Fri 5/31: Time’s up! Here are some winners & losers of the first half of the race to become a California law.

CA legislature progress update.

Our assemblymembers and state senators created a record 2,576 new bills on a strict timetable for the 2019 CA legislative term. Today, May 31st, is the deadline for bills to pass through all the committees in the house that created them and a floor vote. After that, surviving bills must pass a similar obstacle course in the opposite house. Bills that make it through both venues may get to meet the governor and his pen, for approval or a veto. Here’s a listing of 140 bills that are interesting to us and groups, like the Sierra Club, that we coalition with. You will recognize a number of these bills as the subject of calls or emails we’ve asked you to make.

•  Black words – the bill has passed and will be assigned to a committee in the next house
• Blue words –  the bill has NOT passed and won’t continue to the next house.
• Red words means that a bad bill is continuing to the next house.

Economic/Finance/Commercial

• AB-25 California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018.
• AB-539 California Financing Law: consumer loans: charges.
• AB-818 Local government finance: vehicle license fee adjustment amounts.
• AB-857 Public banks.
• AB-1525 Cannabis: financial institutions.
• SB-203 Public bank.

Education

• AB-2 Community colleges: California College Promise. (2 year free community college)
• AB-39 Education finance: local control funding formula: aspirational funding level: reports.
• AB-123 Early childhood education: state preschool program: access: standards.
• AB-1505 Charter schools: petitions. (Senate – Education)
• AB-1506 Charter schools: statewide total: authorization restrictions. (Verify)
• AB-1507 Charter schools: location: resource center. (Senate – Education)
• AB-1578 School Pavement to Parks Grant Program. (Sierra Club SUPPORT)
• SB-468 Taxation: tax expenditures: California Tax Expenditure Review Board.
• SB-756 Charter schools: moratorium.

Environmental 

• Economic/Government Regulations
  • AB-296 Climate change: Climate Innovation Grant Program: voluntary tax contributions.
  • AB-1276 Green New Deal. (Sierra Club SUPPORT)
  • AB-1673 California Environmental Quality Act: judicial challenge: litigation transparency: identification of contributors. (Sierra Club – OPPOSE)
  • SB-1 California Environmental, Public Health, and Workers Defense Act of 2019. (Sierra Club SUPPORT)
  • SB-25 California Environmental Quality Act: projects funded by qualified opportunity zone funds or other public funds. (Sierra Club – OPPOSE)
  • SB-632 California Environmental Quality Act: injunction: vegetation treatment projects. (Assembly – Natural Resources – Límon) (Sierra Club removed opposition after amendment – SUPPORT)
• Energy
  • AB-56 Electricity: procurement by the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority. (OPPOSE)
  • AB-961 Community Energy Benefits (Sierra Club SUPPORT)
  • AB-1083 Energy and energy infrastructure procurement requirements: California Council on Science and Technology.
  • AB-1690 Biomass electrical generation facilities: contract extension requirements – converted to 2 year bill. (Sierra Club – OPPOSE)
  • SB 386 California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program: irrigation districts. This one has been converted into a 2-year bill. (Sierra Club – OPPOSE)
  • SB-457  Biomethane: gas corporations. (Sierra Club – OPPOSE) 
  • SB-772 Long duration bulk energy storage: procurement. Converted to 2-year bill. (Sierra Club – OPPOSE)
• Emergency/Safety monitoring
  • AB-38 Fire safety: low-cost retrofits: Fire Hardened Homes Revolving Loan and Rebate Fund: regional capacity review. (Sierra Club SUPPORT)
  • AB-39 Education finance: local control funding formula: aspirational funding level: reports. (Senate – Education) (Sierra Club SUPPORT)
  • AB-191 Building standards: exemptions: rebuilding after disasters. Converted to 2-year bill (Sierra Club – OPPOSE)
  • AB-936 Oil spills: response and contingency planning. (Sierra Club SUPPORT)
  • AB-1083 Energy and energy infrastructure procurement requirements: California Council on Science and Technology. (Sierra Club – OPPOSE)
  • SB-160  Emergency services: cultural competence. (Sierra Club SUPPORT)
  • SB-169 Pipeline safety: records. (Assembly Governmental Organization) (Sierra Club SUPPORT)
  • SB-182 Local government: planning and zoning: wildfires. (Sierra Club SUPPORT)
  • SB-463 Natural gas storage wells: monitoring and reporting. (Sierra Club SUPPORT)
  • SB-551  Oil and gas: decommissioning, cleanup, and remediation: costs. Sierra Club SUPPORT)

• Public lands
  • AB-342 Public lands: leasing: oil and gas: prohibition. (Sen. Natural Resources and Water  – Senator Jackson, June 11th) (Sierra Club SUPPORT)
  • AB-345 Oil and gas: operations: location restrictions. Converted to 2 year bill (Sierra Club SUPPORT)
  • AB-585 Public lands: oil, gas, and mineral leases. (Límon bill – Sen. Natural Resources and Water  – Senator Jackson, June 11th)
• Vehicle standards/use
  • AB 40 Zero-emission vehicles: comprehensive strategy. Converted to 2-year bill. (Sierra Club SUPPORT)
  • AB-210 Smog check: exemption. (Sierra Club – OPPOSE)
  • AB-753 Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program: fuels: fueling infrastructure.
  • AB-1411 Integrated action plan for sustainable freight. (Sierra Club (Sierra Club SUPPORT)
  • AB-1406 Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program. (Senate Transporation)
  • SB-44 Medium- and heavy-duty vehicles: comprehensive strategy.
  • SB-210 Heavy-Duty Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program (Sierra Club SUPPORT)
  • SB-402 Vehicles: off-highway vehicle recreation: County of Inyo. 
  •  (Sierra Club – OPPOSE)
  • AB-753 Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program: fuels: fueling infrastructure. (Sierra Club – OPPOSE)
  • SB-767 Off-highway vehicular recreation: Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area: Alameda-Tesla Expansion Area. (Sierra Club SUPPORT)
• Waste Reduction /Pollution /monitoring
  • AB-161 Solid waste: paper waste: electronic proofs of purchase.
  • AB-966 Reducing emissions in cement plants. Converted to 2-year bill (Sierra Club endorsement)
  • AB-1080 California Circular Economy and Plastic Pollution Reduction Act. (Sierra Club SUPPORT)
  • SB-54 California Circular Economy and Plastic Pollution Reduction Act. (Sierra Club SUPPORT)
  • SB-463 Natural gas storage wells: monitoring and reporting.
• Wildlife/Human health
  • AB-273 Fur-bearing and nongame mammals: recreational and commercial fur trapping: prohibition. (Sen. Natural Resources and Water  – Senator Jackson, June 11th)
  • AB-454 Migratory birds: California Migratory Bird Protection Act. (Sierra Club SUPPORT)
  • AB-1254 Bobcats: take prohibition. (Sierra Club SUPPORT)
  • AB-1788 Pesticides: use of anticoagulants. (Sierra Club SUPPORT)
  • SB-458 Public health: pesticide: chlorpyrifos (Sierra Club SUPPORT)
• Water systems/Safety
  • AB-134 Safe Drinking Water Restoration.
  • AB-217 Safe Drinking Water for All Act. (verify passage)
  • AB-1204 Public water systems: primary drinking water standards: implementation date. Converted to 2-year bill. (Sierra Club – OPPOSE)
  • SB-200 Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund. (Indivisible CA)
  • SB-307 Water conveyance: use of facility with unused capacity. (Sierra Club SUPPORT)
  • SB-559 Department of Water Resources: grant: Friant-Kern Canal. (Sierra Club  OPPOSE)

Employment

• AB-160 Employment policy: voluntary veterans’ preference. (Senate Judiciary Committee – Senator Jackson – no date listed)
• AB-1022 California Antihunger Response and Employment Training Act of 2019.

Guns

• AB-12 Firearms: gun violence restraining orders.
• AB-18 Firearms: excise tax.
• AB-61 Gun violence restraining orders. (Sen. Public Safety – Senator Jackson to vote on this June 18th)
• AB-893 22nd District Agricultural Association: firearm and ammunition sales at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. (Sen. Public Safety – Senator Jackson to vote on this June 11)
• AB-1669 Firearms: gun shows and events.
• SB-281 Cow Palace Authority.

Health 

• AB-4 Medi-Cal: eligibility. (CAUSE) (Indivisible CA)
• AB-174 Health care coverage: financial assistance.
• AB-333 Whistleblower protection: county patients’ rights advocates.
• AB-414 Health care coverage: minimum essential coverage.
• AB-666 Pupil mental health: model referral protocols.
• AB-1246 Health care coverage: basic health care services.
• AB-1611 Emergency hospital services: costs.
• SB-29 Medi-Cal: eligibility. (CAUSE) (Indivisible CA)
• SB-361 Medi-Cal: Health Home Program.

Health – Women

• AB-31 Sales and use taxes: exemption: sanitary napkins: tampons: menstrual sponges and menstrual cups.
• SB-24 Public health: public university student health centers: abortion by medication techniques. (Assembly Health – Assembly member Límon to vote on this – date unknown)
• SB-464 California Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act.

Homelessness/Poverty/Tenants Rights

• AB-10  Income taxes: credits low-income housing: farmworker housing.
• AB-58 Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council.
• AB-67 Homeless integrated data warehouse.
• AB-302 Parking: homeless students.
• AB-307 Homeless youth: grant program.
• AB-344 New Beginnings California Program. (Senate – Human Services)
• AB-694 Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Bond Act of 2019.
• AB-728 Homeless multidisciplinary personnel teams.
• AB-816 California Flexible Housing Subsidy Pool Program.
• AB-1188 Dwelling units: persons at risk of homelessness. (Senate Judiciary Committee – Senator Jackson – no date listed)
• AB-1434 Public social services: SSI/SSP.
• AB-1481 Tenancy termination: just cause.
• AB-1482 Tenancy: rent caps.
• AB-1534 Regional Homeless Management Planning Act.
• ACA-1 Local government financing: affordable housing and public infrastructure: voter approval. (verify)
• SB-18 Keep Californians Housed Act.
• SB-48 Low Barrier Navigation Center developments.
• SB-248 Taxation: renters’ credit.
• SB-282 Supportive housing for parolees.
• SB-329 Discrimination: housing: source of income.
• SB-330 Housing Crisis Act of 2019.
• SB-450 California Environmental Quality Act exemption: supportive and transitional housing: motel conversion. (Assembly  – Natural Resources – Límon – no date listed)
• SB-529 Tenant associations: eviction for cause.
• SB-573 Homeless Emergency Aid program: funding.
• SB-687 Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council.
• SB-744 Planning and zoning: California Environmental Quality Act: permanent supportive housing.
• AB-816 California Flexible Housing Subsidy Pool Program.
• SCA-1 Public housing projects.

Housing

• AB-68 Land use: accessory dwelling units.
• AB-725 General plans: housing element: above moderate-income housing: suburban and metropolitan jurisdictions.
• AB-1486 Surplus land.
• ACA-1  Local government financing: affordable housing and public infrastructure: voter approval.
• SB-50 Planning and zoning: housing development: incentives.
• SCA-3 Property taxation: change in ownership: inheritance exclusion.

Immigration

• AB-1332 Sanctuary State Contracting and Investment Act. (Indivisible CA)
• AB-1378  Standby guardianship of minors.
• ACR-1 Immigration: public charges. (CAUSE)

Law Enforcement

• AB-392 Peace officers: deadly force. (Indivisible CA)
• SB-22 Rape kits: testing. (Assembly Public Safety)
• SB-230 Law enforcement: use of deadly force: training: policies.

Prison Reform

• AB-32 State prisons: private, for-profit administration services.
• AB-45 Inmates: medical care: fees.
• ACA-6 Elections: disqualification of electors.
• AB-277 Parole: reintegration credits.

Transportation

• AB-285 California Transportation Plan. (Senate Transportation Committee)

Voting/Elections/Campaign reform

• AB-59 Elections: polling places: college and university campuses. (Senate Election and Constitutional amendments.)
• AB-177 Election day holiday. (Indivisible CA)
• AB-363 Elections: vote by mail ballots. (Indivisible CA)
• AB-646 Elections: voter eligibility. (Indivisible CA)
• AB-1217 Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign disclosures. (Indivisible CA)
• AB-1784 Elections: open-source paper ballot voting systems.
• ACA-6  Elections: disqualification of electors.
• SB-27 Primary elections: ballot access: tax returns. (Assembly Elections and Redistricting)
• SB-47 Initiative, referendum, and recall petitions: disclosures. (Indivisible CA)
• SB-71 Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign expenditures: limitations.
• SB-72 Conditional voter registration: provisional ballots. (Assembly Elections and Redistricting)
• SB-139 Independent redistricting commissions.
• SB-359 Elections: referendum. (Assembly Elections and Redistricting)

Here’s a map of the process…