Major and Significant Legislation, 2009-2010

California Catholic Conference

	AB 52	(Portantino D)  Umbilical Cord Blood Collection Program.
		Last Amend: 6/16/2010
		Status: 6/29/2010-In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. (Refers to 6/22/2010 hearing)
		Location: 6/16/2010-S. HEALTH
		2Year Dead Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf. Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered 1st House 2nd House
		Calendar: 8/4/2010  1:30 p.m. - John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203)  SENATE HEALTH, ALQUIST, Chair
		Summary: Requires the Dept. of Public Health to establish the program from Jan. 21, 2001 until Jan. 1, 2020 to collect and store the umbilical cord blood to be used by the public for transplantation and research and to establish an implementation committee to develop policy and to report to the Governor and Legislature.Cord blood is a rich source of stem cells from which many therapies and cures can be obtained - with no ethical concerns.

			Position		Assigned
			S		Ned Dolejsi

	AB 950	(Hernandez D)  Hospice providers: licensed hospice facilities.
		Last Amend: 7/15/2010
		Status: 7/15/2010-From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (June 30). Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
		Location: 7/15/2010-S. APPR.
		2Year Dead Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf. Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered 1st House 2nd House
		Calendar: 8/2/2010  10 a.m. - John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203)  SENATE APPROPRIATIONS, KEHOE, Chair
		Summary: Allows adult and elderly residential care facilities to lease contiguous space within their confines for a hospice facility. Making hospice facilities and services more readily available is good for patients and families.

			Position		Assigned
			S		Ned Dolejsi

	AB 1058	(Beall D)  CalWORKs eligibility: asset limits: vehicles.
		Last Amend: 8/17/2009
		Status: 8/27/2009-In committee: Held under submission.
		Location: 8/27/2009-S. APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
		2Year Dead Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf. Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered 1st House 2nd House
		Summary: This would limit a CalWORKS applicant's assets to $7000 in order to be eligible for aid, but would remove asset limitations with respect to their benefits. To qualify in CA, impoverished families must demonstrate that they are both income and asset poor. This increases the threshold of asset levels.

			Position		Assigned
			S		Shannon Lahey, Linda Wanner

	AB 1680	(Saldana D)  Civil rights: waiver of rights.
		Last Amend: 4/22/2010
		Status: 7/15/2010-From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (June 29).
		Location: 6/30/2010-S. JUD.
		2Year Dead Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf. Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered 1st House 2nd House
		Calendar: 8/2/2010  #15  SENATE ASSEMBLY BILLS-SECOND READING FILE
		Summary: Would prohibit a person from requiring a waiver of the protections afforded under those provisions as a condition of entering into a contract for the provision of goods or services, including the right to file and pursue a civil action or complaint with, or otherwise notify, the Attorney General or any other public prosecutor, or law enforcement agency, the Department of Fair Employment and Housing, or any court or other governmental entity. This bill would require any waiver of the protections afforded under those provisions to be knowing and voluntary, and in writing, and expressly not made as a condition of entering into the contract or as a condition of providing or receiving goods or services. This bill would provide that any person seeking the enforcement of a waiver of the protections afforded under those civil rights provisions shall have the burden of proving that the waiver was knowing and voluntary and not made as a condition of the contract or of providing or receiving the goods or services. The bill's provisions would apply to contracts entered into, removed, altered, modified, or extended on and after January 1, 2011. This bill contains other related provisions.

			Position		Assigned
			N		Ned Dolejsi

	AB 1756	(Swanson D)  Food stamps: eligibility: drug felonies.
		Last Amend: 4/5/2010
		Status: 6/23/2010-From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) (June 22).
		Location: 6/23/2010-S. APPR.
		2Year Dead Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf. Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered 1st House 2nd House
		Calendar: 8/2/2010  10 a.m. - John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203)  SENATE APPROPRIATIONS, KEHOE, Chair
		Summary: Would provide that a person convicted of any drug felony shall be eligible for aid under the Food Stamp program, and would eliminate the above-referenced eligibility requirements. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

			Position		Assigned
			S		Linda Wanner

	AB 1900	(Skinner D)  Pregnant inmates and wards: least restrictive restraints.
		Last Amend: 5/18/2010
		Status: 7/15/2010-In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
		Location: 6/30/2010-S. APPR.
		2Year Dead Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf. Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered 1st House 2nd House
		Calendar: 8/2/2010  10 a.m. - John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203)  SENATE APPROPRIATIONS, KEHOE, Chair
		Summary: Would require that the standards ensure that women who are pregnant shall not be shackled by the wrists, ankles, or both, during any transport , and during labor, delivery, or recovery after birth, except that the least restrictive restraints possible may be used when deemed necessary for the inmate, consistent with the legitimate security needs of the inmate, the staff, and the public. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

			Position		Assigned
			S		Linda Wanner

	AB 1983	(Torrico D)  Personal income taxes: voluntary contributions: Safely Surrendered Baby Fund.
		Last Amend: 5/4/2010
		Status: 6/24/2010-From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 3. Noes 0.) (June 23).
		Location: 6/24/2010-S. APPR.
		2Year Dead Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf. Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered 1st House 2nd House
		Calendar: 8/2/2010  Anticipated Hearing  SENATE APPR., Not in daily file.
		Summary: Existing law authorizes individual taxpayers to contribute amounts in excess of their tax liability for the support of specified funds or accounts. This bill would allow individual taxpayers to designate a specified amount in excess of their tax liability be transferred to the Safely Surrendered Baby Fund, which would be created by this bill.

			Position		Assigned
			S		Ned Dolejsi

	AB 2555	(Feuer D)  Ombudsman programs: appropriation.
		Last Amend: 5/28/2010
		Status: 6/28/2010-In committee: Placed on APPR suspense file.
		Location: 6/28/2010-S. APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
		2Year Dead Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf. Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered 1st House 2nd House
		Summary: Would appropriate the sum of $1,600,000 from the State Health Facilities Citation Penalties Account to the department to fund local ombudsman programs in accordance with the distribution schedule during the 2010-11 fiscal year. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

			Position		Assigned
			S		Shannon Lahey, Linda Wanner

	AB 2685	(De La Torre D)  Charter schools: criminal background of employees and volunteers.
		Last Amend: 5/10/2010
		Status: 7/15/2010-From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and to Consent Calendar.
		Location: 6/23/2010-S. APPR.
		2Year Dead Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf. Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered 1st House 2nd House
		Calendar: 8/2/2010  #41  SENATE ASSEMBLY BILLS-SECOND READING FILE
		Summary: Would require the commission instead to make available to each private school a listing of all credentialholders who have had final adverse action taken against their credential.

			Position		Assigned
			S		Sandra Vargas, Ned Dolejsi

	AB 2720	(John A. Perez D)  Public health: food access.
		Last Amend: 5/12/2010
		Status: 7/1/2010-From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 30).
		Location: 7/1/2010-S. APPR.
		2Year Dead Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf. Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered 1st House 2nd House
		Calendar: 8/2/2010  10 a.m. - John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203)  SENATE APPROPRIATIONS, KEHOE, Chair
		Summary: Would require, by July 1, 2011, the Department of Food and Agriculture, in consultation with the State Department of Public Health and the State Department of Social Services, to provide recommendations to the Legislature regarding actions that need to be taken to promote food access in the state. It would also require the Department of Food and Agriculture to coordinate efforts to maximize the funding opportunities provided by the f ederal 2010 Healthy Food Financing Initiative. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

			Position		Assigned
			S		Linda Wanner

	ACR 74	(Portantino D)  Umbilical cord blood banking.
		Last Amend: 2/24/2010
		Status: 6/17/2010-From committee: Be adopted. To third reading. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 16).
		Location: 6/17/2010-S. THIRD READING
		2Year Dead Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf. Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered 1st House 2nd House
		Calendar: 8/2/2010  #116  SENATE ASSEMBLY BILLS-THIRD READING FILE
		Summary: Would state that the Legislature desires to find ways to help California gain a viable public umbilical cord blood banking system to ensure that all races and ethnicities have an equal probability of finding a match when medically necessary. This measure would also specify that the Legislature supports related research being done with collected units that are not suitable for transplantation.

			Position		Assigned
			S		Ned Dolejsi

	ACR 110	(Conway R)  Step Up California Month and Step Up California Day.
		Last Amend: 5/20/2010
		Status: 5/24/2010-In Senate. To Com. on RLS.
		Location: 5/24/2010-S. RLS.
		2Year Dead Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf. Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered 1st House 2nd House
		Summary: Would designate the month of February 2010 , and February 2011 , as Step Up California Month, designate February 3, 2010, and February 3, 2011, as Step Up California Day, and encourage and support various activities relating to the reduction of poverty.

			Position		Assigned
			S		Shannon Lahey, Linda Wanner

	ACR 151	(Ma D)  In-home supportive services.
		Last Amend: 6/14/2010
		Status: 6/15/2010-In Senate. To Com. on RLS.
		Location: 6/15/2010-S. RLS.
		2Year Dead Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf. Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered 1st House 2nd House
		Summary: Would declare the intent of the Legislature to ensure the preservation of home care and personal care services to seniors and people with disabilities through the In-Home Supportive Services program.

			Position		Assigned
			S		Linda Wanner

	AJR 19	(Brownley D)  Marriage.
		Last Amend: 8/31/2009
		Status: 6/16/2010-From committee: Be adopted. To third reading. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) (June 15).
		Location: 6/16/2010-S. THIRD READING
		2Year Dead Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf. Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered 1st House 2nd House
		Calendar: 8/2/2010  #106  SENATE ASSEMBLY BILLS-THIRD READING FILE
		Summary: Would call upon the Congress and the President of the United States to repeal the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act.

			Position		Assigned
			O		Ned Dolejsi

	AJR 29	(Feuer D)  Federal income tax: same-sex couples.
		Last Amend: 6/29/2010
		Status: 7/1/2010-In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
		Location: 7/1/2010-A. CONCURRENCE
		2Year Dead Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf. Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered 1st House 2nd House
		Calendar: 8/2/2010  #100  ASSEMBLY UNFINISHED BUSINESS CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
		Summary: Would ask the Internal Revenue Service to issue a new ruling with respect to the federal income tax treatment of registered domestic partners and same-sex married couples .

			Position		Assigned
			N		Ned Dolejsi

	SB 399	(Yee D)  Sentencing.
		Last Amend: 6/22/2010
		Status: 7/1/2010-Read second time. To third reading.
		Location: 7/1/2010-A. THIRD READING
		2Year Dead Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf. Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered 1st House 2nd House
		Calendar: 8/2/2010  #184  ASSEMBLY SENATE THIRD READING FILE
		Summary: Would establish criteria to determine if a prisoner's sentence be recalled when the defendant was under the age of 18 at the time of the crime. Young people have the capacity to change. We do not treat young offenders as though they are adults. This is a top priority issue for Catholic Lobby Day.

			Position		Assigned
			S		Linda Wanner

	SB 657	(Steinberg D)  Human trafficking.
		Last Amend: 6/30/2010
		Status: 7/1/2010-Read second time. To third reading.
		Location: 7/1/2010-A. THIRD READING
		2Year Dead Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf. Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered 1st House 2nd House
		Calendar: 8/2/2010  #178  ASSEMBLY SENATE THIRD READING FILE
		Summary: Would enact the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act of 2010, and would, beginning January 1, 2012, require retail sellers and manufacturers doing business in the state to disclose their efforts to eradicate slavery and human trafficking from their supply chains, as specified. That provision would not apply to a retail seller or manufacturer having less than $100,000,000 in annual gross receipts. The bill would also make a specified statement of legislative intent regarding slavery and human trafficking. This bill contains other existing laws.

			Position		Assigned
			S		Linda Wanner

	SB 675	(Steinberg D)  Energy job training: Clean Technology and Renewable Energy Job Training, Career Technical Education, and Dropout Prevention Act of 2010.
		Last Amend: 4/2/2009
		Status: 6/29/2010-From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) Re-referred to Com. on APPR. (Heard in committee on June 28.)
		Location: 6/29/2010-A. APPR.
		2Year Dead Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf. Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered 1st House 2nd House
		Calendar: 8/4/2010  9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 4202  ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS, FUENTES, Chair
		Summary: Touting California’s increasing international leadership in renewable energy, energy conservation, clean technology, and climate change policies, this bill would enact the “Clean Technology and Renewable Energy Job Training, Career Technical Education, and Dropout Prevention Act of 2010” and would also create a related fund in the State Treasury, where moneys would be allocated and used for related purposes. California has an opportunity to combine the education and training of both its future college-educated workforce, the underemployment of recent high school graduates, and its highly skilled technical workforce with its effort to combat high school dropouts and the retraining of workers who have been displaced by the loss of high-wage jobs in California. Clean technology jobs and renewable energy jobs (green collar jobs) can provide underserved communities with a pathway out of poverty, a new and inspiring focus for educational institutions and nonprofit organizations, and significant statewide economic and environmental benefits.

			Position		Assigned
			S		Sandra Vargas

	SB 733	(Leno D)  Crime victims: trauma center grants.
		Last Amend: 1/26/2010
		Status: 6/30/2010-Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
		Location: 6/30/2010-A. APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
		2Year Dead Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf. Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered 1st House 2nd House
		Summary: Would authorize the Victims Compensation Board to administer a program to award grants annually to trauma centers. All of us are called to stand with victims in their hurt and in their search for healing and genuine justice.

			Position		Assigned
			S		Linda Wanner

	SB 810	(Leno D)  Single-payer health care coverage.
		Last Amend: 1/13/2010
		Status: 6/30/2010-From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 6.) Re-referred to Com. on APPR. (Heard in committee on June 29.)
		Location: 6/30/2010-A. APPR.
		2Year Dead Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf. Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered 1st House 2nd House
		Calendar: 8/4/2010  9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 4202  ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS, FUENTES, Chair
		Summary: Would establish the California Healthcare System to be administered by the newly created California Healthcare Agency under the control of a Healthcare Commissioner appointed by the Governor and subject to confirmation by the Senate. The bill would make all California residents eligible for specified health care benefits under the California Healthcare System, which would, on a single-payer basis, negotiate for or set fees for health care services provided through the system and pay claims for those services. The bill would provide that a resident of the state with a household income, as specified, at or below 200% of the federal poverty level would be eligible for the type of benefits provided under the Medi-Cal program. The bill would require the commissioner to seek all necessary waivers, exemptions, agreements, or legislation to allow various existing federal, state, and local health care payments to be paid to the California Healthcare System, which would then assume responsibility for all benefits and services previously paid for with those funds. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

			Position		Assigned
			N		Linda Wanner

	SB 906	(Leno D)  Marriage.
		Last Amend: 7/1/2010
		Status: 7/1/2010-Read second time. Amended. To second reading.
		Location: 7/1/2010-A. SECOND READING
		2Year Dead Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf. Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered 1st House 2nd House
		Calendar: 8/2/2010  #6  ASSEMBLY SENATE SECOND READING FILE
		Summary: Existing law defines marriage as a personal relation arising out of a civil contract between a man and a woman, to which the consent of the parties capable of making that contract is necessary. This bill would instead define the term civil marriage as a personal relation arising out of a civil contract between a man and a woman, established pursuant to a State of California marriage license. The bill would also make conforming related changes by changing certain references to marriage to civil marriage.

			Position		Assigned
			O		Ned Dolejsi

	SB 974	(Steinberg D)  Income and corporations tax: hiring and career credits.
		Last Amend: 6/15/2010
		Status: 6/29/2010-6/29/2010 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
		Location: 6/29/2010-A.  J., E.D. & E.
		2Year Dead Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf. Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered 1st House 2nd House
		Summary:  in accordance with legislative findings contained in this bill and for calendar years beginning on or after January 1, 2011, would, for a business entity, as described, that provides career technical education, authorize a credit against those taxes, subject to specified limitations, in an amount equal to that reserved and allocated by the Superintendent of Public Instruction . This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

			Position		Assigned
			S		Sandra Vargas

	SB 1285	(Steinberg D)  Education employment.
		Last Amend: 6/22/2010
		Status: 7/6/2010-From committee: Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (Heard in committee on June 30.)
		Location: 7/6/2010-A. APPR.
		2Year Dead Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf. Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered 1st House 2nd House
		Calendar: 8/2/2010  #69  ASSEMBLY SENATE SECOND READING FILE
		Summary: Would additionally require that these visits determine the extent to which the percentage of teachers in each school who are in their first or 2nd year of teaching exceeds or falls below the percentage of teachers in the district who are in their first or 2nd year of teaching, as specified . This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

			Position		Assigned
			N		Ned Dolejsi

	SB 1440	(Padilla D)  California Community Colleges: student transfer.
		Last Amend: 6/29/2010
		Status: 6/29/2010-Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
		Location: 6/29/2010-A. APPR.
		2Year Dead Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf. Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered 1st House 2nd House
		Calendar: 8/4/2010  9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 4202  ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS, FUENTES, Chair
		Summary: Would enact the Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act, which would require a community college district, commencing with the fall term of the 2011-12 academic year, to grant an associate degree for transfer to a student in his or her field of study that would deem the student eligible for transfer into a California State University baccalaureate program when the student meets prescribed requirements. This bill would prohibit a community college district from imposing any requirements, in addition to these requirements, for a student to be eligible for the associate degree for transfer, and would prohibit remedial noncollegiate level coursework from being counted towards the units required for the associate degree for transfer. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

			Position		Assigned
			S		Sandra Vargas

	SB 1460	(Cedillo D)  Student financial aid: eligibility: California Dream Act of 2010.
		Last Amend: 6/2/2010
		Status: 6/23/2010-From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) Re-referred to Com. on APPR. (Heard in committee on June 22.)
		Location: 6/23/2010-A. APPR.
		2Year Dead Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf. Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered 1st House 2nd House
		Calendar: 8/4/2010  9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 4202  ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS, FUENTES, Chair
		Summary: Would enact the California Dream Act of 2010. The bill , as of July 1, 2011, would exempt a person who has attended, for 3 or more years, at least one of which shall have been in a high school, and graduated from, secondary school in California from paying nonresident tuition at the California Community Colleges and the California State University. Under the bill, persons attending and graduating from California technical schools and adult schools, as well as high schools, would be included within the scope of this provision. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

			Position		Assigned
			S		Sandra Vargas

	SCR 76	(Corbett D)  Human trafficking awareness.
		Status: 7/1/2010-In Assembly. Held at Desk.
		Location: 7/1/2010-A. DESK
		2Year Dead Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf. Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered 1st House 2nd House
		Summary: Would proclaim the Legislature's support of human trafficking awareness events.

			Position		Assigned
			S		Linda Wanner

Total Measures: 26

Total Tracking Forms: 26