Legislation
2011-2012
(updated 4/25/2012)
SB 119 – Homeless Youth: emergency shelters.
Requires the Department of Social Services to adopt regulations, to standardize the licensing criteria for emergency youth shelters.
STATUS: In Assembly Appropriations Committee not heard.
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SB 128 – School Facility Modernization Projects: eligible high performance costs.
Allows school facility modernization construction projects to include new high performance systems. Allows Career Technical Education facility projects to participate in the HPS program.
STATUS: Signed by the Governor 10/8/11.
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SB 132 – Green Schools facility program – planning priorities.
Aligns state school facility construction and renovation projects with the state planning priorities to promote infill development, protect environmental and agricultural resources and encourage efficient development patterns.
STATUS: Assembly Appropriations Committee HELD on SUSPENSE 8/25/11.
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SB 140 – Common Core Instructional Materials.
Requires the Department of Education to develop a list of supplemental instructional materials that are aligned with the common core standards, and allows school districts to adopt instructional materials that are not on the state’s list if the materials meet specified criteria.
STATUS: Signed by the Governor 10/8/11.
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SB 341 – Trucks: backup alarm.
Require a backup alarm on all dump trucks doing construction activity or those that may enter construction sites. Current law already requires this backup alarm on garbage trucks. CALOSHA regulations require backup alarms on trucks used on construction sites, however the regulation doesn’t cover those trucks outside the jobsite.
STATUS: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 235.
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SB 365 – Payday Loans: database.
Requires the Department of Corporations to establish a database for all of the payday loan businesses and each customer.
STATUS: In Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee -- not heard.
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SB 450 – Redevelopment housing expenditures.
Puts a cap on planning and administration expenditures and prohibits some ineligible expenditures from the Low- and Moderate-Income Housing Fund. Requires an agency to reimburse the L&M Fund 150% if an acquired property is used for a non-affordable housing purpose. The bill also beefs up auditing and enforcement mechanisms.
STATUS: Vetoed by the Governor 10/4/11.
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SB 476 – Categorical Program Flexibility: extension.
Extends the current categorical flexibility provided to school districts for another two years.
STATUS: Referred to Senate Education Committee 3/3/11.
SB 517 – High-Speed Rail.
Moves the High-speed Rail Authority under the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency (BTH), with BTH submitting the Authorities’ budget. Subjects each of the Governor’s appointees to Senate Confirmation, adds specific slots (such as engineer) for these appointments and adds conflict of interest provisions currently applied to the California Air Resources Board.
STATUS: Assembly Appropriations Committee HELD on SUSPENSE 8/25/11.
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SB 568 – Foam food containers: ban.
Bans expanded polystyrene food-ware in all restaurants beginning January 1, 2016.
STATUS: Assembly Floor Inactive File 9/12/11.
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SB 589 – Recycling: household mercury-containing lamps.
Requires manufacturers of household mercury-containing lamps (fluorescent lighting) to provide a convenient and cost-effective system for California residents to recycle their fluorescent lamps.
STATUS: In Assembly Environmental and Toxic Materials Committee not heard.
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SB 629 – Community Colleges: chancellor’s office.
Extends the California Community Colleges Economic and Workforce Development Program until 2018.
STATUS: In Assembly – Held at Desk 5/12/11.
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SB 650 – The College Promise Partnership Act.
Enacts the College Promise Partnership Act. Authorizes the Long Beach Community College District and the Long Beach Unified School District to enter into a partnership to provide participating pupils with an aligned sequence of rigorous high school coursework leading to capstone college courses with consistent and jointly established eligibility for college courses.
STATUS: Signed by the Governor 10/8/11.
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SB 721 – Higher Education: educational and economic goals.
Requires the state to establish an additional accountability framework for achieve educational and economic goals. Requires this framework to measure the collective performance of the state’s system of higher education in successfully serving students.
STATUS: Passed Senate 1/23/12.
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SB 739 – Ports: congestion relief: air pollution mitigation.
Requires the Ports of LA/Long Beach and Oakland to develop a plan for funding the infrastructure needs of the ports and the air quality needs of the ports.
STATUS: Signed by the Governor 10/2/11.
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SB 761 – Computer Spyware: Do Not Track.
Requires the Attorney General to develop regulations that require any business that collects, uses or stores online data to provide an opt out or Do Not Track, mechanism so computer users in California can prevent their online data from being collected, used or stored.
STATUS: In Senate Appropriations Committee 5/10/11.
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SB 788 – School Facilities.
Requires the State Allocation Board to report to the Legislature and the Governor, no later than March 1, 2012, regarding the status of the school facility program, including funds remaining and when funds are estimated to be depleted.
STATUS: Referred to Senate Rules 3/10/11.
SB 862 – Goods Movement Authority.
Establish the Southern California Goods Movement Authority for developing a list of goods movement related projects in Southern California and empower the Authority to enter into a MOU with PierPass for funding these projects.
STATUS: In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee – not heard.
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SB 891 – School facilities: construction: ombudsman.
Requires the State Allocation Board to appoint an ombudsman to provide assistance and guidance to school districts as their construction projects proceed through approvals from the Department of Education, Department of Toxic Substances Control, the Division of State Architect, and the Office of Public School Construction.
STATUS: Senate Appropriations Committee HELD on SUSPENSE 5/26/11.
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SB 1216 - Reinsurance: professional reinsurers.
Creates a new Insurance Code section to enable the Insurance Commissioner to determine if a domiciled insurer qualifies as a professional reinsurer and amends current insurance law to align credit for reinsurance requirements for foreign ceding insurers with federal law.
STATUS: Senate Insurance Committe 4/17/12
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SB 1243 - Sales and use taxes: exemptions: marine or maritime fuel.
Protects port related jobs by maintaining a partial sales tax exemption for maritime fuel, which is set to expire.
STATUS: Set for Hearing 5/9/12.
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SB 1273 – Athletic Trainers: Licensure.
Encourages licensure and regulation of athletic trainers.
STATUS: Failed in Committe; Reconsideration granted as of 4/17/12.
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SB 1386 - Municipal Water Districts: Water Storage
Proposes To remove barriers to groundwater storage in the Central Basin,
by clarify existing law, concerning the management of groundwater.
STATUS: Set for Hearing 5/8/12
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SB 1394 - Dwelling Safety: Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Detectors
Provides additional time for the Department of Housing and Community Development
to update its building standards for hotels and motels regarding the proper
installation of carbon monoxide detectors.
STATUS: Re-referred to Committee on Transportation and Housing 4/10/12
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SB 1436 - Automated External Defibrillators
Increases access to lifesaving Automatic External Defibrillators (AED) for Good Samaritan users.
STATUS: Set for Hearing 5/1/12
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SB 1456 - Community colleges: Seymour-Campbell Student Success Act of 2012
Provides critical support services to students on the front-end of their educational experience to increase student success.
STATUS: Set for Hearing 4/18/12
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SB 1464 – Vehicles: bicycles: passing distance.
Requires a driver of a motor vehicle when overtaking a bicycle that is proceeding in the same direction to pass to the left at a safe distance, at a minimum clearance of 3 feet and at a speed not exceeding 15 miles per hour faster than the bicycle.
STATUS: Senate Appropriations Committee 4/24/12.
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SB 1508 - State Funds: Infrastructure Bank
Provide more resources to the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank in order to promote economic growth
and revitalization of California communities.
STATUS: Set Second Hearing; Hearing Cancelled 4/16/12
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SB 1553 - Electronic Filing Campaign Statements
To allow, the City of Long Beach as part of a pilot program, candidates for municipal office to file
campaign finance disclosure reports electronically.
STATUS: Re-Referred to Committee on Appropriations 4/19/12
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SCR 6 – Internet Service Accessibility in Affordable Housing.
Encourages all state and local affordable housing lenders to grant competitive points to developments that provide high-speed in-home Internet service at reduced prices to residents. Additionally encourages such lenders to recognize both the costs of network infrastructure, maintenance, and the internet service itself as eligible project costs.
STATUS: Chaptered by Secretary of State, Res. Chapter 72, Statutes of 2011 8/23/11.
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SR 16 - Day of the Teacher
To recognize the important service teachers provide to the people of California.
STATUS: Adopted 5/12/11
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