Information related to the current status of legislation impacting California’s rural counties.

 

AB 9   (Wood)   Fire safety and prevention: wildfires: fire adapted communities: Office of the State Fire Marshal: community wildfire preparedness and mitigation.   Assembly Bill 9 seeks to codify the Regional Forest and Fire Capacity (RFFC) program and moves several fire prevention actives from CAL FIRE to the Office of the State Fire Marshall.   Location: Assembly Chaptered   Status: 9/23/2021-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 225, Statutes of 2021.   Position:  Withdrawl of Support  Staff:  Staci (1)

AB 14   (Aguiar-Curry)   Communications: California Advanced Services Fund: deaf and disabled telecommunications program: surcharges.   Assembly Bill 14 establishes the State Department of Education in state government and vests the department with specified powers and duties relating to the state’s public-school system. This bill would authorize local educational agencies to report to the department their pupils’ estimated needs for computing devices and internet connectivity adequate for at-home learning.   Location: Assembly Enrolled   Status: 9/17/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.   Position:  Pending  Staff:  Tracy (1)

AB 32   (Aguiar-Curry)   Telehealth.   Assembly Bill 32 requires a health care service plan contract or health insurance policy issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2021, to specify that coverage is provided for health care services appropriately delivered through telehealth on the same basis and to the same extent as in-person diagnosis, consultation, or treatment.   Location: Senate 2 year   Status: 7/14/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was HEALTH on 6/9/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)   Position:  Support  Staff:  Sarah (1)

AB 37   (Berman)   Elections: vote by mail ballots.   Assembly Bill 37 requires county elections officials to use a specified Secretary of State vote by mail tracking system or a system that meets the same specifications.   Location: Assembly Chaptered   Status: 9/27/2021-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 312, Statutes of 2021.   Position:  Watch  Staff:  Sarah (1)

AB 177   (Committee on Budget)   Public safety.     Location: Assembly Chaptered   Status: 9/23/2021-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 257, Statutes of 2021.   Position:  Support  Staff:  Sarah (1)

AB 215   (Chiu)   Planning and Zoning Law: housing element: violations.     Location: Assembly Chaptered   Status: 9/28/2021-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 342, Statutes of 2021.   Position:  Oppose  Staff:  Tracy (1)

AB 240   (Rodriguez)   Local health department workforce assessment.   This bill would require the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) to contract with an appropriate and qualified entity to conduct an evaluation of the adequacy of local health department infrastructure, including an assessment of future staffing, workforce, and resource needs.   Location: Senate 2 year   Status: 8/27/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(12). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 7/5/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)   Position:  Support  Staff:  Sarah (1)

AB 246   (Quirk)   Contractors: disciplinary actions.   Assembly Bill 246 allows the Contractors State Licensing Board to take disciplinary actions against a contractor who violates state or local laws prohibiting illegal dumping.   Location: Assembly Chaptered   Status: 7/9/2021-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 46, Statutes of 2021.   Position:  Support  Staff:  John (1)

AB 297   (Gallagher)   Fire prevention.   Increases funding for forest health improvement and wildfire risk reduction projects and makes other substantive changes to help expedite project completion.   Location: Assembly 2 year   Status: 9/10/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(15). (Last location was NAT. RES. on 2/12/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)   Position:  Support  Staff:  Staci (1)

AB 322   (Salas)   Energy: Electric Program Investment Charge program: biomass.   Requires the Energy Commission to consider bioenergy projects for biomass conversion when awarding funds under the Electric Program Investment Charge program.   Location: Assembly Chaptered   Status: 9/23/2021-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 229, Statutes of 2021.   Position:  Support  Staff:  John (1)

AB 332   (Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials)   Hazardous waste: treated wood waste: management standards.   Reestablishes a statutory pathway for the alternative management and disposal of treated wood waste in a landfill.   Location: Assembly Chaptered   Status: 8/31/2021-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 147, Statutes of 2021.   Position:  Support  Staff:  John (1)

AB 339   (Lee)   Local government: open and public meetings.   Assembly Bill 339 requires all open and public meetings to include an in-person public comment opportunity, except in specified circumstances during a declared state or local emergency. The bill would require all meetings to provide the public with an opportunity to comment on proposed legislation in person and remotely via a telephonic or an internet-based service option, as provided.   Location: Assembly Enrolled   Status: 9/17/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.   Position:  Oppose  Staff:  Staci (1)

AB 361   (Rivas, Robert )   Open meetings: state and local agencies: teleconferences.   Assembly Bill 361 authorizes a local agency to use teleconferencing without complying with the teleconferencing requirements imposed by the Ralph M. Brown Act when a legislative body of a local agency holds a meeting for the purpose of declaring or ratifying a local emergency   Location: Assembly Chaptered   Status: 9/16/2021-Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 165, Statutes of 2021.   Position:  Support  Staff:  Staci (1)

AB 410   (Fong)   Licensed registered nurses and licensed vocational nurses: Nurse Licensure Compact.   Assembly Bill 410 would enact the Nurse Licensure Compact, under which the Board of Registered Nursing and the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians would be authorized to issue a multistate license that would authorize the holder to practice as a registered nurse or a licensed vocational nurse, as applicable, in all party states under a multistate licensure privilege, as specified.   Location: Assembly 2 year   Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was B.&P. on 2/12/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)   Position:  Support  Staff:  Sarah (1)

AB 418   (Valladares)   Emergency services: grant program.   Assembly Bill 418 codifies a Community Power Resiliency Program modeled after some of the recent Office of Emergency Services grant allocations to counties, cities, special districts and tribal governments.   Location: Assembly Vetoed   Status: 10/4/2021-Vetoed by Governor.   Position:  Support  Staff:  Tracy (1)

AB 428   (Mayes)   Local government: board of supervisors.   Assembly Bill 428 requires each county to have a board of supervisors and provides for the organization and powers of the board of supervisors. Current law allows the board of supervisors of any general law or charter county to adopt or the residents of the county to propose, by initiative, limit or repeal a limit on the number of terms a member of the board of supervisors may serve on the board of supervisors.   Location: Assembly Chaptered   Status: 10/4/2021-Signed by the Governor   Position:  Support  Staff:  Staci (1)

AB 431   (Patterson)   Forestry: timber harvesting plans: defensible space: exemptions.   Assembly Bill 431 prohibits a person from conducting timber operations, as defined, unless a timber harvesting plan prepared by a registered professional forester has been submitted to, and approved by, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.   Location: Assembly Chaptered   Status: 9/23/2021-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 230, Statutes of 2021.   Position:  Support  Staff:  Staci (1)

AB 537   (Quirk)   Communications: wireless telecommunications and broadband facilities.     Location: Assembly Chaptered   Status: 10/4/2021-Signed by the Governor   Position:  Removal of Opposition  Staff:  Tracy (1)

AB 602   (Grayson)   Development fees: impact fee nexus study.     Location: Assembly Chaptered   Status: 9/28/2021-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 347, Statutes of 2021.   Position:  Oppose Unless Amended  Staff:  Tracy (1)

AB 636   (Maienschein)   Financial abuse of elder or dependent adults.     Location: Assembly Enrolled   Status: 9/10/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.   Position:  Watch  Staff:  Sarah (1)

AB 640   (Cooley)   Extended foster care: eligibility redetermination.   AB 640 is related to eligibility redeterminations for Extended Foster Care (EFC). The bill would allow a county to do eligibility redeterminations to establish Title IV-E eligibility for many of these youth as they enter EFC, without any disruption in services or supports to these youth. RCRC supports AB 640 and submitted a request for signature to Governor Newsom.   Location: Assembly Enrolled   Status: 9/13/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.   Position:  Support  Staff:  Sarah (1)

AB 759   (McCarty)   Elections: county officers.   Assembly Bill 759 would require an election for all county-wide offices (sheriff, assessor, district attorney, etc.) be held at the presidential general election. Initially, this bill only applied to the county sheriff but recent amendments expand it to all county-wide offices. In addition, this bill would require that these officeholder elections occur at the 2024 General Election thereby requiring affected officeholders to hold a two-year term (assuming election in 2022).   Location: Senate 2 year   Status: 9/10/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(15). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 9/8/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)   Position:  Watch  Staff:  Sarah (1)

AB 819   (Levine)   California Environmental Quality Act: notices and documents: electronic filing and posting.   Requires lead agencies to post California Environmental Quality Act notices and documents on their internet websites and to submit CEQA documents to the State Clearinghouse in electronic form.   Location: Assembly Chaptered   Status: 7/16/2021-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 97, Statutes of 2021.   Position:  Watch  Staff:  John (1)

AB 843   (Aguiar-Curry)   California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program: renewable feed-in tariff: Bioenergy Market Adjusting Tariff program: community choice aggregators.   Allows Community Choice Aggregators (CCAs) to access the CPUC BioMAT program that provides funding for renewable bioenergy electricity projects, including biomass and biogas.   Location: Assembly Chaptered   Status: 9/23/2021-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 234, Statutes of 2021.   Position:  Support  Staff:  John (1)

AB 881   (Gonzalez, Lorena)   Recycling: plastic waste: export.   Repeals the ability for local governments to claim diversion credit for mixed plastic waste that is exported for recycling.   Location: Assembly Enrolled   Status: 9/8/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.   Position:  Pending  Staff:  John (1)

AB 925   (Dahle, Megan)   Sexual assault forensic examinations: reimbursement.   Would authorize the appropriate local law enforcement agency to seek reimbursement from the Office of Emergency Services, using the specified federal funds, for the cost of conducting the medical evidentiary examination of a sexual assault victim.   Location: Senate 2 year   Status: 8/27/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(12). (Last location was APPR. on 6/29/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)   Position:  Support  Staff:  Sarah (1)

AB 970   (McCarty)   Planning and zoning: electric vehicle charging stations: permit application: approval.   AB 970 will require applications to install electric vehicle (EV) charging stations to be deemed complete by a local jurisdiction within five business days for one to 25 charging stations on a single site, or 10 business days to construct 25 or more, and also requires such applications to be deemed approved within 20 or 40 business days (respectively) after the application was submitted, as specified. For a local jurisdiction with a population of less than 200,000 residents, the bill’s provisions would become operative on January 1, 2023.   Location: Assembly Enrolled   Status: 9/13/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.   Position:  Oppose  Staff:  Leigh (1)

AB 989   (Gabriel)   Housing Accountability Act: appeals: Office of Housing Appeals.     Location: Senate 2 year   Status: 9/10/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(15). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 9/10/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)   Position:  Oppose Unless Amended  Staff:  Tracy (1)

AB 1078   (Patterson)   Energy: building standards: photovoltaic requirements.   Exempts residential buildings damaged or destroyed in a disaster during the 2020 calendar year from having to install solar energy systems under the California Energy Commission’s recently adopted building requirements.   Location: Assembly 2 year   Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was NAT. RES. on 3/4/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)   Position:  Support  Staff:  John (1)

AB 1124   (Friedman)   Solar energy systems.     Location: Assembly Chaptered   Status: 9/23/2021-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 235, Statutes of 2021.   Position:  Oppose  Staff:  Tracy (1)

AB 1138   (Rubio, Blanca)   Unlawful cannabis activity: civil enforcement.   AB 1138 would impose a civil penalty on persons aiding and abetting unlicensed commercial cannabis activity of up to 3 times the amount of the license fee for each violation but in no case more than $30,000 for each violation. RCRC successfully amended the bill to include explicit anti-preemption language preserving local enforcement tools and help minimize preemption arguments based on the bill.   Location: Assembly Enrolled   Status: 9/20/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.   Position:  Neutral  Staff:  Sarah (1)

AB 1139   (Gonzalez, Lorena)   Net energy metering.   Assembly Bill 1139 seeks to replace the existing net energy metering NEM tariff for rooftop solar with a new tariff under which utilities will pay the owners of rooftop solar far less for the energy produced by those systems. AB 1139 seeks to address substantial cost shifting between solar and non-solar utility customers, but in doing so will substantially increase electrical bills for solar customers. The bill also deems all rooftop solar projects to be “public works” projects for which prevailing wages must be paid.   Location: Assembly 2 year   Status: 6/4/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(8). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 6/3/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)   Position:  Watch  Staff:  John (1)

AB 1154   (Patterson)   California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: egress route projects: fire safety.   Exempts from the California Environmental Quality Act egress route projects undertaken by a public agency and that are recommended by the Board of Forestry to improve fire safety of an existing subdivision.   Location: Assembly 2 year   Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was NAT. RES. on 3/4/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)   Position:  Support  Staff:  John (1)

AB 1201   (Ting)   Solid waste: products: labeling: compostability and biodegradability.   Requires CalRecycle to adopt regulations requiring local jurisdictions to bifurcate organic waste collection and processing systems if it first determines that is feasible to do so and bifurcation will improve processing and recycling. Authorizes CalRecycle to adopt regulations for plastic product labeling to ensure that plastic products labeled as compostable or home compostable are clearly distinguishable from no compostable products. Prohibits the sale of a plastic product labeled as compostable, home compostable, or soil biodegradable unless the product meets specified standards.   Location: Assembly Enrolled   Status: 9/20/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.   Position:  Oppose  Staff:  John (1)

AB 1311   (Wood)   Recycling: beverage containers.   Makes modest changes to the Beverage Container Recycling Act to increase consumer access to redemption opportunities.   Location: Assembly Enrolled   Status: 9/20/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.   Position:  Support  Staff:  John (1)

AB 1344   (Arambula)   State Department of Public Health: needle and syringe exchange services.   Exempts needle and syringe exchanges services from the California Environmental Quality Act.   Location: Assembly Chaptered   Status: 10/4/2021-Signed by the Governor   Position:  Neutral  Staff:  Sarah (1)

AB 1346   (Berman)   Air pollution: small off-road engines.   Assembly Bill 1346 would require the California Air Resources Board, by July 1, 2022, to adopt cost-effective and technologically feasible regulations to prohibit engine exhaust and evaporative emissions from new small off-road engines, which include portable generators as well as lawn and garden equipment   Location: Assembly Enrolled   Status: 9/20/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.   Position:  Oppose Unless Amended  Staff:  Leigh (1)

AB 1403   (Levine)   Emergency services.   Assembly Bill 1403 clarifies that deenergization events (also known as PSPS events) qualify as events for which a state of emergency can be declared by the Governor under the California Emergency Services Act.   Location: Assembly Enrolled   Status: 9/20/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.   Position:  Support  Staff:  John (1)

AB 1431   (Frazier)   Forestry: forest carbon and resilience goals.   Assembly Bill 1431 codifies various portions of the 2018 California Forest Carbon Plan and requires the Natural Resources Agency and the California Environmental Protection Agency, on or before January 1, 2023, to submit a report to the appropriate policy and budget committees of the Legislature on the positions and resources needed to achieve those state goals.   Location: Senate 2 year   Status: 8/27/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(12). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 8/16/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)   Position:  Support  Staff:  Staci (1)

AB 1454   (Bloom)   The California Beverage Container and Litter Reduction Act.   Assembly Bill 1454 makes several changes to the Beverage Container Recycling Program, including creation of a new $25,000 startup loan for the creation of new recycling centers in unserved or underserved areas and increased payments to redemption centers with an even greater increase in rural areas.   Location: Senate 2 year   Status: 9/10/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(15). (Last location was E.Q. on 6/16/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)   Position:  Support  Staff:  John (1)

AB 1547   (Reyes)   Air pollution: warehouse facilities.   AB 1547 allows the Air Resources Board to regulate indirect sources of air pollution and requires local governments to undertake many other actions to identify and address the potential environmental impacts of warehouse development projects.   Location: Assembly 2 year   Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was NAT. RES. on 3/25/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)   Position:  Oppose  Staff:  John (1)

ACA 1   (Aguiar-Curry)   Local government financing: affordable housing and public infrastructure: voter approval.   ACA 1 would lower the vote threshold to 55 percent for approval of local bonded-indebtedness and specially dedicated taxes imposed for specified uses.   Location: Assembly Local Government   Status: 4/22/2021-Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and APPR.   Position:  Support  Staff:  Tracy (1)

AJR 5   (Rivas, Luz)   Wild free-roaming horses and burros: protection: roundup moratorium.   AJR 5 would urge the federal government to declare a moratorium on all further wild horse and burro round-ups and would urge the United States Bureau of Land Management and the United States Forest Service to introduce and support populations in areas of California where wild horses and burros were historically present.   Location: Senate Natural Resources and Water   Status: 8/25/2021-Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.   Position:  Oppose  Staff:  Sidd (1)

SB 4   (Gonzalez)   Communications: California Advanced Services Fund.   Senate Bill 4 would modernize and increase the California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) by exploring ways to facilitate streamlining of local land use approvals and construction permit processes for projects related to broadband infrastructure deployment and connectivity.   Location: Senate Enrolled   Status: 9/17/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.   Position:  Support  Staff:  Tracy (1)

SB 11   (Rubio)   The California FAIR Plan Association: basic property insurance: exclusions.   Senate Bill 11, which would remove certain barriers to enable homes and structures used to conduct business on farmland to be covered through the California Fair Access to Insurance Requirements (FAIR) Plan.   Location: Senate Chaptered   Status: 7/23/2021-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 128, Statutes of 2021.   Position:  Support  Staff:  Staci (1)

SB 12   (McGuire)   Local government: planning and zoning: wildfires.   Senate Bill 12 requires that the Office of Planning and Research, among other things, coordinate with appropriate entities, including state, regional, or local agencies, to establish a clearinghouse for climate adaptation information for use by state, regional, and local entities, as provided. This bill would require the safety element, upon the next revision of the housing element or the hazard mitigation plan, on or after July 1, 2024, whichever occurs first.   Location: Assembly 2 year   Status: 7/14/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was H. & C.D. on 6/24/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)   Position:  Pending  Staff:  Tracy (1)

SB 28   (Caballero)   Digital Infrastructure and Video Competition Act of 2006: deployment data.     Location: Senate Enrolled   Status: 9/17/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.   Position:  Support  Staff:  Tracy (1)

SB 29   (Umberg)   Elections: vote by mail ballots.   Senate Bill 29 Current law required county elections officials to mail a ballot to every registered voter for the November 3, 2020 and also required county elections officials to use a specified Secretary of State vote by mail tracking system or a system that meets the same specifications. SB 29 extends these requirements to all elections conducted prior to January 1, 2022.   Location: Senate Chaptered   Status: 2/19/2021-Chaptered by Secretary of State- Chapter 3, Statutes of 2021   Position:  Support  Staff:  Sarah (1)

SB 30   (Cortese)   Building decarbonization.   Prohibits state agencies from designing or constructing a state facility that is connected to the natural gas grid and prohibits state agencies from funding projects for the construction of residential and nonresidential buildings that are connected to the natural gas grid.   Location: Senate 2 year   Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was G.O. on 1/28/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)   Position:  Oppose Unless Amended  Staff:  John (1)

SB 37   (Cortese)   Contaminated Site Cleanup and Safety Act.   Senate Bill 37 eliminates the ability to use a “common sense exemption” under the California Environmental Quality Act for any projects undertaken at over 40,000 sites throughout the state that appear on the Cortese List of currently or formerly contaminated properties. Instead allows specified types of projects to use either a statutory or categorical CEQA exemption is certain circumstances are met   Location: Assembly 2 year   Status: 9/10/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(15). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 9/8/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)   Position:  Neutral  Staff:  John (1)

SB 38   (Wieckowski)   Beverage containers.   Replaces the existing Beverage Container Recycling Program (Bottle Bill) with a new recycling program administered by beverage container manufacturers and increases the CRV from $0.05 to $0.10 per container if the state fails to achieve specified recycling rates. Repeals the $10.5 million annually set aside for payments to cities and counties to address recycling and litter.   Location: Assembly 2 year   Status: 7/14/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was NAT. RES. on 6/10/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)   Position:  Oppose Unless Amended  Staff:  John (1)

SB 45   (Portantino)   Wildfire Prevention, Safe Drinking Water, Drought Preparation, and Flood Protection Bond Act of 2022.   Senate Bill 45 enacts the Wildfire Prevention, Safe Drinking Water, Drought Preparation, and Flood Protection Bond Act of 2022, which, if approved by the voters, would authorize the issuance of bonds in a specified amount pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance projects for a wildfire prevention, safe drinking water, drought preparation, and flood protection program   Location: Senate 2 year   Status: 9/10/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(15). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 6/1/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)   Position:  Pending  Staff:  Sidd (1)

SB 52   (Dodd)   State of emergency: local emergency: planned power outage.   Senate Bill 52 clarifies that deenergization events (also known as PSPS events) qualify as events for which a local emergency can be declared under the California Emergency Services Act.   Location: Senate Enrolled   Status: 9/9/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.   Position:  Support  Staff:  John (1)

SB 54   (Allen)   Plastic Pollution Producer Responsibility Act.   SB 54 requires manufactures of single-use, disposable packaging and food service ware to ensure that those products sold, distributed, or imported into the state are either recyclable or compostable.   Location: Senate 2 year   Status: 6/4/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(8). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 5/20/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)   Position:  Support In Concept  Staff:  John (1)

SB 55   (Stern)   Very high fire hazard severity zone: state responsibility area: development prohibition: supplemental height and density bonuses.   Senate Bill 55 would prohibit all retail, commercial, industrial, or residential development in specified fire-prone areas of the state. Status: SB 55 is a two-year bill.   Location: Senate 2 year   Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was GOV. & F. on 3/3/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)   Position:  Oppose  Staff:  Tracy (1)

SB 99   (Dodd)   Community Energy Resilience Act of 2021.   Senate Bill 99 requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to develop and implement a grant program for local governments to develop community energy resilience plans.   Location: Assembly 2 year   Status: 8/27/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(12). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 8/19/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)   Position:  Support  Staff:  John (1)

SB 208   (Dahle)   Sierra Nevada Conservancy: Sierra Nevada Region: subregion: definitions: annual report.   Senate Bill 208 requires the Sierra Nevada Conservancy to make an annual report to the Legislature and to the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency regarding expenditures, land management costs, and administrative costs. This bill would modify areas listed under the definitions of the “Sierra Nevada Region” and its “subregions,” as specified, for these purposes.   Location: Senate Chaptered   Status: 9/16/2021-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 182, Statutes of 2021.   Position:  Support  Staff:  Staci (1)

SB 219   (McGuire)   Property taxation: delinquent penalties and costs: cancellation: public health orders.   Senate Bill 219 codifies a county tax collector’s ability to cancel late payment penalties for taxpayers who have experienced financial hardship due to shelter-in-place orders.   Location: Senate Chaptered   Status: 7/23/2021-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 131, Statutes of 2021.   Position:  Support  Staff:  Staci (1)

SB 244   (Archuleta)   Lithium-ion batteries: illegal disposal: fire prevention.   Senate Bill 244 seeks to prevent lithium-ion battery fires by requiring the state to develop best practices for the detection, safe handling, and suppression of fires that originate from discarded lithium-ion batteries in solid waste collection vehicles, transfer and processing stations, and disposal facilities.   Location: Senate Enrolled   Status: 9/9/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.   Position:  Support  Staff:  John (1)

SB 261   (Allen)   Regional transportation plans: sustainable communities strategies.   Requires the Air Resources Board (ARB) to adopt new greenhouse gas (GHG) emission and vehicle miles traveled (VMT) reduction targets for incorporation into the sustainable communities’ strategies prepared by the state’s 18 metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs).   Location: Senate 2 year   Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was TRANS. on 3/15/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)   Position:  Oppose  Staff:  John (1)

SB 264   (Min)   Firearms: the OC Fair and Event Center.   Senate Bill 264 prohibits the sale of firearms and firearm components on state property, most notably District Agriculture Associations-operated fairs.   Location: Senate Enrolled   Status: 9/9/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.   Position:  Oppose  Staff:  Staci (1)

SB 270   (Durazo)   Public employment: labor relations: employee information.   This bill, commencing July 1, 2022, would authorize an exclusive representative to file a charge of an unfair labor practice with the board, as specified, alleging a violation of the above-described requirements only if specified conditions are met, including that the exclusive representative gives written notice of the alleged violation and that the public employer fails to cure the violation, as specified. The bill would limit a public employer’s opportunity to cure certain violations.   Location: Senate Chaptered   Status: 9/27/2021-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 330, Statutes of 2021.   Position:  Oppose  Staff:  Sarah (1)

SB 278   (Leyva)   Public Employees’ Retirement System: disallowed compensation: benefit adjustments.   The California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) generally requires a public retirement system, as defined, to modify its plan or plans to comply with the act. PEPRA, among other things, establishes new defined benefit formulas and caps on pensionable compensation.   Location: Senate Chaptered   Status: 9/27/2021-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 331, Statutes of 2021.   Position:  Oppose  Staff:  Sarah (1)

SB 284   (Stern)   Workers’ compensation: firefighters and peace officers: post-traumatic stress.   Establishes a workers’ compensation system, administered by the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers’ Compensation, to compensate an employee for injuries sustained in the course of employment.   Location: Assembly 2 year   Status: 9/10/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(15). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 8/30/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)   Position:  Oppose  Staff:  Sarah (1)

SB 286   (Min)   Elections: county officers: consolidation with statewide elections.   Senate Bill 286 would require the top-two vote-getters seeking election to a county office to face-off in a General Election.   Location: Senate 2 year   Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was E. & C.A. on 2/10/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)   Position:  Oppose  Staff:  Staci (1)

SB 289   (Newman)   Recycling: batteries and battery-embedded products.   Requires producers of battery and battery-embedded products to create stewardship organizations and programs for the collection, transportation, and recycling of those products.   Location: Senate 2 year   Status: 5/25/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 5/17/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)   Position:  Support  Staff:  John (1)

SB 316   (Eggman)   Medi-Cal: federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics.     Location: Assembly 2 year   Status: 9/10/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(15). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 9/9/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)   Position:  Support  Staff:  Sarah (1)

SB 335   (Cortese)   Workers’ compensation: liability.   Senate Bill 335 prohibits a claim for workers’ compensation from being maintained unless within 30 days after the occurrence of the injury, the injured person, or in case of the death, a dependent, or someone on the injured person’s or dependent’s behalf, serves notice of the injury upon the employer.   Location: Assembly 2 year   Status: 7/14/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was INS. on 6/10/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)   Position:  Oppose  Staff:  Sarah (1)

SB 341   (McGuire)   Telecommunications service: outages.   Makes several changes to increase oversight and accountability of telecommunications service outages.   Location: Senate Chaptered   Status: 9/30/2021-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 425, Statutes of 2021.   Position:  Support  Staff:  John (1)

SB 343   (Allen)   Environmental advertising: recycling symbol: recyclability: products and packaging.   Prohibits the sale of any product or packaging using a deceptive or misleading claim about its recyclability, including using the chasing arrows symbol unless CalRecycle determines the product or packaging is recyclable. Requires CalRecycle to identify the types of plastic products and packaging from which a claim of recyclability may be made.   Location: Senate Enrolled   Status: 9/17/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.   Position:  Watch  Staff:  John (1)

SB 359   (Caballero)   Climate change: Resilient Merced County Incentive Pilot Program.   Senate Bill 359 requires the Department of Conservation to develop and implement the Resilient Merced County Incentive Pilot Program to assist the County of Merced to develop and adopt a climate action plan through the use of a scenario-planning tool developed by the department and provide financial assistance to private landowners in implementing activities resulting from the use of the scenario-planning tool set forth in the adopted climate action plan.   Location: Senate 2 year   Status: 5/25/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 5/3/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)   Position:  Pending  Staff:  Sidd (1)

SB 378   (Gonzalez)   Local government: broadband infrastructure development project permit processing: microtrenching permit processing ordinance.     Location: Senate Enrolled   Status: 9/9/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.   Position:  Pending  Staff:  Tracy (1)

SB 456   (Laird)   Fire prevention: wildfire and forest resilience: action plan: reports.   Senate Bill 456 requires the department to be responsible for, among other things, fire protection and prevention, as provided. The former Governor, Edmund G. Brown Jr., issued an executive order relating to, among other subjects, the streamlining of permitting for landowner-initiated projects for the improvement of forest health and the reduction of forest fire fuels on their properties.   Location: Senate Chaptered   Status: 9/28/2021-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 387, Statutes of 2021.   Position:  Support  Staff:  Staci (1)

SB 477   (Wiener)   General plan: annual report.     Location: Senate Enrolled   Status: 9/9/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.   Position:  Oppose Unless Amended  Staff:  Tracy (1)

SB 493   (Bradford)   Local government financing: juvenile justice.   This measure would redirect Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act (JJCPA) funds, revise the composition of local Juvenile Justice Coordinating Councils, and recast various elements of required multiagency juvenile justice plans.   Location: Senate 2 year   Status: 5/25/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 5/3/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)   Position:  Oppose  Staff:  Sarah (1)

SB 533   (Stern)   Electrical corporations: wildfire mitigation plans: deenergization events.   Requires utilities to discuss in their Wildfire Mitigation Plans efforts to improve their electrical systems, focused on those areas and assets that have been deenergized the greatest number of times.   Location: Senate Chaptered   Status: 9/23/2021-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 244, Statutes of 2021.   Position:  Support  Staff:  John (1)

SB 580   (Hueso)   Department of Transportation: highways and roads: recycled plastics study and specifications.   Authorizes the state to study the feasibility, cost effectiveness, and environmental benefits of including recycled plastics in asphalt used as a paving material in the construction, maintenance, or rehabilitation of a highway or rad.   Location: Senate 2 year   Status: 6/4/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(8). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 5/26/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)   Position:  Watch  Staff:  John (1)

SB 594   (Glazer)   Elections: redistricting.   SB 594 would make various changes to state law governing candidate filing for the 2022 statewide primary election, redistricting in special districts following the 2020 census, and districting and redistricting for local governments. These changes are necessary to accommodate the delayed receipt of data from the United States Census Bureau and subsequent redistricting processes leading up to the 2022 elections. RCRC, along with UCC and CSAC, support this measure and work with legislative staff to ensure clarification on the ability for counties to adopt maps by resolution or ordinance, was included in SB 594.   Location: Senate Chaptered   Status: 9/27/2021-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 320, Statutes of 2021.   Position:  Support  Staff:  Sarah (1)

SB 619   (Laird)   Organic waste: reduction regulations: local jurisdiction compliance.   Provides local governments with one additional year to come into compliance with SB 1383 organic waste recycling regulations without being subject to penalties by CalRecycle, if certain conditions are met.   Location: Senate Enrolled   Status: 9/17/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.   Position:  No Position  Staff:  John (1)

SB 709   (Dahle)   Z’Berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973: timber harvesting plans: extensions.   Senate Bill 709 eliminates extensions for timber harvesting plans approved by the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection from January 1, 2010, to August 31, 2012, inclusive, and instead allow for a timber harvesting plan that is approved by the department from January 1, 2014, to December 31, 2015, inclusive, to be extended for an additional 2 years if certain conditions are met.   Location: Senate Enrolled   Status: 9/9/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.   Position:  Support  Staff:  Staci (1)