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 codifies the Regional Forest and Fire Capacity (RFFC) program under the California Department of Conservation and moves oversight of several fire prevention activities from CAL FIRE to the Office of the State Fire Marshal, including: • The Fire Prevention Grants Program; • Defensible space requirements; • The California wildfire mitigation financial assistance program; • The establishment of fire hazard severity zones and very high fire hazard severity zones; • Working with local governments to identify subdivisions that are without secondary egress routes, and developing recommendations to improve the subdivision’s fire safety; • Utility wildfire mitigation plans; • General plan safety element review; and, • Wildland building code standards. 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 Chaptered Status: 10/8/2021-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 658, Statutes of 2021. 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 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 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 431 (Patterson) Forestry: timber harvesting plans: defensible space: exemptions. Assembly Bill 431 extends exemptions to January 1, 2026 from timber harvesting plan requirements for residents who are complying with state defensible space statute. 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 522 (Fong) Forestry: Forest Fire Prevention Exemption. The Z’berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973 authorizes the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection to exempt specific forest management activities, including the harvesting of trees for the purpose of reducing the rate of fire spread, and duration, intensity, fuel ignitability, or ignition of tree crowns, known as the Forest Fire Prevention Exemption. Assembly Bill 522 extends the sunset of the Forest Fire Prevention Exemption to January 1, 2026 to aid forest landowners with wildfire prevention activities. Location: Senate Rules Status: 1/27/2022-Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. Position: Support Staff: Staci (1)
AB 537 (Quirk) Communications: wireless telecommunications and broadband facilities. Location: Assembly Chaptered Status: 10/4/2021-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 467, Statutes of 2021. 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 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 870 (Santiago) Hazardous materials: liens. Provides that when the Department of Toxic Substances Control determines that a contaminated site must be remediated, and issues a cost estimate to the property owner for the estimated cost of remediation, the amount in the cost estimate shall constitute a lien on the property that takes priority over all other liens, including liens for local property taxes and special assessments. Location: Assembly Dead Status: 1/14/2022-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(1). (Last location was JUD. on 1/6/2022) Position: Concerns 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 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 1001 (Garcia, Cristina) Environment: mitigation measures for air and water quality impacts: environmental justice. Modifies the California Environmental Quality Act by: 1) Requiring air and water quality impacts to a disadvantaged community to be mitigated in that community; 2) requiring local agencies to act consistently with the principles of environmental justice by ensuring the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of people of all races, cultures, incomes, and national origins. Location: Assembly Third Reading Status: 1/24/2022-Read second time. Ordered to third reading. Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 48. Noes 16.) Position: Oppose Staff: John (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: Senate Rules Status: 1/27/2022-Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. 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 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 Inactive File Status: 1/27/2022-Ordered to inactive file at the request of Assembly Member Carrillo. 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: Senate Rules Status: 1/27/2022-Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. Position: Support Staff: John (1)
AB 1218 (McCarty) Zero-emission new passenger vehicle and light-duty truck goals. AB 1218 would codify Governor Gavin Newsom's Executive Order N-79-20, which requires the California Air Resources Board to adopt measures to increase the number of zero emission vehicles sold in the state to reach a goal of 100% by the year 2035. Location: Assembly Third Reading Status: 1/24/2022-Read second time. Ordered to third reading. Position: Concerns Staff: Staci (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 1434 (Friedman) Urban water use objectives: indoor residential water use. Location: Assembly Dead Status: 1/21/2022-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(2). (Last location was APPR. on 1/6/2022) Position: Concerns Staff: Sidd (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 Dead Status: 1/14/2022-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(1). (Last location was NAT. RES. on 12/9/2021) Position: Oppose Staff: John (1)
AB 1608 (Gipson) County officers: consolidation of offices. Location: Assembly Local Government Status: 1/14/2022-Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and PUB. S. Position: Pending Staff: Sarah (1)
AB 1644 (Burke) Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: California Jobs Plan Act of 2021 The California Jobs Plan Act of 2021 requires the state board to work with the Labor and Workforce Development Agency to update, by July 1, 2025, Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund funding guidelines for administering agencies to ensure that all applicants to grant programs funded by the fund meet specified standards, including fair and responsible employer standards and inclusive procurement policies, as provided. Existing law exempts from these standards applicants for certain types of projects. This bill would exempt applicants for projects for healthy forest and fire prevention programs and projects, and the completion of prescribed fire and other fuel reduction projects from these standards. Location: Assembly Labor and Employment Status: 1/20/2022-Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and NAT. RES. Position: Support Staff: Staci (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 Chaptered Status: 10/8/2021-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 671, Statutes of 2021. 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 Chaptered Status: 10/8/2021-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 673, Statutes of 2021. Position: Support Staff: Tracy (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 Dead Status: 1/14/2022-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(1). (Last location was 2 YEAR on 4/30/2021) 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) Short-lived climate pollutants: organic waste reduction goals: local jurisdiction assistance. 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: Assembly Desk Status: 1/24/2022-Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. Position: Pending 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: Assembly Desk Status: 1/24/2022-Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 7.) Ordered to the Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. 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 Dead Status: 1/14/2022-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(1). (Last location was 2 YEAR on 4/30/2021) 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 would modify areas listed under the definitions of the “Sierra Nevada Region” and its “subregions,” adding Siskiyou County and portions of Trinity County to the boundaries of the Sierra Nevada Conservancy. 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 213 (Cortese) Workers’ compensation: hospital employees. Location: Senate Third Reading Status: 1/26/2022-Read second time. Ordered to third reading. Position: Oppose Staff: Sarah (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 Dead Status: 1/14/2022-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(1). (Last location was 2 YEAR on 4/30/2021) 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 at the Orange County Fair and Event Center. This bill was amended late from the previous version, which included all state property, most notably District Agriculture Associations-operated fairs. Location: Senate Chaptered Status: 10/8/2021-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 684, Statutes of 2021. Position: Oppose Staff: Staci (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: Orange County Board of Education. Senate Bill 286 would require the top-two vote-getters seeking election to a county office to face-off in a General Election. Location: Assembly Desk Status: 1/26/2022-Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 7.) Ordered to the Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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 Dead Status: 1/21/2022-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(2). (Last location was 2 YEAR on 5/25/2021) 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 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 Dead Status: 1/21/2022-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(2). (Last location was 2 YEAR on 5/25/2021) Position: Pending Staff: Sidd (1)
SB 378 (Gonzalez) Local government: broadband infrastructure development project permit processing: microtrenching permit processing ordinance. Location: Senate Chaptered Status: 10/8/2021-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 677, Statutes of 2021. Position: Pending Staff: Tracy (1)
SB 456 (Laird) Fire prevention: wildfire and forest resilience: action plan: reports. Senate Bill 456 requires the Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force to develop an implementation plan for the Wildfire and Forest Resilience Action Plan. The bill also requires the California Natural Resources Agency and CalEPA to report on the progress of the implementation plan annually to the Legislature. 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 Vetoed Status: 1/27/2022-Stricken from file. Veto sustained. 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 Dead Status: 1/21/2022-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(2). (Last location was 2 YEAR on 5/25/2021) Position: Oppose Staff: Sarah (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 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 Chaptered Status: 10/5/2021-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 508, Statutes of 2021. 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 Chaptered Status: 10/8/2021-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 734, Statutes of 2021. Position: Support Staff: Staci (1)
SB 832 (Dodd) Water rights: measurement of diversion. Location: Senate Natural Resources and Water Status: 1/19/2022-Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. Position: Watch Staff: Sidd (1)