Molodanof Government Relations

STATE LEGISLATIVE BILL
REPORT

Client:		Automotive Service Councils of California
Report Date:	September 21, 2015

CA AB 11	AUTHOR:	Gonzalez [D]	
	TITLE:	Employment: Paid Sick Days: In‑Home Supportive Services	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	12/01/2014	
	LAST AMEND:	03/11/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	Pending ‑ Carryover	
	LOCATION:	Assembly Appropriations Committee	
	SUMMARY:		
	Revises the definition of an employee under the Healthy workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 to include providers of in‑home support services.	
	STATUS:		
	05/28/2015	In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS:  Held in committee.	

CA AB 67	AUTHOR:	Gonzalez [D]	
	TITLE:	Double Pay on the Holiday Act of 2015	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	12/17/2014	
	LAST AMEND:	06/03/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	Pending ‑ Carryover	
	LOCATION:	Assembly Inactive File	
	SUMMARY:		
	Enacts the Double Pay on the Holiday Act of 2015. Requires an employer to pay at least two times the regular rate of pay to specified employees for work on a family holiday. Provides exceptions for employees of employers who employ a specified number of employees, or who are employed as a first responder or emergency personnel.	
	STATUS:		
	06/08/2015	In ASSEMBLY.  Reconsideration granted.	
	06/08/2015	In ASSEMBLY.  To Inactive File.	

CA AB 104	AUTHOR:	Weber [D]	
	TITLE:	Education Finance: Education Omnibus Trailer Bill	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	01/09/2015	
	ENACTED:	06/24/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	Enacted	
	LOCATION:	Chaptered	
	CHAPTER:	13	
	SUMMARY:		
	Relates to education finance to include parental knowledge of developmentally disabled services, child care and development services eligibility, child care reimbursement rates, state preschool, child care for CalWORKs recipients, school facility construction and modernization funding, school district and community college district funding, adult education programs, home‑to‑school transportation funding, kindergarten program funding, career technical education, adult education, and special education.	
	STATUS:		
	06/24/2015	Signed by GOVERNOR.	
	06/24/2015	Chaptered by Secretary of State.  Chapter No. 13	

CA AB 151	AUTHOR:	Rodriguez [D]	
	TITLE:	Income Taxes: Credits: Apprenticeships	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	01/15/2015	
	LAST AMEND:	05/20/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	Pending ‑ Carryover	
	LOCATION:	Assembly Appropriations Committee	
	SUMMARY:		
	Allows a credit against the Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law for each registered apprentice trained by the taxpayer in the taxable year, using a specified formula. Provides the calendar year aggregate cap. Requires the Division of Apprenticeship Standards to establish a procedure for taxpayers in the form and manner jointly prescribed by the Division and the Franchise Tax Board to apply and receive a certificate for purposes of the credit.	
	STATUS:		
	05/28/2015	In ASSEMBLY.  Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.	
	05/28/2015	In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS:  Held in committee.	

CA AB 198	AUTHOR:	Frazier [D]	
	TITLE:	Vehicles: Tow Truck Assistance	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	no	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	01/28/2015	
	ENACTED:	06/30/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	Enacted	
	LOCATION:	Chaptered	
	CHAPTER:	30	
	SUMMARY:		
	Authorizes a driver of a tow truck who is either operating under an agreement with the law enforcement agency responsible for investigating traffic collisions on the roadway or summoned by the owner or operator of a vehicle involved in a collision or is otherwise disabled on a roadway to utilize the center median or right shoulder of a roadway in the event of an emergency occurring on a roadway requiring the rapid removal of impediments to traffic or rendering of assistance, if specified conditions are met.	
	STATUS:		
	06/26/2015	*****To GOVERNOR.	
	06/26/2015	*****To GOVERNOR.	
	06/30/2015	Signed by GOVERNOR.	
	06/30/2015	Chaptered by Secretary of State.  Chapter No. 30	

CA AB 239	AUTHOR:	Gallagher [R]	
	TITLE:	Greenhouse Gases: Regulations	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	02/05/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	Pending ‑ Carryover	
	LOCATION:	Assembly Natural Resources Committee	
	SUMMARY:		
	prohibits the State Air Resources Board from adopting or amending regulations pursuant to the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. Authorizes the Board to submit to the Legislature recommendations on how to achieve the goals of the act.	
	STATUS:		
	03/23/2015	In ASSEMBLY Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES:  Failed passage.	
	03/23/2015	In ASSEMBLY Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES:  Reconsideration granted.	

CA AB 265	AUTHOR:	Holden [D]	
	TITLE:	Consumer Protection: Buy‑Here‑Pay‑Here Dealers	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	02/10/2015	
	ENACTED:	08/12/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	Enacted	
	LOCATION:	Chaptered	
	CHAPTER:	179	
	SUMMARY:		
	Requires the written disclosure provided by a motor vehicle dealer to a buyer at the time of a sale to inform the buyer that a warning will be provided before the use of a starter interrupt technology for all weekly payment term contracts and on all other contracts, and a final warning will be provided before the use of such technology to shut down the vehicle remotely. Requires a time of the sale disclosure to inform a buyer that they will be provided with the ability to start a dealer‑disabled vehicle.	
	STATUS:		
	08/12/2015	Signed by GOVERNOR.	
	08/12/2015	Chaptered by Secretary of State.  Chapter No. 179	

CA AB 287	AUTHOR:	Gordon [D]	
	TITLE:	Vehicles: Safety Recalls	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	02/11/2015	
	LAST AMEND:	05/28/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	Pending ‑ Carryover	
	LOCATION:	Senate Transportation and Housing Committee	
	SUMMARY:		
	Enacts the Consumer Automotive Recall Safety Act. Requires a vehicle manufacture to display recall‑related notifications on a Web site. Requires providing a rental or loaner car for those seeking to have a recall repair. Requires the manufacturer to reimburse its franchisees for the rental or loaner car and storage of the vehicle. Relates to reimbursement discrimination. Prohibits the sale of a recall‑related vehicle until it has been repaired. Relates to registration and certificates of ownership.	
	STATUS:		
	06/11/2015	To SENATE Committees on TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING and JUDICIARY.	

CA AB 304	AUTHOR:	Gonzalez [D]	
	TITLE:	Sick Leave: Accrual and Limitations	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	yes	
	INTRODUCED:	02/12/2015	
	ENACTED:	07/13/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	Enacted	
	LOCATION:	Chaptered	
	CHAPTER:	67	
	SUMMARY:		
	Amends the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014. Delays the requirement an employer provide an employee with notice of the amount of paid sick leave available, or paid time off an employer provides in lieu of sick leave. Permits an employer who provides unlimited sick leave to its employees to satisfy requirements by indicating the term unlimited on a wage statement. Provides limits. Makes changes about eligibility for accrued sick leave and the calculation of paid sick leave using total wages.	
	STATUS:		
	07/13/2015	Chaptered by Secretary of State.  Chapter No. 67	

CA AB 305	AUTHOR:	Gonzalez [D]	
	TITLE:	Workers' Compensation: Permanent Disability	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	no	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	02/12/2015	
	LAST AMEND:	09/03/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	To Governor	
	LOCATION:	To Governor	
	SUMMARY:		
	Prohibits, under workers' compensation, the apportionment of permanent disability, in the case of a physical injury, from being based on pregnancy or menopause if the condition is contemporaneous with the claimed physical psychiatric injury. Prohibits same in the case of psychiatric injury, from being based on psychiatric disability or impairment caused by sexual harassment, pregnancy, or menopause. Relates to ratings for breast cancer and its sequelae.	
	STATUS:		
	09/18/2015	*****To GOVERNOR.	

CA AB 335	AUTHOR:	Patterson [R]	
	TITLE:	Air Quality: Minor Violations	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	02/13/2015	
	LAST AMEND:	04/06/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	Failed	
	LOCATION:	ASSEMBLY	
	SUMMARY:		
	Requires the State Air Resources Board and air pollution control and air quality management districts to adopt regulations classifying minor violations. Requires a representative of those agencies to issue a notice to comply. Requires the State Air Resources Board to report to the Legislature regarding implementation of these provisions. Exempts such districts from these provisions if the districts have a similar program in effect as of a specified date.	
	STATUS:		
	05/19/2015	From ASSEMBLY Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES without further action pursuant to JR 62(a).	

CA AB 507	AUTHOR:	Olsen [R]	
	TITLE:	Department of Consumer Affairs: BreEZe System	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	yes	
	INTRODUCED:	02/23/2015	
	LAST AMEND:	07/09/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	Pending ‑ Carryover	
	LOCATION:	Senate Business, Professions & Economic Development Committee	
	SUMMARY:		
	Requires the Department of Consumer Affairs to submit an annual report to the Legislature and the Department of Finance that includes the Department's plans for implementing the BreEZe system at specified regulatory entities included in the Department's 3rd phase of the implementation project, when available, including, a timeline for the implementation. Requires posting the name of each regulatory entity that is utilizing the system on the Department's Internet Web site.	
	STATUS:		
	07/13/2015	Re‑referred to SENATE Committee on BUSINESS, PROFESSIONS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.	

CA AB 543	AUTHOR:	Quirk [D]	
	TITLE:	Proposition 65: Exposure	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	no	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	02/23/2015	
	LAST AMEND:	04/06/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	Pending ‑ Carryover	
	LOCATION:	Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee	
	SUMMARY:		
	Relates to Proposition 65 exposure. Provides that a person, in the course of doing business, does not knowingly and intentionally expose an individual to a chemical known to the State to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity if there exists an exposure assessment that meets specified requirements.	
	STATUS:		
	04/28/2015	In ASSEMBLY Committee on ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY AND TOXIC MATERIALS:  Heard, remains in Committee.	

CA AB 550	AUTHOR:	Waldron [R]	
	TITLE:	Smog Check: Exemption: Fee	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	02/23/2015	
	LAST AMEND:	03/26/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	Pending ‑ Carryover	
	LOCATION:	Assembly Transportation Committee	
	SUMMARY:		
	Allows the owner of a motor vehicle that is subject to the smog check program to pay a specified smog abatement fee in lieu of passing a smog test if the motor vehicle meets specified criteria. Requires the fee to be deposited in the Air Quality Improvement Fund.	
	STATUS:		
	04/20/2015	In ASSEMBLY Committee on TRANSPORTATION:  Not heard.	

CA AB 628	AUTHOR:	Bloom [D]	
	TITLE:	Used Oil	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	no	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	02/24/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	Pending ‑ Carryover	
	LOCATION:	Senate Environmental Quality Committee	
	SUMMARY:		
	Clarifies that the synthetic oil referred to in the definition of used oil may be from any source.	
	STATUS:		
	05/21/2015	To SENATE Committee on ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.	

CA AB 708	AUTHOR:	Jones‑Sawyer [D]	
	TITLE:	Consumer Products: Content Information	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	no	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	02/25/2015	
	LAST AMEND:	09/11/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	Pending ‑ Carryover	
	LOCATION:	Assembly Business and Professions Committee	
	SUMMARY:		
	Requires the manufacturer of designated cleaning products for retail sale in the State to disclose each ingredient contained in the product on the label, post the product ingredient information and certain additional information on the manufacturer's Internet Web site, and provide the Internet Web site and page address on the product label, along with a prescribed statement.	
	STATUS:		
	09/11/2015	From ASSEMBLY Committee on BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS with author's amendments.	
	09/11/2015	In ASSEMBLY.  Read second time and amended. Re‑referred to Committee on BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS.	

CA AB 750	AUTHOR:	Low [D]	
	TITLE:	Business and Professions: Retired Category: Licenses	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	02/25/2015	
	LAST AMEND:	04/16/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	Pending ‑ Carryover	
	LOCATION:	Assembly Appropriations Committee	
	SUMMARY:		
	Authorizes any of the boards, bureaus, commissions, or programs within the Department of Consumer Affairs to establish by regulation a system for a retired category of license for persons who are not actively engaged in the practice of their profession or vocation. Prohibits the holder of a retired license from engaging in any activity for which a license is required, unless regulation specifies the criteria for a retired licensee to practice. Requires investigations of retired or inactive licensees.	
	STATUS:		
	05/28/2015	In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS:  Held in committee.	

CA AB 808	AUTHOR:	Ridley‑Thomas S [D]	
	TITLE:	Automotive Fuels and Products	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	02/26/2015	
	LAST AMEND:	07/16/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	To Governor	
	LOCATION:	To Governor	
	SUMMARY:		
	Authorizes the establishment of interim specification for alternative fuels until specified conditions are met. Requires the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to establish the method of sale of motor vehicle fuels and lubricants sold at retail to the public. Prohibits the conditional sale of motor vehicle fuel rather than petroleum products. Deletes the exemption for full service car wash facilities. Revises the classifications and specifications to which engine oil or lubricants are required to conform.	
	STATUS:		
	09/16/2015	*****To GOVERNOR.	

CA AB 873	AUTHOR:	Jones [R]	
	TITLE:	Automotive Repair	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	02/26/2015	
	LAST AMEND:	04/13/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	Pending ‑ Carryover	
	LOCATION:	Senate Business, Professions & Economic Development Committee	
	SUMMARY:		
	Amends the Automotive Repair Act. Recasts the definition of repair of motor vehicles to delete the listing of various types of excluded minor services, and would exclude roadside services, and would similarly recast the definition of automotive technician to delete these references, and deletes provisions describing the specific work to be performed by an automotive technician.	
	STATUS:		
	05/21/2015	To SENATE Committee on BUSINESS, PROFESSIONS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.	
	Position:	Support	

CA AB 904	AUTHOR:	Perea [D]	
	TITLE:	Air Quality Improvement: Vehicle Rebate Project	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	02/26/2015	
	LAST AMEND:	07/13/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	Pending ‑ Carryover	
	LOCATION:	Senate Appropriations Committee	
	SUMMARY:		
	Relates to the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project. Requires the state board to establish the Clean Reused Vehicle Rebate Project, as a part of the Air Quality Improvement Program, to provide rebates or other incentives for the acquisition of an eligible used vehicle, the replacement or refurbishment of a battery and related components for an eligible used vehicle, or an extended warranty for the battery or related components, or an extended service warranty to cover unexpected vehicles repairs.	
	STATUS:		
	08/27/2015	In SENATE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS:  Held in committee.	

CA AB 907	AUTHOR:	Burke [D]	
	TITLE:	Career Training: Adult Students	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	yes	
	INTRODUCED:	02/26/2015	
	LAST AMEND:	04/30/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	Pending ‑ Carryover	
	LOCATION:	Senate Education Committee	
	SUMMARY:		
	Authorizes the Superintendent Public Instruction to certify any regional occupational center or program, county office of education, or adult education program, that provides a program of training to prepare adult students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation, to legally authorize the center, program, or office to provide an education program beyond secondary education.	
	STATUS:		
	06/17/2015	In SENATE Committee on EDUCATION:  Not heard.	

CA AB 916	AUTHOR:	O'Donnell [D]	
	TITLE:	Career Technical Education: Student Organizations	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	02/26/2015	
	LAST AMEND:	04/20/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	Pending ‑ Carryover	
	LOCATION:	Assembly Appropriations Committee	
	SUMMARY:		
	Appropriates a specified amount of funds from the General fund to the State Department of Education for the purposes of allocating funds to a certain county office of education in support of career technical education student organizations.	
	STATUS:		
	05/28/2015	In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS:  Held in committee.	

CA AB 1017	AUTHOR:	Campos [D]	
	TITLE:	Employers	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	02/26/2015	
	LAST AMEND:	08/24/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	To Governor	
	LOCATION:	To Governor	
	SUMMARY:		
	Prohibits an employer from seeking salary history information about an applicant for employment. Provides an exception.	
	STATUS:		
	09/16/2015	*****To GOVERNOR.	

CA AB 1038	AUTHOR:	Jones [R]	
	TITLE:	Employment: Flexible Work Schedules	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	02/26/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	Pending ‑ Carryover	
	LOCATION:	Assembly Labor and Employment Committee	
	SUMMARY:		
	Permits certain employees to request an employee‑selected flexible work schedule providing for workdays up to 10 hours per day within a 40‑hour workweek. Allows an employer to implement this schedule without the obligation to pay overtime compensation.	
	STATUS:		
	04/22/2015	In ASSEMBLY Committee on LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT:  Failed passage.	
	04/22/2015	In ASSEMBLY Committee on LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT:  Reconsideration granted.	

CA AB 1176	AUTHOR:	Perea [D]	
	TITLE:	Vehicular Air Pollution	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	yes	
	INTRODUCED:	02/27/2015	
	LAST AMEND:	08/18/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	Pending ‑ Carryover	
	LOCATION:	Senate Appropriations Committee	
	SUMMARY:		
	Establishes the Advanced Low‑Carbon Diesel Fuels Access program administered by the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, for reducing greenhouse gas emissions of diesel motor vehicles by providing capital assistance for projects that expand advanced low‑carbon diesel fueling infrastructure in communities that are disproportionately impacted by environmental hazards and where the greatest air quality impacts can be identified. Relates to contract, grant, or loan extension.	
	STATUS:		
	08/27/2015	In SENATE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS:  Held in committee.	

CA AB 1178	AUTHOR:	Achadjian [R]	
	TITLE:	Vehicles: Manufacturers and Distributors	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	no	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	02/27/2015	
	LAST AMEND:	09/04/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	To Governor	
	LOCATION:	To Governor	
	SUMMARY:		
	Provides that it would be unlawful to take or threaten to take adverse action against a vehicle dealer pursuant to an export and sale‑for‑resale prohibition because the dealer sold or leased a vehicle to a customer who exported the vehicle or resold the vehicle unless the policy was provided to the dealer in writing in a specified manner. Provides for a rebuttable presumption in connection with certain registration and tax collection practices by a dealer and the burden of proof in certain proceedings.	
	STATUS:		
	09/18/2015	*****To GOVERNOR.	

CA AB 1181	AUTHOR:	Calderon I [D]	
	TITLE:	Career Technical Education	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	02/27/2015	
	LAST AMEND:	03/26/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	Pending ‑ Carryover	
	LOCATION:	Assembly Education Committee	
	SUMMARY:		
	Amends existing law that requires adult school and evening high schools to consist of classes for adults, and authorizes minors to be admitted into those classes pursuant to policy adopted by the governing board of the school and if those minors meet certain eligibility requirements. Authorizes those classes to include postsecondary career technical education programs.	
	STATUS:		
	03/26/2015	From ASSEMBLY Committee on EDUCATION with author's amendments.	
	03/26/2015	In ASSEMBLY.  Read second time and amended. Re‑referred to Committee on EDUCATION.	

CA AB 1222	AUTHOR:	Bloom [D]	
	TITLE:	Tow Trucks	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	02/27/2015	
	LAST AMEND:	06/23/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	To Governor	
	LOCATION:	To Governor	
	SUMMARY:		
	Applies provisions regarding the removal of a vehicle without permission to towing companies. Requires that the towing company or the owner or operator of the tow truck possess specified information prior to arriving at the scene, or obtain that information prior to leaving the scene. Requires that information to be made available to law enforcement. Requires providing a towed vehicle's owner or operator with an itemized estimate of all charges and services to be performed. Provides misdemeanor violations.	
	STATUS:		
	09/01/2015	*****To GOVERNOR.	

CA AB 1239	AUTHOR:	Gordon [D]	
	TITLE:	Tire Recycling: State Tire Regulatory Fee: Waste Tires	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	02/27/2015	
	LAST AMEND:	05/05/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	Pending ‑ Carryover	
	LOCATION:	Senate Environmental Quality Committee	
	SUMMARY:		
	Relates to the StateTire Recycling Management Fund. Requires a waste tire generator to pay a State regulatory tire fee. Authorizes the establishment of such fee in amount that is sufficient to costs association with regulating retail sellers. Enacts the Tire Recycling Incentive Program Act that would provide incentive payments for entities using crumb rubber. Authorizes an adjustment of such payments.	
	STATUS:		
	06/11/2015	To SENATE Committee on ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.	

CA AB 1252	AUTHOR:	Jones [R]	
	TITLE:	Proposition 65: Enforcement	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	02/27/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	Pending ‑ Carryover	
	LOCATION:	Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee	
	SUMMARY:		
	Amends the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986. Imposes requirements with regard to a person filing an enforcement action in the public interest upon a person for a violation of the requirement to provide a warning for exposure to a chemical known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity, if the person employs fewer than 25 employees.	
	STATUS:		
	04/14/2015	In ASSEMBLY Committee on ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY AND TOXIC MATERIALS:  Failed passage.	
	04/14/2015	In ASSEMBLY Committee on ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY AND TOXIC MATERIALS:  Reconsideration granted.	

CA AB 1264	AUTHOR:	Medina [D]	
	TITLE:	Vehicles: Emergency Contract Locator Database	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	02/27/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	Pending ‑ Carryover	
	LOCATION:	Assembly Transportation Committee	
	SUMMARY:		
	Enacts the Motor Vehicle Emergency Contractor Locator Act of 2015. Requires a vehicle identification number emergency contact locator database to be established by motor vehicle manufacturers in conjunction with the law enforcement agencies and the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System.	
	STATUS:		
	03/23/2015	To ASSEMBLY Committee on TRANSPORTATION.	

CA AB 1470	AUTHOR:	Alejo [D]	
	TITLE:	Working Hours: Overtime	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	02/27/2015	
	LAST AMEND:	04/06/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	Pending ‑ Carryover	
	LOCATION:	Assembly Labor and Employment Committee	
	SUMMARY:		
	Establishes a rebuttable presumption that an employee is exempt from overtime pay if the employee earns a specified total gross annual compensation and regularly performs any of the exempt duties and responsibilities of an executive, administrative, or professional employee. Requires evidence of total gross compensation did not reach the required minimum, that the employee did not earn a specified minimum amount per week, or that the employee did not perform as any of the above professionals.	
	STATUS:		
	04/06/2015	From ASSEMBLY Committee on LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT with author's amendments.	
	04/06/2015	In ASSEMBLY.  Read second time and amended. Re‑referred to Committee on LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT.	

CA AB 1474	AUTHOR:	Chavez [R]	
	TITLE:	Community Colleges: Technical Education Bond Act	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	02/27/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	Pending ‑ Carryover	
	LOCATION:	Assembly Higher Education Committee	
	SUMMARY:		
	Enacts the Community College Career Technical Education Bond Act, which if adopted by the voters would authorize the issuance of bonds to finance a community college career technical education bond program.	
	STATUS:		
	03/26/2015	To ASSEMBLY Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION.	

CA AB 1508	AUTHOR:	Hernandez R [D]	
	TITLE:	Underground Economy: Policy Advisor	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	03/04/2015	
	LAST AMEND:	03/26/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	Pending ‑ Carryover	
	LOCATION:	Senate Inactive File	
	SUMMARY:		
	Requires the Governor to designate an independent chief policy adviser for the underground economy. Requires the adviser to monitor the State's existing underground economy task forces and interagency partnerships to ensure that they are organized efficiently and evaluating whether any such task forces and partnerships should be eliminated or restructured to improve effectiveness.	
	STATUS:		
	09/10/2015	In SENATE.  From third reading.  To Inactive File.	

CA AB 1513	AUTHOR:	Williams [D]	
	TITLE:	Workers' Compensation and Piece‑Rate Compensation	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	03/05/2015	
	LAST AMEND:	09/09/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	To Governor	
	LOCATION:	Enrolled	
	SUMMARY:		
	Amends existing law that requires the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation to undertake a specified study examining the causes of the number of insolvencies among workers' compensation insurers. Repeals these obsolete workers' compensation study requirements. Requires updated information on the itemized statement given to employees who are compensated on a piece‑rate basis and meal and rest or recovery periods. Provides an employer affirmative defense for any cause of action.	
	STATUS:		
	09/16/2015	Enrolled.	

CA SB 3	AUTHOR:	Leno [D]	
	TITLE:	State Minimum Wage	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	12/01/2014	
	LAST AMEND:	03/11/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	Pending ‑ Carryover	
	LOCATION:	Assembly Appropriations Committee	
	SUMMARY:		
	Provides for a graduated increase in the state's minimum wage as of specified calendar years and an increase yearly thereafter using the state consumer price index. Prohibits the Industrial Welfare Commission from reducing the minimum wage and from adjusting the minimum wage if the average wage of inflation for the previous year was negative. Requires the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement to publicize the automatically adjusted minimum wage.	
	STATUS:		
	08/27/2015	In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS:  Not heard.	
	Position:	Oppose	

CA SB 5	AUTHOR:	Vidak [R]	
	TITLE:	Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: Compliance	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	yes	
	INTRODUCED:	12/01/2014	
	DISPOSITION:	Pending ‑ Carryover	
	LOCATION:	Senate Environmental Quality Committee	
	SUMMARY:		
	Relates to the State Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. Authorizes the State Air Resources Board to include the use of market‑based compliance mechanisms. Exempts categories of persons or entities that did not have a compliance obligation under a market‑based compliance mechanism from being subject to that market‑based compliance mechanism through a specified date.	
	STATUS:		
	04/15/2015	In SENATE Committee on ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY:  Failed passage.	
	04/15/2015	In SENATE Committee on ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY:  Reconsideration granted.	

CA SB 8	AUTHOR:	Hertzberg [D]	
	TITLE:	Taxation	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	no	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	12/01/2014	
	LAST AMEND:	02/10/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	Pending ‑ Carryover	
	LOCATION:	Senate Governance and Finance Committee	
	SUMMARY:		
	Expands the Sales and Use Tax Law to impose a tax on the gross receipts from the sale in the State or, or the receipt of the benefit in the State of services at a specified percentage rate.	
	STATUS:		
	02/19/2015	Re‑referred to SENATE Committee on GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE.	
	Position:	Concerns	

CA SB 16	AUTHOR:	Beall [D]	
	TITLE:	Transportation Funding	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	yes	
	INTRODUCED:	12/01/2014	
	LAST AMEND:	06/01/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	Pending ‑ Carryover	
	LOCATION:	Senate Inactive File	
	SUMMARY:		
	Creates the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Program and a related fund for deferred highway and local road maintenance. Provides for an increase in motor vehicle fuel tax, a vehicle registration fee, commercial vehicle weight fees. Transfers a portion of the diesel fuel tax increase to the Trade Corridors Investment Fund. Increases the vehicle license fee for transportation bond debt service. Relates to petroleum storage taxes. Relates to allocation for supplemental project allocation requests.	
	STATUS:		
	09/09/2015	In SENATE.  From third reading.  To Inactive File.	

CA SB 32	AUTHOR:	Pavley [D]	
	TITLE:	Global Warning Solutions Act of 2006	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	12/01/2014	
	LAST AMEND:	09/10/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	Pending ‑ Carryover	
	LOCATION:	Assembly Natural Resources Committee	
	SUMMARY:		
	Requires the State Air Resources Board to approve a specified statewide greenhouse gas emission limits that are the equivalent to a specified percentage below the 1990 level to be achieved by 2030. Revises current provisions of existing law regarding the implementation of the next update of a greenhouse gas scoping plan under existing law. Requires reports regarding reaching these limits.	
	STATUS:		
	09/10/2015	Re‑referred to ASSEMBLY Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES.	
	09/10/2015	From ASSEMBLY Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES with author's amendments.	
	09/10/2015	In ASSEMBLY.  Read second time and amended. Re‑referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES.	

CA SB 61	AUTHOR:	Hill [D]	
	TITLE:	Driving Under the Influence: Ignition Interlock Device	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	12/29/2014	
	LAST AMEND:	04/07/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	To Governor	
	LOCATION:	To Governor	
	SUMMARY:		
	Provides an individual whose license has been suspended for driving a motor vehicle with a certain blood‑alcohol concentration and who is eligible for a restricted driver's license may be eligible without serving any period of the suspension if the person meets all other eligibility requirements and the person installs such device. Authorizes installation prior to license suspension. Requires a person convicted of DUI to install such device on all vehicles. Provides for reinstatement for device tampering.	
	STATUS:		
	09/03/2015	*****To GOVERNOR.	

CA SB 66	AUTHOR:	Leyva [D]	
	TITLE:	Career Technical Education Pathways Program	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	yes	
	INTRODUCED:	01/07/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	Pending ‑ Carryover	
	LOCATION:	Senate Education Committee	
	SUMMARY:		
	Extends the operation of the Career Technical Education Pathways Program, which requires the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and the Superintendent of Public Instruction to assist economic and workforce regional development centers and consortia, community colleges, middle schools, high schools, and regional occupational centers and programs to improve linkages and career technical education pathways between high schools and community colleges.	
	STATUS:		
	01/15/2015	To SENATE Committee on EDUCATION.	

CA SB 77	AUTHOR:	Budget and Fiscal Review Cmt	
	TITLE:	Education Finance: Education Omnibus Trailer Bill	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	01/09/2015	
	LAST AMEND:	06/16/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	Pending ‑ Carryover	
	LOCATION:	Assembly Budget Committee	
	SUMMARY:		
	Relates to education finance to include parental knowledge of developmentally disabled services, child care and development services eligibility, child care reimbursement rates, state preschool, child care for CalWORKs recipients, school facility construction and modernization funding, school district and community college district funding, adult education programs, home‑to‑school transportation funding, kindergarten program funding, career technical education, adult education, and special education.	
	STATUS:		
	06/25/2015	Re‑referred to ASSEMBLY Committee on BUDGET.	

CA SB 148	AUTHOR:	McGuire [D]	
	TITLE:	School Districts: Reorganization: Local Control Funding	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	01/29/2015	
	LAST AMEND:	08/27/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	To Governor	
	LOCATION:	To Governor	
	SUMMARY:		
	Enacts numerous provisions specifying computations to determine the funding, pursuant to the local control funding formula, of school districts that are, or proposed to be, affected by the various types of actions that may be undertaken to reorganize districts.	
	STATUS:		
	09/10/2015	*****To GOVERNOR.	

CA SB 206	AUTHOR:	Gaines T [R]	
	TITLE:	Vehicle Information Systems	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	02/11/2015	
	LAST AMEND:	05/06/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	Pending ‑ Carryover	
	LOCATION:	Senate Appropriations Committee	
	SUMMARY:		
	Prohibits the State Air Resources Board from obtaining locational data from a vehicle information system, except to assist the vehicle owner or operator to use as a defense in an enforcement action brought by the Board.	
	STATUS:		
	05/28/2015	In SENATE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS:  Held in committee.	

CA SB 251	AUTHOR:	Roth [D]	
	TITLE:	Disability Access: Civil Rights: Income Tax Credit	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	02/18/2015	
	LAST AMEND:	09/04/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	To Governor	
	LOCATION:	Enrolled	
	SUMMARY:		
	Relates to discrimination, construction‑related accessibility claims and certain demand letters. Makes changes concerning the exchange of demand letters. Excludes certain violations from the scope of accessibility standard violations. Exempts a defendant from liability for certain damages with respect to a structure or area inspected by an access specialist in certain cases. Makes other changes concerning inspections and permits. Allows personal and business tax credits for certain access expenditures.	
	STATUS:		
	09/15/2015	Enrolled.	

CA SB 350	AUTHOR:	De Leon [D]	
	TITLE:	Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	02/24/2015	
	LAST AMEND:	09/11/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	To Governor	
	LOCATION:	Enrolled	
	SUMMARY:		
	Requires an increase in the amount of electricity generated and sold to retail customers per year from eligible renewable energy resources. Makes other Renewables Portfolio Standards Program revisions. Requires targets for energy efficiency savings and demand reduction for gas and electrical corporations. Relates to the transformation of the Independent System Operator as a regional organization with the approval of the Legislature, pursuant to a specified process.	
	STATUS:		
	09/14/2015	Enrolled.	
	Position:	Oppose	

CA SB 358	AUTHOR:	Jackson [D]	
	TITLE:	Conditions of Employment: Gender Wage Differential	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	02/24/2015	
	LAST AMEND:	07/09/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	To Governor	
	LOCATION:	To Governor	
	SUMMARY:		
	Relates to conditions of employment and a gender wage differential. Eliminates a requirement the pay differential be within the same establishment. Prohibits an employer from discharging, discriminating or retaliating against any employee by reason of any action taken by the employee to invoke or assist in any manner the enforcement of equal work provisions. Authorizes related civil actions. Prohibits an employer from prohibiting employees from discussions regarding wages. Relates to recordkeeping.	
	STATUS:		
	09/01/2015	*****To GOVERNOR.	

CA SB 368	AUTHOR:	Berryhill [R]	
	TITLE:	Employment: Work Hours	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	02/24/2015	
	LAST AMEND:	04/16/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	Pending ‑ Carryover	
	LOCATION:	Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee	
	SUMMARY:		
	Enacts the Workplace Flexibility Act of 2015. Permits an individual nonexempt employee to request an employee‑selected flexible work schedule providing for workdays up to a specified number of hours per day within a standard work week. Allows the employer to implement the schedule without the obligation to pay overtime for additional hours in a workday. Prescribes a method for calculating overtime hours. Provides an exemption for employees covered by collective bargaining.	
	STATUS:		
	04/22/2015	Re‑referred to SENATE Committee on LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS.	

CA SB 406	AUTHOR:	Jackson [D]	
	TITLE:	Employment: Leave	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	02/25/2015	
	LAST AMEND:	09/04/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	To Governor	
	LOCATION:	To Governor	
	SUMMARY:		
	Amends the Moore‑Brown‑Roberti Family Rights Act concerning unpaid leave. Expands the persons and purposes for which leave is required to be provided under the Act. Redefines the term child to include specified types of relatives not directly related by blood to the employee requesting leave. Removes the restriction on age and dependent status. Expands the definition of leave with regard to caring for persons with a serious health condition. Includes parent‑in‑law in the definition of parent.	
	STATUS:		
	09/18/2015	*****To GOVERNOR.	

CA SB 579	AUTHOR:	Jackson [D]	
	TITLE:	Employees: Time Off	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	02/26/2015	
	LAST AMEND:	07/16/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	To Governor	
	LOCATION:	To Governor	
	SUMMARY:		
	Includes the addressing of a child care provider emergency or a school emergency and the finding, enrolling, or reenrolling a child in a school or with a child care provider as activities for which a parent having child custody shall not discriminated against or discharged. Defines parent to include specified family members. Requires an employer to permit an employee to use sick leave for purposes of the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act. Redefines sick leave. Prohibits certain employer actions.	
	STATUS:		
	09/08/2015	*****To GOVERNOR.	

CA SB 618	AUTHOR:	Pavley [D]	
	TITLE:	Educational Apprenticeships: Grant Programs	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	02/27/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	Pending ‑ Carryover	
	LOCATION:	Senate Appropriations Committee	
	SUMMARY:		
	Establishes a statewide grant program for educational apprenticeship programs under the administration of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Requires that a grant allocated by the Superintendent to be distributed on a competitive basis, subject to funding being made available in the annual Budget Act. Specifies certain criteria to be applied by the Superintendent to determine the competitive value of an application for a grant.	
	STATUS:		
	05/28/2015	In SENATE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS:  Held in committee.	

CA SB 778	AUTHOR:	Allen [D]	
	TITLE:	Automotive Oil Source Reduction	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	02/27/2015	
	LAST AMEND:	04/20/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	Pending ‑ Carryover	
	LOCATION:	Senate Appropriations Committee	
	SUMMARY:		
	Requires all automotive oil sold in the State to be certified by the oil manufacturer to achieve a specified minimum useful mileage life when used in accordance with automobile manufactuer's recommendations, and to meet current automotive industry standards.	
	STATUS:		
	05/28/2015	In SENATE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS:  Held in committee.	

CA SCA 5	AUTHOR:	Hancock [D]	
	TITLE:	Local Government Finance	
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes	
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no	
	INTRODUCED:	03/26/2015	
	LAST AMEND:	07/16/2015	
	DISPOSITION:	Pending ‑ Carryover	
	LOCATION:	Senate Governance and Finance Committee	
	SUMMARY:		
	Proposes an amendment to the Constitution to provide an increased personal property tax exemption for businesses, a real property tax exemption for any increased value to business property, and requiring only a partial real property tax payment for reassessed commercial and industrial property. Establishes a education‑related property tax fund. Provides for the distribution of fund moneys. Relates to commercial and industrial property base line value assessment. Requires reporting a increased tax revenue.	
	STATUS:		
	07/16/2015	From SENATE Committee on GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE with author's amendments.	
	07/16/2015	In SENATE.  Read second time and amended. Re‑referred to Committee on GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE.	

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