penal Code, relating to sex crimes.

• AB 645 (Irwin) Requires, as of June 1, 2020, a specified statement regarding suicide to be printed on the packaging and descriptive materials accompanying the sale of any firearm, requires a licensed firearms dealer to conspicuously post a specified suicide warning statement on its premises, and requires the written test for the handgun safety certificate to cover the topic of suicide. An act to amend, repeal, and add Sections 23640, 26835, and 31640 of the Penal Code, relating to firearms.

• AB 662 (Cunningham) This bill expands the crime of inveigling or enticing an unmarried female minor of chaste character for sexual purposes to any minor for those purposes. An act to amend Section 266 of the Penal Code, relating to crimes.

• AB 701 (Weber) Provides a person who is exonerated of a crime $5,000 upon release from prison, to be used to pay for housing, and entitles the exonerated person to receive direct payment or reimbursement for reasonable housing costs for between up to four years thereafter. An act to amend Section 3007.05 of the Penal Code, relating to exonerated prisoners.

• AB 879 (Gipson) Requires, commencing July 1, 2023, the sale of firearms precursor parts be conducted through licensed firearms precursor part vendor. An act to amend Sections 16170, 18010, 27585, and 30800 of, to add Sections 16531 and 16532 to, and to add Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 30400) to Division 10 of Title 4 of Part 6 of, the Penal Code, relating to firearms, and making an appropriation therefor.

• AB 917 (Reyes) Reduces the timelines for a certifying entity to process a victim certification for an immigrant victim of a crime for the purposes of obtaining U-Visas and T-Visas. An act to amend Sections 679.10 and 679.11 of the Penal Code, relating to victims of crime.

• AB 1076 (Ting) Requires the Department of Justice (DOJ), as of January 1, 2021, to review its criminal justice databases on a weekly basis, identify persons who are eligible for relief by having either their arrest records or conviction records withheld from disclosure, with specified exceptions, and requires the DOJ to grant that relief to the eligible person without a petition or motion to being filed on the person's behalf. An act to amend Sections 480, 480.2, and 11345.2 of the Business and Professions Code, to amend Section 432.7 of the Labor Code, to amend Section 11105 of, and to add Sections 851.93 and 1203.425 to, the Penal Code, and to amend Section 13555 of the Vehicle Code, relating to criminal records.

• AB 1215 (Ting) Prohibits a law enforcement officer or agency from installing, activating, or using a biometric surveillance system in connection with a law enforcement agency's body-worn camera or any other camera. An act to add and repeal Section 832.19 of the Penal Code, relating to law enforcement.

• AB 1260 (Maienschein) This bill adds more types of animals - iguana, skink, caiman, hippopotamus, and three types of lizards - to the import and trade prohibition of dead animals and dead animal parts. An act to amend Section 653o of the Penal Code, relating to endangered wildlife.

• AB 1292 (Bauer-Kahan) Specifies circumstances which allow a firearm to be transferred from one person to another by operation of law without the need to go through a firearms dealer. Exempts an individual from specified prohibitions on possession and transfer of firearms when the individual is delivering a firearm to law enforcement, as specified. An act to amend Sections 16960, 16990, 25570, 27920, and 31700 of, and to add Sections 26392, 26406, 26582, 26589, and 27922 to, the Penal Code, relating to firearms.

• AB 1294 (Salas) Expands the list of specified crimes that fall within the definition of gambling for purposes of providing a procedure for the forfeiture of property and proceeds acquired through a pattern of criminal profiteering activity. An act to amend Section 186.2 of the Penal Code, relating to criminal profiteering.

• AB 1297 (McCarty) This bill requires the licensing authority for any city or county issuing concealed firearm licenses (CCW permits) to charge an applicant a fee sufficient to cover the reasonable costs of processing, issuing enforcement of the license, and eliminates the existing $100 limit to process a new concealed carry license. An act to amend Section 26190 of the Penal Code, relating to firearms.

• AB 1331 (Bonta) Expands the data that law enforcement entities are required to report to the Department of Justice related to every arrest to include the Criminal Investigation and Identification (CII) number and incident report number. An act to amend, repeal, and add Sections 13150, 13151, and 13202 of the Penal Code, relating to criminal justice data.

• AB 1390 (Mark Stone) This bill expands eligibility for the youth deferred entry of judgment pilot program to defendants who are older than 21 years of age but under 25 years of age at the time of the offense with approval of the multidisciplinary team established by the county. An act to amend Section 1000.7 of the Penal Code, relating to diversion.

• AB 1421 (Bauer-Kahan) This bill prohibits the revocation of supervision for failure of a person to pay fines, fees, or assessments, unless the court determines that the defendant has willfully failed to pay and has the ability to pay. An act to amend Section 1203.2 of the Penal Code, relating to supervised release.

• AB 1493 (Ting) Authorizes the subject of a Gun Violence Restraining Order (GVRO) petition to submit a form to the court voluntarily relinquishing the subject's firearm rights and stating that the subject is not contesting the petition. An act to amend Sections 18115 and 18175 of the Penal Code, relating to firearms.

• AB 1603 (Wicks) Codifies the establishment of the California Violence Intervention and Prevention Grant Program (CalVIP) and the authority and duties of the Board of State Community Corrections (BSCC) in administering the program, including the selection criteria for grants and reporting requirements to the Legislature. An act to add and repeal Title 10.2 (commencing with Section 14130) of Part 4 of the Penal Code, relating to criminal justice.

• AB 1618 (Jones-Sawyer) Provides that a provision of a plea bargain requiring a general waiver of future benefits of legislative enactments, initiatives, appellate decisions, or other changes in the law that may retroactively apply after the date of the plea is void as against public policy. An act to add Section 1016.8 to the Penal Code, relating to plea bargains.

• AB 1638 (Obernolte) Expands authorization for the issuance of a search warrant to obtain information from a motor vehicle's software that "tends to show the commission of a felony or misdemeanor offense involving a motor vehicle, resulting in death or serious bodily injury." An act to amend Section 1524 of the Penal Code, relating to search warrants.

• AB 1669 (Bonta) Updates existing law by applying the same gun show regulations that already apply to firearms dealers to ammunition vendors, reduces the amount of the Dealer's Record of Sale (DROS) fee from $14 to $1, and authorizes the Department of Justice (DOJ) to charge a new fee of $31.19 for a firearms transaction which is to be deposited into the DROS Supplemental Subaccount. An act to amend Sections 27205, 27210, 27220, 27225, 27235, 27240, 27305, 27310, 27315, 27320, 27340, 27345, 28225, 28235, and 28240 of, and to add Section 28233 to, the Penal Code, relating to firearms.

• AB 1735 (Bauer-Kahan). Makes a number of changes to existing law governing the human trafficking caseworker-victim privilege to update the law, which has largely remained unchanged for the past 15 years. An act to amend Sections 1038, 1038.1, and 1038.2 of, and to add Section 1038.3 to, the Evidence Code, relating to evidentiary privilege.

• SB 22 (Leyva) Requires law enforcement agencies to submit sexual assault forensic evidence to a crime lab and requires crime labs to either process the evidence for DNA profiles and upload them into the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) or transmit the evidence to another crime lab for processing and uploading. An act to amend Sections 680, 680.3, and 13823.14 of the Penal Code, relating to evidence.

• SB 36 (Hertzberg) This bill requires each pretrial services agency that uses a pretrial risk assessment tool to validate the tool on a regular basis and requires the Judicial Council to publish a yearly report on its Web site with specified data related to outcomes and potential biases in pretrial release. An act to add Chapter 1.7 (commencing with Section 1320.35) to Title 10 of Part 2 of the Penal Code, relating to pretrial release.

• SB 61 (Portantino) This bill prohibits the sale of a semiautomatic centerfire rifle to any person under 21 years of age, and prohibits a person from making an application to purchase more than one semiautomatic centerfire rifle in any 30-day period, except as specified. An act to amend Sections 27510, 27540, and 27590 of, and to amend, repeal, and add Sections 26835 and 27535 of, the Penal Code, relating to firearms.

• SB 136 (Wiener) This bill amends the one-year sentence enhancement for each prior prison or county jail felony term that applies to a defendant sentenced on a new felony by imposing the one-year sentence enhancement on a defendant sentenced on a new felony only if the defendant has a prior conviction for a sexually violent offense. An act to amend Section 667.5 of the Penal Code, relating to sentencing.

• SB 141 (Bates) This bill requires the Board of Parole Hearings (BPH) to consider the results of a comprehensive risk assessment for sex offenders when considering parole of an inmate who has a prior conviction for a sexually violent offense, as specified. An act to add Section 3053.9 to the Penal Code, relating to parole.

• SB 164 (McGuire) This bill authorizes a person who has been convicted of an infraction to elect to perform that community service in the county in which the infraction violation occurred, the county of the person's residence, or any other county to which the person has substantial ties. An act to amend Section 1209.5 of the Penal Code, relating to infractions.

• SB 192 (Hertzberg) Repeals the posse comitatus provision of the Penal Code, which makes an able-bodied person 18 years of age or older who neglects or refuses to assist a peace officer or a judge in making an arrest, retaking an escaped person into custody, or preventing the breach of the peace, subject to a fine between $50-$1000. An act to repeal Sections 150 and 1550 of the Penal Code, relating to crimes.

• SB 224 (Grove) Makes the theft of agricultural equipment in excess of $950 grand theft punishable as an alternate felony misdemeanor, and requires the proceeds of the fine imposed following a conviction of the new provision to be allocated to the Central Valley Rural Crime Prevention Program or the Central Coast Rural Crime Prevention Program. An act to amend Section 489 of, and to add Section 487k to, the Penal Code, relating to grand theft.

• SB 233 (Wiener) This bill prohibits the arrest of a person for misdemeanor drug or prostitution related offenses when the person is reporting a violent crime and makes inadmissible evidence of possession of a condom to prove a violation of specified crimes related to prostitution An act to amend Section 1162 of, and to repeal and add Section 782.1 of, the Evidence Code, and to add Section 647.3 to the Penal Code, relating to crime.

• SB 259 (Nielsen) This bill requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to include disaggregated information on lewd or lascivious felonies in its annual statewide criminal statistics report, as specified. An act to add Section 13012.7 to the Penal Code, relating to crime statistics.

• SB 269 (Bradford) This bill extends the statute of limitations for when a wrongfully convicted individual can file a claim with the California Victim Compensation Board from two years to ten years after exoneration or release. An act to amend Sections 1485.55, 4901, and 4903 of the Penal Code, relating to criminal procedure.

• SB 273 (Rubio) This bill extends the statute of limitations for felony domestic violence from three years to five years, and makes changes to domestic violence training for peace officers. An act to amend Section 13519 of, and to add Section 803.7 to, the Penal Code, relating to domestic violence.

• SB 304 (Hill) Allows specified elder and dependent adult abuse offenses that occur in different jurisdictions to be consolidated in a single trial if all district attorneys in the counties with jurisdiction agree. An act to add Section 784.8 to the Penal Code, relating to criminal procedure.

• SB 375 (Durazo) This bill extends the deadline for victims of violent crimes to file an application for compensation from three years to seven years, as specified. An act to amend Section 13953 of the Government Code, relating to victims of crime, and making an appropriation therefor.

• SB 376 (Portantino) This bill changes the definition of "infrequent" for purposes of specified firearms transfers. An act to amend Sections 11106, 11108.2, 16520, 16730, 25555, 26379, 26384, 26405, 26515, 26540, 26805, 26890, 27905, 27966, 28230, and 29010 of, to add Sections 26556, 26576, 26577, 26581, and 27937 to, to repeal Sections 26955 and 27655 of, and to repeal and add Sections 27820 and 27900 of, the Penal Code, relating to firearms.

• SB 393 (Stone) This bill provides for the impounding of a vessel if a person is boating under the influence (BUI) and the conduct resulted in the unlawful killing of a person. An act to add Section 668.5 to the Harbors and Navigation Code, relating to vessels.

• SB 394 (Skinner) This bill authorizes the superior court, in agreement with the prosecuting entity and the public defender of the county, to establish a pretrial diversion program for primary caregivers of minor children, as specified. An act to add Chapter 2.9E (commencing with Section 1001.83) to Title 6 of Part 2 of the Penal Code, relating to criminal procedure.

• SB 399 (Atkins) This bill requires the President pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the Assembly to each appoint a member of the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training who is not a peace officer. An act to amend Section 13500 of the Penal Code, relating to peace officers.

• SB 439 (Umberg) This bill allows overheard communications to be disclosed if they involve a grand theft involving a firearm or maliciously exploding or igniting a destructive device or any explosive causing bodily injury, mayhem or death; and allows overheard communications involving any crime by a peace officer to be used in administrative or disciplinary hearings. An act to amend Sections 629.78 and 629.82 of the Penal Code, relating to criminal procedure.

• SB 459 (Galgiani) Makes the five year enhancement for the infliction of great bodily injury (GBI) in the commission of specified sex offenses applicable to the crime of spousal rape where the victim was prevented from resisting by the use of any intoxicating or anesthetic substance or a controlled substance. An act to amend Section 12022.8 of the Penal Code, relating to crimes.

• SB 471 (Stern) This bill allows the service of a witness subpoena by fax or email. An act to amend Section 1328d of, and to repeal Sections 1328a, 1328b, and 1328c of, the Penal Code, relating to subpoenas.

• SB 557 (Jones) This bill makes documents related to a defendant's competency in criminal proceedings confidential. An act to add Section 1369.5 to the Penal Code, relating to criminal procedure.

• SB 591 (Galgiani) This bill requires a practicing psychiatrist or psychologist from the Department of State Hospitals (DSH), the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), or the Board of Parole Hearings (BPH) to have prompt and unimpeded access to an inmate who is temporarily housed at a county correctional facility, a county medical facility, or a state-assigned mental health provider, as well as their records for the period of confinement at that facility in order to complete a mentally disordered offender (MDO) evaluation. An act to amend Section 2962 of the Penal Code, relating to incarcerated persons.

• SB 620 (Portantino) This bill allows, with the person's consent, local law enforcement to release the name and address of people on supervised release to local service providers. An act to add Article 8 (commencing with Section 13350) to Chapter 2 of Title 3 of Part 4 of the Penal Code, relating to criminal offender record information.

• SB 651 (Glazer) Clarifies that the right to post conviction discovery applies to any case in which a person was convicted of a serious or violent felony resulting in a sentence of 15 years or more without regard to when that conviction occurred, and further clarifies that a provision of law requiring attorneys to keep their files for the term of the client's incarceration is meant to apply prospectively. An act to amend Section 1054.9 of the Penal Code, relating to discovery.

• SB 781 (Committee on Public Safety) This bill makes technical or non-controversial changes to various code sections relating generally to criminal justice laws, as specified. An act to amend Section 4830.5 of the Business and Professions Code, to amend Section 1208.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure, to amend Section 30652 of the Food and Agricultural Code, to amend Section 1031.1 of the Government Code, to amend Section 25988 of the Health and Safety Code, to amend Sections 136.2, 285.6, 993, 1000.7, 1170.05, 2604, and 29805 of, and to repeal Section 597f of, the Penal Code, and to amend Section 827 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to public safety.

• AB 2 (Santiago) Expands the California Community College (CCC) Promise Program; allowing a student enrolled in fewer than 12 units, and part of the Disabled Students Programs and Services (DSPS), to be considered a full-time student for purposes of eligibility for the California College Promise program. An act to amend Section 76396.3 of the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education.

• AB 30 (Holden) Streamlines the process for developing College and Career Access Pathways (CCAP) partnerships, in part, by: changing the conditions of how CCAP partnership agreements may be adopted; authorizing high school pupils to complete only one community college application for the duration of their attendance, as specified; and, extends the sunset of the CCAP partnership from January 1 2022, to January 1, 2027. An act to amend Section 76004 of the Education Code, relating to community colleges.

• AB 34 (Ramos) Requires local educational agencies (LEAs), commencing with the 2020-21 school year, to provide specified bullying and harassment prevention information in a prominent location on their existing Internet Web site. An act to add Article 5.6 (commencing with Section 234.6) to Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, relating to pupils.

• AB 48 (O'Donnell) Authorizes $15 billion for the construction and modernization of public preschool, K-12, California Community Colleges (CCC), University of California (UC), and California State University (CSU) facilities to be placed on the March 3, 2020 primary ballot. An act to amend Sections 14503, 15102, 15106, 15268, 15270, 17070.15, 17070.43, 17070.51, 17070.65, 17071.10, 17071.25, 17071.75, 17072.30, 17072.35, 17073.15, 17073.25, 17074.10, 17074.16, 17074.25, 17075.15, 17077.35, 17078.52, 17078.53, 17078.54, 17078.58, 17078.62, 17219, and 41024 of, to amend, repeal, and add Section 17070.75 of, to add Sections 17070.415, 17070.54, 17070.56, 17070.57, 17070.59, and 17075.20 to, to add Article 10.7 (commencing with Section 17077.60) and Article 11.5 (commencing with Section 17078.40) to Chapter 12.5 of Part 10 of Division 1 of Title 1 of, to add Article 7 (commencing with Section 89776) to Chapter 6 of Part 55 of Division 8 of Title 3 of, to add Article 7 (commencing with Section 92170) to Chapter 2 of Part 57 of Division 9 of Title 3 of, to add Part 71 (commencing with Section 101200) to Division 14 of Title 3 of, to repeal Sections 17070.53, 17070.76, 17070.766, 17070.99, 17072.15, 17072.17, 17072.25, 17072.32, 17074.15, 17074.27, and 17078.66 of, and to repeal and add Section 17075.10 of, the Education Code, and to add Chapter 4.95 (commencing with Section 65998.5) and Chapter 4.97 (commencing with Section 65999) to Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code, relating to education finance, by providing the funds necessary therefor through an election for the issuance and sale of bonds of the State of California and for the handling and disposition of these funds.

• AB 114 (Committee on Budget) This bill is a clean-up budget trailer bill related to K-12 and higher education. An act to amend Sections 8280, 8280.1, 8286, 41207.47, 45500, 51226.7, 56213, 56836.08, 56836.40, 69617, 69996.2, 69996.3, and 69996.6 of the Education Code, to amend Section 102430 of the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Section 84 of Chapter 51 of the Statutes of 2019, relating to education finance, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget.

• AB 239 (Salas) This bill extends, by five years from January 1, 2020, to January 1, 2025, the sunset on the authorization granted a community college to admit students to a registered nursing program that determines that the number of applicants exceeds its capacity in accordance with the prescribed procedure. An act to amend Section 78261.5 of the Education Code, relating to community colleges.

• AB 272 (Muratsuchi) This bill provides that a student shall not be prohibited from possessing or using a smartphone under specified circumstances, and authorizes governing bodies to adopt a policy to limit or prohibit the use of smartphones by students while at school. An act to add Section 48901.7 to the Education Code, relating to pupils.

• AB 356, Santiago. Authorizes the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) to utilize a best value procurement process as a pilot project until January 1, 2025, for construction projects over $1 million. An act to add and repeal Article 41.3 (commencing with Section 20663) of Chapter 1 of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code, relating to best value procurement.

• AB 381 (Reyes) This bill requires outreach programming that is part of every incoming postsecondary education institution student's orientation to include informing students about specific topics relating to intimate partner and dating violence. An act to amend Section 67386 of the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education.

• AB 463 (Cervantes) This bill requires that the Community College Chancellor's Office develop materials to increase awareness of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program for faculty and requires a community college district to annually provide an enrolled faculty member with notice of renewal and a copy of the employment certification form required to be completed for purposes of the program, with the employer portion of the form already completed. This bill additionally, requires a community college district to make specified determinations relating to the work completed by faculty members for purposes of the program. An act to add Section 87489 to the Education Code, relating to community college employees.

• AB 493 (Gloria) Requires that, no later than July 1, 2021, the California Department of Education (CDE) develop resources or update existing resources for in-service training on schoolsite and community resources for the support of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Questioning (LGBTQ) students, for use in local educational agencies (LEAs) and charter schools serving students in grades 7-12. Requires the CDE to periodically provide online trainings on this topic that can be accessed on a statewide basis. An act to add Article 2.7 (commencing with Section 218) to Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, relating to teachers.

• AB 514 (Medina) This bill increases the voting rights of the student members of the California State University (CSU) Board of Trustees by removing the non-voting status of one of the two student members, thereby giving both students voting rights. An act to amend Section 66602 of the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education.

• AB 525 (Luz Rivas) Permits a candidate for a special education or pupil personnel services credential to hold a baccalaureate degree in education, requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) to periodically provide reports and recommendations to the Legislature regarding the state's teacher workforce, and makes numerous technical changes to law regarding teacher credentialing. An act to amend Sections 44225, 44225.6, 44230.5, 44257, 44259, 44260.1, 44260.3, 44266, 44274.4, 44275.4, 44320.2, 44328, and 44468 of the Education Code, relating to teacher credentialing.

• AB 540 (Limón) Establishes the California Dreamer Service Incentive Grant Program, under the administration of the California Student Aid Commission (CSAC), for students that qualify for the exemption from nonresident tuition established by AB 540 (Firebaugh), Chapter 814, Statutes of 2001. An act to amend Sections 69438 and 69438.7 of, to amend the heading of Article 5.5 (commencing with Section 69438) of Chapter 1.7 of Part 42 of Division 5 of Title 3 of, and to add Section 69438.8 of, the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education.

• AB 543 (Smith) Requires public schools serving pupils in grades 9-12 to create and display a poster that notifies its pupils of the school's sexual harassment policy, and extends to whom the existing requirement for all educational institutions to provide a written copy of its sexual harassment policy, to continuing students. An act to amend Section 231.5 of, and to add Section 231.6 to, the Education Code, relating to education.

• AB 595, Medina. This bill authorizes the use of an individual tax identification number for purposes of conducting background checks required by class or program for a student enrolled in a community college apprenticeship or internship training program who does not have a social security number. An act to add Section 79149.25 to the Education Code, relating to community colleges.

• AB 605 (Maienschein) Requires, consistent with federal regulations, that on a case-by-case basis local education agencies (LEAs) and charter schools allow students the use of school-purchased assistive technology devices at the student's home or in other settings if a student's individualized education plan (IEP) team determines that the student needs access to those devices in order to receive a free and appropriate public education. Also requires an LEA to continue to provide the device or a comparable device after a student disenrolls from that LEA, until another can be provided, or until two months have elapsed from the date the student was enrolled in the LEA or charter school, whichever occurs first. An act to add Section 56040.3 to the Education Code, relating to special education.

• AB 644 (Committee on Public Employment and Retirement) This bill makes technical changes to the Teachers' Retirement Law relating to annualized pay rate, compensation earnable, and creditable compensation. This bill also reorganizes provisions for clarity and deletes obsolete provisions. An act to amend Sections 22115, 22119.2, 22119.3, 22121, 22138.5, 22701, 22708, 22710, 23102, 23301, 24209, 24209.3, 24211, 24309, 25024, 27201, and 27202 of, to add Sections 22104.8 and 24203.8 to, and to repeal Sections 22510, 22511, 22512, 22513, and 22514 of, the Education Code, relating to state teachers' retirement.

• AB 695 (Medina) Extends the sunset on community college districts' (CCDs') authority to enter into design-build public works contracts. An act to amend Sections 81703, 81704, and 82542 of, to add Section 81709 to, and to repeal Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 81700) of Part 49 of Division 7 of Title 3 of, the Education Code, and to repeal Section 4 of Chapter 637 of the Statutes of 2002, relating to community colleges.

• AB 697 (Ting) Requires, by June 30 of each year from 2021 to 2024, the California State University (CSU) Trustees, the University of California (UC) Regents, and the appropriate governing bodies of each independent institution of higher education that is a qualifying institution as defined under the Cal Grant Program that provides preferential treatment in admissions to applicants with a relationship to donors or alumni, to annually report information about those admissions to the Legislature. An act to add Section 66018.5 to the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education.

• AB 703, Weber. Prohibits the University of California (UC), the California State University (CSU), and the California Community Colleges (CCC) from collecting mandatory systemwide fees or tuition to exonerated persons, as defined. An act to add Part 41.5 (commencing with Section 69000) to Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education.

• AB 706 (Low) This bill removes circumstances for which an academic employee of a community college district of at least one school year is entitled to transfer accrued leave to another district. An act to amend Section 87782 of the Education Code, relating to community colleges.

• AB 709 (Bonta) This bill makes various changes to the role of a student school board member. An act to amend Sections 35012 and 35120 of the Education Code, relating to school districts.

• AB 711 (Chiu) Requires a local educational agency (LEA), including a school district, charter school or county office of education, to update and reissue a former pupil's records if it receives government-issued documentation that a former pupil's legal name and/or gender has been changed. An act to amend Section 49070 of, and to add Section 49062.5 to, the Education Code, relating to pupil records.

• AB 743 (Eduardo Garcia) This bill requires a school district to accept the written statement from a physician who is contracted with a binational health plan for the purposes of authorizing a pupil to carry and self-administer prescribed inhaled asthma medication that the pupil needs to administer during the regular schoolday. An act to amend Section 49423.1 of the Education Code, relating to pupil health.

• AB 806 (Bloom) This bill eliminates the January 1, 2020, sunset date on the granting of priority enrollment for homeless students in the California State University (CSU) and community colleges, and extends this priority to formerly homeless youth, thereby extending priority enrollment for homeless and formerly homeless students into perpetuity. This bill also extends to former homeless youth several benefits and protections that are currently afforded to current and former foster youth and currently homeless students. An act to amend Sections 66025.9, 67003.5, 69514.5, 69561, and 76300 of the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education.

• AB 809 (Santiago) Requires public postsecondary institutions to post information regarding federal Title IX protections for pregnant and expecting students. An act to amend Section 66281.7 of, and to add Section 66061 to, the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education.

• AB 829 (Bloom) This bill authorizes the California State University (CSU) to establish Doctor of Occupational Therapy degree programs that are distinguished from doctoral degree programs at the University of California (UC). An act to add Article 4.8 (commencing with Section 66043) to Chapter 2 of Part 40 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education.

• AB 853 (Smith) This bill authorizes the Scholarshare Investment Board to make payments to third parties, in addition to institutions of higher education, on behalf of program beneficiaries, and makes conforming changes. An act to amend Sections 69981 and 69986 of the Education Code, relating to student financial aid.

• AB 943 (Chiu) This bill authorizes the use of funding from the California Community Colleges (CCC) the Student Equity and Achievement Program for emergency student financial assistance to help an eligible student overcome unforeseen financial challenges that would directly impact the student's ability to persist in the student's course of study. An act to amend Section 78220 of the Education Code, relating to community colleges.

• AB 947 (Quirk-Silva) This bill establishes an expanded core curriculum for students who are blind, have low vision, or are visually impaired and authorizes local educational agencies (LEAs) to consider the expanded core curriculum when developing students' individualized education programs. An act to add Sections 56353 and 56354 to the Education Code, relating to special education.

• AB 963 (Petrie-Norris) Creates the Student Civic Engagement and Voter Empowerment Act; requires public university campuses to engage in civic engagement outreach efforts in partnership with the Secretary of State (SOS), including campus-wide events and the designation of a Civic Voter Empowerment Coordinator; and, requires the SOS to annually evaluate and report to the Legislature, beginning January 1, 2021, on the results of the program. An act to add Chapter 10.5 (commencing with Section 66850) to Part 40 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code, and to add Section 2148.5 to the Elections Code, relating to public postsecondary education.

• AB 982 (Holden) Requires a teacher, upon the request of a parent or pupil, to provide homework that would otherwise have been assigned, to a pupil who has been suspended for two or more schooldays. States it is not the intent of the Legislature to require a teacher to correct classroom assignments or homework missed while the pupil is suspended, or to add an additional burden to a teacher's workload. An act to add Sections 47606.2 and 48913.5 to the Education Code, relating to pupils.

• AB 988 (Berman) This bill allows an out-of-state prepared candidate for the education specialist credential to demonstrate their area of concentration based on two years of experience in California, while the candidate holds a Preliminary credential. An act to amend Section 44274.2 of the Education Code, relating to teacher credentialing.

• AB 1000 (Cervantes) Requires the governing boards of each community college district, the Trustees of the California State University (CSU), the Board of Directors of the Hastings College of the Law, and the Regents of the University of California (UC) to annually review their written procedure or protocols relating to sexual assault, and to update them as necessary in collaboration with sexual assault counselors and student, faculty, and staff representatives. An act to amend Section 67385 of the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education.

• AB 1051 (Smith) This bill eliminates the sunset on the authority of California Community College (CCC) districts to exempt part-time community college nursing faculty from the part-time faculty course load cap of 67 percent thereby making the exemption permanent. This bill also requires the colleges using the exemption and the CCC Chancellor's Office (CCCCO) to report annually on the exemption. An act to amend Section 87482 of the Education Code, relating to community colleges.

• AB 1062 (Limón) This bill authorizes school districts to credit students with community service hours toward locally-established community service graduation requirements upon the completion of a community emergency response training. An act to add Section 51230 to the Education Code, relating to pupil instruction.

• AB 1090 (Medina) This bill expands an existing exemption from mandatory systemwide tuition and fees at the University of California (UC), the Hastings College of Law, the California State University (CSU), and the California Community Colleges (CCC) for an eligible survivor of active duty law enforcement or firefighters who died in the line of duty to also exempt these eligible survivors from mandatory campus-based fees. An act to amend Section 68120 of the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education.

• AB 1097 (Holden) This bill requires the California Department of Education (CDE), by July 1, 2021, to provide a report to the governor and Legislature on credit recovery programs. An act to amend Section 1983 of, and to add and repeal Section 33318.1 of, the Education Code, relating to pupil instruction.

• AB 1127 (Luz Rivas) This bill requires a school district of residence to approve an intradistrict transfer request for a victim of an act of bullying, and requires a school district of proposed enrollment that elects to accept an interdistrict transfer to accept all students to apply pursuant to this bill, as specified. An act to amend Section 46600 of the Education Code, relating to pupil attendance.

• AB 1150 (Gloria) Requires a candidate for election as a member of the governing board of each the San Diego Community College District (SDCCD) and the Grossmont-Cuyamaca CCD (GCCCD), respectively, to comply with the procedural and substantive requirements for filing nomination papers that apply in municipal elections, as specified. An act to amend Sections 72035 and 72036.5 of the Education Code, relating to community colleges.

• AB 1172 (Frazier) Requires that local educational agencies (LEAs) that send students to non-public, non-sectarian schools (NPSs) conduct on-site monitoring visits; requires that NPSs notify the California Department of Education (CDE) of any student-involved incident in which law enforcement is contacted; requires the CDE, if an investigation conducted by the CDE results in a finding that pupil health or safety has been compromised, to immediately suspend or revoke the school's certification; requires that an NPS serving students with significant behavioral needs to have an individual on site who is qualified to implement behavior interventions, and requires that administrators of NPSs hold or be working toward specified credentials or licenses; requires that NPSs train specified staff in evidence-based practices and interventions specific to students' unique behavioral needs. An act to amend Sections 51225.2, 56365, 56366.1, 56366.4, and 56366.10 of the Education Code, relating to special education.

• AB 1219 (Jones-Sawyer) Requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) to develop and implement a statewide automated State Assignment Accountability System (CalSAAS) for annual monitoring of teacher misassignment in schools, including charter schools, and revises local responsibilities for the monitoring of teacher misassignments. An act to amend Sections 44230.5, 44253.10, 44253.11, and 44258.3 of, to add and repeal Section 44258.10 of, and to repeal and add Section 44258.9 of, the Education Code, relating to teacher credentialing.

• AB 1234 (Patterson) Revises the calculation for the requirement for college admissions-related standardized test sponsors to disclose certain test materials from not fewer than 50% of regular test administrations, as rounded to the nearest larger whole number, to 50% of regular test administrations, as rounded down to the nearest whole number. An act to amend Section 99157 of the Education Code, relating to standardized tests.

• AB 1240 (Weber) This bill revises the definition of the pupil achievement state priority for purposes of school district, county office of education, and charter school local control and accountability plans (LCAPs) to include the percentage of pupils who have successfully completed courses that satisfy the requirements for: 1) entrance to the University of California (UC) and the California State University (CSU), 2) career technical education (CTE) sequences; and, 3) both 1) and 2). An act to amend Sections 52060 and 52066 of the Education Code, relating to school accountability.

• AB 1278 (Gabriel) Require each campus of the California State University (CSU) and the California Community Colleges (CCC), and would request each campus of the University of California (UC), to include on the internet website-based account for an enrolled student, notification of, and a link to information on, specified public services and programs, including the CalFresh program, county or local housing resources, and county or local mental health services. An act to add Section 66027.6 to the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education.

• AB 1303 (O'Donnell) Extends, by five years, from January 1, 2020 to January 1, 2025, the sunset of the provisions in the Civic Center Act allowing school districts to assess a proportionate amount for maintenance, repair, restoration and refurbishment for the use of nonclassroom facilities and grounds. An act to amend Section 38134 of the Education Code, relating to school facilities.

• AB 1313 (Luz Rivas) Enacts the Educational Debt Collection Practices Act to prohibit any postsecondary educational institution from withholding a student's request for a transcript because that student owes money to the institution. An act to add Title 1.6C.7 (commencing with Section 1788.90) to Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code, and to amend Sections 66022 and 76225 of the Education Code, relating to student debts.

• AB 1319 (Arambula) Requires local educational agencies (LEAs) to allow migrant students to continue their education in the school of origin, regardless of any change of residence during that school year, and requires that a migrant student be immediately enrolled in a new school. An act to add Section 48204.7 to the Education Code, relating to migrant education.

• AB 1340 (Chiu) Requires institutions regulated by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education (BPPE or Bureau) to report identifying, program enrollment, and loan debt information to BPPE. This bill authorizes BPPE to match student information with wage data provided by the Employment Development Department (EDD). This bill requires BPPE to make information available on its Web site when the Director of the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) certifies that an updated information technology system is capable of processing data. An act to add Article 6.5 (commencing with Section 94892.6) to Chapter 8 of Part 59 of Division 10 of Title 3 of the Education Code, and to amend Section 1095 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, relating to private postsecondary education.

• AB 1344 (Bauer-Kahan) Replaces current requirements, as of July 1, 2022, for the information out-of-state institutions are required to provide the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education (BPPE) if they enroll California students in online programs, with the same and expanded information requirements, specifically adding adverse actions to the list of information that has to be provided. This bill also authorizes the BPPE to place these out-of-state private postsecondary institutions on a probationary status and revoke authorization to enroll California students. An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 94801.5 of the Education Code, relating to private postsecondary education.

• AB 1346 (Medina) This bill expand the definition of economic loss, as it pertains to the Student Tuition Recovery Fund (STRF), to include all amounts paid by a student to the institution, any amounts paid in connection with attending the institution and all principal, interest and charges of any kind for any loan incurred by the student to pay these amounts. It also expands eligibility to certain students enrolled at Corinthian Colleges Inc. (CCI). An act to amend Section 94923 of the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education, and making an appropriation therefor.

• AB 1353 (Wicks) Reduces the maximum length of the probationary period for classified (K-12) public school employees working in nonmerit based districts from one year to not exceeding six months or 130 days of paid service, whichever is longer, among other provisions. An act to amend Section 45113 of the Education Code, relating to school employees.

• AB 1354 (Gipson) This bill requires county offices of education (COEs) to ensure that a student enrolled in a juvenile court school for more than 20 school days has an individualized transition plan and access to specified educational records upon release. An act to amend Section 48647 of the Education Code, relating to juvenile court school pupils.

• AB 1383 (McCarty) Establishes a process in statute for the University of California (UC) and the California State University (CSU) to use in granting admissions by exception by prohibiting a UC or CSU campus from admitting a student by admission by exception unless the student's admission has been approved by a minimum of three senior campus administrators, as specified. An act to add Section 66022.5 to the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education.

• AB 1452 (O'Donnell) This bill makes assorted technical changes to the Defined Benefit Program and Cash Balance Benefit program administered by the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS). An act to amend Sections 22501, 22502, 22503, 22504, 22601.5, 22602, 22604, 26401, and 26403 of, and to repeal and add Section 26400 of, the Education Code, relating to teachers' retirement.

• AB 1504 (Medina) Requires a California Community College (CCC) campus to collect at the time of registration a student representation fee (SRF) of $2 per semester or per quarter, if the CCC has a student body association (SBA). It requires $1 of the fee be used to establish and support the operation of the Student Senate for California Community Colleges (SSCCC), a statewide community college student organization. Students can opt out of paying the fee. An act to amend Section 76060.5 of the Education Code, relating to community colleges.

• AB 1505 (O'Donnell) Makes various changes to the processes of charter school authorization, appeals, and renewal. An act to amend Sections 47604.5, 47605, 47605.6, 47607, 47607.3, 47607.5, and 47632 of, to add Sections 47605.9 and 47607.8 to, to add and repeal Sections 47605.4, 47607.2, and 47612.7 of, and to repeal Section 47605.8 of, the Education Code, relating to charter schools.

• AB 1507 (Smith) Eliminates the ability to authorize a charter school located outside the boundaries of the authorizing school district or county, and allows a nonclassroom-based charter school to establish one or more resource centers within the jurisdiction of the school district where the charter school is located, as specified. An act to amend Sections 47605, 47605.1, and 60640 of the Education Code, relating to charter schools.

• AB 1573 (Holden) This bill adds three provisions of law designed to support and protect the rights of student athletes at institutions of higher learning. Specifically, the bill: 1) authorizes schools to establish degree completion funds; 2) directs schools to develop, post, and disseminate specified information regarding existing student athlete rights; and, 3) prohibits schools from retaliating against student athletes who report violations of student athletes' rights. An act to amend Section 67451 of, and to add Sections 67452.3, 67454, and 67455 to, the Education Code, relating to collegiate athletes.

• AB 1595 (Committee on Education) The annual K-12 education policy omnibus bill makes technical, clarifying, conforming, and other non-controversial revisions to a number of provisions in the Education Code. An act to amend Sections 1900, 35179.6, 47605, 47605.6, 48600, 49550, 51220, 51810, 52501, and 52570 of the Education Code, relating to elementary and secondary education.

• AB 1645 (Blanca Rubio) This bill requires the California Community Colleges (CCC) and the California State University (CSU), and requests the University of California (UC), to designate a Dreamer Resource Liaison who is knowledgeable in financial aid and other support services to assist students who qualify for the exemption from paying nonresident tuition established by AB 540 (Firebaugh, Chapter 814, Statutes of 2001). It also encourages the establishment of Dream Resource Centers on each campus, as specified. An act to add Section 66021.8 to the Education Code, relating to student support services.

• AB 1729 (Smith) This bill, until January 2027, authorizes additional high school students who meet certain conditions to enroll in summer community college courses by exempting those students from counting toward the five percent enrollment cap imposed by current law.

An act to amend Section 48800 of the Education Code, relating to pupil instruction.

• AB 1767 (Ramos) Requires local educational agencies (LEAs) serving students in grades K-6 to adopt and periodically update a policy on student suicide prevention that is appropriate for that age group. An act to amend Section 215 of the Education Code, relating to pupil health.

• AB 1774 (Bonta) Authorizes the California Student Aid Commission (CSAC) to postpone an application deadline for up to 30 calendar days for any financial aid program CSAC administers for regions that have experienced natural disasters, states of emergency, or labor actions. An act to add Section 69513.2 to the Education Code, relating to student financial aid, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• SB 75 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) This bill provides for statutory changes necessary to enact the K-12 statutory provisions of the Budget Act of 2019. An act to amend Sections 8227.7, 8239, 8263, 8265.5, 8278.3, 17375, 33050, 35147, 37700, 41202, 41202.5, 41203.1, 46392, 47604.33, 47605, 47605.6, 47606.5, 47632, 47635, 48985, 51222, 52064.5, 52065, 52073, 52452, 53070, 53071, 53072, 53073, 53075, 56122, 56836.08, 56836.165, 56836.24, 64001, 65001, 88827, 88828, 88830, 88831, and 88833 of, to amend the heading of Chapter 4.7 (commencing with Section 56475) of Part 30 of Division 4 of Title 2 of, to add Sections 8207, 8236.3, 8266.2, 14002.05, 41207.46, 41404.5, 44226, 56477, and 56836.045 to, to add Article 13.1 (commencing with Section 8280) and Article 19.5 (commencing with Section 8430) to Chapter 2 of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of, to add Article 5 (commencing with Section 44690) to Chapter 3.1 of Part 25 of Division 3 of Title 2 of, to add Article 14 (commencing with Section 45500) to Chapter 5 of Part 25 of Division 3 of Title 2 of, to add Article 6.5 (commencing with Section 56836.39) to Chapter 7.2 of Part 30 of Division 4 of Title 2 of, to add Article 5.1 (commencing with Section 69617) to Chapter 2 of Part 42 of Division 5 of Title 3 of, to add Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 10850) to Part 7 of Division 1 of Title 1 of, to repeal and add Section 56213 of, and to repeal and add Article 14 (commencing with Section 8286) of Chapter 2 of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of, the Education Code, to amend Section 17581.6 of, and to add Section 6253.21 to, the Government Code, to amend Section 1596.86 of the Health and Safety Code, and to add Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 5886) to Part 4 of Division 5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to education finance, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget.

• SB 76 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) This bill makes necessary changes to implement the 2019-20 Budget related to the Proposition 98 certification process. An act to amend Sections 14002, 41206.01, and 41206.03 of, and to add Section 41207.47 to, the Education Code, relating to education finance, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget.

• SB 77 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review. Higher education trailer bill) This is the higher education budget trailer bill as part of the Budget Act of 2019. An act to amend Sections 66021.2, 66749.6, 66749.7, 68075.7, 68130.7, 69432, 69434, 69434.5, 69435, 69437, 69437.6, 69508.5, 70023, 76396.2, 76396.3, 78042, 81130.5, 84750.4, and 92010 of, to add Article 5.5 (commencing with Section 69438) and Article 9 (commencing with Section 69465) to Chapter 1.7 of Part 42 of Division 5 of Title 3 of, to add Article 19.5 (commencing with Section 69996) to Chapter 2 of Part 42 of Division 5 of Title 3 of, to add Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 70115) to Part 42 of Division 5 of Title 3 of, to add Chapter 4.4 (commencing with Section 89420) to Part 55 of Division 8 of Title 3 of, to add Article 6 (commencing with Section 89775) to Chapter 6 of Part 55 of Division 8 of Title 3 of, to add Article 7 (commencing with Section 92665) to Chapter 6 of Part 57 of Division 9 of Title 3 of, and to add and repeal Section 66021.9 of, the Education Code, to amend Sections 22956, 22959.83, and 68926.3 of, and to add Sections 22874.8 and 22958.5 to, the Government Code, to amend Section 13 of Chapter 624 of the Statutes of 2012, and to amend the Budget Act of 2018 (Chapters 29 and 30 of the Statutes of 2018) by amending Items 6870-101-0001 and 6870-107-0001 of Section 2.00 of that act, relating to postsecondary education, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget.

• SB 126 (Leyva) Requires a charter school and an entity managing a charter school to comply with the same conflict of interest requirements as school districts. An act to add Section 47604.1 to the Education Code, relating to charter schools.

• SB 150 (Beall) This bill relaxes the eligibility requirements and appellate process for recipients of the Chafee Educational and Training Vouchers (Chafee) award, which provides financial aid to current and former foster youth who are enrolled in qualifying institutions of higher education. An act to amend Section 69519 of the Education Code, relating to student financial aid.

• SB 206 (Skinner) This bill allows, commencing on January 1, 2023, college student athletes to earn compensation for the use of their own name, image, or likeness (athletic endorsements). This bill allows student athletes to obtain professional legal representation, such as that provided by a sports agent, in relation to their college athletics. This bill provides protections for student athletes that elect to engage in the compensation and representation activities described therein. An act to add Section 67456 to, and to add and repeal Section 67457 of, the Education Code, relating to collegiate athletics.

• SB 223 (Hill) This bill, known as Jojo's Act, authorizes the governing board of a school district, a county board of education, or the governing body of a charter school maintaining kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, to adopt a policy that allows a parent or guardian of a pupil to possess and administer nonsmokeable and non-vapeable medicinal cannabis to the authorized pupil at a schoolsite. An act to add Section 49414.1 to the Education Code, relating to pupil health.

• SB 265 (Hertzberg) This bill amends the Child Hunger Prevention and Fair Treatment Act of 2017 to require applicable local educational agencies (LEAs) to ensure that a pupil whose parent or guardian has unpaid meal fees is not denied a reimbursable meal of the pupil's choice because of the fact that the pupil's parent or guardian has unpaid meal fees and that the pupil is not shamed or treated differently from other pupils, thus ensuring that all students receive a reimbursable meal. An act to amend Section 49557.5 of the Education Code, relating to pupil meals, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• SB 316 (Rubio) This bill, commencing October 1, 2020, (1) requires public schools, including charter schools, that serve pupils in any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, that issue pupil or student identification cards, to print the telephone number for the National Domestic Violence Hotline on the back of those identification cards; and (2) requires public or private institutions of higher education, that issue pupil or student identification cards, to print the telephone number for the National Domestic Violence Hotline or a local domestic violence hotline that provides confidential support services for students that have experienced domestic violence or stalking and is available by telephone 24 hours a day on back of those identification cards. An act to amend Section 215.5 of the Education Code, relating to pupil and student safety.

• SB 328 (Portantino) Prohibits high schools, including those operated as charter schools, from beginning their schoolday before 8:30 a.m. Prohibits middle schools, including those operated as charter schools, from beginning their schoolday before 8:00 a.m. An act to add Section 46148 to the Education Code, relating to pupil attendance.

• SB 354 (Durazo) Expands eligibility for the California DREAM loan program at the California State University (CSU) and University of California (UC) to students who are enrolled in programs leading to a professional or graduate degree. An act to amend Sections 70032, 70033, and 70034 of the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education.

• SB 366 (Chang) Public postsecondary education: mandatory orientation for students. An act to add Section 66302.5 to the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education.

• SB 383 (Committee on Education) This bill is the annual higher education omnibus clean-up bill and proposes technical, noncontroversial amendments to existing law. Specifically, the bill replaces references to "homemaking" courses at the California Community Colleges with "family and consumer sciences." It also corrects a drafting error in the definition of "Armed Forces of the United States" to include all branches of the California National Guard for purposes of charging resident tuition at public institutions of higher education. An act to amend Sections 68075, 78300, and 78401 of the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education.

• SB 390 (Umberg) This bill requires all security guards working on school and community college district campuses to complete the latest training developed by the Department of Consumer Affairs and specifies that local educational agencies must provide the training to all security guards during their regular work hours. An act to amend Section 7583.45 of the Business and Professions Code, and to amend Sections 38001.5 and 72330.5 of the Education Code, relating to school safety.

• SB 419 (Skinner) This bill, commencing July 1, 2020, extends the permanent prohibition against suspending a pupil enrolled in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 3 for disrupting school activities or otherwise willfully defied the valid authority of school staff to include grades 4 and 5 permanently; and to include grades 6 to 8, inclusive, until July 1, 2025; and applies these prohibitions to charter schools. An act to amend Section 48900 of, and to add Section 48901.1 to, the Education Code, relating to pupil discipline.

• SB 467 (Monning) Requires each campus of the California State University (CSU) and requests each campus of the University of California (UC), to post information on its internet websites relative to specified estimated total cost of attendance (COA) expenses students' will incur. An act to amend Section 66014.2 of the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education.

• SB 478 (Rubio) This bill changes the composition of representatives on the Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC). Specifically, the bill reduces the number of representatives of the public, from four to three, and adds one certificated human resources administrator in a public elementary or secondary school. The bills also eliminates a reference to the now-defunct California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC). An act to amend Sections 44210 and 44212 of the Education Code, relating to teacher credentialing.

• SB 541 (Bates) This bill requires the California Department of Education (CDE) to collect, and local educational agencies (LEAs) to provide, data pertaining to lockdown or multioption response drills conducted at schoolsites within school districts, county offices of education and charter schools providing instructional services to pupils in kindergarten or in any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, and requires the CDE to submit a report to the Legislature relative to that data. An act to add Section 32289.5 to the Education Code, relating to school safety.

• SB 554 (Roth) Authorizes the governing board of a school district overseeing an adult education program or the governing board of a community college district overseeing a noncredit program to admit a pupil pursuing a high dual enrollment student. An act to amend Sections 76001 and 76002 of, and to add Article 7 (commencing with Section 52620) to Chapter 10 of Part 28 of Division 4 of Title 2 of, the Education Code, relating to public schools.

• SB 568 (Portantino) This bill authorizes Glendale Community College to close on April 24 to observe Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. An act to amend Section 79020 of the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education.

• SB 586 (Roth) This bill requires the governing board of a school and community college district, as part of a career technical education College and Career Access Pathways (CCAP) partnership, to consult with the appropriate local workforce development board to determine the extent to which the pathway is aligned with regional and statewide employment needs. An act to amend Section 76004 of the Education Code, relating to community colleges.

• SB 743 (Hertzberg) Requires a specified school district to meet certain requirements and include those requirements as terms and conditions in a design-build contract for the purpose of meeting contracting provisions related to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). An act to add Section 17250.27 to the Education Code, relating to school facilities.

• AB 17 (Salas) Prohibits an employer from requiring or requesting an employee to bring their vote by mail (VBM) ballot to work or to vote their VBM ballot at work. Provides that an employer who violates these provisions will be subject to a civil fine of up to $10,000 per election and permits an action for a civil fine under these provisions to be brought by the Secretary of State or any public prosecutor with jurisdiction. An act to amend Section 14002 of, and add Sections 14004 and 18503 to, the Elections Code, relating to elections.

• AB 49 (Cervantes) Requires an elections official to send a vote by mail (VBM) ballot to a voter within five days of receiving the request for a VBM ballot, or within five days of the 29th day before the election for voters who requested a VBM ballot by the 29th day before the election. An act to amend Sections 3001 and 4005 of the Elections Code, relating to elections.

• AB 57 (Low) This bill requires a candidate's alphabet-based name to be phonetically transliterated when the jurisdiction is required to translate ballot materials into character-based languages, as specified. An act to add Section 13211.7 to the Elections Code, relating to elections.

• AB 59 (Kalra) Requires an elections official, when developing the draft plan for the administration of elections conducted pursuant to the California Voter's Choice Act (CVCA), to consider, at a minimum, placing a vote center location on a public or private university or college campus. An act to amend Sections 4005 and 12283 of the Elections Code, relating to elections.

• AB 201 (Cervantes) Requires a text message that supports or opposes a candidate or ballot measure to disclose the name of the candidate or committee that paid for the text message and, in certain circumstances, the top contributors to the committee, as specified. An act to amend Section 84502 of, and to add Section 84504.7 to, the Government Code, relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974.

• AB 220 (Bonta) Permits candidates to use campaign funds for childcare expenses incurred while the candidate is engaging in campaign activities. An act to amend Section 89513 of the Government Code, relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974.

• AB 299 (Salas) This bill requires a county elections official to provide updated information to the Secretary of State (SOS) about the status of a vote by mail (VBM) ballot at the same time that the county updates its election management system (EMS) or a voter look-up tool on the county's Internet Web site with that information. An act to amend Section 3019.5 of the Elections Code, relating to elections.

• AB 334 (Obernolte) This bill makes conforming changes to the requirements for members of a county central committee of the California Republican Party (CRP) relating to the date a member assumes office, when the first meeting is held, and the length of a member's term of office. An act to amend Section 7441 of the Elections Code, relating to the California Republican Party.

• AB 504 (Berman) Provides that a voter's residency is confirmed for the purposes of pre-election residency confirmation processes and voter list maintenance procedures if the voter verifies their registration record on the internet website of the Secretary of State (SOS). Clarifies residency confirmation procedures that county elections officials must follow. Conforms state law to a United States (US) Supreme Court decision that interpreted a provision of federal law governing voter list maintenance. An act to amend Sections 2220, 2221, 2222, 2225, and 2227 of, to amend and repeal Section 2224 of, and to amend, repeal, and add Section 2226 of, the Elections Code, relating to elections.

• AB 566 (Berman) This bill requires an elections official to send "unprocessed ballot" updates to the Secretary of State (SOS). An act to add Section 15305 to the Elections Code, relating to elections.

• AB 571 (Mullin) This bill establishes default campaign contribution limits for county and city office at the same level as the limit on contributions from individuals to candidates for Senate and Assembly, effective January 1, 2021. This bill permits a county or city to establish its own contribution limits, which would prevail over these default limits. An act to amend and repeal Sections 10003 and 10202 of the Elections Code, and to amend Section 85301 of, to amend, repeal, and add Sections 85305, 85306, 85307, 85315, 85316, 85317, and 85318 of, and to add Section 85702.5 to, the Government Code, relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974.

• AB 623 (Berman) Makes numerous changes to the way ballots are formatted and requires the Secretary of State (SOS) to establish a ballot design advisory committee, as specified. An act to amend Sections 13105, 13118, 13119, 13120, 13202, 13203, 13204, 13205, 13206, 13206.5, 13208, 13209, 13210, 13211, 13212, 13213, 13214, 13215, 13216, 13216.5, 13217, 13219, 13231, and 13315 of, and to add Section 13218 to, the Elections Code, relating to elections.

• AB 679 (Gonzalez) This bill specifies that a person's domicile for voting purposes may be the same place at which the person does business. An act to amend Section 2028 of the Elections Code, relating to elections.

• AB 693 (Berman) This bill permits the use of nonprovisional ballots for conditional voter registration and voting (CVR, a.k.a. "same day" registration) if certain conditions are met. An act to amend Section 2170 of the Elections Code, relating to elections.

• AB 698 (Obernolte) This bill prohibits the invalidation of a signature on an initiative, referendum, or charter amendment petition because of a variation of a signature caused by the substitution of initials for the first or middle name, or both, of the person signing the petition. An act to amend Sections 9030, 9031, 9114, 9115, 9308, and 9309 of, the Elections Code, relating to elections.

• AB 730 (Berman) Prohibits the distribution of materially deceptive audio or visual media with actual malice with the intent to injure a candidate's reputation or to deceive a voter into voting for or against a candidate, unless the materially deceptive audio or visual media includes a disclosure that it has been manipulated. An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 35 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and to amend, add, and repeal Section 20010 of the Elections Code, relating to elections.

• AB 849 (Bonta) Revises and standardizes the criteria and process to be used by counties and cities when they adjust the boundaries of the electoral districts that are used to elect members of the jurisdictions' governing bodies. Requires counties and cities to comply with substantial public hearing and outreach requirements as part of the process for adjusting the boundaries of electoral districts. An act to amend Sections 21500, 21501, 21506, 21507, 21600, 21601, 21606, and 21607 of, to add Sections 21500.1, 21507.1, 21508, 21509, 21605, 21607.1, 21608, 21609, 21622, 21623, 21625, 21626, 21627, 21627.1, 21628, and 21629 to, to repeal Sections 21502, 21504, and 21604 of, and to repeal and add Sections 21503, 21602, 21603, 21620, and 21621 of, the Elections Code, and to amend Sections 34874, 34877.5, 34884, and 34886 of the Government Code, relating to elections.

• AB 864 (Mullin) Makes numerous, mostly technical changes to the Disclose Act and other provisions of state law governing the content and format of disclosure statements that are required to appear on communications disseminated by candidates and committees. An act to amend Sections 84305, 84501, 84502, 84503, 84504.2, 84504.3, 84504.4, 84504.5, 84504.6, 84511, and 85704 of, and to repeal Section 84503.5 of, the Government Code, relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974.

• AB 902 (Levine) Codifies various regulations that have been adopted by the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC). An act to amend Section 84100 of, to add Sections 81005, 81010.5, 82015.5, 82038.3, 82048.8, 87206.5, and 89503.5 to, to repeal Section 85311 of, and to repeal and add Sections 82007, 84105, 84223, 86100, 86105, and 90002 of, the Government Code, relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974.

• AB 903 (Levine) This bill makes various minor and clarifying changes to the Political Reform Act of 1974 (PRA). An act to amend Sections 82025, 84200.5, 84202.3, and 87207 of the Government Code, relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974.

• AB 909 (Gallagher) Requires a person identified as a treasurer or assistant treasurer on a statement of organization filed in accordance with the Political Reform Act of 1974 (PRA) to sign a statement acknowledging they must comply with the duties stated in the PRA and regulations by the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC). An act to amend Sections 84102 and 84103 of the Government Code, relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974.

• AB 946 (Committee on Elections and Redistricting) Makes various minor and technical changes to the Political Reform Act (PRA). An act to amend Sections 83123.5, 84202.7, 84252, 84305, 84602, and 87500.2 of, and to repeal Sections 81016, 82009, 83123, and 84200.6 of, the Government Code, relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974.

• AB 1043 (Irwin) This bill permits campaign funds to be used for costs related to the cybersecurity of electronic devices of a candidate, elected officer, or campaign worker. An act to add Section 89517.6 to the Government Code, relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974.

• AB 1044 (Irwin) This bill permits the Secretary of State (SOS) to require applicants for voter registration information to complete an online cybersecurity course, as specified. An act to amend Section 2188.2 of the Elections Code, and to amend Section 12172.5 of the Government Code, relating to elections.

• AB 1707 (Berman) This bill clarifies that a voter may use an electronic device at a polling place, as specified. An act to add Section 2302 to the Elections Code, relating to elections.

• AB 1829 (Committee on Elections and Redistricting) Makes various minor, technical, and corresponding changes to the Elections Code. An act to amend Sections 1000, 8020, 8061, 8106, 8406, 9030, 10512, 10703, and 15620 of the Elections Code, relating to elections.

• SB 27 (McGuire) This bill requires a candidate for U.S. President and a candidate for California Governor to file copies of their income tax returns with the Secretary of State (SOS), as specified. An act to add Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6880) to Part 1 of Division 6 of, and to add Part 5 (commencing with Section 8900) to Division 8 of, the Elections Code, relating to elections, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• SB 47 (Allen) This bill requires, among other things, for specified state and local initiative, referendum, or recall petitions, that an Official Top Funders disclosure be made either on the petition itself or on a separate sheet that identifies the name of the committee and any qualifying top contributors. An act to amend Sections 101, 104, 9008, 9105, 9203, and 18600 of, and to add Sections 107 and 108 to, the Elections Code, relating to elections.

• SB 71 (Leyva) This bill prohibits the expenditure of campaign funds and legal defense funds to pay or reimburse a candidate, elected officer, and others for penalties, judgements, or settlements related to claims of sexual assault, sexual abuse, or sexual harassment, as specified. An act to amend Sections 85304, 85304.5, and 89513 of the Government Code, relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974.

• SB 72 (Umberg) This bill requires county elections officials to offer conditional voter registration and provisional voting (same day registration) at all polling places. An act to amend Section 2170 of the Elections Code, relating to elections.

• SB 84 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) Allows for a delay in the implementation of the Cal-Access Replacement System (CARS). Specifically, this bill allows the implementation of CARS to be delayed from December 31, 2020 to February 2021. An act to amend Section 84602 of the Government Code, relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget.

• SB 151 (Umberg) This bill permits an elected state official who is subject to a recall election to have their party preference identified on the recall ballot. An act to amend Sections 11320, 13300, and 13303 of the Elections Code, relating to elections.

• SB 359 (Moorlach) This bill permits a municipal referendum petition to contain an impartial summary of the ordinance instead of the text of the ordinance or portions of the ordinance that is the subject of the referendum, as specified. An act to amend Section 9238 of the Elections Code, relating to elections.

• SB 505 (Umberg) This bill makes changes to the filing requirements for presidential candidates seeking to compete in California's presidential primary election. An act to amend Sections 6041, 6101, 6122, 6340, 6360, 6382, 6520, 6581, 6591, 6721, 6722, 6781, 6791, 6851.5, 6852, and 6854.5 of, to amend and renumber Sections 6000a and 6001 of, and to add Sections 6000.1, 6000.2, and 6857.2 to, the Elections Code, relating to elections, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• SB 523 (McGuire) This bill aligns the timeline for notices and the submission of an unsigned vote by mail (VBM) ballot envelope with the deadlines established for mismatching signatures. An act to amend Sections 2194 and 3019 of the Elections Code, relating to elections.

• SB 641 (Allen) This bill permits the Governor to schedule a special election to fill a legislative or congressional vacancy up to 200 days following the issue of a proclamation, as specified. An act to amend Section 10703 of the Elections Code, relating to elections.

• SB 681 (Stern) This bill authorizes the proponent of a local referendum or charter amendment initiative to withdraw the measure prior to election, as specified. An act to add Sections 9144.5, 9237.2, 9266.5, and 9341.5 to the Elections Code, relating to elections, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 111 (Committee on Budget) This bill establishes the California Energy Infrastructure Safety Act and creates new governmental structures to carry out the Act. An act to amend Section 11552 of, to add Chapter 16 (commencing with Section 8899.70) to Division 1 of Title 2 of, and to add Part 7.3 (commencing with Section 15470) to Division 3 of Title 2 of, the Government Code, to amend Sections 10089.6 and 10089.7 of, and to add Section 10089.55 to, the Insurance Code, and to add Section 326 to, and to repeal and add Section 326.1 of, the Public Utilities Code, relating to wildfire agencies, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget.

• AB 176 (Cervantes) Requires the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority (Authority) to evaluate a project based on the extent to which the project will create new, or result in the loss of, permanent, full-time jobs in California, including the average and minimum wage for each classification of full-time employees proposed to be hired or not retained. An act to amend Section 26011.8 of the Public Resources Code, relating to alternative energy, to take effect immediately, tax levy.

• AB 178 (Dahle) This bill exempts, until January 1, 2023, any residential construction intended to "repair, restore, or replace" a residential building that was damaged or destroyed as a result of a disaster in an area in which the Governor has declared a state of emergency, before January 1, 2020, from the state's recently adopted requirements for solar photovoltaic systems, if certain requirements are met. An act to add and repeal Section 25402.13 of the Public Resources Code, relating to energy.

• AB 342 (Muratsuchi) Prohibits any state agency, department, or commission, or any local trustee, with leasing authority over public lands within the state from entering into any new lease or other conveyance authorizing new construction of oil- and natural gas-related infrastructure upon public lands that supports production of oil and natural gas upon federal lands that are designated as, or were at any time designated as, federally protected, as defined. An act to add Section 6827.5 to the Public Resources Code, relating to public lands.

• AB 585 (Limón) Authorizes the State Lands Commission (SLC), when considering the approval of an assignment, transfer, or sublet of an oil and gas lease, to consider whether a proposed assignee is likely to comply with the provisions of the assigned, transferred, or sublet lease for the duration of the lease term. Requires present and future oil and gas leases or permit holders to be liable for specified obligations. An act to amend Section 6804 of, and to add Section 6829.4 to, the Public Resources Code, relating to public lands.

• AB 1026 (Wood) This bill requires an electrical or gas corporation (IOU) to apply only those construction and design specifications, standards, terms, and conditions that are applicable to a new extension of service project for the 18 months following the date the application for a new extension of service project is approved. It also authorizes an IOU to adopt modifications, as specified, of the construction and design specifications, standards, terms, and conditions of a new extension of service project. An act to amend Section 783 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to electricity.

• AB 1054 (Holden) This bill creates additional safety oversight and processes for utility infrastructure, recast recovery of costs from wildfire damages to third-parties, and authorize an electrical corporation and ratepayer jointly funded Wildfire Fund to address future related wildfire liabilities. An act to amend Sections 311, 850, 850.1, 854, 854.2, 1701.1, 1701.3, 8386, and 8387 of, to amend the heading of Article 5.8 (commencing with Section 850) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 1 of, to amend and repeal Section 451.1 of, to add Sections 326.1, 326.2, 451.3, 1701.8, 8386.3, 8386.4, and 8389 to, to add Part 6 (commencing with Section 3280) to Division 1 of, and to repeal Sections 3291 and 3292 of, the Public Utilities Code, and to add Division 28 (commencing with Section 80500) to the Water Code, relating to public utilities, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 1057 (Limón) Renames the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources the Geologic Energy Management Division. Authorizes the Oil and Gas Supervisor (Supervisor) to require an operator to provide an additional amount of security in an amount not to exceed the reasonable costs of plugging and abandoning all of the operator's wells or $30 million. An act to amend Section 848 of the Civil Code, to amend Sections 8589.7 and 8670.55 of the Government Code, to amend Sections 42710 and 101042 of the Health and Safety Code, to amend Sections 607, 690, 3002, 3114, 3201, 3202, 3236.5, 3705, 6212, 25550, 30262, and 30404 of, to add Sections 3011 and 3205.3 to, and to repeal Section 3263 of, the Public Resources Code, to amend Sections 309 and 714 of the Public Utilities Code, and to amend Sections 10783 and 13267.5 of the Water Code, relating to oil and gas.

• AB 1083 (Burke) This bill authorizes, at the request of the Legislature, the California Council on Science and Technology (CCST), to undertake and complete an analysis of the effects of legislation pertaining to any of the following: procurement of electricity; electricity and gas products; energy storage; electrical or gas infrastructure by an electrical corporation; and community choice aggregation. The measure prohibits ratepayers of an electrical corporation, gas corporation, community choice aggregator (CCA), electric service provider (ESP), or local publicly utility from being assessed any fee or other charge to carry out the provision of this act. An act to amend Section 635 of, and to add and repeal Section 636 of, the Public Utilities Code, relating to energy.

• AB 1144 (Friedman) Requires the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to allocate at least 10% of the 2020 funds from the Self Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) for the installation of energy storage and other eligible distributed energy resources (DERs) at facilities that provide critical infrastructure to communities in High Fire Threat Districts (HFTD) to support community resiliency. An act to add Section 379.9 to the Public Utilities Code, relating to electricity.

• AB 1232 (Gloria) This bill proposes three things in relation to the operation of the Low-Income Weatherization Program (LIWP): 1) a study of impacts of the Program on rental rates, 2) greater collaboration between government health and environmental agencies; and, 3) clarification of funding distribution timelines. An act to amend Section 12087.5 of, and to add Sections 12087.9 and 12087.10 to, the Government Code, and to amend Section 39712 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to energy efficiency.

• AB 1328 (Holden) Requires the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR), in consultation with the State Air Resources Board (ARB), to study idle, idle-deserted, and abandoned oil and gas wells in California to better understand their emissions of air pollutants, including, but not limited to, greenhouse gases (GHG), toxic air contaminants, and volatile organic compounds; makes stipulations regarding the scope and execution of that study; and increases the time permitted between announcing the intent to abandon a well and cancellation of that announcement from 12 to 24 months. An act to amend Section 3229 of, and to add and repeal Section 3206.2 of, the Public Resources Code, relating to oil and gas.

• AB 1362 (O'Donnell) Mandates the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to post on its internet website each load-serving entities' (LSE) residential electric rate tariffs and programs. This information shall also be available on the load serving entities' (community choice aggregators, investor owned utilities and energy service providers) internet website. An act to add Section 365.3 to the Public Utilities Code, relating to electricity.

• AB 1513 (Holden) This bill makes several technical and clarifying changes to current law which concern programs under the jurisdiction of, and the authority of, the California Public Utilities Commission and other energy programs. The bill also makes one substantive change to the legislative package adopted in July to address increasing the increasing threats of wildfires and utility liability related to those fires. An act to amend Sections 8899.70, 8899.72, 15470, 15471, 15473, 15474, 15475, 16480.45, and 20194.5 of the Government Code, to amend Sections 10089.6, 10089.7, and 11797 of the Insurance Code, to amend Sections 311, 326.1, 336, 371, 374, 379.5, 384, 394.25, 399.20, 451.1, 701.1, 714, 715, 740.3, 785, 850, 850.1, 854.2, 895, 1701.8, 1822, 2774.6, 2840.2, 2854, 3280, 3281, 3282, 3283, 3288, 3289, 3291, 3292, 3295, 3296, 3297, 8386.3, 8389, and 9607 of the Public Utilities Code, to amend Sections 80524, 80544, and 80550 of, to amend and renumber Sections 80502 and 80503 of, and to repeal Section 80500 of, the Water Code, and to amend Sections 1, 2, and 25 of Chapter 79 of the Statutes of 2019, relating to energy.

• AB 1584 (Quirk) This bill requires the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to develop and apply methodologies for allocating electrical system energy procurement needs to each load-serving entity (LSE) based on the contribution of that entity's load and resource portfolio to the electrical system conditions that created the need for the integration resource procurement. An act to add Article 13 (commencing with Section 397) to, and to repeal the heading of Article 13 (commencing with Section 397) of, Chapter 2.3 of Part 1 of Division 1 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to electricity.

• SB 49 (Skinner) Expands the California Energy Commission's (CEC) authority to develop standards for appliances to facilitate the deployment of flexible demand (i.e., demand response) technologies. This bill requires the CEC to develop and implement standards for appliances to facilitate the deployment of flexible demand technologies. The standards must enable appliance operations to be scheduled, shifted, or curtailed to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) associated with electricity generation. An act to amend Sections 25402 and 25402.11 of, and to add and repeal Section 25311 of, the Public Resources Code, relating to energy.

• SB 155 (Bradford) This bill makes specified requirements concerning the plans for energy procurement by load-serving entities (LSEs) within the jurisdiction of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). An act to amend Sections 399.13, 399.16, 399.30, 454.5, and 454.52 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to energy.

• SB 255 (Bradford) This bill expands the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) supplier diversity program by lowering the annual revenue threshold for participation from $25 million to $15 million, including electric service providers in the program, and requiring community choice aggregators (CCAs) to report specified information. This bill also encourages distributed energy resource companies, energy storage companies, and certain wholesale electric generators to participate in the program. An act to amend Sections 366.2 and 8283 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to energy.

• SB 457 (Hueso) This bill extends the sunset date, by five additional years, of an existing incentive program for biomethane projects administered by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). An act to amend Section 399.19 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to energy.

• SB 506 (Hueso) This bill directs the Attorney General (AG) to represent the Department of Finance in any litigation or settlement to obtain ratepayer recovery for the effects of the 2000-02 energy crisis. The bill also directs the AG to succeed the Electricity Oversight Board (EOB), and authorizes the AG to exercise all rights claims, powers and entitlements of the EOB, in any energy-crisis related litigation or settlement. The bill states the intent of the Legislature to affirm the AG's uninterrupted authority to continue acting on behalf of the EOB for cases involving the 2000-02 energy crisis. Finally, the bill prohibits the AG from disbursing or expending proceeds of any settlements of claims related to the energy crisis, with specified exceptions. An act to add Section 343 to the Public Utilities Code, relating to electricity.

• AB 54 (Ting) This bill updates a recycling pilot project program, extends the pilot program for an additional two years, and provides funding to support those pilot projects; authorizes the Director of Finance to provide financial assistance to recycling centers in the form of supplemental payments; and, exempts specified dealers from beverage container redemption requirements in unserved convenience zones until July 1, 2020. An act to amend Sections 14571.6, 14571.9, and 14581 of, and to add and repeal Section 14572.3 of, the Public Resources Code, relating to recycling, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 65 (Petrie-Norris) Requires the California State Coastal Conservancy (SCC) to prioritize projects that provide natural infrastructure and multiple public benefits when allocating funding from the California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Act of 2018 (Proposition 68). An act to amend Section 65302 of the Government Code, and to amend Sections 31113 and 71154 of the Public Resources Code, relating to coastal protection.

• AB 187 (Cristina Garcia) Makes various changes to the Used Mattress Recovery and Recycling Act in response to an audit report conducted by the Bureau of State Audits, as well as other changes to the program to enhance used mattress collection and recycling. An act to amend Sections 42986, 42987, 42987.1, 42987.2, 42987.5, 42988, 42988.1, 42989, 42989.1, 42989.3, 42990.1, 42990.2, 42992, 42993, 42993.2, and 42993.3 of, and to add Sections 42987.1.5, 42988.3, and 42989.4 to, the Public Resources Code, relating to recycling.

• AB 209 (Limón) This bill requires the establishment of an Outdoor Equity Grants Program at the California Department of Parks and Recreation (State Parks). An act to add Chapter 1.26 (commencing with Section 5090.75) to Division 5 of the Public Resources Code, relating to parks.

• AB 278 (McCarty) Authorizes the director of the California Conservation Corps (CCC) to select applicants who are paroles for enrollment in the corps program. Additionally, this bill authorizes a school district or county office of education that operates a community conservation corps to select applicants who are paroles for enrollment. An act to amend Sections 14306.5 and 17003 of the Public Resources Code, relating to resource conservation.

• AB 454 (Kalra) This bill makes it unlawful to take or possess any migratory nongame bird, or any part of a migratory nongame bird, as designated in the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) before January 1, 2017, or that may be designated under the federal MBTA after January 1, 2017. An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 3513 of the Fish and Game Code, relating to migratory birds.

• AB 487 (Gallagher) This bill allows the Department of Water Resources (DWR) to delay the imposition of penalties and interest on specified delinquent dam fees until 30 days after the start of the fiscal year. An act to amend Section 6307 of the Water Code, relating to dams and reservoirs.

• AB 489 (Mark Stone) This bill authorizes the state, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to make funds available for a flood control project on the Pajaro River, even in the absence of matching federal funds. An act to amend Section 12687.5 of the Water Code, relating to water.

• AB 658, Arambula. This bill would allow groundwater sustainability agencies or other local agencies to apply to the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) for temporary five-year permits to divert and store groundwater during high-flow events. An act to amend Sections 1345, 1348, 1425, 1430, 1431, 1435, 1440, 1441, 1442, and 1704.4 of, to amend the heading of Chapter 6.6 (commencing with Section 1435) of Part 2 of Division 2 of, to add the heading of Article 1 (commencing with Section 1425) to Chapter 6.5 of Part 2 of Division 2 of, to add the heading of Article 1 (commencing with Section 1435) to Chapter 6.6 of Part 2 of Division 2 of, to add Article 2 (commencing with Section 1433) to Chapter 6.5 of Part 2 of Division 2 of, and to add Article 2 (commencing with Section 1443) to Chapter 6.6 of Part 2 of Division 2 of, the Water Code, relating to water.

• AB 729 (Chu) Revises the Product Stewardship for Carpets Program to, among other things, require the stewardship plan include a funding mechanism with differential assessments, require a "contingency plan" in the absence of an approved plan by the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle), and increase the administrative penalties from $1,000 per day to $5,000 per day. An act to amend Sections 42971, 42972, 42974, 42977, 42978, and 42981 of, to add Section 42972.7 to, and to repeal Section 42972.5 of, the Public Resources Code, relating to recycling.

• AB 782 (Berman) Codifies the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) categorical exemption for transfers of ownership of interests in land in order to preserve open space, habitat, or historical resources, thereby eliminating the exceptions for project-specific effects which apply to a categorical exemption. An act to add Section 21080.28 to the Public Resources Code, relating to environmental quality.

• AB 815 (Aguiar-Curry) An act to amend Section 41825 of the Public Resources Code, relating to solid waste. An act to amend Section 41825 of the Public Resources Code, relating to solid waste.

• AB 827 (McCarty) Requires commercial waste generators and organic waste generators that provide customers access to the business to provide customers, by July 1, 2020, with a commercial solid waste recycling bin or an organic waste recycling bin to collect materials purchased on the premises. This bill also requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) to develop model signage that the businesses may utilize in implementing these requirements. An act to amend Sections 42649.1, 42649.2, 42649.8, and 42649.81 of the Public Resources Code, relating to solid waste.

• AB 834 (Quirk) This bill establishes the Freshwater and Estuarine Harmful Algal Bloom Program at the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) to protect water quality and public health from harmful algal blooms (HABs). An act to add Section 13182 to the Water Code, relating to water quality.

• AB 912 (Muratsuchi) Revises and recasts ballast water management law, including delaying dates by which the owner or operator of a vessel must implement interim and final performance standards (zero detectable living organisms) for the discharge of ballast water; requiring the State Lands Commission (SLC) to adopt regulations implementing federal performance standards for the discharge of ballast water; and, authorizing the SLC to take samples of ballast water, sediment, and biofouling from arriving vessels for research purposes. An act to amend Sections 71200, 71201, 71203, 71204.6, 71205.3, 71210, and 71213 of, and to repeal Sections 71204.7 and 71204.9 of, the Public Resources Code, relating to marine invasive species.

• AB 936 (Robert Rivas) Revises the oil spill response laws and the duties of the Administrator of the Office of Spill Prevention and Response (OSPR) within the Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) to specifically address nonfloating oils. An act to amend Sections 8574.8, 8670.3, 8670.29, and 8670.30 of, and to add Section 8670.12.1 to, the Government Code, and to amend Sections 25354 and 25364 of, and to add Section 25142 to, the Public Resources Code, relating to oil spills.

• AB 948 (Kalra) Allows the Santa Clara Valley Open-Space Authority (Authority) to establish and administer the Coyote Valley Conservation Program to address the resource and recreational goals of the Coyote Valley. An act to add Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 35180) to Division 26 of the Public Resources Code, relating to the Coyote Valley Conservation Program.

• AB 1011 (Petrie-Norris) This bill authorizes the Coastal Commission (Commission) to waive the filing fee for Coastal Development Permit (CDP) applications, and requires the Commission, when considering waiving filing fees, to give extra consideration to certain nonprofit organizations if the permit is required for a habitat restoration project or a project to provide public access to coastal resources. An act to amend Section 30620 of the Public Resources Code, relating to coastal resources.

• AB 1160 (Dahle) This bill extends the effective date of a sustained yield plan (SYP) from no more than 10 years to no more than 20 years. An act to amend Section 4551.3 of the Public Resources Code, relating to forestry.

• AB 1162 (Kalra) This bill prohibits lodging establishments from providing small plastic bottles containing shampoo, hair conditioner and bath soap to guests and holds the lodging establishments liable for civil penalties in the event of a violation. An act to add Chapter 6.1 (commencing with Section 42372) to Part 3 of Division 30 of the Public Resources Code, relating to lodging establishments.

• AB 1197, Santiago. Establishes an exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for specified emergency shelters and supportive housing projects approved or carried out by the City of Los Angeles (City). An act to add and repeal Section 21080.27 of the Public Resources Code, relating to environmental quality, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 1237 (Aguiar-Curry) Requires any state agency that receives an appropriation from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) to post on its website the agency's guidelines for how the funds are allocated, including eligibility criteria, application and award timelines, technical assistance, and contact information. An act to add Section 16428.89 to the Government Code, relating to greenhouse gases.

• AB 1254 (Kamlager-Dove) This bill would generally suspend the hunting, trapping or other take of bobcats until certain conditions are met, and if, upon appropriation by the Legislature, the Fish and Game Commission authorizes renewed hunting of bobcats no earlier than January 1, 2025. An act to amend Sections 4152, 4153, 4154, and 4181 of, and to add Sections 4156, 4157, and 4158 to, the Fish and Game Code, relating to bobcats.

• AB 1290 (Gloria) Requires the use of project labor agreements (PLAs) as a condition of receiving construction financing under the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Law (Drinking Water Fund) or financial assistance from the State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund (Water Pollution Fund) for work performed for any portion of the Pure Water San Diego Program (Pure Water Program). An act to add Section 116761.51 to the Health and Safety Code, and to add Section 13481.6 to the Water Code, relating to water.

• AB 1414 (Friedman). This bill realigns the various reporting dates established in last session's SB 606 and AB 1668 so that all reports required by those bills are due on either July 1 or January 1, and makes other minor technical amendments. An act to amend Sections 10608.34, 10609.20, 10609.22, 10609.24, 10609.26, 10621, 10631, and 10632.1 of, and to add Section 10609.25 to, the Water Code, relating to water.

• AB 1432 (Dahle) This bill exempts from the requirement for public hearing in order to declare a water emergency, a wildfire which causes an immediate emergency. An act to amend Section 351 of the Water Code, relating to water.

• AB 1583 (Eggman) This bill establishes the California Recycling Market Development Act. This bill extends the sunset for the Recycling Market Development Zone Program and the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority (CAEATFA) advanced manufacturing program by five years, to 2026. An act to amend Sections 18015, 26003, 42023.1, 42023.2, 42023.3, 42023.4, 42023.5, and 42023.6 of, to amend and add Section 26011.8 of, and to add Section 42005.5 to, the Public Resources Code, and to amend Section 6010.8 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to public resources, and making an appropriation therefor.

• AB 1628 (Robert Rivas) Revises the definition of "environmental justice," for the purposes of the Office of Planning and Research's (OPR) coordination of state agency programs, to include meaningful involvement in addition to fair treatment of people of all races, cultures, incomes, and adds national origins to this list. An act to amend Sections 56668 and 65040.12 of the Government Code, and to amend Section 30107.3 of the Public Resources Code, relating to environmental justice.

• AB 1644 (Levine) This bill authorizes the California Coastal Commission to receive technical advice and recommendations on agriculture with regard to its decisionmaking. An act to amend Section 30006.5 of the Public Resources Code, relating to coastal resources.

• AB 1668 (Carrillo) Establishes, upon appropriation by the Legislature, the Education and Employment Reentry Program (Program) within the California Conservation Corps (CCC) and authorizes the director to enroll formerly incarcerated individuals, as specified. An act to add Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 14415) to Division 12 of the Public Resources Code, relating to resources conservation.

• AB 1680 (Limón) Requires the California Coastal Commission (Commission), in collaboration with the California State Coastal Conservancy (SCC), the Department of Parks and Recreation (State Parks), and the State Lands Commission (SLC) to develop a new coastal access program for Hollister Ranch in the County of Santa Barbara that will replace the existing coastal access program for Hollister Ranch that was adopted by the Commission in 1982. An act to amend Section 30610.8 of, and to add Section 30610.81 to, the Public Resources Code, relating to coastal resources.

• AB 1823 (Committee on Natural Resources) This bill is an Assembly Natural Resources Committee bill, which provides important clean up to Legislation that passed last year including SB 901 (Dodd), Chapter 626, Statutes of 2018, and AB 2518 (Aguiar-Curry), Chapter 637, Statutes of 2018. An act to amend Sections 4290.1, 4630.1, and 4630.2 of, to add Section 4005 to, and to repeal Section 4124.7 of, the Public Resources Code, relating to fire protection.

• AB 1824 (Committee on Natural Resources) Makes various technical corrections, updates, and minor amendments to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and related provisions of law. An act to amend Sections 11011 and 65589.4 of the Government Code, and to amend Sections 21080.21, 21099, 21108, 21152, 21152.1, 21161, and 21177 of, and to add and repeal Section 21080.14 of, the Public Resources Code, relating to environmental quality.

• SB 8 (Glazer) This bill bans smoking in state parks and on state coastal beaches, subject to certain limitations. An act to add Section 5008.10 to the Public Resources Code, relating to parks.

• SB 19 (Dodd) This bill requires the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) and the Department of Water Resources (DWR) to develop a plan to deploy a network of stream gages in order to address significant gaps in information necessary for water management and the conservation of freshwater species. An act to add Section 144 to the Water Code, relating to water resources.

• SB 44 (Skinner) This bill requires the Air Resources Board (ARB) update the 2016 mobile source strategy to include a comprehensive strategy for the deployment of medium duty and heavy-duty vehicles in the state for the purpose of bringing the state into compliance with federal ambient air quality standards and reducing motor vehicle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the medium duty and heavy duty vehicle sector, as specified. An act to add Section 43024.2 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to vehicular air pollution.

• SB 134 (Hertzberg) This bill prohibits the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) from issuing an information order, written notice or conservation order for a violation of water loss performance standards if water loss is the only objective not being met, and if the State Water Board is already taking enforcement action for water losses as part of an urban water use objective. An act to add Section 10609.27 to the Water Code, relating to water conservation.

• SB 200 (Monning) This bill establishes the Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund (SADWF) to help water systems provide an adequate and affordable supply of safe drinking water in both the near and the long term. Beginning in fiscal year 2020- 21 and until June 30, 2030, it annually transfers to the Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund five percent of the proceeds of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) up to $130 million. It further requires the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) to adopt a fund implementation plan and requires expenditures of the fund to be consistent with the plan. An act to add Section 53082.6 to the Government Code, to amend Sections 39719, 100827, 116275, 116385, 116530, 116540, and 116686 of, and to add Chapter 4.6 (commencing with Section 116765) to Part 12 of Division 104 of, the Health and Safety Code, and to add Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 8390) to Division 4.1 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to drinking water, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• SB 262 (McGuire) This bill extends the sunset 10 years for the commercial sea cucumber fishery, revises commercial vessel permit transfer requirements for certain fisheries, requires the California Coastal Commission to develop guidance for certain aquaculture operations, and indexes the landing fees for commercial fish catches, as specified, among other things. An act to amend Sections 8051, 8231, 8233.5, 8238, 8238.1, 8239, 8239.1, 8241, 8243, 8244, 8245, 8246, 8246.2, 8246.4, 8246.7, 8280.3, 8405.4, and 9002.5 of, and to repeal Sections 8239.2, 8239.9, 8245.5, 8247, 8247.1, 8247.2, 8247.3, 8247.4, 8247.5, 8247.6, 8247.7, and 8247.8 of, the Fish and Game Code, and to add and repeal Section 30612.5 of the Public Resources Code, relating to marine resources.

• SB 307 (Roth) Requires the State Lands Commission (SLC), in consultation with the Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) and the Department of Water Resources (DWR), to find that the transfer of the water from a groundwater basin underlying specified desert lands will not adversely affect the natural or cultural resources, including groundwater resources or habitat, of those federal and state lands in order for that transfer to be allowed. An act to add Section 1815 to the Water Code, relating to water.

• SB 351 (Hurtado) Requires the Strategic Growth Council (SGC) to consider applicants for projects undertaken in unincorporated areas for the Transformative Climate Communities (TCC) Program. An act to amend Section 75241 of the Public Resources Code, relating to climate change.

• SB 367 (Hueso) This bill defines and clarifies the type of educational programs and projects that may be undertaken or funded by the State Coastal Conservancy (SCC), and extends access to these programs to adults, in addition to K-12 pupils. This bill also authorizes the SCC to provide technical assistance, and award grants to public agencies and nonprofit organizations, for the same purpose. An act to amend Sections 31111 and 31119 of, and to add Section 31122 to, the Public Resources Code, relating to coastal resources.

• SB 387 (Wilk) Revises the procedures and circumstances under which the Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency (SCVWA) board will transition from the current 15-member board to a nine-member directly elected board. An act to amend Sections 8 and 9 of the Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency Act (Chapter 833 of the Statutes of 2017), relating to the Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency.

• SB 413 (Rubio) This bill extends by one year the terms of city representatives currently elected to the San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority (SGBWQA) Board and revises specified reporting requirements. An act to amend Sections 406, 505, 507, and 508 of, and to repeal Section 711 of, the San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority Act (Chapter 776 of the Statutes of 1992), relating to the San Gabriel Water Quality Authority.

• SB 442 (Dodd) This bill provides a framework for qualified institutions or individuals to commercialize discoveries that emanate from state park system units, subject to certain conditions. An act to amend Section 5001.65 of, and to add Section 5001.67 to, the Public Resources Code, relating to state parks.

• SB 450 (Umberg) This bill exempts, until January 1, 2025, interim motel housing projects from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act. An act to add and repeal Section 21080.50 of the Public Resources Code, relating to environmental quality.

• SB 463 (Stern) This bill improves the reporting of the chemical composition of materials that may be emitted from a natural gas storage well in the event of a reportable leak, and requires the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources (division) to review and revise its natural gas storage well regulations and policy, as specified. An act to amend Sections 3160 and 3183 of, and to add Sections 3181.5 and 3186.3 to, the Public Resources Code, relating to natural gas storage wells.

• SB 507 (Atkins) This bill grants certain previously ungranted tidelands in San Diego Bay to the San Diego Unified Port District, and grants certain public trust lands to the City of San Diego, subject to specified terms and conditions in both instances. An act to add Section 5.7 to the San Diego Unified Port District Act (Chapter 67 of the First Extraordinary Session of the Statutes of 1962), relating to tidelands and submerged lands, and making an appropriation therefor.

• SB 513 (Hurtado) This bill authorizes the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) to provide grants to eligible applicants to be used to provide interim relief, as specified, to households in which a private water well has gone dry, or has been destroyed, due to drought, wildfire, or other natural disaster, subject to appropriation of funds for that purpose by the Legislature. An act to add Section 13194 to the Water Code, relating to water.

• SB 551 (Jackson) This bill phases in a requirement that oil and gas well operators provide estimates of the cost to plug and abandon wells and decommission attendant oil and gas production facilities, as specified, and requires the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources to establish criteria for these estimates and perform certain related inspections, among other things. An act to amend Sections 3206.3 and 3258 of, and to add Section 3205.7 to, the Public Resources Code, relating to oil and gas.

• SB 576 (Umberg) This bill establishes the Climate Ready Program to be administered by the State Coastal Conservancy (SCC), and requires the Ocean Protection Council (OPC) to develop and implement a coastal climate change adaptation, infrastructure, and readiness program to recommend best practices and strategies to improve the climate change resiliency of the state's coastal communities, infrastructure, and habitat. An act to amend Section 31113 of, and to add Section 35616 to, the Public Resources Code, relating to coastal resources.

• SB 632 (Galgiani) This bill requires the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection (Board), as soon as practicably feasible, but no later February 1, 2020, to complete its environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and certify a specific final program environmental impact report (EIR) for a vegetation treatment program. An act to add and repeal Section 746 of the Public Resources Code, relating to environmental quality.

• SB 690 (Hueso) This bill relates to funding prioritization for purposes of addressing transboundary flows and pollution in the Tijuana River Valley (TRV). An act to add Section 31111.3 to the Public Resources Code, relating to coastal resources.

• SB 699 (Hill) Extends the sunset dates of the state's oversight authority of and bond authority for Bay Area regional water system projects. An act to amend Sections 73514 and 81653 of the Water Code, relating to water.

• SB 744 (Caballero) This bill makes changes to the existing streamlined process for supportive housing developments and creates a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) exemption for developments that qualify for No Place Like Home (NPLH) funding. An act to amend Sections 65651, 65655, and 65656 of the Government Code, and to add and repeal Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 21163) of Division 13 of the Public Resources Code, relating to housing.

• SB 779 (Committee on Natural Resources and Water) This bill makes various consensus or clarifying changes related to the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) authority to issue permits and licenses to change the point of diversion, place of use, or purpose of use for appropriated water, as well as other minor technical changes to the Water Code. An act to amend Sections 1705 and 10722.5 of, to amend the heading of Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 1700) of Part 2 of Division 2 of, and to add Sections 1700.4 and 1700.6 to, the Water Code, relating to water.

• SB 785 (Committee on Natural Resources and Water) This bill makes various consensus, or technical and clarifying changes to statute under the Senate Natural Resources & Water Committee's jurisdiction affecting the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the State Coastal Conservancy, the Department of Parks and Recreation, and the State Lands Commission, among others. An act to amend Section 2301 of the Fish and Game Code, to amend Section 66801 of, and to repeal Section 50370 of, the Government Code, to amend Sections 614, 615, 5012, 10211, 31013, and 31116 of the Public Resources Code, and to amend Sections 38505, 38506, 38600, 38601, 38602, 38603, and 38604 of the Vehicle Code, relating to public resources.

FAMILY LAW & PROBATE

• AB 327 (Maienschein) This bill provides that an at-death transfer, as defined, between spouses by will, revocable trust, beneficiary form, or other instrument is not subject to a presumption of undue influence under a Family Code provision applicable to interspousal contracts. An act to amend Section 721 of the Family Code, and to add Section 21385 to the Probate Code, relating to estates and trusts.

• AB 328 (Maienschein) This bill presumptively renders invalid donative transfers to caregivers who marry the dependent adult in their care, except in certain circumstances. An act to amend Sections 21380, 21382, and 21611 of the Probate Code, relating to estates and trusts.

• AB 473 (Maienschein) Increases the dollar limit for small estates that can be disposed of without formal probate and decreases the interest owed to a decedent's estate for certain transfers. An act to amend Sections 6602, 6609, 13050, 13100, 13101, 13111, 13112, 13151, 13152, 13154, 13200, 13206, 13207, 13562, 13563, 13600, 13601, and 13602 of, to add Sections 13117, 13211, and 13565 to, and to add Part 21 (commencing with Section 890) to Division 2 of, the Probate Code, relating to estates.

• AB 677 (Choi) Requires that a foreign adoption be set for readoption in California within a set period of time, as specified. An act to amend Section 8904 of, to add Section 8919.5 to, and to repeal and add Section 8919 of, the Family Code, relating to intercountry adoption.

• AB 925 (Gloria) Allows a court to permit disclosure of confidential information about a minor in order to implement a civil domestic violence protective order or a civil harassment restraining order, or if disclosure would be in the minor's best interest. Makes clear that a minor who has alleged abuse or harassment cannot be sanctioned for disclosing the minor's own confidential information. An act to amend Section 527.6 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and to amend Section 6301.5 of the Family Code, relating to protective orders.

• AB 1165 (Bauer-Kahan) Revises requirements for professional providers of supervised visitation services in child custody matters An act to amend Section 3200.5 of the Family Code, and to amend Section 1596.60 of, and to add Section 1596.657 to, the Health and Safety Code, relating to child custody.

• AB 1179 (Blanca Rubio) Requires that a child custody evaluation, investigation, or assessment ordered by the court where the court determines that there is a serious allegation of child sexual abuse, must, beginning January 1, 2021, be completed on a form developed by Judicial Council. An act to amend Section 3118 of the Family Code, relating to child custody.

• AB 1373 (Patterson) Clarifies when the termination of parental rights as part of an adoption may be waived and expands the ability to use the limited stepparent adoption process when a child is born to a married couple or domestic partners through gestational surrogacy. An act to amend Sections 8617, 9000.5, and 9306 of the Family Code, relating to adoption.

• AB 1380 (Obernolte) Requires, for premarital agreements executed on or after January 1, 2020, that the time period between when any party, against whom enforcement of a premarital agreement is sought, is presented with the final premarital agreement and when it is signed must be at least seven days and clarifies that unrepresented parties be told to seek legal counsel as least seven days before execution. An act to amend Section 1615 of the Family Code, relating to premarital agreements.

• AB 1817 (Committee on Judiciary) Makes nonsubstantive clarifications to the Family Code. An act to amend Sections 70, 216, 297.1, 298, 298.6, 304, 306.5, 400, 422, 781, 1102, 1615, 1816, 2024.7, 2033, 2034, 2040, 2102, 2104, 2106, 2124, 2610, 3011, 3012, 3025.5, 3027.5, 3041, 3042, 3044, 3047, 3048, 3105, 3110.5, 3111, 3115, 3118, 3180, 3192, 3651, 3664, 3691, 3751, 4014, 4053, 4059, 4063, 4076, 4205, 4251, 4325, 4330, 4331, 4351, 4400, 5246, 5601, 5603, 5611, 6228, 6275, 6302, 6303, 6306, 6320.5, 6323, 6343, 6345, 6380, 6381, 6383, 6389, 6404, 6454, 6750, 6752, 6924, 6929, 6930, 7120, 7541, 7554, 7572, 7573.5, 7574, 7577, 7580, 7611, 7613, 7613.5, 7630, 7635.5, 7643, 7646, 7648, 7662, 7663, 7664, 7666, 7667, 7822, 7825, 7851, 7882, 7901, 7911.1, 7950, 7960, 7962, 8502, 8545, 8603, 8604, 8606.5, 8613.7, 8619.5, 8620, 8625, 8632.5, 8700, 8700.5, 8712, 8715, 8730, 8800, 8801, 8801.3, 8801.5, 8811, 8814, 8814.5, 8908, 8920, 9000, 9101, 9203, 9205, 9208, 10005, 10014, 17000, 17212, 17300, 17309.5, 17400, 17400.5, 17404, 17404.1, 17406, 17416, 17422, 17430, 17433, 17450, 17514, 17518, 17520, 17522, 17525, 17528, 17530, 17550, 17552, 17600, 17602, 17703, 17801, 17803, 20026, and 20034 of the Family Code, relating to family law.

• SB 30 (Wiener) This bill eliminates the provision that generally limits domestic partnerships to same sex couples. An act to amend Sections 297, 297.1, 298, 298.5, 298.6, 298.7, and 299.2 of, and to repeal Section 299.3 of, the Family Code, relating to domestic partnership.

• SB 40 (Wiener) This bill amends a pilot program that, for participating counties, establishes a conservatorship procedure applicable to individuals who are incapable of caring for their own health and well-being due to a serious mental illness and substance use disorder. In broad strokes, this bill: (1) compresses the timeframes for the conservatorship, including changing the one-year conservatorship to a six-month conservatorship; (2) makes a prerequisite of that conservatorship a 28-day temporary conservatorship; (3) makes the trigger-point for the temporary conservatorship the person's eighth 72-hour involuntary detention in a 12-month period; (4) provides that the establishment of a conservatorship is subject to a judicial determination regarding the person's eligibility for assisted outpatient treatment; and (5) establishes additional protections to ensure that the conservatorship scheme is more narrowly drawn. An act to amend Sections 5451, 5452, 5453, 5456, 5462, 5463, and 5555 of, and to add Section 5465.5 to, the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to mental health, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• SB 303 (Wieckowski) This bill imposes a higher standard for the sale of a conservatee's personal residence and limits the amount of compensation that may be paid to a guardian, conservator, or attorney from a ward's or conservatee's government benefits. An act to amend Sections 2352.5, 2540, 2591, 2591.5, 2640, and 2641 of, and to add Section 2541.5 to, the Probate Code, relating to guardians and conservators.

• SB 308 (Jones) Revises the definition of "instrument" under the Probate Code. Specifically, this bill revises the definition of "instrument" under the Probate Code to exclude "trust," but to include instead a document establishing or modifying a trust. An act to amend Section 45 of the Probate Code, relating to estates and trusts.

• SB 495 (Durazo) This bill prohibits a court from considering sex, gender identity, gender expression, or the sexual orientation of a parent, legal guardian, or relative in making a best interest determination for purposes of awarding child custody or visitation rights. An act to amend Sections 3011, 3020, and 3040 of the Family Code, relating to child custody.

• AB 72 (Committee on Budget) This bill amends the 2018-19 Budget Act to provide resources relating to emergency and disaster events. An act to amend the Budget Act of 2018 (Chapters 29 and 30 of the Statutes of 2018) by amending Items 3940-101-0001, 3940-491, 8860-001-0001, and 9210-102-0001 of, and adding Items 0650-101-0001, 0690-011-0001, and 0690-103-0001 to, Section 2.00 of, amending Sections 39.00 and 99.50 of, and adding Section 23.20 to, that act, relating to the state budget, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, budget bill.

• AB 73 (Committee on Budget) This bill contains statutory provisions related to public safety and emergency operations necessary to implement the 2018 budget. An act to amend Section 53.5 of the Civil Code, and to add Section 8690.6 to the Government Code, relating to public safety, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget.

• AB 74 (Ting) This bill expresses the intent of the Legislature to enact statutory changes relating to the Budget Act of 2019. An act making appropriations for the support of the government of the State of California and for several public purposes in accordance with the provisions of Section 12 of Article IV of the Constitution of the State of California, relating to the state budget, to take effect immediately, budget bill.

• AB 97 (Committee on Budget) This bill is the Cannabis trailer bill for 2019-20. It contains the necessary changes related to the 2019 Budget Act. An act to amend Sections 26040, 26043, 26050.2, 26055, 26062, 26062.5, 26210, 26240, 26242, 26244, 26246, and 26248 of, and to add Section 26031.5 to, the Business and Professions Code, to amend Section 11126 of the Government Code, and to add Section 34019.5 to the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to cannabis, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 110 (Ting) Amends the 2019 Budget Act to provide $2 million to address expenses related to catastrophic wildfires. An act to amend the Budget Act of 2019 (Chapters 23 and 55 of the Statutes of 2019) by amending Item 8860-001-0001 of Section 2.00 of, and amending Section 39.00 of, that act, relating to the state budget, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, budget bill.

• AB 116 (Ting) Modifies the requirement that Enhanced Infrastructure Financing Districts (EIFDs) receive voter approval prior to issuing bonds. An act to amend Sections 53398.58, 53398.63, 53398.66, 53398.69, 53398.77, and 53398.88 of, to amend and renumber Section 53398.80.5 of, and to repeal Sections 53398.67, 53398.78, 53398.79, 53398.80, 53398.81, and 53398.82 of, the Government Code, relating to local government.

• AB 118 (Committee on Budget) Provides legislative ratification of the memorandum of understandings (MOUs) agreed to by the state and Bargaining Units (BU) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 20, and 21. Specifically, this bill ratifies the MOUs for BU 2, (California Attorneys, Administrative Law Judges, and Hearing Officers in State Employment), BU 5 (California Association of Highway Patrolmen), BU 7 (Protective Services and Public Safety) whose current members are represented by the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA), BU 13 (Stationary Engineers) whose current members are represented by the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE), and BUs 1, 3, 4, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, and 21 whose current members are represented by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). An act to amend Sections 19829.9848, 20825.1, 22871.3, 22879, and 22944.5 of, and to add Sections 19829.9849, 19829.9850, 20683.75, 20683.8, 20683.81, 20683.81.1, 20683.81.2, 20683.82, 20683.83, 20683.9, 20683.91, 20825.15, and 22874.9 to, the Government Code, relating to state employment, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget.

• AB 139 (Quirk-Silva) Requires a local government to base the needs for emergency shelter in its housing element on the most recent homeless point-in-time count conducted before the start of the planning period, the need for emergency shelter based on number of beds available on a year-round and seasonal basis, the number of shelter beds that go unused on an average monthly basis within a one-year period, and the percentage of those in emergency shelters that move to permanent housing solutions. An act to amend Sections 65583, 65584.04, 65584.06, and 65588 of the Government Code, relating to housing.

• AB 143 (Quirk-Silva) Authorizes emergency housing to include emergency shelter, upon the declaration of a shelter crisis by cities in the county of Orange, the City of San Jose, and the Counties of Orange and Alameda. An act to amend Section 8698.4 of the Government Code, relating to housing, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 212 (Bonta). This bill allows county recorders to use a $1 fee collected pursuant to existing law for additional purposes, until January 1, 2026. An act to amend, repeal, and add Sections 12168.7 and 27361.4 of the Government Code, relating to local government.

• AB 415 (Maienschein) Authorizes the California Victim Compensation Board (board) to compensate a crime victim for the costs of temporary housing for a pet. An act to amend Section 13957 of the Government Code, relating to victim compensation, and making an appropriation therefor.

• AB 456 (Chiu) Extends the sunset date from January 1, 2020 to January 1, 2027 of a claim resolution process that enables contractors to seek public agency review of claims that arise during public works projects. An act to amend Section 9204 of the Public Contract Code, relating to public contracts.

• AB 467 (Boerner Horvath) Would require any competitive event on specified state property which provides prize compensation, as defined, in gendered categories to award identical prizes in each category. An act to amend Section 2003 of the Fish and Game Code, to add Sections 5001.3, 6504, and 30615 to the Public Resources Code, and to add Section 682.7 to the Streets and Highways Code, relating to use of state property.

• AB 469 (Petrie-Norris) Requires specified training and responsibilities for state employees who manage state records. An act to amend Sections 12272 and 12274 of, and to add Section 12274.5 to, the Government Code, relating to state records management.

• AB 477 (Cervantes) This bill would require counties, as well as a city and county, to include representatives from the access and functional needs population, as defined, in the next regular update to their emergency plan. An act to amend Section 8593.3 of the Government Code, relating to emergency services.

• AB 485 (Medina) Requires local agencies to take specified actions to inform the public before approving or granting economic development subsidies of $100,000 or more for warehouse distribution centers, and during the term of such subsidies. An act to add Section 53083.1 to the Government Code, relating to local government.

• AB 600 (Chu) Makes changes to Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) requirements for approving specified annexations to disadvantaged unincorporated communities (DUCs). An act to amend Section 56375 of the Government Code, relating to local government.

• AB 620 (Cooley) Defines "sudden unexplained death in childhood" (SUDC), and requires a coroner to notify the parents or responsible adult of a child that comes within the definition of the importance of taking tissue samples. An act to add Section 27491.42 to the Government Code, relating to local government.

• AB 632 (Aguiar-Curry) This bill allows the Board of Supervisors in Lake County to consolidate the offices of Auditor-Controller (AC) and Treasurer-Tax Collector (TTC) when one of the offices has a vacancy. An act to amend Section 24304.2 of the Government Code, relating to local government.

• AB 669 (Holden) This bill authorizes the Attorney General to resolve disputes by acceptance of assurances of voluntary compliance (AVC). An act to add Section 12533 of the Government Code, relating to the Attorney General.

• AB 672 (Cervantes) This bill clarifies that a person who retires from a public retirement system for disability cannot work in another public position that has the same duties or activities of the position from which the person received a disability retirement unless the person reinstates from retirement. An act to add Section 21233 to the Government Code, relating to public employees' retirement.

• AB 707 (Kalra) Increases, from $25,000 to $50,000, the formal bidding threshold for the Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water). An act to amend Section 21161 of, and to add Section 21160.5 to, the Public Contract Code, relating to public contracts.

• AB 747 (Levine) Requires cities and counties in the safety element of the general plan to identify evacuation routes and their capacity, safety, and viability under a range of emergency scenarios. An act to add Section 65302.15 to the Government Code, relating to land use.

• AB 754 (Grayson) Authorizes the California Department of Technology (CDT) to provide access to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data to a regional notification center (RNC), as specified, for purposes of an RNC performing its functions pursuant to California's "Call Before You Dig" law. This bill requires CDT to collect payment to cover its reasonable costs for providing this GIS data and ensures that a state agency will not be liable to an RNC or other third party for providing GIS data pursuant to these provisions. Separately this bill requires that, no later than January 1, 2021: 1) an application to install a solar energy system include a reference to the requirement to notify the appropriate RNC of the excavators intent to excavate, pursuant to the Call Before You Dig Law, before conducting an excavation, including, but not limited to, installing a grounding rod; and, 2) that the Governor's Office of Planning and Research include a reference in the California Solar Permitting Guidebook of the requirement to notify the appropriate RNC of the excavator's intent to excavate pursuant to the Call Before You Dig Law. The bill would prohibit a city and/or county from being liable for any damages associated with the failure of a person required to obtain a solar energy system permit to notify the appropriate RNC of an intended excavation. An act to amend Sections 11545 and 65850.5 of the Government Code, relating to regional notification centers.

• AB 825 (Mullin) Makes numerous changes to the San Mateo County Flood Control District (FCD) Act. An act to amend Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 10.1, 10.2, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32, and 35 of, to add Sections 4.5 and 31 to, and to repeal Section 13.5 of, the San Mateo County Flood Control District Act (Chapter 2108 of the Statutes of 1959), relating to the San Mateo County Flood and Sea Level Rise Resiliency District.

• AB 857 (Chiu) Provides for the establishment of a public bank by a local agency, subject to approval by the Department of Business Oversight (DBO) and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). An act to amend Sections 5130 and 7130 of the Corporations Code, to amend Sections 119, 1004, and 1100 of, and to add Section 1008 to, the Financial Code, to amend Sections 6254.26, 23007, 53601, 53635, and 53635.2 of, to add Division 5 (commencing with Section 57600) to Title 5 of, and to add Sections 6254.35, 54956.97, and 54956.98 to, the Government Code, and to add Section 23701aa to the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to public banks.

• AB 894 (Santiago) Requires the Governor, with the recommendation of the Attorney General, to appoint two directors and two associate directors of the Attorney General's Office who would be exempt from the civil service. An act to amend Section 12502 of the Government Code, relating to state government.

• AB 911 (Rodriguez) Requires the Office of Emergency Services (OES) to complete a study to determine the feasibility of developing a statewide system that would enable all Californians to voluntarily provide vital health and safety information, with an encrypted connection, to be made available to all first responders in an emergency if a "911" call is placed. An act to add Article 6.3 (commencing with Section 8592.20) to Chapter 7 of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to emergency services.

• AB 931 (Boerner Horvath) Prohibit, on or after January 1, 2030, the membership of appointed boards and commissions in cities with a population of 50,000 or more from having more than 60% of the same gender identity, and smaller boards and commissions from being comprised entirely of members having the same gender identity. An act to add Chapter 11.5 (commencing with Section 54977) to Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code, relating to local government boards.

• AB 945 (McCarty) Makes changes to the authority of local agencies to invest surplus funds in certain deposits. An act to amend and repeal Section 53635.8 of, and to amend, repeal, and add Section 53601.8 of, the Government Code, relating to local government.

• AB 971 (Salas) Provides for the post-evaluation of contractors for state information technology (IT) services, as specified, and allows IT contractors to receive bonus payments for completing projects early and under budget. An act to add Section 12102.3 to the Public Contract Code, relating to public contracts.

• AB 991 (Gallagher) Makes non-substantive changes to the codes by recommendation of the Legislative Counsel's office. Specifically, this bill makes various grammatical and other technical changes suggested by the Office of Legislative Counsel in order to correct non-substantive errors that exist in the text of current statutes. An act to amend Sections 1686, 1957, 1966.1, 2190.6, 4052.2, 4187.1, 4187.2, 4982, 4992.3, 4999.90, 5100.1, 7099.8, 7542.2, 9889.4, 9889.16, 12240, 22250.1, 22980.1, and 26001 of the Business and Professions Code, to amend Sections 1102.2, 1102.3, 1103.1, 1103.2, 1632.5, 1670.11, 1946.7, 2920.7, 2983.2, 2983.3, 3054, and 5502 of the Civil Code, to amend Sections 5211 and 16101 of the Corporations Code, to amend Sections 8220.1, 8332.8, 8492, 14002, 17583, 25011.1, 25015, 25018.1, 32283.5, 33127, 33352, 35179.6, 41206, 41207.45, 41344.1, 42127.6, 42127.9, 42238.02, 44415, 44416, 44615, 44991, 45113, 47604.5, 47613.5, 48900, 48900.5, 49005, 49005.1, 49006.4, 49060, 49064, 49077, 49085, 49531, 49571, 51225.37, 53302, 54801, 54802, 54804, 66021.1, 66021.3, 66027.8, 68120.7, 69432, 69519, 71030, 72506, 75001, 75003.1, 75005, 78213, 78222, 84750.4, 84750.5, 84760.5, 88671, 88821, 88823, 88827, 88828, 88829, 89007.7, 92162, and 99151 of, and to amend and renumber Section 49069 of, the Education Code, to amend Sections 3019.5, 6768, 8106.5, 10010, 13102, 14201, and 21003 of the Elections Code, to amend Section 756 of the Evidence Code, to amend Sections 3060, 6323, 6380, 6924, 8710.2, and 17705 of the Family Code, to amend Sections 8276.1, 8276.4, 8494, 8583, and 9002.5 of the Fish and Game Code, to amend Sections 570, 15071, 15071.1, 19020, 21070, 21281.5, 65001, and 65068 of the Food and Agricultural Code, to amend Sections 6205.5, 6254, 6259, 8334, 8586.5, 8594.16, 9114.5, 11093.7, 12950, 12950.1, 13109, 14670, 14692, 16418.8, 17581.6, 27647, 65080, 65584.01, 65584.04, 65915, 70371.9, and 93010 of the Government Code, to amend Sections 1337.1, 1399.66, 1538.75, 1596.956, 1797.171, 11056, 14955, 19891, 25141, 25173.6, 25187, 25536.7, 44272.4, 44274.9, 50214, 50490.4, 114367.4, 116682, 116687, 121349, 122354.5, 123260, 123615.5, and 127672 of, and to amend and renumber Sections 1797.8, 25215.6, and 25215.7 of, the Health and Safety Code, to amend Sections 10089.23, 10202.5, 10202.8, and 12922.5 of the Insurance Code, to amend Sections 138.7, 1720.5, 2699.5, 3073.5, 3093, 3100, 4600, 4660.1, and 4903.6 of the Labor Code, to amend Section 532 of the Military and Veterans Code, to amend Sections 189, 290.019, 368.5, 667, 799, 831.5, 853.6, 978.5, 993, 1001.36, 1170.12, 1170.9, 3003, 11160, 13519, and 13837 of the Penal Code, to amend Sections 1304, 1993, and 19529 of the Probate Code, to amend Section 6971 of the Public Contract Code, to amend Sections 2717, 3432, 4137, 4290.5, 4630.2, 4795, 4796, 5010.4, 14571, 21159.25, 25402.10, 32659.1, 32659.4, 35651, 42030, 42031, 42031.4, 42035.2, 42370.2, 42370.3, 42450.5, and 80114 of, to amend and renumber Article 4 (commencing with Section 4500) of Chapter 7 of Part 2 of Division 4 of, and to amend and renumber Division 45 (commencing with Section 80000) of, the Public Resources Code, to amend Sections 365.1, 381.2, 399.12.5, 748.6, 777, 779.1, 878.5, 1701.3, 2833, 5445.3, 8371, 8380, 10010.1, 12823.1, 16482.1, 29010.8, 99175, and 102352 of the Public Utilities Code, to amend Sections 38.9, 6369.7, 17026, 17053.5, 18910, 19183, and 30459.2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, to amend Sections 149.6, 384, 5954, 6467, 6468, and 8652 of the Streets and Highways Code, to amend Sections 3302.1 and 10200 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, to amend Sections 1808.4, 21212, 23222, 23223, 23225, 23226, 40254, 40282, and 40288 of the Vehicle Code, to amend Sections 1058.5, 1111, 6606, 6608, 10608.12, 10608.20, 10609, and 13558 of the Water Code, to amend Sections 207, 207.1, 211, 361.2, 395, 625.2, 727.32, 872, 885, 896, 1454, 1731.7, 4361, 5709, 10072.3, 10823.2, 10850.6, 11011, 11330.7, 11330.8, 11403, 11405, 11450, 12306.16, 14021.6, 14029.91, 14132.100, 14727, and 18928 of, to amend and renumber Sections 14030, 14031, 14032, 14033, and 14043.1 of, and to amend and renumber Article 1.1 (commencing with Section 14].

• AB 1013 (Obernolte) Prohibits a state agency from allowing an evaluator to review a discretionary grant application submitted by a person or organization for which the evaluator was a former representative, voting member or staff member, as specified. An act to add Section 11000.5 to the Government Code, relating to state government.

• AB 1033 (Cooper) This bill requires state agencies to provide a job applicant with documents explaining the benefits of the job and of state employment generally before offering the applicant employment. An act to add Section 19057.2 to the Government Code, relating to state employment.

• AB 1106 (Smith) This bill extends the sunset date on specified elements of the Los Angeles County Homeowner Notification Program. An act to amend Section 27297.6 of, and to amend and repeal Section 27387.1 of, the Government Code, relating to local government.

• AB 1116 (Grayson) Enacts the California Firefighter Peer Support and Crisis Referral Services Act authorizing the state or any local or regional public fire agency to establish a Peer Support and Crisis Referral Program (Peer Support Program). An act to add Article 21 (commencing with Section 8669.05) to Chapter 7 of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to firefighters.

• AB 1117 (Grayson) Enacts the Law Enforcement Peer Support and Crisis Referral Services Program authorizing a local or regional law enforcement agency to establish a peer support and crisis referral program (Peer support program). An act to add Article 22 (commencing with Section 8669.1) to Chapter 7 of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to peace officers.

• AB 1164 (Gloria) Allows the Director of the Department of General Services (DGS) to declare a property known as the San Diego State Building surplus in order to permit its disposal by DGS. An act relating to state real property, and making an appropriation therefor.

• AB 1166 (Levine) Requires every operator of a subsurface installation to supply an electronic positive response through the regional notification center before the excavation start date. An act to amend Section 4216.3 of the Government Code, relating to underground infrastructure.

• AB 1168 (Mullin) Requires each public safety answering point (PSAP) to deploy a text to 911 service that enables an individual to text "911" for emergency services that is capable of accepting either Short Message Service (SMS) messages or Real-Time Text (RTT) messages, by January 1, 2021. An act to amend Section 53112 of the Government Code, relating to emergency services.

• AB 1191 (Bonta) Enacts the Oakland Waterfront Sports and Mixed-Use Project, Waterfront Access, Environmental Justice, and Revitalization Act which authorizes the State Lands Commission (SLC) to approve an exchange at the Howard Terminal Property, approve a Ballpark and Public Lands Development (Development) on the final trust lands under specified conditions, and places specified requirements on the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) regarding the Seaport Plan and permitting of the Development. An act relating to the grant of public trust lands to the City of Oakland.

• AB 1199 (Petrie-Norris) This bill requires the Department of General Services (DGS), if any land within the grounds of the Fairview Developmental Center (FDC) is reported as excess and DGS determines that the land is needed by more than one state agency, to conduct a public hearing, as specified. An act to add Section 14670.37 to the Government Code, relating to state real property.

• AB 1255 (Robert Rivas) Requires each city and county to report to the state Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) an inventory of its surplus lands located in urbanized areas or urban clusters, as specified. Requires HCD to provide this information to the state Department of General Services (DGS) for inclusion in a digitized inventory of state surplus land sites. An act to amend Section 54230 of the Government Code, relating to local government.

• AB 1296 (Gonzalez) Expands the membership, duties, and authority of the Joint Enforcement Strike Force on the Underground Economy. An act to add Part 12.3 (commencing with Section 15925) to Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and to amend Sections 329 and 1095 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, relating to the underground economy.

• AB 1320 (Nazarian) Prohibits the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) and the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) from investing in an investment vehicle issued or owned by the government of Turkey, if the federal government of the United States (U.S.) imposes sanctions on the government of Turkey for failing to officially acknowledge its responsibility for the Armenian Genocide, among other provisions. An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 16642 of, and to add and repeal Section 7513.74 of, the Government Code, relating to public employee retirement systems.

• AB 1392 (Mullin) Grants to Redwood City (City) specified lands known as the Maple Street Site as part of a land exchange to be managed consistent with the Public Trust Doctrine. Requires, on or before January 1, 2024, the City to submit to the State Lands Commission (SLC) a trust lands use plan for the granted lands. An act relating to the grant of public trust lands in the City of Redwood City.

• AB 1475 (Bauer-Kahan) Authorizes regional transportation agencies (RTAs) to utilize the construction manager/general contractor (CM/GC) procurement method on any transportation project that is not on the state highway system. An act to amend Sections 6702 and 6971 of the Public Contract Code, relating to public contracts.

• AB 1533 (Eggman) This bill allows local agencies in San Joaquin County to offer contracting preferences for disabled veteran business enterprises (DVBEs) and social enterprises. An act to amend Section 2003 of the Public Contract Code, relating to public contracts.

• AB 1548 (Gabriel) Establishes the California State Nonprofit Security Grant Program (CNPSGP) to improve the physical security of nonprofit organizations that are at high risk of terrorist attack due to ideology, beliefs, or mission. An act to add and repeal Section 8588.9 of the Government Code, relating to state government, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 1563 (Santiago) Makes it a misdemeanor for any person to falsely represent that they are a census taker, interfere with the operation of the census, or to interfere with the right of another to participate in the census, as specified. An act to add Section 12172.8 to the Government Code, and to add Section 529.6 to the Penal Code, relating to the census.

• AB 1666 (Reyes) Requires the California Complete Count - Census 2020 Office to partner with local contracted educational agencies to make specified information about the 2020 federal decennial census available to students and their parents or guardians at schools, as specified. An act to add Section 65040.17 to the Government Code, relating to state government, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 1730 (Gonzalez) Amends the timing and process for delivery of the San Diego Association of Government's (SANDAG) next regional transportation plan (RTP) and sustainable communities strategy (SCS). An act to amend Sections 65080, 65584.05, and 65588 of, and to add Section 65584.045 to, the Government Code, relating to transportation.

• AB 1743 (Bloom) Expands the properties that are exempt from community facility district (CFD) taxes to include properties that qualify for the property tax welfare exemption, and limits the ability for local agencies to reject housing projects because they qualify for the exemption. An act to amend Sections 53340, 65008, and 65589.5 of the Government Code, relating to local government.

• AB 1745 (Kalra) Extends the sunset date on the authority of the City of San Jose to declare a shelter crisis and operate an emergency bridge housing community for homeless persons from January 1, 2022 to January 1, 2025. An act to amend Section 8698.3 of the Government Code, relating to housing.

• AB 1747 (Gonzalez) Limits the use of the state's telecommunications system containing criminal history information for immigration enforcement purposes, as defined, and for purposes of investigating immigration crimes solely because criminal history includes a violation of federal immigration law, as specified. An act to amend Section 15160 of the Government Code, relating to law enforcement.

• AB 1752 (Petrie-Norris) Allows, until January 1, 2025, the South Coast Water District to contract with a private entity for the Doheny Ocean Desalination Project, under certain conditions. An act to add and repeal Section 31049.1 of the Water Code, relating to local government.

• AB 1754 (Jones-Sawyer) Requires the California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) to establish the California Olympic and Paralympic Public Safety Command (COPPC) to facilitate public safety and security at the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles, California. An act to add and repeal Article 6.1 (commencing with Section 8591.5) of Chapter 7 of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to emergency services.

• AB 1822 (Committee on Local Government) This bill makes several non-controversial changes to the local agency formation commission (LAFCO) statutes, which govern local government organization and reorganization. An act to amend Sections 56074, 56133, 56663, 57077, and 57103 of, and to add Section 56074.5 to, the Government Code, and to repeal Sections 1 and 2 of Chapter 805 of the Statutes of 2004, relating to local government.

• AB 1830 (Gonzalez) This bill, an urgency measure, appropriates $3,446,800 to the Executive Officer of the California Victims Compensation Board (Board) for the payment of five specified erroneous conviction claims. An act relating to state claims, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 1831 (Gonzalez) This bill, an urgency measure, appropriates $802.60 to the Department of General Services (DGS) for the payment of five government claims. An act relating to state claims, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• SB 6 (Beall) This bill requires the Department of General Services (DGS), in coordination with the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), to create a public inventory of local sites suitable for residential development, along with state surplus lands. An act to add Sections 11011.8 and 65583.3 to the Government Code, relating to residential development.

• SB 13 (Wieckowski) This bill makes a number of changes to law governing accessory dwelling units (ADUs). An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 65852.2 of the Government Code, and to add and repeal Section 17980.12 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to land use.

• SB 82 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) This trailer bill makes statutory changes related to state administration necessary to implement the Budget Act of 2019. An act to amend Sections 23083.5, 23106, 23320.5, 23321.7, 23327, 23355.2, 23357.2, 23357.3, 23357.4, 23358.3, 23366.3, 23375, 23390, 23393.5, 23396.1, 23396.2, 23396.3, 23396.6, 23399, 23399.4, 23399.45, 23399.6, 23399.65, 23433, 23502, 23661.3, 23786, 23788.5, 23803, 23817.5, 23817.9, 23818, 23824, 23826.8, 23826.13, 23954.6, 23958.4, 23959, 23961, 24042, 24042.5, 24044.5, 24045, 24045.1, 24045.7, 24045.76, 24045.85, 24045.11, 24045.12, 24045.14, 24047, 24048, 24070, 24071, 24071.1, 24071.2, 24072.2, 25512, 25600.5, 25659.5, 25685, and 25761 of, to repeal Sections 23320.1, 23954.5, and 23954.7 of, and to repeal and add Sections 9873, 23320, and 24072 of, the Business and Professions Code, to amend Sections 1002 and 5019.5 of the Education Code, to amend Sections 9084, 9086, 19400, 19402, 21550, and 21552 of the Elections Code, to amend Sections 927.2, 927.6, 927.7, 927.13, 9112, 9125, 13073, 13073.5, 13300.5, 14678.7, 14692, 14932, 14934, 14936, 15805, 16351.5, 19825.5, 19849.7, 25501, 26203, 28084, 30061, 40200, 40231, 40236, 65057, and 65059 of, to amend, repeal, and add Section 11553 of, to add Sections 9113.5, 12815, 13073.6, 14670.10.5, and 14937 to, and to repeal Sections 16408 and 16409 of, the Government Code, to amend Sections 40220.5, 50801, 101180, and 124300 of, and to add Section 16010.5 to, the Health and Safety Code, to amend Sections 1012.2, 1023, and 1034 of, and to repeal Section 1031 of, the Military and Veterans Code, to amend Section 320.6 of the Penal Code, to amend Sections 20120 and 20123 of the Public Contract Code, to amend Section 48653 of the Public Resources Code, to amend Sections 792.5, 30207, 30222, and 99501 of the Public Utilities Code, to amend Sections 95.5, 11001.5, 11005.6, and 30462.1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, to amend Sections 188.8 and 2107.2 of the Streets and Highways Code, and to amend Sections 4333, 5902, 11011 of, and to add Section 11011.1 to, the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to state government, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget.

• SB 85 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) This is the Omnibus Resources Trailer Bill for 2019-20. It contains various statutory changes necessary to implement the Budget Act of 2019. An act to amend Sections 2787, 2791, and 2796 of the Fish and Game Code, to amend Sections 224 and 49015 of the Food and Agricultural Code, to amend Sections 13108, 13146, 13146.1, 13146.2, 13146.3, 13217, 38591.2, 43019, 43019.1, and 43019.2 of, and to add Sections 13146.6, 16022.5, and 44391.4 to, the Health and Safety Code, to amend Section 2795 of, to add Article 3 (commencing with Section 4050) to Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 4 of, and to add Section 4123 to, the Public Resources Code, relating to public resources, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget.

• SB 103 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) This bill provides legislative ratification of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) agreed to by the state and Bargaining Unit (BU) 6, represented by the Correctional Peace Officers Association. An act to amend Section 19829.9848 of the Government Code, relating to state public employment, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget.

• SB 105 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) This bill increases the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's lease revenue bond authority for the construction of various Health Care Facility Improvement Projects. Specifically, this bill provides an augmentation of $49.85 million for these projects, bringing the total for these projects up to $1.14 billion. An act to amend Section 15819.403 of the Government Code, relating to corrections, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget.

• SB 106 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) This bill is the Budget Bill Jr. that makes changes to the 2019 Budget. An act to amend the Budget Act of 2019 by amending Items 0530-001-0001, 4800-101-0001, 6440-001-0001, and 6610-001-0001 of, and adding Item 0530-495 to, Section 2.00 of, and amending Section 39.00 of, that act, relating to the state budget, and making an appropriation therefore, to take effect immediately, budget bill.

• SB 109 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) This bill is the third Budget Bill Junior associated with the Budget Act of 2019. This bill makes technical and substantive changes to the Budget Act. An act to amend the Budget Act of 2019 (Chapters 23 and 55 of the Statutes of 2019) by amending Items 0250-101-0001, 0515-101-0001, 0540-001-6088, 0540-101-0001, 0540-101-3228, 0555-001-0001, 0690-101-0001, 0820-001-0001, 0840-001-0970, 0954-101-0001, 1111-002-0702, 2240-103-0001, 2240-105-0001, 3340-001-0001, 3340-001-0318, 3340-001-3228, 3540-001-0001, 3540-002-3228, 3540-490, 3600-490, 3600-495, 3760-001-6088, 3760-101-0565, 3760-101-6088, 3790-101-0001, 3790-101-6088, 3790-492, 3790-493, 3790-496, 3860-101-0001, 3860-301-6083, 3860-490, 3860-495, 3900-490, 3940-101-0001, 3960-001-0001, 3970-001-0133, 4140-101-0001, 4170-101-0001, 4260-001-3305, 4300-001-0001, 4440-011-0001, 4560-001-3085, 4560-101-3085, 5180-101-0001, 5180-151-0001, 5180-153-0001, 5180-492, 5225-491, 5227-108-0001, 6100-001-0001, 6100-001-0890, 6100-125-0890, 6100-136-0890, 6100-149-0001, 6100-182-0001, 6100-194-0001, 6100-194-0890, 6100-195-0890, 6100-485, 6100-488, 6120-161-0001, 6120-217-0001, 6440-001-0001, 6610-001-0001, 6870-101-0001, 6870-488, 6980-101-0001, 7120-001-3228, 7120-101-3228, 7120-491, 7730-001-0001, 7760-301-0666, and 9210-102-0001 of, and adding Items 0540-301-6088, 0690-105-0001, 0690-493, 0720-490, 3540-101-0001, 3600-301-8018, 3600-311-6051, 3640-301-6031, 3640-495, 3860-301-0001, 6870-101-3273, and 6870-302-6087 to, Section 2.00 of, and amending Sections 12.32, 35.50, and 39.00 of, that act, relating to the state budget, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, budget bill.

• SB 112 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) This bill contains statutory provisions related to general government and state administration necessary to implement the Budget Act of 2019. An act to amend Section 23320 of the Business and Professions Code, to amend Sections 12815, 16418.8, 19822.3, 20397, and 100002 of, and to repeal Section 100006 of, the Government Code, to amend Section 11495 of the Health and Safety Code, to amend Section 1019.2 of, and to add Section 1019.4 to, the Labor Code, to amend Sections 6126, 6126.2, 6126.3, 6126.5, and 6133 of the Penal Code, and to amend Sections 27150.2, 27151, and 40610 of the Vehicle Code, relating to state government, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget.

• SB 160 (Jackson) This bill requires a county to integrate cultural competence into its emergency plan, upon the next update to its emergency plan, and requires counties to provide a forum for community engagement in geographically diverse locations in order to engage with culturally diverse communities, as specified. An act to add Section 8593.3.5 to the Government Code, relating to emergencies.

• SB 187 (Wieckowski) Clarifies that the definition of "consumer debt" in the Rosenthal Fair Debt Collections Practices Act (RFDCPA) includes mortgage debt. Removes the exception for attorneys in the definition of "debt collector." An act to amend Section 1788.2 of the Civil Code, relating to debt collection.

• SB 188 (Mitchell) Defines "race," for purposes of specified anti-discrimination statutes, to include traits historically associated with race. An act to amend Section 212.1 of the Education Code, and to amend Section 12926 of the Government Code, relating to discrimination.

• SB 190 (Dodd) This bill requires the State Fire Marshal (SFM) to develop a model defensible space program, as specified; requires the SFM to develop and make available a Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Fire Safety Building Standards Compliance training; and, requires the SFM to develop a WUI Products listing of products and construction assemblies that comply with the WUI Fire Safety building standards, as specified. An act to amend Section 51189 of the Government Code, and to amend Section 18931.7 of, and to add Section 13159.5 to, the Health and Safety Code, relating to fire safety.

• SB 209 (Dodd) This bill requires the Office of Emergency Services (OES) and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) to jointly establish and lead the Wildfire Forecast and Threat Intelligence Integration Center (Center), as specified.

• SB 222 (Hill) This bill underscores that housing discrimination on account of military or veteran status is unlawful in California by explicitly stating so within the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA). In addition, by defining a Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) voucher as a source of income for purposes of FEHA, this bill prohibits landlords from discriminating against a tenant on the basis that the tenant pays part or all of the rent using a VASH voucher. An act to amend Sections 12920, 12921, 12927, 12930, 12931, 12955, 12955.8, 12956.1, and 12956.2 of the Government Code, relating to discrimination.

• SB 225 (Durazo) Makes any person at least 18 years of age and a resident of California eligible to hold an appointed civil office, regardless of that person's citizenship and immigration status. An act to amend Sections 241 and 1020 of the Government Code, relating to citizens of the state.

• SB 230 (Caballero) This bill requires law enforcement agencies to maintain a policy that provides guidelines on the use of force, utilizing de-escalation techniques and other alternatives to use of force, specific guidelines for the application of deadly force, and factors for evaluating and reviewing all use of force incidents. An act to add Chapter 17.4 (commencing with Section 7286) to Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, and to add Section 13519.10 to the Penal Code, relating to law enforcement.

• SB 235 (Dodd) This bill allows the City of Napa (city) and County of Napa (county) to reach an agreement under which the county would be allowed to count certain housing units built within the city toward the county's regional housing needs assessment (RHNA) requirement. An act to amend Sections 65400, 65584.07, and 65913.4 of, and to add Sections 65584.08 and 65585.3 to, the Government Code, relating to housing.

• SB 242 (Roth) This bill updates and streamlines local agency requirements for notifying the military of proposed developments near military installations. The bill also requires OPR to post on its website specified information on development proposals, military points of contact and maps of low-level flight paths, special use airspace and military installations. An act to amend Sections 65352, 65940, and 65944 of the Government Code, and to amend Section 21098 of the Public Resources Code, relating to land use.

• SB 249 (Nielsen) Allows certain unexpired subdivision maps in Butte County to be extended for up to 36 months An act to add Section 66452.27 to the Government Code, relating to land use, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• SB 293 (Skinner) This bill establishes a procedure to form Oakland Infrastructure Financing Districts (Oakland IFDs), based on existing infrastructure financing district law. An act to add Section 53395.82 to the Government Code, relating to infrastructure financing districts.

• SB 313 (Hueso) This bill prohibits a person from sponsoring, conducting or operating a circus in this state that uses any animal except from a domestic dog, domestic cat or domesticated horse, prohibits a person from exhibiting or using any animal other than those in a circus in the state, and establishes a civil penalty for a violation, as specified. An act to add Article 5 (commencing with Section 2207) to Chapter 2 of Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code, relating to animals.

• SB 329 (Mitchell) This bill expands the definition of "source of income," a category that California's Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) protects against discrimination. This bill prohibits landlords from discriminating against tenants who rely upon housing assistance paid directly to landlords, such as a Section 8 voucher, to help them pay the rent. An act to amend Sections 12927 and 12955 of the Government Code, relating to discrimination.

• SB 330 (Skinner) This bill establishes the Housing Crisis Act of 2019, which, until January 1, 2025, places restrictions on certain types of development standards, amends the Housing Accountability Act (HAA), and makes changes to local approval processes and the Permit Streamlining Act. An act to amend Section 65589.5 of, to amend, repeal, and add Sections 65940, 65943, and 65950 of, to add and repeal Sections 65905.5, 65913.10, and 65941.1 of, and to add and repeal Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 66300) of Division 1 of Title 7 of, the Government Code, relating to housing.

• SB 355 (Portantino) This bill allows the Clean Power Alliance of Southern California (CPA) to adopt a policy or a bylaw to authorize a designated alternate member of the agency's legislative body, who is not a member of the legislative body, to attend closed sessions of the agency until January 1, 2025. An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 54956.96 of the Government Code, relating to joint powers.

• SB 379 (Committee on Governance and Finance) Validates the organization, boundaries, acts, proceedings, and bonds of the state government, counties, cities, special districts and school districts, among other public bodies. An act to validate the organization, boundaries, acts, proceedings, and bonds of public bodies, and to provide limitations of time in which actions may be commenced, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• SB 380 (Committee on Governance and Finance) Validates the organization, boundaries, acts, proceedings, and bonds of the state government, counties, cities, special districts and school districts, among other public bodies. An act to validate the organization, boundaries, acts, proceedings, and bonds of public bodies, and to provide limitations of time in which actions may be commenced, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• SB 381 (Committee on Governance and Finance) Validates the organization, boundaries, acts, proceedings, and bonds of the state government, counties, cities, special districts and school districts, among other public bodies. An act to validate the organization, boundaries, acts, proceedings, and bonds of public bodies, and to provide limitations of time in which actions may be commenced.

• SB 395 (Archuleta) This bill authorizes the Fish and Game Commission (commission), upon appropriation, to establish a pilot wildlife salvage permit program authorizing the roadkill of certain game species to be taken for human consumption, and, upon appropriation, authorizes the Department of Fish and Wildlife (department) to take certain actions to support the salvage pilot program, as specified. An act to amend Section 2000.5 of, to add Sections 1023 and 2000.3 to, and to add and repeal Section 2000.6 of, the Fish and Game Code, relating to wild game mammals.

• SB 418 (Portantino) This bill, an urgency measure, appropriates $27,051,363 from the General Fund to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for the payment of specified claims against the state. Any funds appropriated in excess of the amounts required for payment of the claims would revert to the state. An act relating to the payment of claims against the state, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• SB 438 (Hertzberg) This bill prohibits a public agency from entering into a contract for 911 call processing services unless the contract is with another public agency, with specified exceptions, and defines medical control, as provided. An act to amend Section 53110 of, and to add Section 53100.5 to, the Government Code, and to add Sections 1797.223 and 1798.8 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to emergency services.

• SB 455 (Bradford) This bill, until January 1, 2025, creates the Financial Empowerment Fund (FEF), as specified, and authorizes the Commissioner of Business Oversight (commissioner) to award grants from that fund to nonprofit organizations that offer financial education and financial empowerment programs and services to at-risk populations in California. An act to add and repeal Division 10.5 (commencing with Section 24000) of the Financial Code, relating to the Financial Empowerment Fund, and making an appropriation therefor.

• SB 527 (Caballero) This bill clarifies that commercial cannabis may be designated as a compatible use under the Williamson Act and provides that industrial hemp cultivation is an agricultural use. An act to amend Sections 51201 and 51231 of the Government Code, relating to local government.

• SB 601 (Morrell) This bill authorizes any state agency that issues any business license to establish a process for a person or business that has been displaced or is experiencing economic hardship as a result of an emergency, as defined, to submit an application for reduction or waiver fees required by the agency to obtain a license, renew or activate a license, or replace a physical license for display. An act to add Section 11009.5 to the Government Code, relating to state government.

• SB 670 (McGuire) This bill requires telecommunications service providers to submit a specified outage notification to the Office of Emergency Services (OES) when a telecommunications outage impacting 911 service and emergency notifications occurs. This bill makes OES responsible for notifying the appropriate county offices of emergency services, public safety answering points (PSAPs) and sheriffs for areas affected by an outage. An act to add Section 53122 to the Government Code, relating to telecommunications, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• SB 748 (Stern) This bill establishes a California Youth Poet Laureate under the California Arts Council. An act to add Chapter 9.7 (commencing with Section 8770) to Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to the arts.

• SB 751 (Rubio) This bill creates the San Gabriel Valley Regional Housing Trust. An act to add Section 6539.6 to the Government Code, relating to joint powers.

• SB 780 (Committee on Governance and Finance) This bill proposes several minor changes to state laws governing local governments' powers and duties. An act to amend Sections 915, 946.4, 960.2, 960.8, 16186, 24011, 25350.51, 26909, 27361.3, 31000.9, 53051, and 65589.4 of, and to repeal Section 51256.1 of, the Government Code, to amend Section 20145 of the Public Contract Code, to amend Section 5786.7 of the Public Resources Code, to amend Sections 72 and 97.70 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, and to repeal Section 31031.5 of the Water Code, relating to local government.

• AB 115 (Committee on Budget) This is a health Budget Trailer Bill for 2019-20. It contains necessary changes related to the Budget Act of 2019. This bill would implement a managed care organization (MCO) provider tax, effective July 1, 2019, contingent upon federal approval, to be effective for 3.5 fiscal years: 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, and the first half of 2022-23. An act to repeal and add Article 6.8 (commencing with Section 14199.60) of Chapter 7 of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to Medi-Cal, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget.

• AB 174 (Wood) Requires the Covered California board, until January 1, 2023, to develop and prepare biannual public reports for the purpose of informing the California Health and Human Services Agency, the Legislature, and the public about the enrollment process for the individual market assistance program, established in the 2019-2020 Budget Act. Corrects reference to an erroneous code section as it relates to the Attorney General's written waiver in the proposed sale of a nonprofit health facility. An act to amend Section 5922 of the Corporations Code, and to add and repeal Section 100509 of the Government Code, relating to health care.

• AB 241 (Kamlager-Dove) Requires continuing education courses for physicians and surgeons, nurses, and physician assistants to include the understanding of implicit bias and the promotion of bias-reducing strategies. An act to amend Sections 2190.1 and 3524.5 of, and to add Section 2736.5 to, the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.

• AB 273 (Gonzalez) Requires continuing education courses for physicians and surgeons, nurses, and physician assistants to include the understanding of implicit bias and the promotion of bias-reducing strategies. An act to amend Sections 3003.1, 3039, 4004, 4005, 4007, 4008, 4009.5, 4150, and 12002 of, to add Section 4001 to, and to repeal Article 2 (commencing with Section 4030) of Chapter 2 of Part 3 of Division 4 of, the Fish and Game Code, relating to trapping.

• AB 290 (Wood) Establishes requirements related to third-party premium payments to health care service plans and insurers made on behalf of patients by financially interested entities or providers. Defines financially interested to include a chronic dialysis clinic that is operated, owned, or controlled by a parent entity or related entity that meets the definition of a large dialysis clinic organization, as specified. Applies these requirements to financially interested entities covered by Advisory Opinion 97-1, upon a finding by the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) that compliance does not violate the federal laws addressed by Advisory Opinion 97-1 or a successor agreement, if an updated opinion is requested prior to July 1, 2020. An act to add Sections 1210, 1367.016, and 1385.09 to the Health and Safety Code, and to add Sections 10176.11 and 10181.8 to the Insurance Code, relating to health care coverage.

• AB 379 (Maienschein) This bill adds "an athlete who has passed out or fainted" to existing law that prohibits an athlete from returning to athletic activity until being evaluated and cleared by a health care provider. Requires the athlete, if the health care provider suspects that the athlete has a cardiac condition that puts the athlete at risk for sudden cardiac arrest or other heart-related issues, to remain under the care of the healthcare provider to pursue followup testing until the athlete is cleared to play. An act to amend Section 124235 of, and to amend the heading of Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 124235) of Chapter 4 of Part 2 of Division 106 of, the Health and Safety Code, relating to youth athletics.

• AB 458 (Nazarian) Authorizes an optometrist to practice optometry in the residence of a homebound individual. An act to amend Sections 3070.1 and 3152 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.

• AB 521 (Berman) Requires, to the extent the University of California (UC) Regents choose to do so, that the UC Firearm Violence Research Center (UCFC) to develop education and training programs for medical and mental health providers on the prevention of firearm-related injury and death; and, requires the UC to annually report activities and financial information related to the program. An act to amend Section 14232 of, to add the heading of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 14230) to Title 12.2 of Part 4 of, and to add Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 14235) to Title 12.2 of Part 4 of, the Penal Code, relating to healing arts.

• AB 528 (Low) Changes the required timeframe in which pharmacists are required to report dispensed prescriptions to the state's prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP), Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System (CURES), from seven days to the following working day; authorizes physicians and surgeons who are licensed by the Medical Board of California (MBC) but do not possess a federal Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) registration to register for access to CURES; requires pharmacists to report Schedule V drugs to CURES; expands the authority for a prescriber's licensed delegate to retrieve data from CURES on behalf of that prescriber; makes other technical and clarifying changes to laws governing the state's PDMP. An act to amend Section 209 of the Business and Professions Code, and to amend, repeal, and add Sections 11164.1, 11165, 11165.1, and 11165.4 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to controlled substances.

• AB 577, Eggman. Extends the duration of the requirement that health plans and health insurers provide continuity of care for pregnant women to up to 12 months from the diagnosis or from the end of pregnancy, whichever occurs later, if the woman presents written documentation of being diagnosed with a maternal mental health condition from the individual's treating health care provider. An act to amend Section 1373.96 of the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Section 10133.56 of the Insurance Code, relating to maternal health.

• AB 630 (Arambula) Requires psychotherapy providers who provide services under a Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) license, registration, or exemption to give clients a notice disclosing where complaints against the provider may be filed and makes various technical, clarifying, and conforming changes. An act to amend Sections 4980.01, 4996.14, 4996.15, and 4999.22 of, and to add Sections 4980.32, 4989.17, 4996.75, and 4999.71 to, the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.

• AB 651 (Grayson) Limits a health plan enrollee or insured's payment for covered services provided by an air ambulance service provider that does not have a contract with the health plan or health insurer to no more than the same cost sharing that the enrollee or insured would pay for the same covered services received from a contracted air ambulance provider. Sunsets the supplemental Emergency Medical Air Transportation Act (EMATA) on July 1, 2022. An act to amend Section 76000.10 of the Government Code, to add Section 1371.55 to the Health and Safety Code, and to add Section 10126.65 to the Insurance Code, relating to air ambulance services.

• AB 678 (Flora) Prohibits a doctor of podiatric medicine (podiatrist) from being required to submit a request for prior authorization for podiatric services rendered in either an outpatient or inpatient basis if a physician providing the same services would not be required to submit prior authorization to the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS). Subjects a podiatrist providing services to the same Medi-Cal billing and services policies as required for a physician, including but not limited to, a maximum numerical service limitation in any one calendar month. An act to repeal and add Section 14133.07 of, the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to Medi-Cal.

• AB 690 (Aguiar-Curry) Establishes qualifications for a pharmacy technician working at a remote dispensing site pharmacy and allows for a pharmacy license to be transferred in a declared state of emergency. An act to amend Sections 4062 and 4132 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to pharmacy, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 714 (Wood) Clarifies current law requiring prescribers to offer a prescription for naloxone hydrochloride to specify that the requirement only applies when an opioid or benzodiazepine is prescribed and expressly exempts patients in inpatient facilities and patients in hospice care. An act to amend Sections 740 and 741 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 731 (Kalra) Expands, beginning July 1, 2020, rate filing requirements to apply to large group health care service plan (health plan) contracts and health insurance policies, and imposes additional rate filing requirements on large group contracts and policies. Requires, a health plan or insurer to disclose specified information in a rate filing by geographic region for individual, grandfathered group, and nongrandfathered group contracts and policies, including the price paid compared to the price paid by the Medicare Program for the same services in each benefit category. Requires the Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) and California Department of Insurance (CDI) to determine if large group community rate changes are unreasonable or unjustified, and if so, requires health plans and insurers to notify the purchaser of an unreasonable or unjustified rate determination. An act to amend Sections 1374.21, 1385.01, 1385.02, 1385.045, and 1385.07 of, to amend, repeal, and add Section 1385.03 of, and to add Section 1385.046 to, the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Sections 10181, 10181.2, 10181.3, 10181.7, and 10199.1 of, and to add Section 10181.31 to, the Insurance Code, relating to health care coverage.

• AB 744 (Aguiar-Curry) Requires a contract between a health care service plan (health plan) or health insurer and a healthcare provider for the provision of healthcare services to an enrollee or insured or subscriber, to specify that the health plan or health insurer reimburse a healthcare provider for the diagnosis, consultation, or treatment of an enrollee, insured, subscriber, or policyholder delivered through telehealth services on the same basis and to the same extent that the health plan or insurer is responsible for reimbursement for the same service through in-person diagnosis, consultation, or treatment. An act to amend Section 2290.5 of the Business and Professions Code, to amend Section 1374.13 of, and to add Section 1374.14 to, the Health and Safety Code, to amend Section 10123.85 of, and to add Section 10123.855 to, the Insurance Code, and to amend Section 14132.725 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to health care coverage.

• AB 775 (Chau) Establishes timelines for the approval of a massage therapy school by the California Massage Therapy Council (CAMTC) and requires a school that is not approved by the CAMTC to notify student applicants and obtain signed acknowledgements of confirmation that each applicant understands that the school is not approved and that the education will not count towards voluntary certification. An act to amend Section 4615 of, and to add Section 4615.5 to, the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.

• AB 779 (Low) Clarifies that an acupuncture licensee must register new places of practice and establishes a new wall license that is unique to each practice location. An act to amend, repeal, and add Sections 4961 and 4970 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.

• AB 781 (Maienschein) Requires Medi-Cal coverage of pediatric day health care (PDHC) services to be provided at any time of the day and on any day of the week, so long as the total number of authorized hours is not exceeded, up to 23 hours per calendar day. An act to amend Section 14132.10 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to Medi-Cal.

• AB 845 (Maienschein) This bill requires the Medical Board of California (MBC), in determining its continuing education requirements for licensed physicians and surgeons, to consider including a course in maternal mental health. An act to add Section 2196.9 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.

• AB 929 (Luz Rivas) Requires the board governing California's Health Benefits Exchange (Exchange or Covered California), to make public on the Exchange's Internet Website, plan-specific data on cost reduction efforts, quality improvements, and disparity reductions, as specified. An act to amend Section 100508 of, and to add Sections 100503.7 and 100503.8 to, the Government Code, relating to health care coverage.

• AB 954 (Wood) Authorizes a health care service plan (health plan) or insurer that cover dental services, or a contracting entity, to grant third party access to a provider network contract, or a provider's dental services or contractual discounts provided pursuant to a provider network contract, if specified circumstances are met, such as a notification to the health care provider about the third-party access and allowing the provider to choose not to participate in third-party access to the provider network contract. An act to add Section 1374.193 to the Health and Safety Code, and to add Section 10120.4 to the Insurance Code, relating to dental services.

• AB 962 (Burke) Requires hospitals with operating expenses of at least $50 million, or, if they are part of a system of hospitals, at least $25 million, to submit a report to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) on its minority, women, LGBT, and disabled veteran-owned business enterprise procurement efforts. Requires OSHPD to post the reports on OSHPD's internet website, and to convene a hospital diversity commission to advise and provide recommendations on the best methods to increase procurement with diverse suppliers within the hospital industry. An act to add Chapter 2.17 (commencing with Section 1339.85) to Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to hospitals.

• AB 973 (Irwin) Expressly states that the compounding of drug preparations by a pharmacy for furnishing, distribution, or use shall be consistent with standards established in the most recent pharmacy compounding chapters of the United States Pharmacopeia--National Formulary, including relevant testing and quality assurance. An act to add Section 4126.8 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.

• AB 1004 (McCarty) Requires, consistent with federal law, screening services provided as an Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) Medi-Cal benefit to include developmental screening services for individuals zero to three years of age. Requires Medi-Cal Managed Care (MCMC) plans to ensure and monitor compliance with developmental screening services provided by providers who contract with MCMC plans to ensure compliance with the periodicity schedule and the standardized and validated developmental screening tools established by the Bright Futures Guidelines and Recommendations for Preventive Pediatric Health Care (Bright Futures), as established by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and developmental screening tools are administered by contracted providers in their entirety and in adherence to, the specific tools' recommended guidelines. Requires, until July 1, 2023, as part of the federally required external quality review organization (EQRO) review of MCMC plans, the EQRO entity to review and report annually on MCMC plan metrics for development screenings included in the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Core Set of Children's Health Care measures (CMS Core Set) for Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program. Requires the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to use the EQRO's technical report to monitor MCMC plans' compliance with providing enrollees access to developmental screenings. Requires DHCS to ensure that MCMC plans demonstrate ongoing ability and readiness to perform the monitoring of developmental screening in this bill. Requires DHCS, as may be appropriate and in its discretion, to adjust the capitation rate of a MCMC plan to promote improved outcomes through value-based purchasing payment protocols to create improved incentives for outcomes. An act to add Sections 14132.195 and 14301.3 to, and to add and repeal Section 14197.07 of, the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to Medi-Cal.

• AB 1037 (Gipson) Provides an exemption from clinic licensure regulations to a clinic operated by a nonprofit corporation that provides healthcare services within six miles of the physical location of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital (MLKCH). An act to amend Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Section 14165.50 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to clinics.

• AB 1088 (Wood) Requires the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to seek a Medicaid state plan amendment or waiver to implement an income disregard that would allow an aged, blind, or disabled individual who becomes ineligible for benefits under the Medi-Cal program because of the state's payment of the individual's Medicare Part B premiums (physician services) to remain eligible for the Medi-Cal program under the aged and disabled Medi-Cal program if their income and resources otherwise meet all eligibility requirements. An act to add Section 14005.401 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to Medi-Cal.

• AB 1095 (Eduardo Garcia) This bill alters the terms of office for Desert Healthcare District (District) board members that the District board appointed when the District expanded to permit them to participate in upcoming elections. An act to amend Section 32499.2 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to health care districts.

• AB 1128 (Petrie-Norris) This bill transfers from the Department of Public Health (DPH) to the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) the oversight and regulation of a primary care clinic (PCC), adult day health center (ADHC), and home health agency (HHA) that exclusively serves patients of a Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) center. An act to amend Sections 1206 and 1738 of, to amend and repeal Sections 1231.5 and 1734.5 of, and to amend, repeal, and add Section 1580.1 of, the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Section 14592 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to the elderly.

• AB 1264 (Petrie-Norris) Clarifies that the requirement that an "appropriate prior examination" does not require a synchronous interaction between a healing arts licensee and a patient for purposes of when the licensee may prescribe, furnish, or dispense self-administered hormonal contraceptives to a patient using a self-screening tool to identify patient risk factors. An act to amend Section 2242 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 1309 (Bauer-Kahan) Revises the enrollment periods for individual health benefit plans offered outside of the California Health Benefit Exchange (Exchange or Covered California) and through the Exchange for policy years beginning on or after 2020, to allow enrollment from November 1 to January 31. An act to add Section 1399.848 to the Health and Safety Code, and to add Section 10965.4 to the Insurance Code, relating to health care coverage.

• AB 1494 (Aguiar-Curry) Prohibits face-to-face contact or a patient's physical presence on the premises of an enrolled community clinic, as specified, to be required for services provided to a Medi-Cal beneficiary during or immediately following a state of emergency. Requires Medi-Cal reimbursement for telephonic services and a broader availability for telehealth services when provided by an enrolled community clinic during and up to 90 calendar days of the conclusion of a state of emergency. Requires federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and rural health centers (RHCs) services provided outside the four walls of the FQHC or RHC to be Medi-Cal reimbursable, if within the boundaries of the state of proclamation declaring the state of emergency. Permits DHCS to allow other enrolled fee-for-service (FFS) Medi-Cal providers, clinics or facilities to provide receive Medi-Cal reimbursement for the telephone and extended telehealth services. Permits DHCS to grant an extension beyond 90 calendar days after the conclusion of the emergency if necessary for the health and safety of the public. Implements the requirements above only to the extent DHCS obtains any necessary federal approvals and DHCS obtains federal matching funds to the extent permitted by federal law. Requires DHCS to issue guidance to facilitate reimbursement. An act to add Sections 14132.723 and 14132.724 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to Medi-Cal.

• AB 1519 (Low) Extends the sunset date for the Dental Board of California (DBC) until January 1, 2024 and makes additional technical changes, statutory improvements, and policy reforms in response to issues raised during the DBC's sunset review process. An act to amend Sections 144, 1601.1, 1602, 1603, 1604, 1605, 1607, 1611.3, 1616.5, 1616.6, 1618, 1619, 1621, 1625, 1625.1, 1625.2, 1625.3, 1625.4, 1626, 1626.2, 1626.6, 1627.5, 1628, 1628.5, 1629, 1630, 1632, 1633, 1634.1, 1645, 1645.1, 1658, 1680, 1718.3, 1721, 1721.5, 1725, 1740, 1742, 1749.1, 1752.1, 2096, and 2290.5 of, to amend and renumber Section 1603a of, to amend, repeal, and add Sections 205 and 1636.4 of, to add Sections 205.2, 1673, 1683.1, and 1683.2 to, and to repeal Sections 1620.1, 1636.6, and 1752.3 of, the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.

• AB 1540 (Holden) This bill establishes the Music Therapy Act and prohibits an individual from using the title "Board Certified Music Therapist" without meeting specified qualifications. An act to add Chapter 10.7 (commencing with Section 4650) to Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to music therapy.

• AB 1622 (Carrillo) Add family physicians (FPs) in various existing law provisions, including: 1) in the Nurse Practice Act to allow FPs to be members of an existing committee to develop educational standards and associated matters relating to the practice of nurse-midwifery; 2) in the Sexual Health Education Accountability Act to modify the definition of "medically accurate" to include research recognized as accurate and objective by the American Academy of Family Physicians; 3) permit a licensed physician and surgeon who is board-certified in family medicine to provide written certification for an infant under the age of one month to be employed by a motion picture set or location; 4) in the list of practitioners that a parent/guardian of a minor could consult regarding options available for a minor's dental treatment, and associated risks, if any; 5) in the list of subject matter experts for purposes of the Reproductive Rights Law Enforcement; 6) in the Medi-Cal program; and, 7) in the health promotion education programs for allied health professionals. An act to amend Sections 1682 and 2746.2 of the Business and Professions Code, to amend Section 6254.18 of the Government Code, to amend Sections 1339.7, 1367.695, 101560, 123515, 127900, 128205, and 151001 of the Health and Safety Code, to amend Section 10123.84 of the Insurance Code, to amend Section 1308.8 of the Labor Code, to amend Section 13776 of the Penal Code, and to amend Sections 14088 and 14134.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to family physicians.

• AB 1642 (Wood) Increases the maximum civil penalty amounts in existing law for Medi-Cal managed care (MCMC) plans. Broadens the bases for the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to levy sanctions against MCMC plans, and broadens DHCS authority to find noncompliance beyond medical audits. Includes county mental health plans and Drug Medi-Cal organized delivery system in the MCMC plan penalty provisions. Requires MCMC penalty revenue to be deposited into the General Fund for use, and upon appropriation by the Legislature, to address workforce issues in the Medi-Cal program and to improve access to care in the Medi-Cal program. Require MCMC plans seeking exceptions from appointment travel time standards to include a description of how the plan intends to arrange for beneficiaries to access covered services if the health care provider is located outside of the time and distance standards. Requires DHCS to evaluate and determine whether the resulting time and distance is reasonable to expect a beneficiary to travel to receive care. Requires the current independent external review of the MCMC alternative access requests to examine whether a provider was not located in the requested ZIP Code versus whether the plan was unable to enter into a contract with a provider in the requested ZIP Code. Requires a MCMC plan to assist an enrollee (upon request) with long travel times in obtaining an appointment with a closer specialist, and if a closer specialist is unavailable, the MCMC plan is required to to arrange for nonmedical transportation for an enrollee. An act to amend Sections 14132.275, 14186.4, 14197, 14197.05, 14302.1, 14409, 14456.5, 14712, 14713, and 14715 of, to add Sections 14197.04 and 14197.7 to, and to repeal Section 14304 of, the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to Medi-Cal.

• AB 1651 (Medina) Authorizes licensed educational psychologists (LEPs) to supervise an unlicensed of associate marriage and family therapists (AMFTs), associate clinical social workers (ACSWs), and associate professional clinical counselors (APCCs), as specified, and makes conforming changes. An act to amend Sections 4980.03, 4980.43, 4980.44, 4980.48, 4989.14, 4989.54, 4996.20, 4996.23, 4999.12, and 4999.46 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.

• AB 1695 (Carrillo) Requires a freestanding skilled nursing facility (SNF) to give a written notice to all residents of the facility 90 days prior to a transfer of management or a change of ownership (CHOW), and requires all employees to be retained for a 60-day transition employment period. An act to add Sections 1267.61 and 1267.62 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to health facilities.

• AB 1705 (Bonta) Requires a new Medi-Cal Public Provider Intergovernmental Transfer Program (PPIGT) for public ground emergency medical transportation providers (public ambulance providers) that would provide additional payments to these providers in fee-for-service (FFS) Medi-Cal and Medi-Cal managed care (MCMC) plans. Replaces the existing certified public expenditures program used to fund FFS public ground providers with the new intergovernmental transfer (IGT)-funded program. Exempts public ambulance providers from the current Quality Assurance Fee (QAF) and the resulting Medi-Cal add on payments resulting from revenue from the QAF. Requires implementation of the new program to be on July 1, 2021. An act to amend Sections 14105.94, 14129, and 14129.3, and to add Section 14105.945 to, the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to Medi-Cal.

• AB 1723 (Wood) This bill updates pharmacy code relating to the purchase of drugs at wholesale to reflect that clinics operated by a primary care community or free clinic may be open up to 40 hours per week. An act to amend Section 4180 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to pharmacy.

• AB 1802 (Committee on Health) This bill makes technical and clarifying changes to existing law related to health care service plans and corrects an error in existing law related to timely claims payment. An act to amend Sections 1358.20, 1368.015, 1368.02, 1371, and 1373.65 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to health care service plans.

• AB 1803 (Committee on Health) This bill delays for one year a provision in existing pharmacy law that requires a pharmacy claim to be submitted to a health plan or health insurer in the same manner as if a customer purchased the prescription drug by paying the cost-sharing instead of the retail price of the prescription drug. An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 4079 of, and to repeal Section 4079.5 of, the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• SB 24 (Leyva) This bill requires student health centers (SHC) located on a campus within the University of California (UC) or California State University (CSU) that provide primary health care services to students, after January 1, 2023, to offer abortion by medication techniques onsite. Requires the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls (CCSWG) to administer the College Student Health Center Sexual and Reproductive Health Preparation Fund (Fund), which is established by this bill for the purposes of providing private moneys to public university SHCs for medication abortion readiness. An act to add Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 99250) to Part 65 of Division 14 of Title 3 of the Education Code, relating to public health, and making an appropriation therefor.

• SB 78 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) This bill is an omnibus health trailer bill, and contains changes to implement the 2019-20 Budget. An act to amend Sections 100502, 100506, 100506.1, 100506.2, 100506.4, 100506.5, and 100520 of, to amend, repeal, and add Section 12803 of, to add Title 24 (commencing with Section 100700) to, and to add and repeal Title 25 (commencing with Section 100800) of, the Government Code, to amend Sections 1272, 1365, 1399.849, 124130, and 130062 of, to add Sections 1345.5, 1367.0085, 120511, 120512, 120780.5, 120780.6, 122440, and 122441 to, to add Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 438) to Division 1 of, to add Chapter 6.2 (commencing with Section 120973) to Part 4 of Division 105 of, and to repeal and add Section 120525 of, the Health and Safety Code, to amend Sections 10273.6 and 10965.3 of, and to add Section 10112.296 to, the Insurance Code, to amend Sections 3208.3 and 3351 of, and to add Sections 3370.1 and 3371.1 to, the Labor Code, to amend Sections 19254, 19291, 19521, and 19533 of, to add Sections 17141.1 and 19548.8 to, and to add Part 32 (commencing with Section 61000) to Division 2 of, the Revenue and Taxation Code, to amend Sections 4316 and 14131.10 of, to add Sections 4317.5, 7281.1, 14021.37, 14104.36, 14105.36, and 14190 to, and to add Article 5.8 (commencing with Section 14188) and Article 6.8 (commencing with Section 14199.60) to Chapter 7 of Part 3 of Division 9 of, the Welfare and Institutions Code, and to amend Section 52 of Chapter 18 of the Statutes of 2015, relating to health, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget.

• SB 79 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) This bill makes necessary changes to implement the 2019-20 Budget related to mental health programs administered by the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission (MHSOAC). An act to amend Sections 5835.5, 5845, 5892, and 5892.1 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to mental health, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• SB 104 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) This bill is an omnibus health trailer bill, and contains changes to implement the 2019-20 budget. An act to amend Sections 1001 and 1003 of, to amend the heading of Part 4 (commencing with Section 1000) of Division 1 of, and to repeal and add Section 1002 of, the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Sections 14005.18, 14005.40, 14007.8, 14301.1, 17600.50, 17612.1, 17612.2, 17613.1, and 17613.2 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to health, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget.

• SB 129 (Pan) This bill requires annual health plan and insurer enrollment reporting to include enrollment data for products sold inside and outside of Covered California, any other business lines, and multiple employer welfare arrangements; and requires the California Department of Insurance (CDI) and the Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) to publicly report annual enrollment data no later than April 15th of each year. An act to amend Section 1348.95 of the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Section 10127.19 of the Insurance Code, relating to health care coverage.

• SB 156 (Nielsen) This bill requires the Department of Public Health (DPH) to issue a special permit to a hospital to offer emergency stabilization services at the site of the former Feather River Hospital in Paradise for up to six years, if specified requirements are met. An act to add and repeal Section 1251.6 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to health facilities.

• SB 159 (Wiener) This bill authorizes a pharmacist to initiate and furnish HIV preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and postexposure prophylaxis (PEP), as specified. An act to amend Section 4052 of, and to add Sections 4052.02 and 4052.03 to, the Business and Professions Code, to add Section 1342.74 to the Health and Safety Code, to add Section 10123.1933 to the Insurance Code, and to amend Section 14132.968 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to HIV prevention.

• SB 260 (Hurtado) This bill requires, commencing July 1, 2021, Covered California to enroll an individual or individuals using electronic information from Medi-Cal or the Children's Health Insurance Program in the lowest cost silver Covered California plan. Requires a health plan or insurer to annually notify an individual that when he or she ceases to be enrolled in coverage, his or her contact information will be provided to Covered California to assist him or her in obtaining other coverage, or that he or she may opt out of this transfer of information. An act to add Section 100503.4 to the Government Code, to amend Section 1366.50 of the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Section 10786 of the Insurance Code, relating to health care coverage.

• SB 343 (Pan) This bill eliminates provisions in health insurance rate filing requirements that permit Kaiser Permanente (Kaiser) health plans and insurers to report medical trend assumptions in a different manner than other health plans, including reporting trends in fewer categories, and eliminates provisions in hospital OSHPD (Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development) reporting requirements that permit Kaiser hospitals to report certain data as a group rather than by individual facility, and to not have to report certain financial data. An act to amend Sections 1385.03, 1385.045, 1385.07, 128735, 128740, and 128760 of the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Section 10181.45 of the Insurance Code, relating to health care.

• SB 425 (Hill) This bill requires every health care facility in the state, health care service plans, or other entities with any arrangement authorizing a licensed health care professional to provide care for patients (such as postsecondary educational institutions), to report allegations of sexual abuse and sexual misconduct made against a licensed health care professional by a patient, if the patient makes the allegation in writing, to the licensee's licensing board, within 15 days of receiving the written allegation of sexual abuse or sexual misconduct; and makes other changes related Medical Board of California (MBC) disciplinary action and Enforcement. An act to amend Sections 800, 2221, and 2234 of, and to add Section 805.8 to, the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.

• SB 600 (Portantino) This bill states that standard fertility preservation services are covered as basic health services when a covered treatment may directly or indirectly cause iatrogenic infertility. An act to add Section 1374.551 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to health care coverage.

• SB 784 (Committee on Health) This bill makes conforming changes in California law to the requirements and standards that apply to Medicare supplement contracts and policies, for the purpose of complying with the federal Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act. Contains an urgency clause to ensure that the provisions of this bill go into immediate effect upon enactment. An act to amend Sections 1358.91 and 1358.11 of, and to add Section 1358.92 to, the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Sections 10192.91, 10192.11, 10192.17, and 10192.20 of, and to add Section 10192.92 to, the Insurance Code, relating to Medicare, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 38 (Wood) Requires, on or before January 1, 2021, the seller of any real property located in a high or very fire hazard severity zone to provide a disclosure notice, as specified, to the buyer with information relating to fire hardening improvements on the property. An act to add Sections 1102.6f and 1102.19 to the Civil Code, to add and repeal Article 16.5 (commencing with Section 8654.2) of Chapter 7 of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and to add Section 4123.7 to the Public Resources Code, relating to fire safety.

• AB 173 (Chau) Extends, by one year, a tax abatement program, the "Register Your Mobilehome," for mobilehome owners who cannot transfer title into their names due to delinquent taxes and fees that may have been incurred by prior owners. An act to amend Sections 18116.1 and 18550.1 of the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Section 5832 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to mobilehomes.

• AB 587, Friedman. Accessory dwelling units (ADUs): sale or separate conveyance. An act to add Section 65852.26 to the Government Code, relating to land use.

• AB 670 (Friedman) Makes any covenant, restriction, or condition contained in any deed, contract, security instrument, or other instrument affecting the transfer or sale of any interest in a planned development instrument and provision in a governing document or an amendment to a governing document of a common interest development (CID) that either effectively prohibits or unreasonably restricts the installation of an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) or junior accessory dwelling unit (JADU) in a single-family, planned development void and unenforceable. Allows for "reasonable restrictions" on ADUS and JADUS. An act to add Section 4751 to the Civil Code, relating to common interest developments.

• AB 671 (Friedman) Requires a local government to include a plan in their housing element to incentivize and promote the creation of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) that can be offered at an affordable rent for very-low, low-, and moderate-income households. An act to amend Section 65583 of the Government Code, and to add Section 50504.5 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to land use.

• AB 881 (Bloom) Revises the law regarding accessory dwelling units (ADUs). An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 65852.2 of the Government Code, relating to housing.

• AB 892 (Holden) Makes minor clarifications and technical corrections to selected provisions of the Real Estate Law, and makes two substantive amendments to conform existing law to widespread understanding and practice. An act to amend Sections 1088, 1101.4, 1102, 1102.2, 1102.3, 1102.6, 1103.1, 2079, 2079.13, and 2079.14 of the Civil Code, relating to real property.

• AB 1018 (Frazier) Clarifies that real estate appraisers have a very specific scope of practice; to determine approximate value of real estate according to comparable homes in the surrounding area. An act to amend Section 7196.1 of, and to add Section 7195.7 to, the Business and Professions Code, relating to real estate appraisal.

• AB 1110 (Friedman) Extends the notice period to which tenants are entitled for annual rent increases of more than 10% on month-to-month residential tenancies. Under current law, tenants are given 30 days' notice of rent increases up to 10% and 60 days' notice of rent increases above 10%. Under this bill, tenants would receive 90 days' notice of rent increases above 10%. An act to amend Section 827 of the Civil Code, relating to rent increases.

• AB 1188 (Gabriel) Until January 1, 2024, permits a tenant, at the discretion of the landlord or owner of the property, to allow the occupancy of their dwelling unit by a person who is at risk of homelessness for a maximum of 12 months, and identifies the legal protections and processes that govern an agreement for such an arrangement, and the parties thereto. An act to add and repeal Section 1942.8 of the Civil Code, relating to residential rental property.

• AB 1399 (Bloom) Makes changes to the Ellis Act (the Act) to: 1) clarify that owners may not pay prior tenants liquidated damages in lieu of offering them the opportunity to re-rent their former unit; and, 2) clarify that the date on which the accommodations are deemed to have been withdrawn from the rental market is the date on which the final tenancy among all tenants is terminated. An act to amend Sections 7060.2, 7060.4, and 7060.7 of the Government Code, relating to residential real property.

• AB 1482 (Chiu) This bill limits rent-gouging in California by placing an upper limit on annual rent increases: 5% plus inflation. To prevent landlords from engaging in rent-gouging by evicting tenants, this bill also requires that a landlord have and state a just cause, as specified, in order to evict tenants who have occupied the premises for a year. Both the rent cap and the just cause provisions are subject to exemptions including, among others: housing built in the past 15 years, single family residences unless owned by a real estate trust or a corporation. This bill sunsets after ten years and does not preempt any local rent control or just cause ordinances. An act to add and repeal Sections 1946.2, 1947.12, and 1947.13 of the Civil Code, relating to tenancy.

• AB 1497 (Holden) Adds housing offered on a hosting platform to the definition of housing accommodation in the Fair Employment and Housing Act. An act to amend Section 12927 of the Government Code, relating to business.

• SB 7 (Portantino) This bill makes various changes to the Interstate (I) 710 freeway, as specified. An act to amend Sections 54237, 54237.8, and 54238.9 of the Government Code, and to amend Section 253.1 of, to add Section 622.3 to, and to add and repeal Section 253.9 of, the Streets and Highways Code, relating to state property and highways.

• SB 18 (Skinner) Removes the sunset on a state law which provides that residential tenants, whose landlord loses ownership of their rental property as a result of a foreclosure sale, must be given at least 90 days' notice before their tenancy can be terminated. An act to amend Section 1161b of the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to housing.

• SB 20 (Dodd) Authorizes the Department of General Services (DGS) to sell or exchange a property known as Skyline Wilderness Park (Skyline Park) in Napa County to the County or to the Napa County Regional Park and Open Space District (District) by January 1, 2026. An act to amend Section 11011.24 of the Government Code, relating to surplus state property, and making an appropriation therefor.

• SB 113 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) This bill provides for technical statutory changes necessary to enact the housing and homelessness-related provisions of the Budget Act of 2019, and provides intent language related to recent housing-related court decisions. An act to amend Sections 65585 and 65589.11 of the Government Code, and to amend Section 50515.02 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to housing, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget.

• SB 623 (Jackson) Provides that the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), in determining the proportion of the funds available for senior citizens in the Multifamily Housing Program (MHP), use the American Community Survey (ACS), instead of the decennial census, from the US Census Bureau (Bureau). An act to amend Sections 50675.1 and 50675.14 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to housing.

• SB 644 (Glazer) This bill lowers the amount that a landlord can charge service members, as defined, for a security deposit on residential rental housing. An act to amend Section 1950.5 of the Civil Code, relating to tenancy.

• SB 652 (Allen) Prohibits property owners from adopting or enforcing any rule that prohibits the display of religious items, as defined, in specified areas, subject to certain exceptions. An act to add Sections 1940.45 and 4706 to the Civil Code, relating to housing.

• SB 754 (Moorlach) This bill provides that if nominees to a homeowner association (HOA) board in a common interest development (CID) shall be considered elected by acclamation if the number of nominees does not exceed the number of vacancies on the board. An act to amend Section 5100 of the Civil Code, and to amend Section 7522 of the Corporations Code, relating to common interest developments.

INSURANCE

• AB 188 (Daly) Applies a single rule to determine the value of property damage to both total and partial losses under an "actual cash value" insurance policy. An act to amend Section 2051 of the Insurance Code, relating to insurance.

• AB 406 (Limón) Requires, effective January 1, 2025, the Employment Development Department (EDD) to make the application for paid family leave (PFL) available in all languages spoken by a substantial number of applicants. An act to add Section 3308 to the Unemployment Insurance Code, relating to disability compensation.

• AB 548 (Rodriguez) This bill requires the California Residential Mitigation Program to promote its Earthquake Brace and Bolt mitigation program to low-income homeowners and establish supplemental grants to low-income homeowners for earthquake retrofits. An act to add Section 10089.396 to the Insurance Code, relating to insurance.

• AB 567 (Calderon) Establishes a task force to examine the feasibility of establishing a public long-term care (LTC) insurance program. An act to add and repeal Section 10234.75 of the Insurance Code, relating to insurance.

• AB 593 (Carrillo) Permits the chief elected official of local workforce investment areas, as defined, to use specified information obtained in Employment Development Department's (EDD) administration of the Unemployment Insurance Code and to access any relevant quarterly wage data necessary for the evaluation and reporting of workforce program performance measures. An act to amend Section 1095 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, relating to workforce development.

• AB 1065 (Berman) Repeals the sunset provision in the statute authorizing insurers to transact insurance online. An act to amend and repeal Section 1633.3 of the Civil Code, and to repeal and amend Section 38.6 of the Insurance Code, relating to insurance.

• AB 1099 (Calderon) Extends the sunset date on the California Organized Investment Network (COIN) program within the Department of Insurance (DOI) and expands the categories of qualified investments in the COIN program. An act to amend Sections 926.1, 926.2, and 12939.2 of, and to add Section 926 to, the Insurance Code, relating to insurance.

• AB 1104, (Calderon) This bill adds two public members to the board of the California Life and Health Insurance Guarantee Association (CLHIGA) and creates an assessment to fund financial surveillance of long-term care insurance (LTCI) carriers. An act to amend Sections 1067.06 and 1067.11 of the Insurance Code, relating to insurance.

• AB 1209 (Nazarian) Adds consumer protections to insurance policies providing to long-term care (LTC) benefits. An act to amend Sections 10235.40 and 10236.11 of, and to add Section 10235.45 to, the Insurance Code, relating to insurance.

• AB 1535 (Carrillo) This bill requires an insurer to provide a disclosure when issuing a pet insurance policy, as specified. An act to add Section 12880.6 to the Insurance Code, relating to pet insurance.

• AB 1538 (Weber) Provides that a first-party automobile physical damage claimant may opt to receive a monetary payment based on the value of the damage to the vehicle in lieu of having the vehicle repaired. An act to amend Section 560 of the Insurance Code, relating to insurance.

• AB 1813 (Committee on Insurance). This Department of Insurance (DOI) omnibus bill makes a number of technical or noncontroversial amendments to various provisions of the Insurance Code An act to amend Sections 677, 678, 922.41, 1215.8, 1764.1, 10086, 10103.2, 12968, 12969, and 13550, to amend, repeal, and add Section 1726 of, to add Section 900.3 to, and to repeal Section 1746 of, the Insurance Code, relating to insurance.

• AB 1816 (Daly) Enacts several reforms to address issues related to homeowner's insurance. An act to amend Sections 678, 1063.1 and 10094.2 of the Insurance Code, relating to insurance, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• SB 240 (Dodd) This bill exempts licensed independent adjusters from the licensing renewal requirements during active military service; requires the California Department of Insurance (CDI) to publish a bulletin regarding significant California laws pertaining to property insurance policies and an insurance adjuster handbook; requires specified unlicensed independent insurance adjusters to read and understand those materials; and requires insurers to provide a claimant with contact information of an individual or team who will be familiar with the claim if the insurer assigns a third or subsequent adjuster to the claim within a six-month period. An act to amend Sections 1722, 14020, 14022, 14022.5, 14023, 14037, and 14065 of, and to add Sections 14046, 14047, and 14064.5 to, the Insurance Code, relating to insurance, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• SB 271 (Wiener) This bill clarifies that motion picture production workers working in other states may still access California Unemployment Insurance and State Disability Insurance benefits if they reside in California. An act to amend Sections 602 and 603 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, relating to employment, and making an appropriation therefor.

• SB 407 (Monning) This bill requires an issuer of a Medicare supplement contract with new or innovative benefits commencing January 1, 2020, to identify the portion of the premium attributed to the new or innovative benefits as a separate line item on the payment or invoice and extends the Medicare supplement open enrollment period by 30 days. This bill requires the Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) and the Department of Insurance (CDI) to collaborate to develop and implement policies and procedures that standardize new or innovative benefits for purposes of allowing consumer comparison of benefits, out-of-pocket costs, and premiums. An act to amend Sections 1358.91 and 1358.11 of the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Sections 10192.91 and 10192.11 of the Insurance Code, relating to Medicare.

• SB 508 (Leyva) Requires insurers to provide mobile home appropriate disclosures to mobilehome owners in the standard residential property insurance disclosure form. An act to amend Sections 10101 and 10104 of, and to amend, repeal, and add Section 10103.5 of, the Insurance Code, relating to insurance.

• SB 534 (Bradford) This bill reenacts and expands the insurer Supplier Diversity Survey, codifies the insurer Governing Board Diversity Survey, and establishes procedures for the California Department of Insurance (CDI) to administer both and publish the results. An act to add Article 10.2 (commencing with Section 927) to Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 1 of the Insurance Code, relating to insurance.

• SB 570 (Rubio) This bill makes several programmatic changes to the California Low Cost Automobile Insurance Program that eliminate a gender surcharge, expand access to students, ease income eligibility reporting requirements, simplify the consumer notice, and eliminate outdated code sections. An act to amend Sections 11629.72, 11629.73, 11629.74, 11629.77, 11629.78, and 11629.87 of, to add Section 11629.89 to, to repeal Sections 11629.79, 11629.83, and 11629.84 of, and to repeal and add Section 11629.75 of, the Insurance Code, relating to insurance.

• SB 638 (Allen) This bill modifies and in almost every circumstance significantly reduces the amount of insurance coverage that a landlord may demand from a tenant requesting to install an electric vehicle (EV) charging station on residential rental property. An act to amend Section 1947.6 of the Civil Code, relating to tenancy.

• SB 740 (Mitchell) This bill, the Unclaimed Life Insurance and Annuities Act, requires life insurers to use the U.S. Social Security Administration's Death Master File (DMF) to match deceased Social Security recipients with insureds on life insurance policies, and requires insurers to attempt to locate and notify the beneficiary about the policy. An act to add Article 12 (commencing with Section 10509.940) to Chapter 5 of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Insurance Code, relating to insurance.

• AB 242 (Kamlager-Dove) Requires the State Bar to establish a curriculum for all attorneys on the implicit bias against certain protected groups that is common in society, and authorizes the Judicial Council to develop training for all judges, subordinate judicial officers, trial court managers, supervisors, and other court staff who routinely interact with the public on implicit bias. An act to add Section 6070.5 to the Business and Professions Code, and to amend Section 68088 of the Government Code, relating to implicit bias.

• AB 253 (Mark Stone) Authorizes a pilot project to study the potential use of remote court reporting. An act to add Section 69959 to, and to add and repeal Section 69959.5 of, the Government Code, relating to courts.

• AB 668 (Gonzalez) Clarifies the power of judicial officers to prevent activities that threaten access to courthouses by codifying the common law privilege against civil arrest. An act to add Section 43.54 to the Civil Code, and to amend Section 177 of the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to courthouses.

• AB 1520 (Low) Extends the operation of the Court Reporters Board (CRB), the authorization of the CRB to appoint those specified personnel and committees, and the operation of those definitions until January 1, 2024; extends the operation of the Transcript Reimbursement Fund and the provisions relating to reimbursement from the fund by the board until January 1, 2024; makes changes to the laws regarding shorthand reporting in response to issues raised during sunset review. An act to amend Sections 8000, 8001, 8003, 8005, 8030, 8030.2, 8030.4, 8030.6, 8030.8, and 8031 of, to add Section 8016.5 to, and to add and repeal Section 8030.10 of, the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations, and making an appropriation therefor.

• AB 1818 (Committee on Judiciary) Eliminates or modifies several reports provided to the Legislature seeking to generate efficiency and eliminate unnecessary data collection and reporting. An act to amend Sections 50474.21, 50474.22, 50474.3, and 68514 of the Government Code, to amend Sections 104113 and 115800 of the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Section 1463.010 of the Penal Code, relating to state government.

• AB 1819 (Committee on Judiciary) Clarifies that members of the public have the right to make a copy of a disclosable public record at no charge, as long as the method of duplication does not make physical contact with and would not damage the record. An act to amend Section 6253 of the Government Code, relating to public records.

• AB 1820 (Committee on Judiciary) Clarifies that the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) may bring causes of action to enforce federal civil rights laws. An act to amend Section 12930 of the Government Code, relating to personal rights.

• AB 1821 (Committee on Judiciary) This bill authorizes the award of attorneys' fees, costs, and expenses to the fullest extent permissible for prevailing plaintiffs in cases brought pursuant to Title 16, Part 433 of the Code of Federal Regulations. An act to add Section 1459.5 to the Civil Code, relating to contracts.

• SB 95 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) This is the Omnibus Courts Trailer bill for 2019-20. It contains various statutory changes necessary to implement the Budget Act of 2019. An act to amend Sections 69614.3 and 77203 of the Government Code, relating to courts, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget.

• AB 413 (Jones-Sawyer) Replaces the terms "at-risk" to describe youth with "at-promise" in multiple sections within the Education Code and the Penal Code. An act to amend Sections 234.1, 8266.1, 8423, 8801, 11300, 33426, 42920, 44324, 45391, 48660.1, 51266, 54690, 60901, and 69981 of, and to add Section 96 to, the Education Code, and to amend Sections 5087, 6025, 6027, 13825.2, 13825.4, 13825.5, 13826.11, and 13864 of the Penal Code, relating to youth.

• AB 439 (Mark Stone) This bill removes references to developmental centers in the juvenile competency statute to make the statute consistent with current law regarding the use developmental centers. An act to amend Section 709 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to juveniles, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 718 (Eggman) Makes changes to current law regarding information, documents, and services to be provided to foster youth at various points throughout their involvement with the child welfare services system. An act to repeal and add Section 391 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to juveniles.

• AB 965 (Mark Stone) Authorizes the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to allow persons eligible for youthful offender parole to obtain an earlier youth offender parole hearing by adopting regulations to award custody credits towards their youth offender parole eligibility date. An act to amend Section 3051 of the Penal Code, relating to parole.

• AB 1068 (Cooley) Allows, if a county has produced a summary report or action plan of a Child and Family Team (CFT), a county to attach a copy of the report or plan to certain social worker and court-appointed advocate reports, requires a youth's court-appointed educational rights holder, if other than the parent, guardian, or caregiver, be invited to a CFT meeting if certain conditions are met, and requires a CFT to discuss whether remaining in the school of origin is in a child's best interest. An act to amend Sections 832, 16501, and 16501.1 of, and to add Sections 358.2 and 366.2 to, the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to juveniles.

• AB 1394 (Daly) Eliminates the imposition of any fee charged by a superior court or probation department to an applicant who files a petition to seal juvenile court records. An act to add Section 781.1 to, and to repeal Section 903.3 of, the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to juveniles.

• AB 1423 (Wicks) Allows a criminal court to return a case to juvenile court for further proceedings under certain circumstances. An act to add Section 707.5 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to juveniles.

• AB 1454 (Jones-Sawyer) Revises and recasts the Youth Reinvestment Grant Program by increasing the maximum grant award from $1 million to $2 million and allowing nonprofit organizations to apply for grants through the program. An act to amend Sections 1450 and 1451 of, and to add Article 4 (commencing with Section 1456) to Chapter 5 of Part 1 of Division 2 of, the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to juveniles, and making an appropriation therefor.

• AB 1537 (Cunningham) This bill expands a prosecutor's ability to request to access, inspect, or use specified sealed juvenile records if the prosecutor has reason to believe that the record may be necessary to meet a legal obligation to disclose favorable or exculpatory evidence to a defendant in a criminal case. An act to amend Section 851.7 of the Penal Code, and to amend Sections 781, 786, and 793 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to juveniles.

• SB 377 (McGuire) This bill creates a process for a ward or dependent child or their attorney to provide authorization for the Medical Board of California (MBC) to review their medical information to determine whether there is excessive prescribing of psychotropic medication inconsistent with the standard of care. An act to amend Sections 369.5 and 739.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to juveniles.

• SB 716 (Mitchell) This bill requires each county probation department as well as the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) to ensure that youths with a high school diploma or California high school equivalency certificate who are detained in, or committed to, their respective facilities, have access to various public postsecondary academic and career technical courses and programs, as specified. An act to add Sections 858 and 889.2 to, and to add and repeal Section 1762 of, the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to juveniles.

• AB 5 (Gonzalez) Codifies the decision of the California Supreme Court in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles (2018) that presumes a worker is an employee unless a hiring entity satisfies a three-factor test, and exempts from the test certain professions and business to business relationships. An act to amend Section 3351 of, and to add Section 2750.3 to, the Labor Code, and to amend Sections 606.5 and 621 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, relating to employment, and making an appropriation therefor.

• AB 9 (Reyes) Extends the filing period with the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) for complaints of unlawful employment practices to three years but prohibits the revival of lapsed claims. An act to amend Sections 12960 and 12965 of the Government Code, relating to employment.

• AB 51 (Gonzalez) This bill prohibits requiring applicants for employment or employees to waive their right to a judicial forum as a condition of employment or continued employment. An act to add Section 12953 to the Government Code, and to add Section 432.6 to the Labor Code, relating to employment.

• AB 170 (Gonzalez) Exempts newspaper distributors and carriers, as defined, from the three-part Dynamex test for determining employee status until January 1, 2021. An act to amend Section 2750.3 of the Labor Code, relating to employment.

• AB 203 (Salas) Requires construction employers performing work that disturbs the soil where Valley Fever is highly endemic to provide effective awareness training to employees on the disease. An act to add Section 6709 to the Labor Code, relating to occupational safety and health.

• AB 267 (Chu) Clarifies that the rules governing the employment of infants under current law apply to infants working in the entire entertainment industry, rather than just motion pictures. An act to amend Sections 1286 and 1308.8 of the Labor Code, relating to employment.

• AB 378 (Limón) Provides that family childcare providers have the right to form, join, and participate in the activities of a provider organization of their own choosing for the purpose of representing them and bargaining on matters related to the terms and conditions of their employment. An act to amend Sections 8431 and 8432 of, to amend the heading of Article 19.5 (commencing with Section 8430) of Chapter 2 of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of, to add Sections 8430.5, 8431.5, 8432.1, 8432.5, 8433, 8434, 8434.5, 8434.6, 8435, 8435.5, 8436, 8437, 8438, 8438.1, 8438.2, 8439, 8439.5, 8439.6, 8439.7, and 8439.8 to, and to repeal and add Section 8430 of, the Education Code, to amend Sections 6253.21, 6254, and 19815.4 of the Government Code, and to amend Section 1596.86 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to childcare.

• AB 547, Gonzalez. Requires the director of the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) to convene a training advisory committee to assist in compiling a list of qualified organizations and peer trainers that janitorial employers would be required to use to provide a biennial in-person sexual violence and harassment prevention training. An act to amend Sections 1420, 1425, 1429, 1429.5, 1431, and 1432 of the Labor Code, relating to employment.

• AB 647 (Kalra) Requires, beginning July 1, 2020, an entity that manufacturers or imports a hazardous substance or mixture of substances that constitutes a cosmetic, or any substance or mixture of substances used as a disinfectant, that is required to create or obtain a safety data sheet, to post and maintain the safety data sheet on the entity's internet website by its brand name or other commonly known name in a manner generally accessible to the public. Requires, if a separate safety data sheet based on color or tint exists, the entity to post and translate each safety data sheet on its website. Requires the entity to translate the safety data sheet(s) into Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese, Korean, and other languages that the director of the Division of the Department of Industrial Relations may determine to be common for the beauty care industry. An act to add Section 6390.2 to the Labor Code, relating to occupational safety.

• AB 673 (Carrillo) Provides that penalties for late payment of wages shall be recovered by the Labor Commissioner (LC), payable to the affected employee, as a civil penalty or by the employee as a statutory penalty in a hearing pursuant to the LC's authority under the Labor Code. The affected employee may also enforce civil penalties for late payment of wages through the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) but cannot also recover statutory penalties for the same violation. An act to amend Section 210 of the Labor Code, relating to employment.

• AB 1019 (Frazier) This bill adds the Director of Rehabilitation and the Executive Director of the State Council on Developmental Disabilities to the list of ex officio officers in the Interagency Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship. An act to amend Sections 3071.5 and 3073.3 of the Labor Code, relating to employment.

• AB 1223 (Arambula) Requires a private or public employer to grant an employee an additional unpaid leave of absence, not exceeding 30 business days in a one-year period, for the purpose of organ donation, provided that in the case of a public employee, they have exhausted all sick leave, and prohibits life, long-term care or disability insurance policies from discriminating against an organ donor. An act to amend Sections 89519.5 and 92611.5 of the Education Code, to amend Section 19991.11 of the Government Code, to add Sections 10110.8 and 10233.8 to the Insurance Code, and to amend Section 1510 of the Labor Code, relating to organ donation.

• AB 1400 (Kamlager-Dove) Requires the Commission on Healthy and Safety and Workers' Compensation (Commission), in partnership with others, to submit a study to, among others, the Legislature regarding the risk of exposure to carcinogenic materials and incidence of occupational cancer in fire equipment mechanics. An act to add and repeal Section 77.7 of the Labor Code, relating to employee safety.

• AB 1554 (Gonzalez). Requires an employer to notify an employee who participates in a flexible spending account (FSA), including, but not limited to, a dependent care flexible spending account, a health flexible spending account, or adoption assistance flexible spending account, of any deadline to withdraw funds before the end of the plan year. Requires the notice to be by two different forms, one of which may be electronic. An act to add Section 2810.7 to the Labor Code, relating to employment.

• AB 1748 (Bonta) Amends the 1,250 hours of service eligibility requirement for leave under the California Family Rights Act (CFRA) for flight deck and cabin crew employees to 504 hours of service, provided other conditions are met. An act to amend Section 12945.2 of the Government Code, relating to employment.

• AB 1768 (Carrillo) Expands the definition of "public works" to include work performed during construction site assessments and feasibility studies, and specifies that preconstruction work is a part of "public works," regardless of whether any further construction work is conducted. An act to amend Section 1720 of the Labor Code, relating to prevailing wage.

• AB 1804 (Committee on Labor and Employment) Allows employers to report serious injury, illness or death through an online mechanism established by the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) while retaining the option to report by telephone. An act to amend Section 6409.1 of the Labor Code, relating to employment.

• AB 1805 (Committee on Labor and Employment) Makes changes regarding the definition of "serious injury or illness" and "serious exposure" to bring the language in line with federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards and creates uniformity in the Labor Code, as specified. An act to amend Sections 6302 and 6309 of the Labor Code, relating to employment.

• SB 83 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) This is the Labor and Employment Trailer bill for 2019-20. It contains various statutory changes necessary to implement the Budget Act of 2019. An act to amend Sections 13302, 18930.5, 19792, 19803, 19809, 19815.6, 19878, 19879.1, 19880, 19881, 19882, 19883, 19884, 19995.1.5, 22551, 22555, 22556, 22560, 22600, 22602, 22871.3, and 100014 of, to add Sections 3539.6 and 19878.5 to, and to repeal Section 12472.5 of, the Government Code, to amend Sections 1420, 1421, 1428, 1429, 1429.5, 1430, and 1434 of, to add Section 6717.5 to, and to add and repeal Section 1455 of, the Labor Code, and to amend Sections 984, 1088.9, and 1095 of, and to amend, repeal, and add Section 3301 of, the Unemployment Insurance Code, relating to employment, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget.

• SB 90 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) This bill makes necessary changes to implement the 2019-20 Budget related to supplemental pension payments. An act to add Sections 22950.6 and 22955.2 to the Education Code, and to add Sections 20825.1 and 20825.2 to the Government Code, relating to public employees' retirement, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget.

• SB 142 (Wiener) This bill expands worker protections for lactation accommodation requests. An act to amend Sections 1030, 1031, and 1033 of, and to add Section 1034 to, the Labor Code, relating to employment.

• SB 229 (Hertzberg) This bill expands on the appeal and enforcement mechanisms currently available when the Labor Commissioner issues a citation to an employer for violations of the Labor Code's anti-retaliation provisions. Among other things, this bill establishes procedures and deadlines for the Labor Commissioner, the court and affected employers to follow when adjudicating and contesting a citation. An act to amend Section 98.74 of the Labor Code, relating to employment.

• SB 286 (Durazo) This bill clarifies that at the conclusion of a professional baseball season, an event or series of events does not constitute a termination of employment for events employees working at a professional baseball stadium. An act to amend Sections 203, 203.1, and 220 of, and to add Section 201.8 to, the Labor Code, relating to employment.

• SB 530 (Galgiani) Instructs the Division of Labor Standards to develop an industry specific harassment and discrimination prevention policy for the construction industry and allows employers of multiemployer collective bargaining agreements to satisfy anti-harassment training by verifying they have received requisite training. An act to amend Section 12950.1 of the Government Code, and to amend Section 3073.9 of, and to add Chapter 4.3 (commencing with Section 107.5) to Division 1 of, the Labor Code, relating to employment.

• SB 537 (Hill) This bill requires medical provider networks (MPNs) to list all medical providers on a public roster, prohibits MPNs from altering medical treatment plans and medical billing codes, and requires disclosure to payors of any contract between a medical provider and a contracting agent, employer or insurance carrier that is 20% or more below of the Official Medical Fee Schedule. An act to amend Sections 138.7, 4600.4, 4603.2, 4610, 4616, and 4616.5 of, and to add Sections 127.1, 138.8, and 5307.12 to, the Labor Code, relating to workers' compensation.

• SB 542 (Stern) This bill creates a rebuttable presumption for specified peace officers that a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is occupational, and therefore covered by the workers' compensation system. An act to add and repeal Section 3212.15 of the Labor Code, relating to workers' compensation.

• SB 671 (Hertzberg) This bill allows employers of print shoot employees to pay wages owed at the time of termination on the next regular payday, rather than immediately. An act to amend Sections 203, 203.1, and 220 of, and to add Section 201.6 to, the Labor Code, relating to employment, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• SB 688 (Monning) Expands the Labor Commissioner's (LC) citation authority for an employer's failure to pay minimum wages to include an employer's failure to pay contract wages, as defined. An act to amend Section 1197.1 of the Labor Code, relating to employment.

• SB 698 (Leyva) Provides that all wages earned by employees of the University of California (UC) must be paid on a regular payday. An act to amend Section 204 of the Labor Code, relating to employment.

• SB 778 (Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement) Extends the deadline for specified employers to provide sexual harassment prevention training and education, clarifies when such training and education must be provided to new employees, and outlines when refresher training must be provided. An act to amend Section 12950.1 of the Government Code, relating to employment, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• SB 782 (Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement) This bill makes technical, non-controversial administrative amendments to sections of the Government Code governing the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS). An act to amend Sections 6508.2, 20057, 20161, 20430, 20444, 20630, 20636, 20636.1, 20691, 20963, 20965, 21464, 21482, 21710, 22850, 22852, 22866, 22910, 22911, 22913, 22946, 75071, 75109.1, and 75611.5 of, to repeal Section 20837 of, and to repeal and add Section 20963.5 of, the Government Code, relating to public retirement systems, and making an appropriation therefor.

• AB 230 (Brough) This bill tightens state contracting practices related to the disabled veteran business enterprise (DVBE) procurement program. An act to amend Sections 14839 and 14841 of the Government Code, to amend Section 999.5 of the Military and Veterans Code, and to add Section 10230 to the Public Contract Code, relating to veterans.

• AB 361 (Voepel) This bill authorizes the Adjutant General (TAG) and the California Military Department (CMD) to enter into agreements with specified entities, including nonprofit and military or veteran foundations, to conduct CMD Support Fund activities, and to accept in-kind donations. An act to amend Section 412.5 of the Military and Veterans Code, relating to the military.

• AB 368 (Quirk-Silva) This bill changes the specific Orange County location authorized in statute for a prospective Southern California Veterans Cemetery to either the Marine Corps Air Station El Toro or the Golf Course Site in the Orange County Great Park in the City of Irvine. This bill also requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet) to complete acquisition studies on both sites and consult with the Department of General Services (DGS) to determine which site to pursue.

An act to amend Section 1410 of the Military and Veterans Code, relating to veterans cemeteries.

• AB 498 (Weber) Exempts a veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces from paying any local business license fees for a business that provides services if the veteran is the sole proprietor. An act to add Section 16001.8 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to business licensing.

• AB 558 (Petrie-Norris). Expands the State Bar of California's existing program to coordinate legal service organizations to provide pro bono legal assistance to veterans and their families so that it would also apply to active duty service members and their families who cannot afford legal services. An act to amend Section 6074 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations.

• AB 653 (Bloom) Allows the state to lease a portion of the West Los Angeles Armory (Armory) for as long as 25 years, as specified, to Los Angeles County (County). An act relating to armories.

• AB 761 (Nazarian) This bill allows, at the sole discretion of the Adjutant General (TAG), the use of any armory deemed vacant by the California Military Department (CMD) throughout the year by the county or city in which the armory is located for the purpose of providing temporary shelter from hazardous weather conditions for homeless persons. An act to amend Section 15301 of the Government Code, relating to homelessness.

• AB 1365 (Committee on Veterans Affairs) This bill requires a contract-awarding state department to maintain all records of the information provided by a prime contractor under the Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) Program and to retain the records for a minimum of six years. An act to add Section 999.55 to the Military and Veterans Code, relating to disabled veterans.

• SB 481 (Umberg) This bill revises the role of the Inspector General (IG) of the California Military Department (CMD) be an advisor to the Governor and responsive (rather than subordinate) to The Adjutant General (TAG). This bill also updates the California Military Whistleblower Protection Act and includes disciplinary actions against any member of the CMD who intentionally violates its protections and revises specified reporting timelines regarding allegations and complaints received by the IG. An act to amend Sections 55 and 56 of, and to add Section 56.1 to, the Military and Veterans Code, relating to the state military.

• AB 255 (Limón) This bill specifically clarifies that Native American tribes and other public entities are also eligible to receive grants through the Office of Spill Prevention and Response's (OSPR) local government grants program for oil spill response equipment. An act to amend Section 8670.8.3 of the Government Code, relating to coastal resources.

• AB 686 (Waldron) Clarifies requirements pertaining to the out-of-home placement of Indian children, and requires the Judicial Council to adopt rules of court allowing for an Indian child's tribe to participate remotely in proceedings. An act to amend Section 1517 of the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Sections 224.2, 10553.12, and 16519.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to Indian children.

• AB 753 (Eduardo Garcia) This bill would ratify the tribal-state gaming compact (Compact) entered into between the State of California and the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, California (Tribe), executed on August 21, 2019. An act to add Section 12012.88 to the Government Code, relating to tribal gaming, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 1010 (Eduardo Garcia) Makes the governing body of Indian reservations and Rancherias eligible to receive funding from various state affordable housing programs. An act to amend Sections 50077, 50079, 50091, 50406, 50470.5, 50513, 50517.5, 50530.5, 50669, 50843, 53545.12, and 53545.13 of, and to add Section 50650.8 to, the Health and Safety Code, relating to housing, and making an appropriation therefor.

• AB 1333 (Dahle) This bill ratifies the tribal-state gaming compact (Compact) between the State of California and the Susanville Indian Rancheria, California (hereafter "Tribe"), executed on October 19, 2018. An act to add Section 12012.95 to the Government Code, relating to tribal gaming, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 1662 (Ramos) This bill expands the membership of the University of California's systemwide Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (UC NAGPRA) Implementation and Oversight Committee, from two to three voting members from a tribe located in California thereby increasing the Committee's overall membership to eight individuals (one-nonvoting). An act to amend Section 8026 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to tribal affairs.

• SB 674 (McGuire) This bill would ratify the tribal-state gaming compact (Compact) entered into between the State of California and the Hoopa Valley Tribe (Tribe), executed on October 19, 2018. An act to add Section 12012.100 to the Government Code, relating to tribal gaming, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 1 (Cooper) This bill enacts the California Youth Football Act, which establishes certain requirements on youth football, including limiting full-contact practices to 30 minutes per day, and no more than two days per week, and requires an emergency medical technician or higher-level medical professional to be present during all games, and one independent non-rostered individual to be present at all practice locations with the authority to evaluate and remove any youth tackle football participant from practice who exhibits an injury. An act to add Article 2.7 (commencing with Section 124240) to Chapter 4 of Part 2 of Division 106 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to youth athletics.

• AB 35 (Kalra) Requires the California Department of Public Health (DPH) to report high lead level blood tests to the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) and mandates certain inspection and reporting requirements by the Cal/OSHA upon receiving the results. An act to amend Section 105185 of the Health and Safety Code, and to add Section 147.3 to the Labor Code, relating to employment.

• AB 142 (Cristina Garcia) Amends the Lead-Acid Battery Recycling Act (Act) of 2016 to delete the sunset on the $1 Manufacturer Battery Fee and increase the fee to $2 in perpetuity effective April 1, 2022; allow an out-of-state lead-acid battery manufacturer, not subject to the Manufacturer Battery Fee, to pay the fee on behalf of an importer and claim the associated credits to offset potential hazardous waste liability; exempt, effective January 1, 2020, new motor vehicle dealers that sell or lease a used vehicle containing a lead-acid battery from the California Battery Fee; require the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) to report to the Legislature by January 1, 2022, relating to out-of-state manufacturers who opted to pay the Manufacturer Battery fee; specify that the repayment of the $176.6 million General Fund (GF) loan or any other loan provided to the Department of Toxic Substance Control (DTSC) to clean up the Exide Technologies (Exide) remediation site will not be paid back until the cleanup of Exide and all other areas of the state contaminated by lead-acid batteries is completed; and, provide that these changes take effect immediately as an urgency statute. An act to amend Sections 25215.1, 25215.2, 25215.25, 25215.35, 25215.45, 25215.5, and 25215.56 of, and to add Sections 25215.11, 25215.3, 25215.48, and 25215.51 to, the Health and Safety Code, relating to hazardous waste, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 149 (Cooper) Clarifies the specifications for the uniquely serialized number required in the printing of new prescription forms by security printers approved by the Department of Justice, and expressly confirms the validity of prescriptions written on nonserialized forms until a delayed date for purposes of dispensing prescriptions written on nonserialized forms. An act to amend Sections 11162.1 and 11164 of, and to add Section 11162.2 to, the Health and Safety Code, relating to controlled substances, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 181 (Maienschein) Exempts a hazardous waste facility owned by a federal agency from the requirement that the facility provide at least 25 percent of the hazardous waste facility permit cost to the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) in advance of DTSC processing the permit application. An act to amend Section 25205.7 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to hazardous waste.

• AB 204 (Wood) Revises not-for-profit hospital community benefit reporting requirements by: 1) adding a definition of charity care, 2) requiring small and rural hospitals (currently exempt from community benefit reporting law) to comply with the law if they are part of a hospital system; and, 3) requiring the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) to annually prepare a report on the amount each hospital spent on community benefits, including the amount attributable to charity care. An act to amend Sections 127345, 127350, and 127360 of, and to add Section 127346 to, the Health and Safety Code, relating to hospitals.

• AB 262 (Gloria) Requires, during an outbreak of a communicable disease, or upon the imminent and proximate threat of a communicable outbreak or epidemic that threatens the public's health, a local health officer (LHO) to: 1) promptly notify and update the governmental entities within the LHO's jurisdiction about communicable diseases, as specified; and, 2) make relevant information available to governmental entities, including, but not limited to, the locations of concentrations of cases, the number of residents affected, and the measures that the governmental entities should take to assist with outbreak response efforts. Authorizes a LHO to issue orders to other governmental entities to take any action the LHO deems necessary to control the spread of communicable disease. An act to add Section 120175.5 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health.

• AB 293 (Eduardo Garcia) This bill requires the Compliance Offsets Protocol Task Force to make recommendations related to offsets in the cap-and-trade program and to develop recommendations for the Air Resources Board on the inclusion of aggregation methodologies to allow groups of landowners to jointly develop an offset project. An act to amend Section 38591.1 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to greenhouse gases.

• AB 320 (Quirk) This bill establishes the California Mosquito Surveillance and Research Program, administered by the University of California, Davis, and outlines the duties of the program. An act to add Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 2100) to Division 3 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to pest control.

• AB 338 (Chu) Makes several changes to the law relating to fire prevention and fire safety for mobilehomes and manufactured homes. An act to amend Sections 18029.6 and 18603 of, and to add Section 18603.1 to, the Health and Safety Code, relating to manufactured housing.

• AB 377 (Eduardo Garcia) Authorizes counties and/or cities within their jurisdictions to permit Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations (MEHKO). Clarifies the inspection requirements for MEHKOs and other confirming changes. Clarifies regulations for MEHKO permit holders. Contains an urgency clause to make the provisions of this bill effective immediately upon enactment. An act to amend Sections 113825, 114367.1, 114367.2, 114367.5, and 114367.6 of, and to repeal and add Sections 114367 and 114367.3 of, the Health and Safety Code, relating to retail food facilities, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 420 (Lackey) This bill authorizes the California Cannabis Research Program (CCRP) to cultivate its own cannabis for the research project, and expand what studies may examine, including mold, bacteria, and mycotoxins. An act to amend Section 11362.9 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to cannabis, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 423 (Gloria) Restructures the governing board of the San Diego County Air Pollution Control District (District), which is currently governed by the five San Diego County Supervisors, to be governed by an 11-member board consisting of two county supervisors, six council members or mayors from specified cities, and three public members. Adds specified duties to the district and requires an audit of the district by the Air Resources Board (ARB). An act to amend, repeal, and add Sections 40100, 40100.5, and 40701.5 of, and to add Sections 40100.6 and 40100.6.5 to, the Health and Safety Code, relating to the San Diego County Air Pollution Control District.

• AB 453 (Chau) This bill requires the Emergency Medical Services Authority, as part of its requirement to develop training standards for Emergency Medical Technicians, to include a component within the dementia-specific training hours on how to interact effectively with persons with dementia and their caregivers. An act to amend Sections 1797.170, 1797.171, and 1797.172 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to emergency medical services.

• AB 508 (Chu) Makes changes to statute related to the State Water Resources Control Board's (State Water Board's) authority to order the consolidation of drinking water systems, including setting a deadline of July 1, 2020, as the date by which the State Water Board must develop a policy that provides a process for members of a disadvantaged community to petition for consolidation; deleting statute that requires the State Water Board, before ordering consolidation or extension of service, to obtain written consent to the project from a domestic well owner; providing that when the receiving water system is compensated for capacity lost by payment of a capacity charge, the capacity charge shall be paid only to the extent that it does not exceed the reasonable cost of providing the service; and, makes other technical and conforming changes. An act to amend Sections 116681 and 116682 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to drinking water.

• AB 619 (Chiu) This bill permits a local enforcement agency to allow a temporary food facility to use multiuse utensils that are clean, rinsed, and sanitized, as an alternative to single-use utensils, and clarifies provisions of law governing the ability of consumers to bring empty containers to food facilities intended for refilling with food or beverages. An act to amend Sections 114121 and 114353 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to retail food facilities.

• AB 661 (McCarty) Requires the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District (District) to prepare a wildfire smoke air pollution emergency plan (plan) to serve as an informational source for local agencies and the public during an air pollution emergency caused by wildfire smoke. An act to add Article 8 (commencing with Section 41090) to Chapter 11 of Part 3 of Division 26 of, and to repeal Section 41094 of, the Health and Safety Code, relating to nonvehicular air pollution.

• AB 715 (Nazarian) Extends the California Parkinson's Disease Registry (CDPR) to January 1, 2021. An act to amend Section 103870.2 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to Parkinson's disease.

• AB 737 (Eggman) Requires entities, and agents signing on behalf of entities, to provide certain evidence and information when applying for a residential care facility for the elderly (RCFE) license and requires, when requested by the California Department of Social Services (CDSS), an RCFE applicant to supply additional information regarding the applicant and any entity holding a beneficial ownership interest of at least 10%. An act to amend Section 1569.15 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to health facilities.

• AB 746 (Wood) This bill exempts beer manufacturers that are licensed by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control from the requirement to register with the Department of Public Health as a food processing facility. An act to amend Section 110480 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to beer manufacturers.

• AB 756 (Cristina Garcia) Authorizes the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) to order one or more public water systems to monitor for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluroalkyl substances (PFAS) and establishes a separate public notification process as a result of any confirmed detection(s). An act to add Section 116378 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to drinking water.

• AB 762 (Quirk) Requires local health officers to conspicuously post fish and shellfish consumption advisories at public access points to waterbodies where contaminated fish and shellfish may be caught and where recreational or subsistence fishing is known to occur. An act to add Article 7 (commencing with Section 116090.6) to Chapter 5 of Part 10 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Section 13177.5 of the Water Code, relating to food health advisories.

• AB 785 (Bloom) Revises requirements for gamete banks, particularly with respect to donor identification information. An act to amend Sections 1635, 1644, 1644.1, 1644.2, 1644.3, 102425, 102750, 102766, and 102768 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to parentage.

• AB 795 (Irwin) Enacts various measures, including setting appropriate limits on trustee compensation, to help ensure the long-term solvency of cemetery endowment care trust funds. An act to amend Section 8726.2 of, and to add Section 8726.3 to, the Health and Safety Code, relating to cemeteries.

• AB 824 (Wood) Presumes that an agreement that resolves or settles a patent infringement claim in connection with the sale of a pharmaceutical product to be anticompetitive if both of the following apply: 1) a generic or biosimilar manufacturer receives anything of value from another company asserting patent infringement; and, 2) the generic or biosimilar manufacturer agrees to limit or forego research, development, manufacturing, or sales of the generic or biosimilar manufacturer's product for a period of time. An act to add Division 114.01 (commencing with Section 134000) to the Health and Safety Code, relating to business.

• AB 836 (Wicks) Establishes a grant program, to be administered by the Air Resources Board (ARB), to provide funding to retrofit ventilation systems to create a network of clean air centers to mitigate adverse health impacts due to wildfires and other smoke events. Requires ARB to prioritize applications where the project is located in an area with a high cumulative smoke exposure burden. An act to add and repeal Chapter 9.5 (commencing with Section 39960) of Part 2 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to nonvehicular air pollution.

• AB 851 (Cooper) This bill prohibits a person from distributing, delivering, or selling or possessing with intent to distribute, deliver, or sell, a drug masking product, as defined. An act to add Chapter 1.2 (commencing with Section 24135) to Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health.

• AB 919 (Petrie-Norris) Enhances prohibitions on specified entities from giving or receiving remuneration or anything of value for the referral of a person who is seeking substance use disorder (SUD) recovery or treatment services in order to prevent those specified entities from inducing an individual to receive recovery or treatment services by providing free housing, transportation, and other related services. Requires the establishment of an enforcement program, as specified. An act to amend Sections 11831.6 and 11831.7 of, and to add Section 11831.65 to, the Health and Safety Code, relating to drug and alcohol programs.

• AB 922 (Burke) Repeals the existing ban and permits compensation for individuals providing human oocytes (eggs) for research. Clarifies the specific informed consent required for research participants providing their eggs for research. An act to amend Sections 125330, 125340, and 125341 of, to add Sections 125331 and 125356 to, and to repeal and add Section 125355 of, the Health and Safety Code, relating to reproductive health. An act to amend Sections 125330, 125340, and 125341 of, to add Sections 125331 and 125356 to, and to repeal and add Section 125355 of, the Health and Safety Code, relating to reproductive health.

• AB 1123 (Reyes) This bill requires certain notice be provided to the Attorney General before certain proceedings involving the Safe Drinking and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 are filed in the Supreme Court, court of appeal, or the appellate division of the superior court. An act to amend Section 25249.7 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to toxics.

• AB 1125 (Cooley) Establishes the Animal Control Standards Act for the purpose of developing and maintaining standards for the certification of an Animal Control Officer (ACO). An act to add Chapter 20.5 (commencing with Section 26220) to Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health.

• AB 1128 (Petrie-Norris) This bill transfers from the Department of Public Health (DPH) to the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) the oversight and regulation of a primary care clinic (PCC), adult day health center (ADHC), and home health agency (HHA) that exclusively serves patients of a Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) center. An act to amend Sections 1206 and 1738 of, to amend and repeal Sections 1231.5 and 1734.5 of, and to amend, repeal, and add Section 1580.1 of, the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Section 14592 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to the elderly.

• AB 1152 (Holden) Exempts a local registrar that exclusively serves a city from the existing requirement to dispose of birth and death records after two years when the original copies of the records are on file in the office of the State Registrar and copies of the records are on file in the office of the county recorder. An act to amend Section 102365 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to vital records.

• AB 1180 (Friedman) Requires the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board), on or before January 1, 2023, and upon appropriation of sufficient funds, to update the uniform statewide criteria for nonpotable recycled water uses and requires the State Water Board, if it adopts standards for backflow protection and cross-connection control through the adoption of a policy handbook, to include provisions for the use of a swivel or changeover device to supply potable water to a dual-plumbed system during an interruption in recycled water service. An act to amend Section 116407 of the Health and Safety Code, and to add Section 13521.2 to the Water Code, relating to water.

• AB 1235 (Chu) Changes the name of a community care facility licensing category from "runaway and homeless youth shelter" to "homeless youth prevention center," authorizes youth at risk of homelessness and youth exhibiting status offender behavior to receive shelter and services from such centers, and extends the maximum allowable stay at these centers from 21 to 90 consecutive days. An act to amend Sections 1502, 1502.35, 1507.6, 1522.44, 1530.8, 1536, 1538.7, 1538.8, 1538.9, 1548, and 1562 of the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Sections 319, 361.2, 450, 727, and 11400 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to care facilities.

• AB 1261 (Jones-Sawyer) This bill eliminates the requirement that individuals convicted of specified drug offenses register with local law enforcement. An act to amend Sections 11591 and 11591.5 of, to repeal Sections 11590, 11592, 11593, and 11595 of, and to repeal and add Section 11594 of, the Health and Safety Code, relating to controlled substances.

• AB 1429 (Chen) Authorizes a business that handles hazardous materials to submit their Hazardous Materials Business Plan (HMBP) to the California Environmental Reporting System (CERS) once every three years, instead of annually, if that business is not required to submit Tier II chemical inventory information under the federal Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) of 1986. An act to amend Sections 25508 and 25508.2 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to hazardous materials.

• AB 1483 (Grayson) Requires local jurisdiction to disseminate publicly information about its zoning ordinances, development standards, fees, exactions, and affordability requirements, and requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop and update a 10-year housing data strategy. An act to add Section 65940.1 to the Government Code, and to amend Section 50452 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to housing.

• AB 1532 (Bauer-Kahan) Establishes the Natalie Giorgi Sunshine Act which requires on or before January 1, 2021, a food handler training course to include instruction on the elements of major food allergens, foods identified as major allergens, and the symptoms a major food allergen could cause, and safe handling food practices for major food allergens. Codifies the requirement that food handler requirements also apply to organized camps, as specified in existing regulations. An act to amend Section 113948 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to food facilities.

• AB 1553 (Fong) This bill updates outdated terminology in provisions of law governing the seizure, rescue, adoption, and euthanasia of abandoned or surrendered animals by animal shelters and rescue organizations; the regulation of dangerous or vicious dogs; and the regulation and licensing of dogs. An act to amend Section 4827 of the Business and Professions Code, to amend Sections 1846 and 1847 of the Civil Code, to amend Section 14503 of the Corporations Code, to amend Sections 17003, 31607, 31621, 31622, 31752.5, 32001, and 32003 of the Food and Agricultural Code, to amend Section 25802 of the Government Code, to amend Sections 121690, 121916, 122045, 122125, and 122322 of the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Sections 597, 597.1, 597.2, 597e, 597f, 597u, 597v, 599aa, and 599e of the Penal Code, relating to animal impoundment.

• AB 1588 (Gloria) Requires the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) to evaluate opportunities for issuing, and, provided opportunities exist, to issue a water treatment operator certificate, and water distribution operator certificate by reciprocity, a wastewater certificate by examination waiver, and award experience or education credits to United States (US) military members for comparable duties during their military service. An act to amend Sections 106897 and 106898 of the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Sections 13627 and 13632 of the Water Code, relating to water.

• AB 1596 (Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials). Adds fentanyl to the Methamphetamine Contaminated Property Act of 2005 (Act) in order to set interim cleanup standards for fentanyl-contaminated property and to provide direction to local health officers for the oversight and cleanup of fentanyl-contaminated properties. An act to amend Sections 25400.10, 25400.11, 25400.16, 25400.17, 25400.18, 25400.19, 25400.20, 25400.22, 25400.25, 25400.26, 25400.27, 25400.28, 25400.30, 25400.36, 25400.45, 25400.46, and 25400.47 of, to amend the heading of Chapter 6.9.1 (commencing with Section 25400.10) of Division 20 of, and to amend the heading of Article 1 (commencing with Section 25400.10) of Chapter 6.9.1 of Division 20 of, the Health and Safety Code, relating to hazardous substances.

• AB 1597 (Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials) Authorizes the state's hazardous waste management manifest requirements to be satisfied through the use of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) electronic manifest (e-manifest) system.

An act to amend Sections 25123.3, 25160, 25160.2, 25160.5, 25205.15, 25207.5, and 25250.29 of, to repeal Sections 25160.3, 25160.4, and 25160.6 of, and to add Section 25160.01 to, the Health and Safety Code, relating to hazardous waste.

• SB 99 (Nielsen) This bill requires the safety element of the general plan, upon the next revision of the housing element on or after January 1, 2020, to identify any residential developments in any hazard area that does not have at least two emergency evacuation routes. An act to amend Section 65302 of the Government Code, relating to land use.

• SB 227 (Leyva) This bill requires periodic inspections of hospitals by the Department of Public Health to include reviews of compliance with nurse staffing ratios, and establishes administrative penalties for nurse staffing ratio violations of $15,000 for a first violation, and $30,000 for each subsequent violation. An act to amend Sections 1279 and 1280.3 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to health and care facilities.

• SB 276 (Pan) Requires the Department Public Health (DPH) to annually review immunization reports from all schools and institutions (i.e. daycare centers) to identify medical exemptions (MEs) subject to review. Requires a clinically trained DPH staff member to review MEs from schools or institutions with an immunization rate of less than 95% or physicians and surgeons who submit five or more medical exemptions in a calendar year. Permits DPH to deny or revoke a ME determined to be inappropriate or invalid, as specified. Establishes an appeals process for MEs that are denied or revoked and creates an independent review panel made up of three physicians for purposes of appeals. An act to amend Sections 120370, 120375, and 120440 of, and to add Sections 120372 and 120372.05 to, the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health.

• SB 280 (Jackson) This bill requires the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to investigate possible changes to building standards that promote aging in place. An act to add Section 17922.15 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to building standards.

• SB 317 (Caballero) This bill bans the sale and distribution of recreational vehicle (RV) chemical toilet deodorizers containing any of 14 designated biocidal chemicals, which may, when mixed with solid waste and disposed of into septic systems found at RV parks or campgrounds, cause septic tank failure. This bill requires, upon appropriation, the State Water Resources Control Board (state board) to investigate methods to detect and quantify the specified chemicals in septic systems. This bill also requires the owner or operator of an RV park or campground to post a notice informing users of the ban. An act to add Section 25210.2 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to hazardous waste.

• SB 322 (Bradford) This bill grants a health facility employee, or their representative, the right to privately discuss possible regulatory violations or patient safety concerns with an inspector during the course of an investigation or inspection by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). An act to amend Section 1278.5 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to health facilities.

• SB 400 (Umberg) Expands the eligible modes of transportation for which the Clean Cars 4 All "mobility option" vouchers may be used to include bike sharing and electric bicycles. An act to amend Section 44124 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to vehicular air pollution.

• SB 464 (Mitchell) This bill requires hospitals and alternative birth centers to implement an implicit bias program for all health care providers involved in the perinatal care of patients within those facilities, including requiring these healthcare providers to complete initial basic training through the implicit bias program and a refresher course every two years thereafter. This bill requires the Department of Public Health (DPH) to track and publish data on maternal death and severe morbidity. This bill adds, to the list of written information a hospital is required to provide to each patient upon admission, information on how to file a discrimination complaint with DPH or the Medical Board of California if the patient feels they were discriminated against. An act to amend Sections 1262.6 and 102875 of, and to add Article 4.6 (commencing with Section 123630) to Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 106 of, the Health and Safety Code, relating to maternal health.

• SB 519 (Bradford) This bill authorizes the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) to utilize funding from the Site Cleanup Subaccount of the Underground Storage Tank (UST) Cleanup Fund for the reasonable and necessary costs incurred by the Department of Toxic Substance Control (DTSC) or water replenishment districts to identify and remediate groundwater contamination. An act to amend Section 25299.50.6 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to hazardous substances.

• SB 552 (Archuleta) This bill authorizes the use of consolidated manifests in the transportation of household hazardous waste (HHW) in door-to-door HHW collection programs indefinitely by deleting the current sunset. An act to amend Sections 25160.8, 25218.1, 25218.5, and 25404 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to hazardous waste.

• SB 569 (Stone) This bill establishes prescription content requirements for a pharmacist to furnish a controlled substance without a standard prescription form during a declared state of emergency. An act to add Section 11159.3 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to controlled substances.

• SB 583 (Jackson) This bill conforms California law with respect to health plan and insurer coverage requirements for participants in clinical trials to incorporate federal requirements enacted as part of the Affordable Care Act, which includes expanding the type of clinical trials to include life-threatening diseases or conditions. An act to repeal and add Section 1370.6 of the Health and Safety Code, and to repeal and add Section 10145.4 of the Insurance Code, relating to clinical trials.

• SB 647 (Mitchell) This bill revises and recasts the hazardous waste control provisions relating to lead and cadmium standards for children and adult jewelry. An act to amend Sections 25214.1, 25214.3.1, 25214.4, and 25214.4.1 of, and to amend, repeal, and add Section 25214.2 of, the Health and Safety Code, relating to hazardous substances.

• SB 656 (Hueso) This bill requires the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to establish an advisory committee of specified membership for the San Diego-Coronado Bridge. An act relating to the San Diego-Coronado Bridge, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• SB 677 (Allen) Prohibits the use of latex gloves in retail food facilities, and would instead permit nonlatex gloves, including nitrile, polyethylene, and vinyl gloves. An act to amend Sections 113961 and 113973 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to food safety.

• SB 714 (Pan) This bill amends certain provisions of SB 276 (Pan, 2019) and becomes operative only if SB 276 is enacted and becomes effective. An act to amend Sections 120370, 120372, and 120372.05 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health.

• SB 726 (Caballero) This bill authorizes a contractor of a public agency to conduct a materials exchange program at a household hazardous waste (HHW) collection facility for reusable household hazardous products and materials. An act to amend Sections 25217, 25218.1, 25218.5, 25218.5.1, and 25218.12 of, and to add Section 25218.11.5 to, the Health and Safety Code, relating to hazardous waste.

• AB 37 (Jones-Sawyer) Specifies, under the Personal Income Tax (PIT) Law, that the federal disallowance of tax expenditures related to the illegal sale of drugs shall not apply to licensees engaged in commercial cannabis activities in California. An act to add and repeal Section 17209 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation, to take effect immediately, tax levy.

• AB 91 (Burke) This bill is the Loophole Closure and Small Business and Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2019. An act to amend Sections 17052, 17140, 17140.3, 17140.4, 17276, 17276.21, 17276.22, 17560.5, 17564, 19131.5, 23711, 23711.4, 24343, 24416, 24416.21, 24416.22, 24422.3, 24652, 24654, 24673.2, and 24701 of, to add Sections 17052.1, 17144.8, 17201.2, 17271, 17563.51, 17859, 24343.1, 24451.1, and 24652.6 to, and to repeal and add Sections 18031.5 and 24941.5 of, the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 133 (Quirk-Silva) Increases the Property Tax Postponement (PTP) Program income eligibility threshold for homeowners who are age 62 or over, blind, or disabled from $35,500 to $45,000, and increases the threshold annually thereafter with an inflation adjustment. Also, reduces the interest rate charged on loans for postponed property taxes from 7% to 5%. An act to amend Section 16183 of the Government Code, and to amend Section 20585 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation, and making an appropriation therefor.

• AB 136 (Quirk-Silva) Prohibits taxpayers found guilty in the recent college admissions scandal from benefiting from scheme-related payments claimed as charitable contributions or business expense deductions by retroactively disallowing these deductions on their state income tax returns. An act to add Section 17275.4 to the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation, to take effect immediately, tax levy.

• AB 147 (Burke) Modernizes California law consistent with the United States Supreme Court holding in Wayfair, which allows this state to impose a use tax collection duty on remote retailers with specified levels of economic activity in California, even though they do not have a physical presence here. An act to amend Section 7262 of, to amend, repeal, and add Section 6203 of, to add Section 6203.1 to, and to add Chapter 1.7 (commencing with Section 6040) to Part 1 of Division 2 of, the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 263 (Burke) Extends the requirements in Revenue and Taxation Code (R&TC) Section 41 to all tax expenditure measures under the Personal Income Tax (PIT) law, the Corporation Tax (CT) law, and the Sales and Use Tax (SUT) law introduced on or after January 1, 2020. An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 41 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation.

• AB 308 (Muratsuchi) Reinstates the $800 annual tax exemption provided to an limited liability company (LLC) or a corporation that is solely owned by a deployed member of the Armed Forces for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, and before January 1, 2030. An act to amend Sections 17941 and 23153 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation, to take effect immediately, tax levy.

• AB 321 (Patterson) Broadens the sales and use tax (SUT) exemption available for new or remanufactured trailers and semitrailers delivered in this state to a purchaser for use in interstate or foreign commerce, to include new, used, or remanufactured trucks. An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 6388.5 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation, to take effect immediately, tax levy.

• AB 414 (Bonta) Requires the Franchise Tax Board (FTB) to report to the Legislature regarding specific information resulting from California's minimum essential health coverage requirement and individual shared responsibility penalty. An act to add Section 61050 to the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to health care coverage.

• AB 608 (Petrie-Norris) This bill allows a county board of supervisors to reevaluate and potentially increase its low value exemption ordinance up to $50,000 for all possessory interests. An act to amend Section 155.20 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation, to take effect immediately, tax levy.

• AB 614 (Eggman) Expands the existing tax credit program under the Personal Income Tax (PIT) and Corporation Tax (CT) Laws for contributions to food banks of fresh fruits or fresh vegetables by qualified taxpayers to include qualified donations of specified food items, raw agricultural products, and processed foods. An act to amend Sections 17053.88.5 and 23688.5 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation, to take effect immediately, tax levy.

• AB 723 (Quirk) Exempts specified transactions and use taxes (TUTs) from counting towards the statutory 2% combined rate cap. An act to amend Sections 29140 and 98290 of the Public Utilities Code, and to amend Section 7292.2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation.

• AB 784 (Mullin) Enacts a partial sales and use tax exemption for zero-emission transit buses sold to local public agencies eligible for the California Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Program. An act to add and repeal Section 6377 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation, to take effect immediately, tax levy.

• AB 872 (Aguiar-Curry) Creates a property tax change in ownership exclusion in the case of a parent to child transfer of stock in a qualified corporation following the last surviving parent's death limited in scope to the parents' residence and the parcel of land upon which the home is located provided that: 1) the residence has continuously served as the child's home, and 2) the property's assessed value does not exceed $1 million. An act to amend Section 62 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation, to take effect immediately, tax levy.

• AB 984 (Lackey) Authorizes the addition of the Suicide Prevention Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund (Fund) as a voluntary contribution fund (VCF) on the personal income tax return. An act to add and repeal Article 26 (commencing with Section 18914) of Chapter 3 of Part 10.2 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation, and making an appropriation therefor.

• AB 1208 (Ting) This bill extends the sunset on the exemption from local utility user taxes for electricity generated by a clean energy resource located solely on the customer's premises for use only by that customer until January 1, 2027. An act to amend Section 7284.5 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation.

• AB 1257 (Salas) Expands the existing sales and use tax (SUT) exemption for materials used to modify a vehicle for physically handicapped persons by including within the definition of "physically handicapped persons" individuals with a severe burn injury, as defined. An act to amend Section 6369.4 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation, to take effect immediately, tax levy.

• AB 1413 (Gloria) Authorizes specified local transportation authorities, which have existing transactions and use tax authority, to levy a transactions and use tax (TUT) in a portion of its jurisdiction, with voter approval. An act to add Section 67912 to the Government Code, to amend Sections 120480, 120481, 120483, 120485, 125480, 125481, 125483, 125485, 132301, 132307, and 132322 of the Public Utilities Code, and to add Chapter 3.65 (commencing with Section 7290.5) to Part 1.7 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to transportation.

• SB 63 (Hertzberg) This bill excludes from gross income loan amounts discharged from a college when the borrower is unable to complete a program of study because a school closes or does something wrong. An act to add and repeal Section 17144.6 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation, to take effect immediately, tax levy.

• SB 92 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review. Taxation) This bill is the revenues trailer bill for the 2019-20. It contains the necessary provisions related to the 2019 Budget Act. An act to add and repeal Section 15676.2 of the Government Code, and to amend Sections 6041.1, 6041.2, 6041.5, 6203, 6203.1, and 7262 of, and to add Sections 6363.9, 6363.10, and 6487.07 to, the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget.

• SB 96 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) This bill contains statutory provisions related to public safety necessary to implement the Budget Act of 2019. An act to amend Sections 41017, 41031, 41032, 41040, 41051, 41053, 41055, 41056, 41075, 41100, 41129, 41130, 41135, 41136, 41137, 41140, and 41150 of, to amend the heading of Article 2 (commencing with Section 41030) of Chapter 2 of Part 20 of Division 2 of, to amend and repeal Section 41025 of, to amend, repeal, and add Sections 41007, 41009, 41016.5, 41020, and 41046 of, to add Sections 41007.1, 41007.2, 41007.3, 41007.4, 41007.5, and 41028 to, to repeal Section 41033 of, and to repeal and add Sections 41004 and 41030 of, the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• SB 196 (Beall) This bill enacts a new welfare exemption from property tax for property owned by a Community Land Trust (CLT), and makes other changes regarding property tax assessments of property subject to contracts with CLTs. An act to amend Sections 75.11, 402.1, and 532 of, and to add and repeal Section 214.18 of, the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation.

• SB 309 (Rubio) Eliminates the requirement that the California Senior Citizen Advocacy Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund (Fund) meet a minimum contribution amount for the Fund to appear on the personal income tax (PIT) return the following year, thereby allowing the Fund to remain on the return until the Fund's statutory provisions repeal, pursuant to existing law, on January 1, 2025. An act to amend Section 18733 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• SB 344 (McGuire) This bill extends the Local Prepaid Mobile Telephony Services Collection Act until January 1, 2021, with some modifications. An act to amend Sections 42018, 42101.5, 42103, and 42111 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to prepaid mobile telephony services.

• SB 451 (Atkins) This bill allows a tax credit for a portion of the costs paid or incurred to rehabilitate certain historic structures. An act to add and repeal Sections 38.10, 17053.91, and 23691 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation, to take effect immediately, tax levy.

• SB 637 (McGuire) Revises the statutory provisions for the existing voluntary contribution fund (VCF) dedicated to preventing animal homelessness and cruelty. An act to amend Sections 18901, 18901.1, 18901.2, and 18901.3 of, and to amend the heading of Article 23 (commencing with Section 18901) of Chapter 3 of Part 10.2 of Division 2 of, the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation, and making an appropriation therefor.

• SB 789 (Committee on Governance and Finance) This bill makes changes to assist county treasurers to handle public funds, and county tax collectors to administer tax sales. An act to amend Section 53639 of the Government Code, and to amend Sections 2611.5, 2635, 4675, 4717, and 5097.2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to local government.

• SB 790 (Committee on Governance and Finance) This bill clarifies an ambiguous provision resulting from California's implementation of federal changes in partnership audit procedures. An act to amend Sections 18622.5 and 19311 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation.

• SB 791 (Committee on Governance and Finance) Changes the method to calculate California's share of total aircraft value owned by commercial air carriers for property tax purposes and re-establishes streamlined administrative procedures for counties and air carriers. An act to amend Section 441 of, to amend and add Section 1152 of, to add Sections 1153.5 and 1157 to, and to repeal Section 1153 of, the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 25 (Chau) Generally exempts from the scope of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), until January 1, 2021, personal information (PI) collected by a business in certain limited employment-related contexts. Specifically, PI collected by a business would be exempted from the CCPA where: 1) the PI is collected about a natural person in the course of the natural person acting as a job applicant to, employee of, owner of, director of, officer of, medical staff member of, or contractor of the business to the extent the PI is collected and used solely in those contexts; 2) the PI collected is emergency contact information of such individuals to the extent the PI is collected and used solely in that context; and, 3) the PI is necessary to be retained for the administration of benefits to the extent the PI is collected and used solely within that context. The exceptions do not apply to the consumer's right to know or to the consumer's limited private right of action under the CCPA. Separately, this bill also authorizes a business to require reasonable authentication of consumers in connection with their CCPA requests, as specified, and to require a consumer to use their existing accounts to make their requests. An act to amend Sections 1798.130 and 1798.145 of the Civil Code, relating to consumer privacy.

• AB 488 (Aguiar-Curry) Adds the Secretary of Food and Agriculture, the State Librarian, and the Governor's Tribal Advisor to the California Broadband Council. An act to amend Section 8886 of the Government Code, relating to communications.

• AB 874 (Irwin) Expands the scope of "publicly available" information that is exempted from the "personal information" (PI) definition in the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) to ensure that "publicly available" information includes any information that is lawfully made available from government records. This bill also amends the PI definition to: 1) correct a drafting error in order to clarify that PI does not include deidentified or aggregate consumer information; and, 2) specify, in relevant part, that PI includes information that is "reasonably capable" of being associated with a particular consumer or household, as opposed to "capable" of being associated. An act to amend Section 1798.140 of the Civil Code, relating to consumer privacy.

• AB 956 (Diep) Authorizes public safety agencies to place calls through automatic dialing-announcing devices for the purposes of testing all modes of 911 emergency telephone systems. An act to amend Section 2872 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to telecommunications.

• AB 1129 (Chau) Updates the crime of invasion of privacy to reflect emerging technology. An act to amend Section 647 of the Penal Code, relating to privacy.

• AB 1146 (Berman) Expressly states that the California Consumer Privacy Act's (CCPA) right of deletion does not apply if it is necessary for the business or service provider to maintain the consumer's personal information (PI) in order to fulfill the terms of a written warranty or recall conducted in accordance with federal law. This bill also provides a limited exemption from the consumer's right to opt-out of the sale of their PI under the CCPA. The new exemption applies to vehicle or ownership information retained or shared between a "new motor vehicle dealer" and the "vehicle's manufacturer," as defined, if the vehicle or ownership information is shared for the purpose of effectuating, or in anticipation of effectuating, a vehicle repair covered by a vehicle warranty or a recall conducted pursuant to federal law, provided that the new motor vehicle dealer or vehicle manufacturer with which that vehicle information or ownership information is shared does not sell, share, or use that information for any other purpose. An act to amend Sections 1798.105 and 1798.145 of the Civil Code, relating to privacy.

• AB 1355 (Chau) Addresses various drafting errors and makes other clarifying changes in the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA). Among other things, this bill also includes various provisions to clarify the scope and application of the CCPA's Fair Credit Report Act (FCRA) exemption; clarify obligations of businesses around collecting and retaining PI it would not otherwise collect or retain in the ordinary course of business; and address the application of the CCPA to business-to-business communications and transactions, as specified. An act to amend Sections 1798.100, 1798.110, 1798.115, 1798.120, 1798.125, 1798.130, 1798.140, 1798.145, 1798.150, and 1798.185 of the Civil Code, relating to consumer privacy.

• AB 1564 (Berman) Revises an existing provision in the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) governing the methods that must be made available to consumers for making CCPA-related requests to specify that a business which operates exclusively online and has a direct relationship with a consumer from whom it collects personal information (PI) is only required to provide an email address for submitting requests for purposes of submitting certain consumer requests for information disclosures required under the CCPA. This bill also clarifies that if the business maintains an internet website, the business must make the internet website available to consumers to submit requests for those CCPA information disclosures. An act to amend Section 1798.130 of the Civil Code, relating to consumer privacy.

• AB 29 (Holden) Restricts the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) from considering a freeway or tunnel as a feasible alternative for State Route (SR) 710 between Interstate (I-) 10 and I-210, and redefines, as of January 1, 2024, which portions of SR 710 are included in the state freeway and expressway system to exclude the section of SR 710 generally between I-10 and I-210. An act to amend Section 54237.8 of the Government Code, and to amend Section 253.1 of, and to add and repeal Section 253.9 of, the Streets and Highways Code, relating to highways.

• AB 47 (Daly) Removes the prohibition on the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) on assessing a point on a driver''s license if they are convicted of a violation of operating a handheld wireless or communication device while driving and requires DMV to assess a point for a second violation in a three year period occurring after January 1, 2021. An act to amend Section 12810.3 of the Vehicle Code, relating to driver's licenses.

• AB 127 (Lackey) Allows a person who is under the supervision and on the property of the California Highway Patrol (CHP), to drive a vehicle while under the influence of a drug, or while under the combined influence of a drug and alcohol, for the purpose of conducting research on impaired driving. An act to add Section 23152.5 to the Vehicle Code, relating to driving under the influence, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 179 (Reyes) Requires car manufacturers to reimburse franchised new car dealers for warranty repairs based on a specified formula instead of using the existing practice of determining a reasonable rate and recasts other existing provisions on the relationship between manufacturers and dealerships. An act to amend Sections 3010, 3050.5, 3065, 3066, 11713.3, 11713.13, and 11726 of, to amend, repeal, and add Sections 3050, 3050.1, and 3050.7 of, to add Sections 3065.2, 3065.25, 3065.3, and 3065.4 to, to add and repeal Article 6 (commencing with Section 3085) of Chapter 6 of Division 2 of, and to repeal Article 3 (commencing with Section 3052) of Chapter 6 of Division 2 of, the Vehicle Code, relating to new motor vehicles.

• AB 185 (Grayson) Requires the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to participate in statutorily-required joint meetings between the California Transportation Commission (CTC) and the California Air Resources Board (ARB). An act to amend Section 14516 of the Government Code, relating to transportation.

• AB 252 (Daly) This bill removes sunset provisions that provides the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) the authority to carry out the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Assignment Program, as specified. An act to amend Section 820.1 of the Streets and Highways Code, relating to transportation.

• AB 285 (Friedman) Updates requirements of the California Transportation Plan (CTP) to reflect the state's recent environmental legislation and requires a review of the implementation of the CTP. An act to amend Sections 14000.6, 65071, 65072.1, and 65072.2 of, and to add Section 65070.5 to, the Government Code, relating to transportation planning.

• AB 309 (Maienschein) This bill extends exemptions from the general prohibition against owning or operating a vehicle with law enforcement markings. An act to amend Sections 27604, 27605, and 27606 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.

• AB 317 (Diep) Prohibits the sale of appointments with the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). An act to add Section 1680 to the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.

• AB 335 (Eduardo Garcia) This bill authorizes the Imperial County Transportation Commission (ICTC) to evaluate, develop, and implement specific nontransportation programs within Imperial County. An act to amend Section 132820 of, and to add Section 132822 to, the Public Utilities Code, and to amend Section 2551 of the Streets and Highways Code, relating to transportation.

• AB 391 (Voepel) Decreases the five-day period following the expiration of an auto-rental agreement or lease for the presumption of embezzlement to apply to 72 hours. An act to amend, repeal, and add Sections 10500 and 10855 of the Vehicle Code, relating to rented vehicles.

• AB 397 (Chau) Requires, beginning January 1, 2022, that courts include the fact that a DUI conviction was due to cannabis when reporting other required data to the Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding criminal convictions and cannabis for the sole drug causing the offender to be under the influence. An act to amend Section 23222 of, and to add Section 23155 to, the Vehicle Code, relating to driving under the influence.

• AB 596 (Grayson) Permits car owners to consent electronically to having recall repairs performed on their cars, and updates the text of the notice regarding automotive service bulletins required to be posted in new car dealerships. An act to amend Section 1795.91 of the Civil Code, and to add Section 11755 to the Vehicle Code, relating to motor vehicles.

• AB 634 (Salas) This bill requires roundabouts to be included in the list of highway facility types that may be used for memorial or dedication signing as designated in the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). An act to add Section 101.15 to the Streets and Highways Code, relating to highways.

• AB 708 (Frazier) Places certain restrictions on the number of traffic violator schools (TVSs) that can be located at a specific location and places certain requirements on business hours of a traffic violator school starting January 1, 2020. An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 11202 of the Vehicle Code, relating to traffic violator school.

• AB 752 (Gabriel) Requires multimodal transit stations, as specified, that commence operations or a renovation on or after January 1, 2021, to include a lactation room. An act to add Section 99176 to the Public Utilities Code, relating to public transit.

• AB 759 (Bigelow) Requires the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to update guidance by July 1, 2021, to specify the appropriate use of positive protection measures with the goal of isolating workers or work zones from traffic. An act to add and repeal Section 92.1 of the Streets and Highways Code, relating to traffic safety.

• AB 814 (Chau) This bill clarifies that existing law prohibits a person, business or government agency including a law enforcement agency, from hacking or otherwise accessing without authorization, computer data and computer systems in a motor vehicle. An act to amend Section 502 of the Penal Code, relating to vehicles.

• AB 833 (Lackey) Clarifies existing law that requires processing agencies to provide a payment plan to indigent persons for unpaid parking tickets valued less than $300 prior to submitting an itemization to the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) for collection purposes by specifying that the $300 does not include late fees and penalty assessments. An act to amend Sections 40220 and 40220.5 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 880 (Obernolte) Corrects erroneous cross references in statutes related to transportation network company (TNC) and adds human trafficking to the list of crimes disqualifying an individual from driving a vehicle for a TNC. An act to amend Section 5445.2 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to transportation.

• AB 949 (Medina) This bill prohibits an automotive repair dealer from installing an unsafe used tire, as defined, on a motor vehicle for use on a highway. An act to add Article 10 (commencing with Section 9889.30) to Chapter 20.3 of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to tires.

• AB 998 (Aguiar-Curry) This bill designates State Route (SR) 128 as a route in the state scenic highway system. An act to amend Section 263.1 of the Streets and Highways Code, relating to state highways.

• AB 1017 (Boerner Horvath) This bill requires the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to make an engineer available from the Rail Crossing and Engineering Branch to assist and advise a city or county on the safety of planned railroad crossings prior to the city or county's filing of an application with the CPUC for approval of new or modified railroad crossings. The bill conditions this requirement upon the city or county developing and officially adopting a plan to improve mobility for multimodal access that calls for a new or modified railroad crossing. An act to add Section 1202.4 to the Public Utilities Code, relating to railroads.

• AB 1025 (Grayson) This bill makes various changes to funding obligations relative to the Iron Horse Regional Trail and further makes changes to Iron Horse Trail Corridor Management Program Advisory Committee, as specified. An act relating to transportation.

• AB 1100 (Kamlager-Dove) Clarifies that parking spaces served by electric vehicle (EV) supply equipment shall count as parking spaces for the purpose of complying with applicable minimum parking space requirements established by a local jurisdiction. An act to add Section 22511.2 to the Vehicle Code, relating to electric vehicles.

• AB 1183 (Ramos) This bill revises the definition of "operator" of a vessel to mean the person aboard a vessel who meets any of the following: (1) is steering the vessel while underway; (2) is responsible for the operation of the vessel while underway; or (3) is at least 18 years of age and is attentive and supervising the operation of the vessel by a person 12, 13, 14, or 15 years of age. An act to amend Section 651 of the Harbors and Navigation Code, relating to vessels.

• AB 1266 (Robert Rivas) Allows a person operating a bicycle to travel straight through a right or left-hand turn lane when an official traffic control device indicates that the movement is permitted. Requires the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to develop standards for lane striping, pavement markings, and signage to implement the bill. An act to amend Section 22101 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.

• AB 1351 (Lackey) Requires the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA), to conduct an assessment of the procedures public transit operators use to provide dial-a-ride and paratransit services to individuals with disabilities whom are visiting their service territory, and to then development statewide guidelines. An act to add Section 99155.6 to the Public Utilities Code, relating to public transit.

• AB 1456 (Kiley) This bill authorizes the California Transportation Commission (CTC) to relinquish segments of Route 193 to the City of Lincoln. An act to amend Section 493 of the Streets and Highways Code, relating to highways.

• AB 1560 (Friedman) Revises the definition of a "major transit stop" for purposes of qualifying for exemption or abbreviated review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to include a "bus rapid transit station," as defined, with a frequency of service interval of 15 minutes or less during the morning and afternoon peak commute periods. An act to amend Section 21064.3 of, and to add Section 21060.2 to, the Public Resources Code, relating to environmental quality.

• AB 1614 (Gipson) This bill extends authorization for the Department of Motor Vehicle's (DMV) pilot program evaluating alternatives to vehicle license plates, registration stickers, and registration cards from January 1, 2020, to January 1, 2021. An act to amend Section 4853 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.

• AB 1633 (Grayson) Authorizes a city within the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) to develop and implement a traffic signal optimization plan and directs the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to ensure its traffic signals within these cities are adjusted and maintained in accordance with the plan. An act to add Section 65080.02 to the Government Code, relating to transportation.

• AB 1671 (Berman) Extends the existing authorization for the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), in coordination with the California Highway Patrol (CHP), to conduct testing of technologies that enable drivers to safely operate motor vehicles with less than 100 feet between each vehicle or combination of vehicles until January 1, 2024, and requires Caltrans to submit an updated report on the testing to the Legislature on or before July 1, 2023. An act to amend Section 14107 of the Government Code, relating to transportation.

• AB 1810 (Committee on Transportation) Makes various non-controversial changes to transportation-related statutes. An act to amend Section 10326.2 of the Public Contract Code, to amend Sections 120050 and 180257 of the Public Utilities Code, to amend Sections 372 and 2101 of the Streets and Highways Code, and to amend Sections 12509.5, 12804.9, 23229, and 34621 of the Vehicle Code, relating to transportation.

• SB 87 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) This trailer bill makes statutory changes related to transportation necessary to implement the Budget Act of 2019. An act to amend Sections 8879.52, 14460, 14461, 16321, and 64000 of, to add Sections 14462, 14463, and 64001 to, and to repeal Division 2 (commencing with Section 64000) of Title 6.7 of, the Government Code, to add Section 7105.1 to the Revenue and Taxation Code, and to amend Sections 5066 and 9400.4 of the Vehicle Code, relating to transportation, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget.

• SB 137 (Dodd) This bill allows the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to exchange federal transportation funds for state transportation funds for specific types of locally-sponsored projects. An act to add Section 182.85 to the Streets and Highways Code, relating to transportation.

• SB 197 (Beall) Eliminates the sunset date related to existing law prohibiting the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) from withholding retention proceeds to its contractors when making progress payments for work performed on a public works project. An act to amend Section 7202 of the Public Contract Code, relating to public contracts.

• SB 210 (Leyva) This bill directs the Air Resources Board (ARB) to work in coordination with multiple state agencies in order to develop and implement a Heavy-Duty Inspection and Maintenance Program for non-gasoline, heavy-duty, on-road trucks. An act to add Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 44150) to Part 5 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Section 27153 of, and to add Sections 4000.17, 4156.5, 24019, 27158.1, and 27158.2 to, the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicular air pollution.

• SB 211 (Beall) This bill authorizes the State Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to enter into lease agreements with a local entity for purposes of establishing an emergency shelter or feeding program, as specified. An act to add and repeal Section 104.30 of the Streets and Highways Code, relating to state highways.

• SB 267 (Wieckowski) This bill allows a driver's license of a person enlisted in the United States Foreign Service (Foreign Service) and their spouse to remain valid for the entire period the Foreign Service employee remains out of the state, as specified. An act to amend Section 12817 of the Vehicle Code, relating to driver's licenses.

• SB 358 (Committee on Transportation) This bill makes technical and non-controversial changes to sections of law relating to transportation. An act to amend Section 2810.3 of the Labor Code, to amend Sections 2036, 2113, 36627, and 36633 of the Streets and Highways Code, and to amend Sections 27150.2, 27151, and 34500 of, and to repeal Sections 16020.1 and 16020.2 of, the Vehicle Code, relating to transportation.

• SB 402 (Borgeas) Extends the sunset date to January 1, 2025, for the Inyo County pilot program to designate combined-use roadways segments to connect off-highway vehicles (OHV) facilities. An act to amend Section 38026.1 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.

• SB 485 (Beall) This bill removes driver's license suspension as a penalty for offenses that are not related to driving. An act to amend Sections 25658, 25658.4, 25658.5, 25661, and 25662 of the Business and Professions Code, to amend Sections 529.5 and 647 of the Penal Code, and to amend Sections 1808, 13202.5, and 23224 of, and to repeal Sections 13201.5, 13202, 13202.4, and 13202.6 of, the Vehicle Code, relating to driving privilege.

• SB 504 (Monning) This bill allows the California Transportation Commission (CTC) to relinquish segments of State Route (SR) 1 in the City of Pismo Beach. An act to add Section 301.5 to the Streets and Highways Code, relating to highways.

• SB 543 (Pan) Removes the sunset date on existing law authorizing individuals on a pedicab, as defined, to consume alcohol on the pedicab under certain conditions. An act to amend Section 21215.2 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.

• SB 742 (Allen) This bill makes various changes to the State's intercity rail thruway bus service. An act to amend Section 14035.55 of the Government Code, relating to transportation.

• AB 305 (Nazarian) This bill allows wastewater utilities to issue rate reduction bonds and makes numerous changes to the process of issuing those bonds. An act to amend Sections 6585 and 6588.7 of the Government Code, relating to local government finance.

• AB 355 (Daly) This bill (1) transfers jurisdiction over unfair labor practice charges at the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) from the judicial system to the Public Employee Relations Board (PERB); and (2) authorizes parties to a labor dispute to appeal PERB decisions and orders to the courts through a petition for a writ of extraordinary relief filed within 30 days of the PERB ruling. An act to add Sections 40122.1 and 40122.2 to the Public Utilities Code, relating to public employment.

• AB 497 (Santiago) Extends the sunset date on the California Public Utilities Commission's (CPUC) authority to collect a surcharge on intrastate telecommunications services to fund the California Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program (DDTP) until January 1, 2025, and the date through which the CPUC must annually report on the Program until January 1, 2026. An act to amend Sections 914.5 and 2881 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to communications, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 530 (Aguiar-Curry) Makes a number of changes to the provisions of the Fairfield-Suisun Sewer District (FSSD) Act. An act to amend Sections 18, 27, 29, 46, 48, 56, 59, 150, and 153 of, to repeal Section 28 of, and to repeal and add Section 34 of, the Fairfield-Suisun Sewer District Act (Chapter 303 of the Statutes of 1951), relating to the Fairfield-Suisun Sewer District, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 560 (Santiago) Under the provisions of this measure, a public utility may not recover in rates any expenses incurred in assisting or deterring union organizing. Costs associated with assisting or deterring union organizing will be borne exclusively by the utility's shareholders. An act to add Section 468 to the Public Utilities Code, relating to union organizing.

• AB 591 (Cristina Garcia) Clarifies who can be an appointed member of the Central Basin Municipal Water District (District) Board of Directors (Board). An act to amend Sections 71265, 71266, and 71267 of the Water Code, relating to municipal water districts.

• AB 631 (McCarty) This bill reduces, from 80% to 67%, the nonweighted voting threshold of the Sacramento Regional Transit District (SacRT) board in order to authorize the detachment of territory from SacRT. An act to amend Section 102056 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to public transit.

• AB 689 (McCarty) Authorizes a pilot project until January 1, 2025, for the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) to hold nonstock security in private entities. An act to add and repeal Section 12773 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to the Municipal Utility District Act.

• AB 923 (Wicks) This bill expands the existing authority of the Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) to obtain electricity from additional categories of energy resources. Specifically, this bill authorizes BART to procure energy from any electrical corporation or marketer, and electricity purchased through a market operated by the California Independent System Operator (CAISO). This bill also requires BART to annually report to the California Energy Commission (CEC) the information that retail suppliers of electricity must disclose and report regarding their sources of energy and associated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. An act to amend Section 701.8 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to electricity.

• AB 1072 (Patterson) This bill modifies statute regarding the California Public Utilities Commission's (CPUC's) obligation to audit or review the books of the electric, gas, heat, telegraph, telephone and water corporations it regulates. An act to amend Sections 314.5 and 314.6 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to the Public Utilities Commission.

• AB 1079 (Santiago) Authorizes public safety agencies to test the systems that respond to 911 calls or communicate threats to life or property on unpublished or unlisted telephone numbers without first obtaining the subscriber's express consent. An act to amend Section 2891.1 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to telecommunications.

• AB 1089 (Mark Stone) This bill makes changes to the contracting requirements for the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District (Santa Cruz Metro), and alters appointments and reimbursements for the district's board of directors. An act to amend Section 20291 of the Public Contract Code, and to amend Section 98104 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to transportation.

• AB 1132 (Gabriel) Prohibits an individual from using false government information in a caller identification system (caller ID) with the intent to mislead, cause harm, deceive, or defraud the recipient of a call, and imposes a civil penalty of up to $10,000 for each violation. An act to add Section 2893.2 to the Public Utilities Code, relating to telecommunications.

• AB 1220 (Cristina Garcia) This bill provides that each Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) member agency cannot have fewer than the number of representatives the member agency had as of January 1, 2019. An act to amend Section 52 of the Metropolitan Water District Act (Chapter 209 of the Statutes of 1969), relating to metropolitan water districts.

• AB 1514 (Patterson) Authorizes a nurse practitioner to certify the needs of an individual who has been diagnosed by a physician and surgeon as being deaf or hard of hearing to participate in the California Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program (DDTP).

An act to amend Section 2881 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to telecommunications, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 1699 (Levine) Prohibits a mobile internet service provider from impairing or degrading the lawful internet traffic of first response agencies during an emergency. An act to add Section 2898 to the Public Utilities Code, relating to telecommunications.

• SB 70 (Nielsen) This bill requires each electrical corporation's wildfire mitigation plan to additionally include a description of where and how the electrical corporation considered undergrounding electrical distribution lines within those areas of its service territory identified to have the highest wildfire risk in a specified fire threat map. An act to amend Section 8386 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to electricity.

• SB 167 (Dodd) This bill requires electrical corporations to include impacts on customers enrolled in specified programs as part of the protocols for deenergizing portions of their electric distribution system within their wildfire mitigation plans. An act to amend Section 8386 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to electricity.

• SB 208 (Hueso) This bill requires telecommunications providers to implement caller identification (caller ID) authentication protections by January 1, 2021. This bill also allows the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to coordinate with the Attorney General to enforce federal prohibitions on illegal robocalls in California. An act to add Section 2893.5 to the Public Utilities Code, relating to communications.

• SB 247 (Dodd) This bill proposes several changes related to the vegetation management requirements of electrical corporations, including: requiring specified notifications to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Wildfire Safety Division (WSD) about the vegetation management conducted; requiring specified audits by the WSD; authorizing the WSD to engage an independent evaluator and issue a report; specifying qualifications and prevailing wages for line clearance tree trimmers, and other requirements. An act to amend Section 8386.3 of, and to add Section 8386.6 to, the Public Utilities Code, relating to wildland fire prevention.

• SB 324 (Rubio) Allows the Landscaping and Lighting District of Temple City to perform maintenance and make improvements under the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 (1972 Act). An act relating to street lighting.

• SB 397 (Glazer) This bill requires public transit operators to allow passengers to board a bus with their pets during the implementation of an emergency evacuation order, as specified. An act to add Section 99166 to the Public Utilities Code, relating to transit operators.

• SB 520 (Hertzberg) This bill provides that the electrical corporation is the provider of last resort (POLR), as defined, in its electric utility service territory unless provided otherwise in a service territory boundary agreement approved by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) or unless the CPUC designates a load-serving entity (LSE), as defined for all or a portion of that service territory. This bill establishes specified requirements for the process of designating and the qualifications required of the provider of last resort. An act to amend Section 216 of, and to add Article 8.5 (commencing with Section 387) to Chapter 2.3 of Part 1 of Division 1 of, the Public Utilities Code, relating to electricity.

• SB 550 (Hill) This bill requires the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to review specified safety elements for any proposed merger, acquisition or change in control of an electrical or gas investor owned utility (IOU) and conditions approval on a finding that, on balance, the transaction is in the public interest relative to those safety elements. This bill also clarifies the reviews required by the CPUC for any other asset transactions between a public utility and any other person or entity whether public or private. An act to amend Sections 851 and 854 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to public utilities.

• SB 560 (McGuire) This bill expands the protocols required as a result of the deenergizing of electrical lines initiated by an electrical corporation (electric IOU), a local publicly owned utility (POU), or an electrical cooperative (co-op) to mitigate the impact of the event on specified customers and critical services and specifies the duties of the facilities-based mobile telephony service providers (wireless carriers) before and during a deenergization event. An act to amend Sections 8386 and 8387 of, and to add Section 776.5 to, the Public Utilities Code, relating to communications.

• SB 646 (Morrell) Requires connection fees to bear a fair or reasonable relationship to the water or sewer connection that they fund. An act to amend Section 66013 of the Government Code, relating to utility services.

• SB 676 (Bradford) This bill requires the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to establish electric vehicle (EV)-grid integration strategies for certain load-serving entities (LSEs). This bill also requires local publicly owned electric utilities (POUs) to consider EV-grid integration strategies in their integrated resources plans (IRPs) and requires Community Choice Aggregators (CCAs) to report specified information to the CPUC regarding EV-grid integration activities. An act to add Section 740.16 to the Public Utilities Code, relating to transportation electrification.

• AB 46 (Carrillo) This bill replaces outdated terminology used to describe mental health conditions and individuals with mental health conditions. An act to amend Section 4005 of the Harbors and Navigation Code, to amend Sections 1026, 1367, 2625, 2960, 2962, 2966, 2968, 2970, 2972, 2974, 2978, 4011.6, 4497, 4497.10, and 6102 of the Penal Code, to amend Section 6100.5 of the Probate Code, to amend Section 253 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, and to amend Sections 4242, 5213, and 5300 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to mental health.

• AB 58 (Luz Rivas) Adds a representative of the California Department of Education (CDE) to the state Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council (HCFC). An act to amend Section 8257 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to homelessness.

• AB 121 (Committee on Budget) Provides for statutory clean-up changes necessary to enact human services related provisions of the Budget Act of 2019. As part of the 2019-20 budget package, this bill makes statutory changes to implement the budget act. An act to amend Sections 11004, 11323.2, and 11323.4 of, to amend and repeal Section 11323.3 of, and to add Section 11323.1 to, the Welfare and Institutions Code, to repeal Section 46 of Chapter 27 of the Statutes of 2019, and to amend the Budget Act of 2019 (Chapters 23 and 55 of the Statutes of 2019) by adding Item 5180-490 of Section 2.00 of that act, relating to social services, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget.

• AB 175 (Gipson) Expands the duties of the Office of the State Foster Care Ombudsperson, and expands, clarifies, and revises the rights of foster youth found in current statute under the Foster Youth Bill of Rights. An act to amend Section 1530.91 of the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Section 16164 of, and to repeal and add Section 16001.9 of, the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to foster care.

• AB 303 (Cervantes) Establishes procedures for requesting and granting continuances in Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) proceedings, as specified. An act to amend Section 6603 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to mental health.

• AB 333 (Eggman) Extends whistleblower protections to county patients' rights advocates appointed or under contract to provide services relating to mental health advocacy. An act to amend Section 5550 of, and to add Section 5525 to, the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to county patients' rights advocates.

• AB 426 (Maienschein) Prohibits a licensed health care professional from charging a fee for the completion of the medical certification form required to be eligible to In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS). An act to amend Section 12309.1 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to public social services.

• AB 494 (Berman) This bill requires the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) to issue guidance to county human services agencies, which establishes that the shelter costs reported by a CalFresh applicant or recipient are sufficient for determining excess shelter costs, as specified. This bill prohibits a county human services agency from requesting additional documents to verify excess shelter costs, except when the reported costs are questionable, and declares the provisions of this bill an urgency statute to ensure certain individuals receive timely CalFresh benefits. An act to add Section 18901.15 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to public social services, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 612 (Weber) Allows the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) to enter into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges (CCCs) in order to enable qualifying food facilities located on the campus to participate in the Restaurant Meals Program (RMP). An act to amend Section 18919 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to CalFresh.

• AB 728 (Santiago) Establishes, until January 1, 2025, a pilot program in the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Clara, and Ventura that allows homeless adult and family multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) established in these counties to have the goal of facilitating expedited identification, assessment, and linkage of individuals at risk of homelessness to housing and supportive services, and the goal of facilitating the expedited prevention of homelessness for those individuals. An act to amend Section 18999.8 of, and to add and repeal Section 18999.81 of, the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to homelessness.

• AB 748 (Gipson) Requires the court to hold a dispositional proceeding for a youth who is 18 years of age in order to be eligible for extended foster care benefits if certain criteria is met, as specified. An act to amend Section 358 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to nonminor dependents.

• AB 807 (Bauer-Kahan) Exempts certain income, including certain scholarships and income for work on the decennial census, from being counted as income for purposes of determining California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) eligibility and benefit amounts. An act to amend Section 11157 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to CalWORKs, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 819 (Mark Stone) Adopts changes to further facilitate implementation of Continuum of Care Reform (CCR) specifically as it relates to flexibility for resource families, exclusions from resource family homes, financial resources available to tribally approved homes, the provision of intensive services foster care (ISFC), and the ability of group home staff to administer emergency injections, among others. An act to amend Sections 1506.1, 1507.25, 1517, 1517.5, 1522, 1522.1, 1527, 1527.1, 1527.2, 1527.4, 1527.5, 1558, 1562.02, 1568.092, 1569.58, and 1596.8897 of the Health and Safety Code, to amend Section 11172 of the Penal Code, and to amend Sections 366.3, 11405, 11461, 11462, 11463, 16519.5, 16519.58, 18360.05, and 18360.15 of, and to add Sections 727.05, 16501.95, and 18360.20 to, the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to foster care.

• AB 865 (Reyes) Requires information related to commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) be provided to resource family applicants during the preapproval caregiver training process, requires counties to ensure that resource families that care for children who are 10 years of age or older attend, within 12 months of approval as a resource family, training on best practices for providing care to children who have been trafficked, and prohibits a resource family from being required to complete the training again, except in certain circumstances, as specified. An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 16519.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to foster care.

• AB 942 (Weber) Establishes the "Access to Safe Food Choices and Food Security Act of 2019" and requires the California Department of Social Services (CDSS), to the extent permitted by federal law, to establish a statewide Restaurant Meals Program (RMP), and to implement the provisions of this bill no later than September 1, 2020, by means of all-county letters (ACLs) or similar instructions from the director. An act to amend Section 18919 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to CalFresh.

• AB 960 (Maienschein) Expands the type of housing for which a California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) homeless assistance payment can be made to include a person with whom, or an establishment with which, the family requesting assistance has executed a valid lease, sublease, or shared housing agreement. An act to amend Section 11450 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to CalWORKs.

• AB 1061 (Gipson) Includes probation-supervised foster youth, and responsibilities for probation officers, in provisions of current law stipulating certain processes, requirements, and timelines regarding placement changes for foster youth who are dependents of the court. An act to amend Section 16010.7 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to foster care.

• AB 1118 (Blanca Rubio) This bill requires the Secretary of California Health and Human Services to consider applying to join the AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities on behalf of the State of California in developing the Master Plan for Aging. An act to add Section 9101.1 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to land use.

• AB 1287 (Nazarian) This bill requires the Master Plan for Aging, developed pursuant to Executive Order N-14-19, to consider the merits of utilizing a No Wrong Door System for assessing older adults, people with disabilities, and caregivers to obtain accurate information and timely referrals to community services and supports. This bill also requires consideration of a universal tool and process that is capable of assessing individual need and determining initial eligibility for long term services and supports (LTSS). An act to add Chapter 13 (commencing with Section 9800) to Division 8.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to public social services.

• AB 1301 (Cooley) Requires, beginning July 1, 2020, county child welfare agencies to compensate licensed private adoption agencies for adoption services, and allows counties to utilize certain unspent funds for additional activities related to permanency, as specified. An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 16122 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to child welfare services.

• AB 1336 (Smith) This bill expands the list of child health and safety concerns that may be funded via monies deposited into the Child Health and Safety Fund. An act to amend Section 18285 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to public social services.

• AB 1352 (Waldron) Requires mental health boards (MHB) to report directly to the county governing body and grants the MHBs autonomy to act, review, and report independently from the county mental health departments (CMHD) or county behavioral health departments (CBHD). An act to amend Sections 5604, 5604.2, 5604.3, 5604.5, and 5848 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to mental health.

• AB 1377 (Wicks) Requires the California Department of Education (CDE), Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), and the California Department of Social Services (CDSS), in consultation with stakeholders, to develop a proposed statewide process for utilizing certain data for purposes of increasing CalFresh enrollment, and requires the departments to issue recommendations to the relevant policy committees of the Legislature no later than August 31, 2020. An act to add Section 18901.56 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to CalFresh.

• AB 1396 (Obernolte) Allows a court that is issuing a protective order after a noticed hearing in response to elder abuse to also issue an order requiring the restrained party to attend mandatory clinical counseling or anger management courses provided by a mental or behavioral health professional licensed in the state to provide those services. An act to amend Section 15657.03 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to protective orders.

• SB 80 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) This bill provides for statutory changes necessary to enact human services related provisions of the Budget Act of 2019. An act to amend Section 8350 of the Education Code, to amend Sections 7911.1, 8632.5, 17208, 17306, and 17706 of, and to add Section 17306.1 to, the Family Code, to amend Sections 1522, 1596.66, 1596.67, 1596.871, 1597.09, and 1597.55a of, to add Section 1596.671 to, and to add Chapter 11.7 (commencing with Section 50807) to Part 2 of Division 31 of, the Health and Safety Code, to amend Section 11166 of the Penal Code, and to amend Sections 224.1, 4094.2, 4096.1, 4096.55, 9712.5, 11004, 11253, 11253.2, 11253.4, 11323.4, 11330.6, 11374, 11390, 11402.01, 11460, 11461.36, 11462.001, 11462.015, 11462.021, 11462.04, 11463, 11466, 11466.01, 11467, 11469, 12301.61, 12304.4, 12306.1, 12306.17, 13277, 13278, 13279, 13280, 13282, 13283, 14182.17, 15204.2, 15204.35, 15525, 16519.5, 16523, 16523.1, 17600.15, 17605, 17605.07, 17605.10, 17606.10, 17606.20, 18236, 18900.5, 18900.6, 18900.7, 18901.8, 18999, 18999.1, 18999.2, 18999.4, and 18999.6 of, to amend the heading of Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 13275) of Part 3 of Division 9 of, to amend and add Section 12306.16 of, to amend, repeal, and add Sections 11155, 11257, 11265.3, 11265.47, 11323.3, 11450, 11451.5, 18941, and 18995 of, to add Sections 9121, 10823.3, 11450.023, 11523.1, 13284, 13285, 16521.8, 17602.05, and 18900.8 to, to add Chapter 4.7 (commencing with Section 10835) to Part 2 of Division 9 of, to add Article 7 (commencing with Section 16523.5) to Chapter 5 of Part 4 of Division 9 of, to add Chapter 5.4 (commencing with Section 16526) to Part 4 of Division 9 of, to add and repeal Section 11523.2 of, to add and repeal Chapter 5.7 (commencing with Section 13400) of Part 3 of Division 9 of, to repeal Sections 4359, 10507, 10790, 10791, 10822, 11155.1, 11265.5, 11465.5, 13281, and 17600.70 of, to repeal and add Sections 11323.2, 13275, and 13276 of, and to repeal, add, and repeal Chapter 4.6 (commencing with Section 10831) of Part 2 of Division 9 of, the Welfare and Institutions Code, to amend Section 81 of Chapter 15 of the Statutes of 2017, to repeal Section 1 of Chapter 452 of the Statutes of 1996, and to repeal Section 1 of Chapter 561 of the Statutes of 1997, relating to human services, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget.

• SB 81 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) This bill provides for statutory changes necessary to enact developmental services related provisions of the Budget Act of 2019. An act to amend Sections 1180.4, 1567.62, 1567.70, and 1567.81 of the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Sections 4434, 4571, 4572, 4622, 4622.5, 4629, 4629.5, 4640.6, 4642, 4646, 4648, 4659.1, 4684.82, 4684.87, 4692, 4698, 6500, 6509, and 7505 of, and to add Sections 4474.16, 4474.17, 4519.2, 4519.4, 4625.6, 4625.7, 4639.6, 4640.9, 4691.12, and 4696.3 to, the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to developmental services, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget.

• SB 93 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) Supplemental Appropriations Bill for 2018-19. Specifically, this bill: appropriations funds to address $112.6 million of unanticipated costs encountered in the 2018-19 fiscal year. An act to amend the Budget Act of 2018 (Chapters 29 and 30 of the Statutes of 2018) by augmenting Item 9840-001-0001 of Section 2.00 of that act, relating to the state budget, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, budget bill.

• SB 94 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) This is the Public Safety Omnibus Trailer Bill for 2019-20. It contains various statutory changes necessary to implement the Budget Act of 2019. An act to amend Sections 6254, 8280, 8281, 8282, 8283, 8284, 8286, 8287, 8288, 8291, 8292, 8293, 8294, 8295, 8296, 13332.18, 15820.926, and 15820.946 of, to amend, repeal, and add Sections 12803, 12838, and 12838.1 of, to add Sections 8281.5 and 8290.5 to, and to add Article 1 (commencing with Section 12820) to Chapter 1 of Part 2.5 of Division 3 of Title 2 of, the Government Code, to amend Sections 490.4, 786.5, 853.6, 978.5, 1001.82, 1210.6, 5075, 13520, 13526, 13526.1, 13526.2, 13526.3, and 13899.1 of, to amend, repeal, and add Sections 830.5 and 2816 of, and to add Sections 830.53, 2936, 5007.3, 11105.9, 13503.5, and 30012 to, the Penal Code, to amend Section 1095 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, and to amend Section 1700 of, to amend, repeal, and add Sections 1703, 1710, 1711, 1712, 1714, 1731.5, and 1731.7 of, and to add and repeal Section 1752.2 of, the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to public safety, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget.

• SB 165 (Atkins) This bill requires the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to establish a pilot project, as specified, to evaluate the provision of medical interpretation services for limited English proficient (LEP) beneficiaries concurrently with implementing a study that would identify requirements for medical interpretation services and recommend strategies for improving medical interpretation services for LEP beneficiaries. An act to amend Sections 14146 and 14146.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to Medi-Cal.

• SB 172 (Portantino) This bill enacts a number of provisions related to firearms storage by (1) broadening criminal storage crimes; (2) adding criminal storage offenses to those offenses that can trigger a 10-year firearm ban; (3) creating an exemption to firearm loan requirements for the purposes of preventing suicide; and (4) imposing on residential care facilities for the elderly rules related to firearm and ammunition storage and reporting, and require the Department of Social Services (DSS) to promulgate regulations regarding storage at residential care facilities. An act to add Article 9.9 (commencing with Section 1567.90) to Chapter 3 of, Article 2 (commencing with Section 1568.095) to Chapter 3.01 of, and Article 2.7 (commencing with Section 1569.280) to Chapter 3.2 of, Division 2 of, and to add the heading of Article 1 (commencing with Section 1568.01) to Chapter 3.01 of Division 2 of, the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Sections 17060, 25100, 25105, 25200, 26835, 29805, and 31700 of, and to add Sections 27881, 27882, and 27883 to, the Penal Code, and to amend Section 4684.53 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to firearms.

• SB 173 (Dodd) This bill requires the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) to create a standardized form to be used by community colleges and universities to verify the workstudy eligibility of students who are approved and anticipate participating in state or federal workstudy, for purpose of determining eligibility for CalFresh benefits. An act to amend Section 18901.11 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to public social services.

• SB 228 (Jackson) This bill requires the Secretary of the California Health and Human Services (CHHS) Agency to lead the development and implementation of the Master Plan for Aging, as specified. This bill requires the Secretary to work with specified agencies to identify policies, efficiencies, and strategies necessary to implement the Master Plan, as specified. This bill also requires reports to be submitted to the Governor and the Legislature by October 1, 2020, and annual updates thereafter, until October 1, 2030, regarding the Master Plan. An act to add Chapter 14 (commencing with Section 9850) to Division 8.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to aging.

• SB 234 (Skinner) This bill revises and recasts statutes regarding licensed family daycare homes pertaining to local zoning laws and housing protections. An act to amend Sections 1596.72, 1596.73, 1596.78, 1597.30, 1597.45, and 1597.54 of, to add Sections 1597.41, 1597.42, and 1597.455 to, to repeal Section 1597.47 of, and to repeal and add Sections 1597.40, 1597.46, and 1597.543 of, the Health and Safety Code, relating to family daycare homes.

• SB 289 (Archuleta) This bill requires an active duty military service member's dependent child or spouse on the waiting list for specified waiver programs to retain waiting list status when the military service member receives a military order to transfer to another state, as specified. This bill requires the dependent child or spouse, who was enrolled in a waiver program and returns to the state, to be reenrolled in the waiver program if there is an open slot or be placed first on the waiting list and if specified conditions are met. This bill authorizes a dependent child or spouse to apply for specified waiver programs when a military service member residing in another state receives a military order to move to this state. An act to add Section 14132.993 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to Medi-Cal.

• SB 314 (Dodd) Adds abandonment to the Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act (EADACPA) as a basis for awarding enhanced remedies to victims of such abuse. An act to amend Section 15657 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to elders and dependent adults.

• SB 338 (Hueso) This bill establishes the "Senior and Disability Justice Act" which requires a local law enforcement agency that adopts or amends its policy regarding senior and disability victimization after April 13, 2021, to include information and training on elder and dependent adult abuse as specified. An act to amend Section 368.5 of, and to add Section 368.6 to, the Penal Code, and to amend Section 15650 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to elder and dependent adult abuse.

• SB 389 (Hertzberg) This bill permits Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) funds to be used to provide services to persons who are participating in a presentencing or post-sentencing diversion program or who are on parole, probation, post-release community supervision or mandatory supervision. It also specifies it furthers the intent of the proposition. An act to amend Section 5813.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to mental health, and making an appropriation therefor.

• SB 398 (Durazo) This bill makes various changes state law in order to conform with federal law, regulation, and guidance as they relate to the role and authority of the state's protection and advocacy agency (PAA) to ensure the rights and safety of individuals with disabilities. An act to amend Sections 4900, 4902, and 4903 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to public social services.

• SB 436 (Hurtado) This bill makes a number of changes to the Office of Child Abuse Prevention (OCAP), including: defining "family resource center" (FRC); adding a representative of a local child abuse prevention council or family strengthening organization as a potential member of an multidisciplinary personnel team (MDT); and requiring OCAP to use their federal funding to support coordination and share of best practices implemented by FRCs with other agencies, as provided. An act to amend Sections 18951, 18958, and 18961.7 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to child abuse.

• SB 453 (Hurtado) This bill requires the California Department Aging (CDA) to develop a core model of best practices for the Aging and Disability Resource Connection (ADRC) program, and requires these programs to implement these best practices by July 1, 2022, as specified. This bill requires CDA to take specified actions with regard to the implementation of the No Wrong Door (NWD) System, including, among other things, developing a plan for, overseeing the implementation of, and coordinating funding sources for the NWD System. This bill requires the State Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to determine if the Medicaid may fund the NWD System, as specified, and, if so, authorizes DHCS to take necessary action to receive that funding. This bill makes implementation of these provisions contingent on an appropriation of funds for those express purposes.

• SB 490 (Hurtado) This bill increases the threshold for collection of certain CalFresh overissuances from a household that is no longer receiving CalFresh benefits to $400. It also requires the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) to develop and implement a policy for compromising administrative error claims, in whole or in part, for households that include at least one elderly or disabled member, as specified. An act to amend Section 18927 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to CalFresh.

• SB 496 (Moorlach) This bill adds broker-dealers and investment advisors to the categories of persons who are mandated reporters of suspected abuse of an elder or dependent adult; allows mandated reporters who report suspected abuse to notify a trusted contact person previously designated by the elder or dependent adult for that purpose, as specified; and allows mandated reporters to temporarily delay requested account transactions and disbursements of elder or dependent adults, as specified. An act to amend Sections 15633, 15633.5, 15640, and 15655.5 of, and to add Section 15630.2 to, the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to elder or dependent adult abuse.

• SB 687 (Rubio) This bill requires the Governor to appoint one representative from either the California Community Colleges (CCC), University of California (UC), or California State University (CSU) to the Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council (HCFC). An act to amend Section 8257 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to homelessness.

• SB 735 (Leyva) This bill requires applications and redetermination forms for public assistance programs to include a question and notification about whether the applicant or recipient needs accommodations for a disability or domestic violence. An act to amend Section 10824.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to public social services.

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