The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 establishes the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases. The act requires the state board to adopt rules and regulations to achieve the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective greenhouse gas emissions reductions to ensure that the statewide greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to at least 40% below the statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit, as defined, no later than December 31, 2030. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to improve California's response to climate change.
The Employee Housing Act requires a person operating employee housing to obtain a permit to operate that employee housing from the enforcement agency, as defined, unless otherwise exempted by the act. The act authorizes a permit to operate employee housing consisting only of permanent single-family housing to, if approved by the enforcement agency, be issued for a longer period of time not to exceed 5 years. This bill would instead authorize that permit to be issued for a period of time not to exceed 6 years.
Existing law, the Nursing Practice Act, establishes the Board of Registered Nursing within the Department of Consumer Affairs and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the licensure and regulation of registered nurses. Existing law requires the board to prepare and maintain a list of approved schools of nursing within the state whose graduates are eligible to apply for a license to practice nursing. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
Existing law authorizes the chairperson of the Judicial Council to appoint committees, as prescribed, to advise with the council in studying various matters relating to the business of the courts, simplifying and improving the administration of justice, and other duties of the council. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision.
Existing law establishes the California Conservation Corps in the Natural Resources Agency and requires the corps to implement and administer the conservation corps program. Existing law makes various findings and declarations relating to the corps. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to those findings and declarations.
Existing law, the Emergency Medical Services System and the Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Personnel Act, governs local emergency medical services (EMS) systems. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to the payment and reimbursement for mobile integrated health and community paramedicine programs.
Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, the California State University, the University of California, independent institutions of higher education, and private postsecondary educational institutions as the segments of postsecondary education in the state. The missions and functions of these segments are set forth in the Donahoe Higher Education Act. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes in a provision that, for purposes of the Donahoe Higher Education Act, designates the segments of public postsecondary education as the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California, as specified, and defines independent institutions of higher education for these purposes.
Existing law, until January 1, 2026, makes a person guilty of organized retail theft, punishable as a misdemeanor or a felony, as specified, if the person acts in concert with one or more persons to steal merchandise from one or more merchant's premises or online marketplaces with the intent to sell or return the merchandise for value, acts in concert with 2 or more persons to receive, purchase, or possess merchandise knowing or believing it to have been stolen, acts as an agent of another to steal merchandise from one or more merchant's premises or online marketplaces as part of an organized plan to commit theft, or recruits, coordinates, organizes, supervises, directs, manages, or finances another to undertake acts of theft. This bill would extend the operation of the crime of organized retail theft indefinitely. By extending the operation of an existing crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Existing law provides for the placement of juveniles under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court into a county juvenile hall. Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for any person who is under the custody of a probation officer or any peace officer in a county juvenile hall, or committed to a county juvenile ranch, camp, forestry camp, or regional facility to escape or attempt to escape from that place or during transportation to or from that place. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
Existing law, the Neng Thao Drowning Prevention Safety Act, authorizes specified organizations to provide informational materials, in electronic or hardcopy form, to a public school regarding specified topics relating to drowning prevention. Existing law authorizes, beginning with the 2024–25 school year, upon receipt of the informational materials, a public school to provide the informational materials to parents, legal guardians, or caregivers of pupils at the time the pupil enrolls at the school and at the beginning of each school year. This bill would revise and recast various provisions of the Neng Thao Drowning Prevention Safety Act to, among other things, prohibit the distribution of these informational materials from taking place later than the end of the first week of May in the year of distribution. The bill would authorize an authorized school official, as defined, to consider specified factors when selecting which drowning or injury prevention organization, as defined, to work with. In order to provide informational materials to a public school, the bill would require a drowning or injury prevention organization to, among other requirements, provide written evidence to an authorized school official demonstrating that the informational materials provided by the drowning or injury prevention organization align with the drowning, drowning prevention, water safety, and swim skills lesson access information of at least one expert organization, as defined. The bill would also deem swim instruction provided by certain qualified and certified persons, and open to children of all ages, an essential public health service, as provided.
Existing law establishes the Geologic Energy Management Division in the Department of Conservation, under the direction of the State Oil and Gas Supervisor, who is required to supervise the drilling, operation, maintenance, and abandonment of oil and gas wells in the state and the operation, maintenance, and removal or abandonment of tanks and facilities related to oil and gas production within an oil and gas field, so as to prevent damage to life, health, property, and natural resources. Existing law requires the operator of a well to file a written notice of intention to commence drilling with, and prohibits any drilling until approval is given by, the supervisor or district deputy. Existing law also requires an operator of a well to file a notice of intention with, and to receive approval from, the supervisor or a district deputy for the deepening or redrilling of wells, the plugging of wells, or the permanent altering of the casing of wells. Under existing law, if the supervisor or district deputy fails to give the operator written response to the notice within 10 working days from the date of receipt, that failure is considered an approval of the notice, as provided. This bill would require the supervisor or district deputy to provide a written response to the operator within 10 working days from the date of receipt of the notice of intention that describes the legal basis for any decision not to approve the notice of intention.
Existing law, as amended by the Californians Against Sexual Exploitation (CASE) Act, an initiative measure enacted by the approval of Proposition 35 at the November 6, 2012, statewide general election, proscribes the crime of human trafficking, a felony. Existing law specifies the penalties to be imposed upon a conviction for human trafficking and authorizes the court, in addition to any other penalty, fine, or restitution imposed, to impose a fine of up to $1,000,000. Existing law authorizes the Legislature to amend the CASE Act by a majority vote if the statute furthers its objectives. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision.
