Today's Events

AB 406, as it passed the Assembly, prohibited a petitioner that submits a charter petition for the establishment of a charter school or a charter school that submits a charter renewal or material revision application from operating as, or being operated by, a for-profit corporation, a for-profit educational management organization, or a for-profit charter management organization on and after January 1, 2019.

The Senate amendments instead prohibit these types of petitioners from operating as, or being operated by, as defined, a for-profit corporation, a for-profit educational management organization, or a for-profit charter management organization on and after July 1, 2019. The Senate amendments also add a coauthor.

Vote: 41. Substantial substantive change: yes.

AB 282, as it passed the Assembly, prohibited a person whose actions are authorized pursuant to the End of Life Option Act from being prosecuted for deliberately aiding, advising, or encouraging suicide.

The Senate amendments make technical changes and delete the name of a joint author.

Vote: 41. Substantial substantive change: no.

AB 2598, as it passed the Assembly, among other things, established a fine for commercial properties that are in violation of local building and safety codes, as provided, not to exceed $2,500.

The Senate amendments apply those fines only to commercial properties with an existing building at the time of the violation.

Vote: 41. Substantial substantive change: yes.

AB 1889, as it passed the Assembly, among other things, prohibited the board of directors of the Santa Clara Valley Water District from adopting an ordinance to provide compensation to a director for more than a total of 20 days in any calendar month.

The Senate amendments, instead, until December 31, 2023, prohibit the board of directors from adopting an ordinance to provide compensation to a director for more than a total of 15 days in any calendar month. The Senate amendments additionally require the board of directors to annually adopt a written policy describing why more than 10 meetings per month are necessary for the effective operation of the district if the district compensates its members for more than 10 meetings in a calendar month.

Vote: 41. Substantial substantive change: yes.

AB 1977, as it passed the Assembly, authorized the sale, exchange, sale combined with an exchange, or lease for fair market value of real property known as the Department of General Services’ Santa Ana State Building.

The Senate amendments, in addition, authorize the sale, exchange, sale combined with an exchange, or lease for fair market value of several parcels known as California Highway Patrol area offices.

Vote: 54. Substantial substantive change: yes.

AB 2096, as it passed the Assembly, allowed an individual to designate on his or her tax return that a specified amount in excess of his or her tax liability be transferred to the Organ and Tissue Donor Registry Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund, which was created by the bill. AB 2096, as it passed the Assembly, continuously appropriated those funds to the Controller and the Franchise Tax Board for administrative costs and required remaining funds to be disbursed to the California Organ and Tissue Donor Registrar for its ongoing activities to maintain the Donate Life California Organ and Tissue Donor Registry.

The Senate amendments specify that above-described disbursement of funds be given to the Donate Life California Organ and Tissue Donor Registrar and require the Donate Life California Organ and Tissue Donor Registrar to comply with specified Internet Web site reporting requirements.

Vote: 41. Substantial substantive change: yes.

AB 2137, as it passed the Assembly, granted the general manager of the Riverside County Regional Park and Open Space District, with district board approval, the authority to bind the district, in accordance with board policy, and without advertising, for the payment for supplies, materials, labor, or other valuable consideration for any purpose in amounts not exceeding $50,000, and made legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Riverside County Regional Park and Open Space District.

The Senate amendments delete these changes and instead provide that the general manager of any park or open space district, with district board approval, may bind the district, in accordance with board policy that has been adopted in an open meeting, and without advertising, for the payment for supplies, materials, labor, or other valuable consideration for any purpose in amounts not exceeding $50,000 and authorizes the district, by action of the board in an open meeting, to increase the amount by which the general manager of the district may bind the district above the $50,000 limit, as specified.

Vote: 41. Substantial substantive change: yes.

AB 2388, as it passed the Assembly, expanded existing restrictions on employing minors to include employment in social media advertising. AB 2388 also expanded an existing exemption from those and other restrictions for the appearance of a minor in a radio or television broadcasting exhibition to include an exception for digital exhibitions.

The Senate amendments remove the restrictions on employing minors in social media advertising.

Vote: 41. Substantial substantive change: yes.

AB 2400, as it passed the Assembly, renamed the California Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Research Fund as the California Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia Research Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund, required the funds to be continuously appropriated to the Franchise Tax Board and the Controller for costs incurred in administering the provisions relating to the fund, and continuously appropriated funds to the State Department of Public Health to support eligible programs awarded grants under selection criteria established by the State Department of Public Health Alzheimer’s Disease Program, and required the State Department of Public Health to comply with certain Internet Web site reporting requirements.

The Senate amendments additionally appropriate funds to the State Department of Public Health for administrative costs, and prohibit the moneys appropriated to the State Department of Public Health from being used for any purpose outside this state.

Vote: 41. Substantial substantive change: yes.

AB 2485, as it passed the Assembly, prohibited a local official who inspected a commercial property or business for compliance with a state statute or regulation or local ordinance from being accompanied during the inspection by a person with a potential financial interest in the outcome of the inspection, unless a specified exemption was met, including an exemption for a person who had an existing contract with the local government to provide certain services for that particular inspected property or business.

The Senate amendments revise that exemption to apply to a person who has, or operates under, an existing contract with the local government to provide certain services and has been directed by a local official to perform services at that particular inspected property or business.

Vote: 41. Substantial substantive change: yes.

AB 2595, as it passed the Assembly, prohibited a ward from being confined in excess of the term of confinement set by the committing court, and authorized the juvenile court to set a term of confinement based upon the facts and circumstances of the matter that brought a ward under the jurisdiction of the court necessary to achieve rehabilitation.

The Senate amendments instead require the juvenile court to set a maximum term of confinement as deemed appropriate to achieve rehabilitation.

Vote: 41. Substantial substantive change: yes.

AB 2746, as it passed the Assembly, provided that a taxpayer whose property is in default for failure to pay the taxes owed on the property and who failed to redeem the property by the final redemption date loses all rights to the property during the auction period. AB 2746, if the tax-defaulted property has not been redeemed prior to the redemption termination deadline, as specified, required any person or entity with title of record to the property to lose all rights in the property, unless the right of redemption period is revived, as provided, and specified that the commencement of a tax sale constitutes the actual sale date, regardless of the conclusion of the auction.

The Senate amendments provide that the taxpayer’s right of redemption on the property terminates at the close of business on the last business day prior to the commencement date of the tax sale and specify that these provisions and the provisions described above apply regardless of whether the tax sale is conducted in person.

Vote: 41. Substantial substantive change: yes.

AB 2801, as it passed the Assembly, made it a crime to maliciously destroy, cut, break, mutilate, efface, or otherwise injure, tear down, or remove any veteran’s memorial.

The Senate amendments instead specify that the existing prohibition on maliciously destroying, cutting, breaking, mutilating, effacing, or otherwise injuring, tearing down, or removing any law enforcement memorial or firefighter’s memorial does not preclude prosecution under any other law, including specified provisions regarding veteran’s memorials.

Vote: 41. Substantial substantive change: yes.

AB 2944, as it passed the Assembly, established the Schools Not Prisons California Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund, allowed an individual to designate for transfer to this fund a specified amount in excess of his or her personal income tax liability, and allocated money in the fund to, the Franchise Tax Board and the Controller for reimbursement of costs incurred in connection with their duties related to the fund.

The Senate amendments, instead, allocate the money in the fund to, the Franchise Tax Board, the Controller, and the State Department of Education for reimbursement of costs incurred in connection with their administrative duties under related to the fund.

Vote: 41. Substantial substantive change: yes.

AB 324, as it passed the Assembly, removed the requirement that a person recorded be identifiable with respect to the crime of secretly recording or photographing under or through the clothing worn by another person for the purpose of viewing their body or undergarments, or while the other person is in a state of full or partial undress in an area in which they have a reasonable expectation of privacy, without their consent.

The Senate amendments restored those provisions to existing law and instead define the term identifiable for these purposes to mean capable of identification, or capable of being recognized.

Vote: 41. Substantial substantive change: yes.

AB 479, as it passed the Assembly, required, when an employee sustains an injury arising out of and in the course of employment resulting in breast cancer, specified impairments to be considered, and provided that whether the person is of childbearing age shall not be a determining factor when determining impairment due to breast cancer.

The Senate amendments remove a joint author and make technical changes.

Vote: 41. Substantial substantive change: no.