Existing law prescribes specific procedures by which political parties participate in the presidential primary, and it defines the role of the Secretary of State in overseeing the primary and general elections and the meeting of presidential electors. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to cause the names of the political parties' candidates for President and Vice President to be placed on the general election ballot after receiving from each party its certified list of nominees for electors, as specified. Existing law, including the United States Constitution, governs the qualifications of candidates for elective office, including the office of President of the United States. This bill would require the Secretary of State, before placing the name of a candidate for President or Vice President on the ballot for the general election, to determine whether the candidate satisfies the qualifications for the office described in the United States Constitution. The bill would prohibit the Secretary of State from placing on the ballot the name of any candidate who the Secretary of State determines is not eligible in accordance with these provisions. The bill would authorize a voter or candidate to challenge this determination by the Secretary of State in accordance with specified procedures. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of all state highways. Existing law authorizes a public agency that has responsibility for the planning and development of public transportation systems to use airspace over or under an existing state freeway as a route for a public transportation system, as provided. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the latter provision.
Existing law grants the Division of Occupational Safety and Health jurisdiction over the safety and health of railroad employees, as specified. Existing law authorizes a conductor to place a pusher engine ahead of the caboose, as defined, if conditions warrant it for the safety of the occupants of a caboose. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to provisions relating to the above-described authority of a conductor.
Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of the state highway system and associated property. Existing law authorizes the department to enter into cooperative agreements with cities, counties, and other public entities with respect to the acquisition, construction, improvement, and maintenance of state highways, including agreements for the contribution of funds from any of those entities for state highway projects located within their jurisdiction and for the apportionment of expenses associated with the project. This bill would require the department, in an agreement with a city, county, or other public entity for the contribution of funds for the acquisition, construction, or improvement of any portion of state highway, to include a provision that makes the department responsible for any additional costs associated with a new project design adopted by the department after the project is included in the state transportation improvement program or the state highway operation and protection program, as specified. The bill would also make this provision applicable to agreements in effect as of January 1, 2025.
Existing law imposes various requirements on public and private employers with regard to federal immigration agency worksite enforcement actions. Existing law, except as required by federal law, prohibits a public or private employer, or a person acting on behalf of a public or private employer, from reverifying the employment eligibility of a current employee at a time or in a manner not required by specified federal law. Existing law prescribes a penalty of up to $10,000 for a violation of this prohibition to be recoverable by the Labor Commissioner. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to these provisions.
(1) Existing law, the Barbering and Cosmetology Act, the violation of which is a crime, provides for the licensure and regulation of barbers and cosmetologists by the State Board of Barbering and Cosmetology in the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law requires the examination of applicants for a license issued by the board to consist of written tests to determine the applicant's skill in, and knowledge of, the practice of the occupation for which a license is sought. This bill would additionally require those written tests to determine the applicant's skill in, and knowledge of, providing services to individuals with varying hair types and textures. (2) Existing law requires a course in barbering or cosmetology to include, at a minimum, technical and practical instruction in specified areas, including instruction in chemical hair services and hairstyling services, as described. Existing law also requires a course in hairstyling, as provided, to include instruction in hairstyling services, as described. This bill would additionally require that instruction in chemical hair services and hairstyling services to include instruction in the provision of services to individuals with all hair types and textures, including, but not limited to, various curl or wave patterns, hair strand thicknesses, and volumes of hair. By expanding the crimes relating to violation of the Barbering and Cosmetology Act, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (3) 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.
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. CEQA makes various legislative findings and declarations regarding the maintenance of a quality environment for the people of this state and states the intent of the Legislature for state agencies to regulate activities so that major consideration is given to preventing environmental damage. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those findings and declarations, and to the statement of intent.
Existing law, the Subdivision Map Act, requires prescribed security from a developer if the act or a local ordinance authorizes or requires the furnishing of security in connection with the performance of any act or agreement, including a requirement that specified forms of security be recorded with the county recorder of the county in which the subject real property is located. Existing law also requires any contract or security interest in real property entered into as security for performance, as described, to be recorded as specified. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
Existing law requires the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, in consultation with specified entities, to develop a modern policing degree program and to prepare and submit a report to the Legislature outlining a plan to implement the program. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these provisions.
The California Constitution grants to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation exclusive authority to award inmates credits toward their sentences earned for good behavior and approved rehabilitative or educational achievements. This measure would authorize the Legislature to enact legislation to prescribe the earning of credits by those convicted of offenses related to fentanyl.
The California Constitution establishes the Public Utilities Commission, with jurisdiction over all public utilities. The California Constitution grants the commission certain general powers over public utilities, subject to control by the Legislature, and authorizes the Legislature, unlimited by the other provisions of the California Constitution, to confer on the commission additional authority and jurisdiction. The Public Utilities Act contains laws directing the commission's regulation of public utilities. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the law naming the act.
Under existing law, a person sentenced to imprisonment in a state prison may during that period of confinement be deprived of only those rights as is reasonably related to legitimate penological interests. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to this provision.
