California Bills

(1) The California Hospice Licensure Act of 1990 requires a person, political subdivision of the state, or other governmental agency to obtain a license from the State Department of Public Health to provide hospice services to an individual who is experiencing the last phase of life due to a terminal disease, as defined, and their family, except as provided. Existing law requires the department, by January 1, 2024, to adopt emergency regulations to implement the recommendations in a specified report of the California State Auditor. Existing law requires the department to maintain the general moratorium on new hospice agency licenses until the department adopts the regulations, but in no event later than March 29, 2024. Existing law requires the moratorium to end on the earlier of 2 years from the date that the California State Auditor publishes a report on hospice agency licensure, or the date the emergency regulations are adopted. This bill would instead require the moratorium to end on the date the emergency regulations are adopted and would extend the deadline by which the department is required to adopt those regulations to January 1, 2025. (2) Under existing law, the Department of Health Care Services is responsible for licensing and certifying alcoholism and drug abuse recovery and treatment programs and facilities, including both residential and nonresidential programs. Existing law requires the department to charge a fee for the licensure or certification of these facilities and to evaluate licensing and certification fees annually, taking into consideration the overall cost of specified residential and outpatient licensing and certification activities of the department, plus a reasonable reserve. Existing law requires the department to submit proposed new fees or fee changes to the Legislature for approval, as specified, and prohibits new fees or fee changes without legislative approval. Existing law establishes the Residential and Outpatient Program Licensing Fund, consisting of fees, fines, and penalties collected from residential and outpatient programs. This bill would require any excess fees remaining in the Residential and Outpatient Program Licensing Fund at the end of each fiscal year to be carried forward and taken into consideration in setting the amount of fees imposed in the immediately subsequent fiscal year. The bill would authorize the department, no sooner than July 1, 2027, to approve a fee increase, up to and including 5 percent on an annual basis, as needed to address the costs of the licensing and certification activities described above. The bill would require the department to submit any proposed new fees or fee increases in excess of 5 percent to the Legislature for approval and would prohibit new fees or fee changes in excess of 5 percent to be implemented without legislative approval. The bill would require the department to develop a process for programs and facilities to apply for a hardship fee waiver and issue a provider bulletin detailing the application process for the hardship fee waiver that includes eligibility requirements for demonstrated need by July 1, 2024. Existing law requires the department to implement the licensing and certification provisions for alcoholism and drug abuse recovery and treatment programs and facilities through the Administrative Procedure Act. Existing law authorizes the department to implement new fees or fee changes by means of provider bulletins or similar action and to supersede the existing licensing and certification fees until the department amends the regulations. Existing law requires the department to notify and consult with interested parties and appropriate stakeholders regarding new fees or fee changes. This bill would remove the requirement that the department implement the licensing and certification provisions described above through the Administrative Procedures Act. The bill would additionally authorize the department to implement the hardship fee waiver process by means of provider bulletins or similar action. The bill would remove the authority of the department to supersede the licensing and certification fees described above. The bill would additionally require the department to notify and consult with interested parties and appropriate stakeholders regarding the hardship fee waiver process. (3) Existing law establishes the Emergency Medical Services Authority and requires the authority to be headed by a director who is appointed by the Governor. Existing law also requires the authority to have a chief medical officer who is appointed by the Governor, upon nomination by the Secretary of California Health and Human Services, who is a physician and surgeon licensed in California, as specified, and who has substantial experience in the practice of emergency medicine or emergency response in California. Existing law requires the chief medical officer to provide clinical leadership and oversight concerning treatment, education, and other matters involving medical decisionmaking and delivery of patient care. This bill additionally would require the appointment of the director and the chief medical officer to be subject to confirmation by the Senate. The bill would specify that the offices of the director and the chief medical officer are held at the pleasure of the Governor. (4) Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to implement and administer a residential lead-based paint hazard reduction program, as specified, including adopting regulations regarding accreditation of providers of health and safety training to employees who engage in or supervise lead-related construction work, as defined, and certification of employees who have successfully completed that training. Existing law, commencing on January 1, 2024, requires a firm and at least one person onsite and employed by a firm, doing renovation, repair, or painting work that will disturb lead-based paint to have a certificate. Existing law, as of July 1, 2023, requires the department to develop and implement an education and outreach program for every person and firm that is required to have a certificate. Existing law authorizes the department or any local law enforcement agency to enter, inspect, and photograph any premises where abatement, a lead hazard evaluation, or renovation, repair, or painting is being conducted or has been ordered, enter the place of business of any person who conducts abatement, lead hazard evaluations, or renovation, repair, or painting, and inspect and copy any business record of any person who conducts abatement, lead hazard evaluations, or renovation, repair, or painting to determine whether the person is complying with specified certification requirements. This bill would authorize the department or any local law enforcement agency to enter, inspect, and photograph any premises where abatement, a lead hazard evaluation, or lead-related construction work is being conducted or has been ordered, enter the place of business of any person who conducts abatement, lead hazard evaluations, or lead-related construction work, and inspect and copy any business record of any person who conducts abatement, lead hazard evaluations, or lead-related construction work to determine whether the person is complying with specified certification requirements. The bill would delay the implementation of the provisions requiring a firm to have a certificate until July 1, 2027, and delay the implementation of the education and outreach program until July 1, 2026. (5) Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to license and establish regulations for psychiatric residential treatment facilities, which are defined as licensed residential facilities operated by a public agency or private nonprofit organization that provide psychiatric services to individuals under 21 years of age in an inpatient setting. Under existing law, an individual's length of stay at the facility is based on specified criteria and must be consistent with an individual plan of care developed by an interdisciplinary team. Under existing law, the interdisciplinary team may include, among others, a nurse practitioner, a mental health professional who has a master's degree in psychology, marriage and family therapy, social work, or counseling and who has been certified by the state, and a social worker. This bill would revise the membership of the team, including removing the nurse practitioner, replacing the mental health professional with a psychologist who has a master's degree in clinical psychology or who has been certified, as specified, and requiring the social worker to be a psychiatric social worker. Existing law requires information and records obtained in the course of providing specified mental health and developmental services to be confidential, but allows the disclosure of the information and records under specified circumstances, including, among others, in communications between qualified professional persons in the provision of services or appropriate referrals, or in the course of conservatorship proceedings, with the consent of the patient, or the patient's guardian or conservator, before information or records are disclosed by a professional person employed by a facility to a professional person not employed by the facility who does not have the medical or psychological responsibility for the patient's care. This bill would authorize, if the patient is a dependent or ward of the juvenile court who has been removed from the physical custody of their parents, legal guardian, or Indian custodian, and who is not under a conservatorship, disclosure of information or records without the consent of the patient or their guardian or conservator to the dependent's or ward's social worker or probation officer for the purposes of ensuring the dependent or ward receives all necessary services or referrals for transition out of a facility to a lower level of care. The bill would also authorize the disclosure of information and records to the department for the purpose of licensing and establishing regulations for the psychiatric residential treatment facilities. (6) Existing law, the California Affordable Drug Manufacturing Act of 2020, requires the California Health and Human Services Agency (CHHSA) to enter into partnerships, in consultation with other state departments as necessary, to, among other things, increase patient access to affordable drugs. This bill would authorize CHHSA to enter into partnerships regarding over-the-counter naloxone products to allow the development, manufacturing, or distribution of those products by any entity that is authorized to do so under federal or state law. (7) Existing law appropriates funds from the Federal Trust Fund to the State Department of Health Care Services to implement federal grants that address the opioid and stimulant epidemics through prevention, treatment, harm reduction, or recovery services. This bill would additionally appropriate $56,239,000 from the Federal Trust Fund to the State Department of Health Care Services to expend Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant funds. (8) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.

(1) Existing law establishes the Higher Education Student Housing Grant Program to provide one-time grants for the construction of student housing or for the acquisition and renovation of commercial properties into student housing for the purpose of providing affordable, low-cost housing options for students enrolled in public postsecondary education in the state. In addition to funding provided for purposes of the program, existing law requires the University of California and the California Community Colleges to fund construction grants using revenue bonds issued by the University of California or community college districts for specified intersegmental projects. Existing law requires General Fund support for certain grants provided to the California Community Colleges to revert to the General Fund and instead be funded with local revenue bonds issued by community college districts, as specified. This bill would make various changes to these provisions. Among these changes, the bill would (A) authorize instead of request the University of California to fund capital outlay planning and construction grants, (B) increase the amounts specified for 2 existing intersegmental projects, (C) authorize instead of require the California Community Colleges to fund construction grants using local financing issued by community college districts, and (D) delete 2 intersegmental projects between the California Community Colleges and the University of California. The bill would require a community college that has already received an allocation of resources to revert those General Fund resources by June 29, 2024, or upon the enactment of the Budget Act of 2024, whichever is later. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature that no later than the Budget Act of 2024, a statewide lease revenue bond or other statewide financing or fiscal approach be developed and included to support the community college affordable student housing projects that have been approved pursuant to the Higher Education Student Housing Grant Program. (2) Existing law establishes the Golden State Teacher Grant Program under the administration of the Student Aid Commission to award grants to students enrolled in professional preparation programs leading to a preliminary teaching credential or a pupil personnel services credential who commit to work for 4 years at a priority school or a California preschool program, as provided. Existing law authorizes the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to determine that a private postsecondary educational institution that offers a professional preparation program approved by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing qualifies for the program if the institution meets certain criteria, including that the institution is accredited by the Senior Colleges and Universities Commission of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. Existing law requires the Student Aid Commission to provide one-time grant funds of up to $10,000 to each enrolled student in a private postsecondary educational institution qualified for the program under these provisions, as specified. This bill would specify that the student be a California resident and that, of the funds appropriated in support of the Golden State Teacher Grant Program, no more than 8% of the total funding may be allocated for purposes of the one-time grants described above. The bill would require that the private postsecondary educational institution be accredited by either the Senior Colleges and Universities Commission of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges or by an agency recognized by the United States Department of Education. If the institution has no physical presence in California, the bill would require the institution to contract with the Bureau of Private Postsecondary Education to respond to California resident student complaints, as provided. (3) Existing law establishes the California Kids Investment and Development Savings (KIDS) Program, under the administration of the Scholarshare Investment Board (board) , for purposes of expanding access to higher education through savings. This bill would, for the 2023–24 and 2024–25 fiscal years, require the board to partner with the Los Angeles Unified School District and the Riverside County Office of Education to explore ways to increase participation in the KIDS Program. The bill would require, as permissible under federal and state data privacy and data security laws, the board to provide specified local educational agencies with the statewide student identifiers of certain pupils who have not yet engaged with the KIDS Account established on their behalf. The bill would require, on or before September 30, 2025, the board, in collaboration with the local educational agencies, to report specified information to the Department of Finance and the Legislature. The bill would make conforming changes related to the reporting requirement. The bill would make these provisions inoperative on July 1, 2025. (4) Existing law establishes the Middle Class Scholarship Program (MCSP) under the administration of the Student Aid Commission. Existing law makes an undergraduate student eligible for a scholarship award under the MCSP if the student is enrolled at the University of California or the California State University, or enrolled in upper division coursework in a community college baccalaureate program, and meets certain eligibility requirements. Existing law generally sets the MCSP award at an amount that equals the difference between the student's cost of attendance and the sum of scholarships, grants, or fee waivers awarded to the student in excess of $7,898 in expected student contribution, and, for dependent students with a household income exceeding $100,000, a percentage of the parents' contribution, as specified. Existing law sets the maximum amount of a student's MCSP award based on a formula that considers the amount appropriated for the MCSP for the applicable award year. Existing law, for purposes of determining a student's MCSP award amount, includes the amount of institutionally awarded emergency housing funds and other basic needs emergency assistance awarded to the student as forms of financial aid, among others, awarded to the student. This bill, for purposes of determining a student's MCSP award amount, would specifically include emergency assistance awarded by an institution-based foster youth support program as a form of financial aid awarded to the student. (5) The Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act (PEMHCA) provides that an employee or annuitant is eligible to enroll in an approved health benefit plan, as specified. PEMHCA excludes from the definition of "employee" a person employed on an intermittent, irregular, or less than half-time basis. This bill would authorize a contracting agency that is a community college district to provide benefits to part-time faculty employees who have an appointment of at least one semester and whose teaching assignment with one or more community college districts equals or exceeds 2 courses or 40% of the cumulative equivalent of a minimum full-time teaching assignment. (6) Existing law appropriates $500,000 from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges for the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to enter into a memorandum of understanding with a third-party research institution to conduct a systematic study of online and hybrid course offerings at the California Community Colleges. This bill would require this systematic study to include strong empirical evidence on the effectiveness of online learning modalities at the California Community Colleges, and a research design that meets the standards of the Institute of Education Sciences' What Works Clearinghouse, as provided. The bill would require the study to also focus on equitable access and outcomes relating to online education for different student populations, as specified. (7) The Budget Act of 2021 made appropriations for the support of the University of California for the 2021–22 fiscal year, including a $10,000,000 appropriation to provide language surveys for residents of California that comprise less than 5% of the statewide population, as specified. The Budget Act of 2021 makes this $10,000,000 appropriation available for encumbrance or expenditure until June 30, 2024. This bill would extend that period of encumbrance or expenditure by 3 years. By extending the date by which previously appropriated funds may be encumbered or expended, the bill would make an appropriation. (8) The Budget Act of 2023 appropriated $22,765,000 for support of the Student Aid Commission. This bill would increase that appropriation by $206,000. (9) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.

(1) Existing law, the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act, requires, with specified exceptions, that all meetings of a state body be open and public and all persons be permitted to attend any meeting of a state body. The act authorizes meetings through teleconference under specified conditions, including, among others, that each teleconference location be accessible to the public and that at least one member of the state body be physically present at the location specified in the notice of the meeting. Prior to July 1, 2023, existing law authorized, subject to specified notice and accessibility requirements, a state body to hold public meetings through teleconferencing and suspended certain requirements of the act, including the requirements referenced above. This bill, until December 31, 2023, would reinstate the above-described authorization for a state body to hold public meetings through teleconferencing. (2) Existing law establishes a State Allocation Board and sets forth its powers and duties, including, among other things, requiring the board to apportion funds to eligible school districts pursuant to the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998, as provided. Under existing law, the board consists of the Director of Finance, the Director of General Services, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, 3 Senators appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, and 3 Assembly Members appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, as provided. This bill would instead vest the power of appointment for Senators to the board in the President pro Tempore of the Senate. (3) Existing unemployment compensation disability law requires workers to pay contribution rates based on wages received in employment for payment into the Unemployment Compensation Disability Fund, a special fund in the State Treasury. Under existing law, those funds are continuously appropriated for the purpose of providing disability benefits and making payment of expenses in administering those provisions. Existing law authorizes the Director of Employment Development to increase or decrease the rate of worker contributions, up to a certain amount, if the director determines the adjustment is necessary to reimburse the Unemployment Compensation Disability Fund for disability benefits paid or estimated to be paid or to prevent the accumulation of funds in excess of those needed to maintain an adequate fund balance. Under existing law, until January 1, 2024, the remuneration of a worker over a specified amount is not subject to the contribution levels described above. Under that law, specifically, the worker contribution provision does not apply, until January 1, 2024, to that part of a worker's remuneration which, after remuneration with respect to employment equal to 4 times the maximum weekly benefit for each calendar year specified, multiplied by 13 and divided by 55%, has been paid to an individual by an employer, is paid to the individual by the employer. Under existing law, that law is repealed as of January 1, 2024. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change by, in lieu of repealing the provision, providing that the remuneration limitation described above does not apply with respect to wages paid on or after January 1, 2024. (4) Existing law requires the Department of Industrial Relations, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to establish a Women in Construction Priority Unit, to be overseen by the Director of Industrial Relations, to coordinate and help ensure collaboration across the department's divisions, and maximize state and federal funding to support women and nonbinary individuals in the construction workforce. Existing law sets forth the duties of the unit, which include providing resources for employers and project owners to improve construction worksite culture. This bill would specify that preapprenticeship programs are eligible for resources provided by the unit. (5) Existing law establishes specified labor protections for goat herders, as defined, relating to wages, meal and rest periods, lodging, and other conditions of employment. Existing law defines goat herder for these purposes as an individual who is employed to perform specified tasks relating to goats, including, among others, assisting in the ewing, docking, or shearing of goats. Existing law imposes civil penalties, as prescribed, for violations of these provisions. Existing law requires the Labor Commissioner, on or before January 1, 2024, to issue a report to the Legislature on wage violations, including minimum wage and overtime, affecting sheepherders and goat herders. These goat herder provisions are repealed on January 1, 2024. This bill would remove from the definition of goat herding an individual who assists in the ewing, docking, or shearing of a goat, and would add to the definition an individual who assists in the kidding of a goat. The bill would delete the above-described reporting requirement, and would instead require the Department of Industrial Relations, in consultation with the Employment Development Department, on or before January 1, 2026, to issue a report on employment of sheepherders and goat herders in the state, as specified. The bill would appropriate one million dollars ($1,000,000) from the Labor and Workforce Development Fund to the Department of Industrial Relations to develop the report. The bill would extend the repeal date of the goat herder provisions until July 1, 2026. (6) Existing law authorizes the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, upon approval by and subject to revocation by the Department of Finance, to plan, design, construct, and administer contracts and professional services for public works projects under the jurisdiction of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, as provided. Existing law authorizes the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, upon approval of the Department of Finance, to use any civil service classifications necessary to carry out the purposes of that authority to plan, design, construct, and administer contracts and professional services for those public works projects. Existing law authorizes the Department of Finance to revoke this approval, in whole or in part, at any time. This bill would remove the above-described authorization for the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to use any civil service classifications necessary to carry out the purposes of that authority to plan, design, construct, and administer contracts and professional services for those public works projects. (7) Under existing law, the Department of Consumer Affairs is composed of various boards, bureaus, and commissions that license and regulate the practice of various professions and vocations. Existing law provides that these entities are established to ensure that those private businesses and professions deemed to engage in activities that have potential impact upon the public health, safety, and welfare are adequately regulated to protect the people of California, as prescribed. This bill would require a registering authority, defined as specified boards, bureaus, and commissions and the Department of Real Estate, to register a servicemember or a spouse of a servicemember who relocated to this state because of military orders for military service within this state and meets specified requirements, including that the applicant submits to the registering authority an affidavit attesting that the applicant meets all of these requirements and the information submitted to the registering authority is accurate to the best of the applicant's knowledge. The bill would require the registering authority to post specified information on the registering authority's internet website for each person registered pursuant to these provisions. The bill would provide that a person registered pursuant to these provisions be deemed to be a licensee of the registering authority for purposes of the laws administered by that registering authority relating to standards of practice, discipline, and continuing education, as specified, and would authorize the registering authority to take specified enforcement actions against the person. The bill would prohibit a registering authority from collecting or requiring a fee for registration pursuant to these provisions. By expanding the scope of the crime of perjury and by expanding the application of professional licensing laws, the violation of some of which is a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (8) Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, establishes the Medical Board of California within the Department of Consumer Affairs and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the licensure and regulation of the practice of medicine by physicians and surgeons. Existing law requires a medical school graduate to obtain a physician's and surgeon's postgraduate training license within 180 days after enrollment in a board-approved postgraduate training program. This bill would instead require a medical school graduate to obtain a physician's and surgeon's postgraduate training license within 180 days after beginning a board-approved postgraduate training program. The bill would, for any postgraduate training license that expires after June 1, 2023, and before December 31, 2023, extended the expiration date of that postgraduate training license to March 31, 2024. Existing law requires an applicant for a physician's and surgeon's license who received credit for 12 months of approved postgraduate training in another state or in Canada and who is accepted into an approved postgraduate training program in California to obtain their physician's and surgeon's license within 90 days after beginning that postgraduate training program. This bill would extend that period to 180 days after beginning the postgraduate training program. (9) Existing law, the State Bar Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California, a public corporation. Existing law requires an attorney or law firm receiving or disbursing trust funds to establish and maintain an Interest On Lawyers' Trust Accounts (IOLTA) account in which the attorney or law firm is required to deposit or invest specified client deposits or funds. Existing law requires interest and dividends earned on IOLTA accounts to be paid to the State Bar of California and used for programs providing civil legal services without charge to indigent persons. Existing law requires the State Bar of California to distribute IOLTA funds and specified other funds to qualified legal services projects and qualified support centers, as defined, for the provision of civil legal services without charge to indigent persons in accordance with a specified statutory scheme. Existing law authorizes qualified legal services projects and qualified support centers to use those funds for specified purposes, including to provide loan repayment assistance for the purposes of recruiting and retaining attorneys in accordance with a loan repayment assistance program administered by the California Access to Justice Commission. This bill would instead authorize qualified legal services projects and qualified support centers to use funds to provide loan repayment assistance in accordance with a loan repayment assistance program administered by the commission for the purposes of recruiting and retaining attorneys who perform described services. (10) Existing law, the Middle Class Housing Act of 2022, provides that a housing development project is an allowable use on a parcel that is within a zone where office, retail, or parking is a principally permitted use, if the proposed development complies with specified requirements. Under that act, one of those requirements directs the developer to certify that the entirety of the development is a public work or will comply with certain wage-related requirements, which include the registration of contractors and subcontractors pursuant to a specified section of the Labor Code. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change by correcting a cross-reference relating to that contractor and subcontractor registration requirement. (11) Existing law establishes the California Dream for All Program, administered by the California Housing Finance Agency, to provide up to $1,000,000,000 annually of shared appreciation loans, as defined, to qualified first-time homebuyers. Existing law establishes the California Dream for All Fund and continuously appropriates the moneys in the fund for the purposes of the program, as specified, and requires all loan repayments to be deposited into the fund for ongoing use in the program. This bill would require the agency, in consultation with the Treasurer, the Legislature, and other relevant stakeholders, to evaluate options, including the issuance of revenue bonds, general obligation bonds, or other debt instruments, to finance the program, as specified. The bill would require the agency, on or before March 1, 2024, to submit a report to the Legislature on the evaluation. The bill would also require the agency, prior to the disbursement of funding for the program appropriated in the 2022 Budget Act or the 2023 Budget Act, to review the program terms and parameters, and to implement adjustments designed to achieve specified program improvements, including targeting funds to aid first-generation homebuyers. (12) Existing law dissolved redevelopment agencies and community development agencies as of February 1, 2012, and provides for the designation of successor agencies to, among other things, wind down the affairs of the dissolved redevelopment agencies and make payments due for enforceable obligations. Existing law, among other powers granted to successor agencies generally, additionally vests the successor agency to the former Redevelopment Agency of the City and County of San Francisco with the authority, rights, and powers of that former redevelopment agency solely for the purpose of issuing bonds or incurring other indebtedness, subject to the approval of the oversight board of the successor agency, to finance the construction of affordable housing and infrastructure required by specified development agreements, including the Candlestick Point-Hunters Point Shipyard Phase 2 Disposition and Development Agreement. Under existing law, these bonds and indebtedness are considered indebtedness incurred by the dissolved redevelopment agency secured by moneys deposited in the Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund established for that agency. Existing law requires the bonds and indebtedness to be in full conformity with the applicable provisions of the Community Redevelopment Law, which imposed specified limitations on redevelopment plans. This bill would exempt the project described in the Candlestick Point-Hunters Point Shipyard Phase 2 Disposition and Development Agreement from those above-described limitations relating to the time for establishing loans, advances, and indebtedness, the effectiveness of the redevelopment plans, the time to repay indebtedness, the time for applying tax increment, the number of tax dollars, and other matters, as specified, and would instead require the agreement to establish applicable limitations. The bill would require any amendments to establish or change the time limits to be approved by the oversight board and subject to department approval, as specified. The bill would require the Candlestick Point-Hunters Point Shipyard Phase 2 project agreements to establish the applicable limitations. The bill would specify that the above-described law providing for the dissolution of redevelopment agencies and designation of successor agencies does not limit the receipt and use of property tax revenues generated from specified redevelopment project areas within the City and County of San Francisco for the project described in the Candlestick Point-Hunters Point Shipyard Phase 2 Disposition and Development Agreement. (13) The hazardous waste control laws require the Department of Toxic Substances Control to regulate the handling and management of hazardous waste and hazardous materials. Existing law requires a generator of hazardous waste to pay to the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration a generation and handling fee for each generator site that generates an amount equal to, or more than, 5 tons for each calendar year, or portion of the calendar year. For the 2022–23 fiscal year, the fee rate is $49.25 for each ton or fraction of a ton of hazardous waste generated in calendar year 2021. Existing law requires the generation and handling fee to be deposited in the Hazardous Waste Control Account, which may be expended, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for specified purposes. This bill would create an exception to the above-mentioned fee for hazardous waste generated in calendar years 2021, 2022, or 2023 meeting specified criteria by instead establishing a fee rate of $5.72 for each ton or fraction of a ton of hazardous waste, as provided. Among other criteria, the bill would require that the hazardous waste be generated from a project that will provide at least 2,000 new housing units and is legally obligated to produce a minimum amount of required affordable housing units, as specified, that the project is certified by the Governor as an environmental leadership development project, and that the generator of the hazardous waste acquired ownership of the property from which the hazardous waste was generated prior to July 1, 2022, and commenced the cleanup activity, as described, prior to July 1, 2022. The bill would, among other requirements, require this fee, which is collected and administered by the Department of Toxic Substances Control, to be due and payable in one installment, as provided, and would require the generator of hazardous waste to both file an annual return in the form prescribed by the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, and pay the proper amount of fee due and to amend the annual return filed in fiscal years 2021–22 and 2022–23 to reflect this fee rate, as provided. The bill would require a generator of hazardous waste that is generated from a project that meets these criteria to report to the Department of Toxic Substances Control and the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration certain information about the hazardous waste generated, as specified. Because a violation of these requirements would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would require funds collected pursuant to the above-mentioned provisions to be deposited into the Hazardous Waste Control Account. The bill also would require every person, as defined, who is subject to the above-mentioned fee to register with the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration on forms provided by the department. The bill would repeal the above-mentioned provisions on January 1, 2026. (14) Existing law establishes the California Microbusiness COVID-19 Relief Grant Program, administered by the Office of Small Business Advocate within the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development. The Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law, in conformity with federal income tax law, generally define "gross income" as income from whatever source derived, except as specifically excluded, and provide various exclusions from gross income, including an exclusion for grant allocations received by a taxpayer pursuant to the California Microbusiness COVID-19 Relief Grant Program. Existing law applies this exclusion for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, and before January 1, 2023, in the case of the Personal Income Tax Law, and for taxable years beginning on or after September 1, 2020, and before January 1, 2023, in the case of the Corporation Tax Law. This bill would extend the above-described exclusions for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, and before January 1, 2025, in the case of the Personal Income Tax Law, and for taxable years beginning on or after September 1, 2020, and before January 1, 2025, in the case of the Corporation Tax Law. Existing law requires a bill authorizing a new tax expenditure to contain, among other things, specific goals, purposes, and objectives the tax expenditure will achieve, detailed performance indicators, and data collection requirements. This bill would provide that those requirements do not apply to the extended tax exclusions. (15) Existing law establishes the Forced or Involuntary Sterilization Compensation Program, to be administered by the California Victim Compensation Board for the purpose of providing victim compensation to survivors of specified state-sponsored or coercive sterilization. Existing law establishes the Forced or Involuntary Sterilization Compensation Account in the State Treasury, administered by the board, to be used for this program upon appropriation by the Legislature. Existing law authorizes an individual seeking victim compensation to submit an application no later than 2 years and 6 months after the start of the program, and requires the board to send a final payment to all qualified recipients after exhaustion of all appeals arising from the denial of an individual's application, but no later than 2 years and 9 months after the start date of the program. Existing law specifies how the payment is to be calculated. This bill would instead require the board to send a final payment of $20,000 to each qualified recipient after exhaustion of all appeals arising from the denial of an individual's application, but no later than 3 years and 3 months after the start date of the program. (16) Existing law identifies the statutes constituting each budget act from the Budget Act of 2011 through the Budget Act of 2021. This bill would identify the statutes constituting the Budget Act of 2022. (17) This bill would make findings and declarations related to a gift of public funds. (18) Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect. (19) This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City and County of San Francisco. (20) 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. (21) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.

(1) Existing law provides that a provision of a memorandum of understanding reached between the state employer and a recognized employee organization representing state civil service employees that requires the expenditure of funds does not become effective unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act. Existing law requires the Department of Human Resources to provide a memorandum of understanding to the Legislative Analyst, who then has 10 calendar days from the date the tentative agreement is received to issue a fiscal analysis to the Legislature. Existing law prohibits the memorandum of understanding from being subject to legislative determination until either the Legislative Analyst has presented a fiscal analysis of the memorandum of understanding or until 10 calendar days have elapsed since the memorandum was received by the Legislative Analyst. This bill, notwithstanding the above-described statutory provisions, would approve provisions of agreements entered into by the state employer and State Bargaining Units 1, 3, 4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, and 21. The bill would provide that the provisions of the agreements that require the expenditure of funds will not take effect unless funds for these provisions are specifically appropriated by the Legislature. The bill would authorize the state employer or those specified bargaining units to reopen negotiations if funds for these provisions are not specifically appropriated by the Legislature. The bill would require the provisions of the agreements that require the expenditure of funds to become effective even if the provisions approved by the Legislature in legislation other than the annual Budget Act. Existing law, for the 2023–24 fiscal year, continuously appropriates to the Controller from the General Fund unallocated special funds, including federal funds and unallocated nongovernmental cost funds, and any other fund from which state employees are compensated, the amount necessary for the payment of compensation and employee benefits to state employees covered by specified memoranda of understanding if the Budget Act of 2023 is not enacted by July 1, 2023. This bill would also include, within these continuous appropriation provisions, the amount necessary for the payment of compensation and employee benefits to state employees covered by the memoranda of understanding for State Bargaining Unit 1 (effective July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026, inclusive) , State Bargaining Unit 3 (effective July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026, inclusive) , State Bargaining Unit 4 (effective July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026, inclusive) , State Bargaining Unit 11 (effective July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026, inclusive) , State Bargaining Unit 12 (effective July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026, inclusive) , State Bargaining Unit 14 (effective July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026, inclusive) , State Bargaining Unit 15 (effective July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026, inclusive) , State Bargaining Unit 17 (effective July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026, inclusive) , State Bargaining Unit 19 (effective July 2, 2023, to June 30, 2025, inclusive) , State Bargaining Unit 20 (effective July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026, inclusive) , and State Bargaining Unit 21 (effective July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026, inclusive) . Existing law, for the 2024–25 fiscal year, continuously appropriates to the Controller from the General Fund unallocated special funds, including federal funds and unallocated nongovernmental cost funds, and any other fund from which state employees are compensated, the amount necessary for the payment and compensation and employee benefits to state employees covered by specified memoranda of understanding if the Budget Act of 2024 is not enacted by July 1, 2024. This bill would also include, within these continuous appropriation provisions, the amount necessary for the payment of compensation and employee benefits to state employees covered by the memoranda of understanding for State Bargaining Unit 1 (effective July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026, inclusive) , State Bargaining Unit 3 (effective July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026, inclusive) , State Bargaining Unit 4 (effective July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026, inclusive) , State Bargaining Unit 11 (effective July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026, inclusive) , State Bargaining Unit 12 (effective July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026, inclusive) , State Bargaining Unit 14 (effective July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026, inclusive) , State Bargaining Unit 15 (effective July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026, inclusive) , State Bargaining Unit 17 (effective July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026, inclusive) , State Bargaining Unit 19 (effective July 2, 2023, to June 30, 2025, inclusive) , State Bargaining Unit 20 (effective July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026, inclusive) , and State Bargaining Unit 21 (effective July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026, inclusive) . Existing law, for the 2025–26 fiscal year, continuously appropriates to the Controller from the General Fund unallocated special funds, including federal funds and unallocated nongovernmental cost funds, and any other fund from which state employees are compensated, the amount necessary for the payment of compensation and employee benefits to state employees covered by a specified memorandum of understanding between the state employer and State Bargaining Unit 18, if the Budget Act of 2025 is not enacted by July 1, 2025. This bill would also include, within these continuous appropriation provisions, the amount necessary for the payment of compensation and employee benefits to state employees covered by the memoranda of understanding for State Bargaining Unit 1 (effective July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026, inclusive) , State Bargaining Unit 3 (effective July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026, inclusive) , State Bargaining Unit 4 (effective July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026, inclusive) , State Bargaining Unit 11 (effective July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026, inclusive) , State Bargaining Unit 12 (effective July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026, inclusive) , State Bargaining Unit 14 (effective July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026, inclusive) , State Bargaining Unit 15 (effective July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026, inclusive) , State Bargaining Unit 17 (effective July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026, inclusive) , State Bargaining Unit 20 (effective July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026, inclusive) , and State Bargaining Unit 21 (effective July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026, inclusive) . This bill, for the 2026–27 fiscal year, if the Budget Act of 2026 is not enacted by July 1, 2026, with respect to the memoranda of understanding for State Bargaining Units 1, 3, 4, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 20, and 21, as described above, would continuously appropriate to the Controller from the General Fund, unallocated special funds in the amount necessary for the payment of compensation and employee benefits to state employees covered by this memorandum of understanding until the Budget Act of 2026 in enacted, subject to certain conditions. (2) Under existing law, an eligible employee is entitled to receive up to 6 weeks of benefits during a 12-month period for Nonindustrial Disability Insurance Family Care Leave. Existing law defines "eligible employee" for purposes of those provisions, and includes an employee enrolled in the annual leave program and represented by State Bargaining Unit 2 or 9 and for which a memorandum of understanding has been agreed to by the state employer and the recognized employee organization, as specified. This bill would delete the above-referenced bargaining units and would instead refer to an employee enrolled in the annual leave program and represented by a specific bargaining unit that has Nonindustrial Disability Insurance Family Care Leave language in a ratified memorandum of understanding approved by the Legislature. (3) The Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) creates the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) for the purpose of providing public employees' pension and benefits to state employees and their beneficiaries. Under PERL, benefits are funded by investment income and employer and employee contributions, which are deposited into the Public Employees' Retirement Fund, a continuously appropriated trust fund administered by the system's board of administration. The PERL and labor agreements prescribe different normal rates of contribution for employees depending on bargaining unit, employer, and inclusion of service in the federal social security system, among other factors. Existing law that prescribes these normal rates of contribution for certain categories of employees also authorizes the Director of the Department of Human Resources to exercise discretion in establishing the normal rate of contribution for a state employee who is excepted from a specific statutory definition of "state employee" or is an officer or employee of the executive branch of state government who is not a member of the civil service, subject to certain conditions. Existing law adjusts the normal rate of contribution for state miscellaneous or state industrial members who are represented by State Bargaining Unit 12 by 11% of compensation in excess of $317 per month paid to a member whose service is not included in the federal system and by 10% of compensation in excess of $513 per month paid to a member whose service has been included in the federal system. This bill, effective July 1, 2024, would revise the normal contribution rate for state miscellaneous and industrial members represented by State Bargaining Unit 12 by 9.5% of compensation in excess of $513 per month paid to a member whose service has been included in the federal system and 10.5% of compensation in excess of $317 per month paid to a member whose service is not included in the federal system. The bill, effective July 1, 2025, would revise the normal rate of contribution for state miscellaneous members represented by State Bargaining Unit 12 by 9% of compensation in excess of $513 per month paid to a member whose service has been included in the federal system and by 10% of compensation in excess of $317 per month paid to a member whose service is not included in the federal system. The bill, effective July 1, 2025, would provide that the normal contribution rate for state industrial members represented by State Bargaining Unit 12 shall remain at 9.5% of compensation in excess of $513 per month paid to a member whose service has been in the federal system and 10.5% of compensation in excess of $317 per month paid to a member whose service is not included in the federal system. The bill would provide that the above employee contribution rates would remain in effect beginning July 1, 2026, for those members unless the board makes certain determinations with respect to the normal cost rates, as specified. Existing law, effective January 1, 2019, establishes the normal rate of contribution for state safety members represented by State Bargaining Unit 12 as 11% of compensation in excess of $317 per month paid to a member whose service is not included in the federal system or in excess of $513 for a member whose service is included in the federal system, in accordance with certain provisions. This bill, effective July 1, 2026, would require the normal rate of contribution for state safety members who are represented by State Bargaining Unit 12, as described, to remain in effect unless the board makes certain determinations with respect to increases or decreases in the normal cost rates, as specified. Existing law establishes the normal contribution rate for state miscellaneous or state industrial members who are represented by State Bargaining Unit 19 as 11% of compensation in excess of $317 per month paid to a member whose service is not included in the federal system or in excess of $513 for a member whose service is included in the federal system. This bill, effective July 1, 2024, would instead require the normal contribution rate for state miscellaneous and industrial members who are represented by State Bargaining Unit 19 to be 9.5% of compensation in excess of $513 per month paid to a member whose service has been included in the federal system and 10.5% of compensation in excess of $317 per month paid to a member whose service is not included in the federal system. The bill, effective July 1, 2025, would provide that the normal rate of contribution for state miscellaneous members who are represented by State Bargaining Unit 19 would be 9% of compensation in excess of $513 per month paid to a member whose service is included in the federal system and 10% of compensation in excess of $317 per month paid to a member whose service is included in the federal system. The bill, effective July 1, 2025, would provide that the normal contribution rate for state industrial members represented by State Bargaining Unit 19 would remain at 9.5% of compensation in excess of $513 per month paid to a member whose service has been included in the federal system and 10.5% of compensation in excess of $317 per month paid to a member whose service is not included in the federal system. This bill, effective July 1, 2026, would require the normal rate of contribution for state safety members who are represented by State Bargaining Unit 19, as described above, to remain in effect unless the board makes certain determinations with respect to increases or decreases in the normal cost rates, as specified. Existing law establishes the normal contribution rate for state safety members represented by State Bargaining Unit 19 at 11% percent of compensation in excess of $317 per month paid to a member whose service is not included in the federal system or in excess of $513 for one whose service is included in the federal system. This bill, effective July 1, 2026, would require the normal rate of contribution for state safety members who are represented by State Bargaining Unit 19, as described, to remain in effect unless the board makes certain determinations with respect to increases or decreases in the normal cost rates, as specified. The bill would also permit the Director of the Department of Human Resources, consistent with the above-described provisions, to exercise discretion in establishing normal contribution rates for related exempt state employees and executive branch officers or employees who are not civil service members, as specified. (4) The Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act (PEMHCA) , which is administered by the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System, prescribes methods for calculating the state employer contribution for postemployment health care benefits for eligible retired public employees and their families and for the vesting of these benefits. PEMHCA establishes the Annuitants' Health Care Coverage Fund, which is continuously appropriated, for the purpose of prefunding health care coverage for annuitants, including administrative costs. PEMHCA establishes the normal rate of contribution with respect to employees in State Bargaining Units 1, 4, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, and 21 in an amount equal to 80% of the weighted average of certain health benefit plan premium costs, as prescribed. This bill would instead provide that the employer contribution for each employee in the above bargaining units would equal 80% of the weighted average of the basic health benefit plan premiums for active civil service employees enrolled in a specified plan and an additional 80% of the weighted average for enrolled family members, subject to certain conditions. The bill would also require the employer contribution to include an additional amount of up to $165 toward the monthly employer benefit contribution for each employee, effective no earlier than December 1, 2023, under specified circumstances. PEMHCA requires the state and employees in specified bargaining units to prefund retiree health care costs, subject to certain conditions. This includes employees in State Bargaining Units 1, 3, 4, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, and 21, as prescribed in a specified schedule, which includes an additional 1.2% for a total employee contribution of 3.5% of pensionable compensation effective July 1, 2020. This bill, effective the first day of the pay period following ratification, would reduce that contribution percentage by .5%, for a total employee contribution of 3.0% of pensionable compensation. Effective July 1, 2024, and each July thereafter, the bill would require contribution percentages for the above-described bargaining units to be adjusted based on actuarially determined total normal costs. (5) The California Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) , on and after January 1, 2013, requires a public retirement system, as defined, to modify its plan or plans to comply with the act and, among other provisions, establishes new retirement formulas that may not be exceeded by a public employer offering a defined benefit pension plan. PEPRA defines "pensionable compensation" for a new member and excludes certain categories of compensation from this definition. Under PEPRA, the state employer is authorized to determine if excluded compensation shall apply to nonrepresented state employees who are aligned with state employees subject to a specified memorandum of understanding. This bill would revise that provision on excluded compensation to authorize the state employer to determine if excluded compensation, as identified, would apply to nonrepresented state employees who are either excluded from the definition of state employee, as specified, or nonelected officers or employees of the executive branch of government who are not members of the civil service, under the above-described circumstances. The bill would also authorize the state employer to make certain related determinations regarding whether to designate a form of compensation as pensionable compensation for new members. (6) The bill would appropriate the sum of $1,158,179,000 for State Bargaining Units 1, 3, 4, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, and 21, and employees excluded from collective bargaining, in accordance with a specified schedule. (7) This bill would incorporate additional changes to Sections 19829.9851, 19829.9852, and 19829.9853 of the Government Code proposed by AB 151, SB 151, or both, to be operative only if this bill and either AB 151, SB 151, or both, are enacted and this bill is enacted last. (8) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.

(1) Existing law establishes the State Department of Developmental Services and vests in the department jurisdiction over various state hospitals, referred to as developmental centers, to provide care to persons with developmental disabilities. Existing law requires the department to contract with regional centers to provide services and supports to individuals with developmental disabilities and their families. Existing law requires a regional center to notify the appropriate regional resource development project when the regional center determines or is informed, as specified, that the community placement of a consumer is at risk of failing and that admittance to an acute crisis home operated by the department is a likelihood or the regional center is notified by a court of a potential admission to an acute crisis home operated by the department. Existing law requires the department to notify the court, in writing, if the regional resource development project determines that a consumer cannot be safely served in an acute crisis home operated by the department, as specified. This bill would require the department, when the regional resource development project determines that a consumer cannot be safely served in an acute crisis home operated by the department, to continue to work jointly with the regional center to identify or develop alternative services and supports and implement the alternative services and supports that are identified or developed. Existing law prohibits the regional resource development project, in consultation with specific parties, from making a determination that admittance to an acute crisis home operated by the department is necessary unless the determination includes a regional center report that details all considered community-based services and supports, including a crisis home and an explanation why the options could not meet the consumer's needs. The bill would also require the determination that admittance to an acute crisis home is necessary to include consideration of a supported living arrangement, among other options. This bill would prohibit an acute crisis home operated by the department from utilizing specific interventions, including, among other things, prone restraints and seclusion, as defined. (2) Existing law requires the State Department of Developmental Services, no later than April 1, as specified, to submit a detailed plan to the Legislature whenever the department proposes the closure of a state developmental center. Existing law requires the department, in conjunction with the Governor's proposed 2023–24 budget, to submit to the Legislature an updated version of a specified safety net plan regarding how the department will provide access to crisis services after the closure of a developmental center and how the state will maintain its role in providing residential services to those whom private sector vendors cannot or will not serve. Existing law requires the plan update, among other provisions, to evaluate the progress made to create a safety net, including services or residences intended to facilitate transitions or diversions from institutions for mental disease, the Canyon Springs Community Facility, the secure treatment program at Porterville Developmental Center, prisons or jails, or other restrictive settings. This bill would authorize the establishment of a residential program in the community for adolescents and adults with complex needs, as defined, as part of the safety net plan to provide access to crisis services, as described above. The bill would authorize the development of up to 3 complex needs homes, as defined, with a maximum capacity of 5 beds per home and would prohibit any stay in a complex needs home from exceeding 18 months, except as specified. The bill establishes certain procedures to be followed prior to, and following, a consumer's admission to a complex needs home due to an acute crisis, as defined. The bill would authorize the department to execute leases, lease-purchases, or leases with the option to purchase for real property necessary for the establishment or maintenance of homes to serve as complex needs homes, as specified. The bill would prohibit complex needs homes from utilizing specified interventions on consumers, including, among other things, prone restraints and seclusion, as defined. (3) Existing law, the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act (Lanterman Act) , requires the State Department of Developmental Services to enter into contracts with private nonprofit corporations to operate regional centers in order to provide community services and supports for persons with developmental disabilities and their families. The act authorizes the Director of Developmental Services to issue directives to the regional centers as the director deems necessary to protect consumer rights, health, safety, or welfare, or as specified. This bill would state legislative intent to provide consistency and uniformity and promote equity within the administrative practices and services of regional centers. Under the bill, written directives issued by the department would be consistent with the Lanterman Act and would not interfere with the discretion of the individual program planning team to determine the needs and services appropriate for the person. The bill would require the department, by specified deadlines, to take certain standardization-related steps on regional center services in various matters, including common data definitions promoting access and equity, demographic information recording, respite services, person-centered services planning, vendorization procedures, and the intake process, as specified. The bill would impose certain implementation and reporting requirements and timelines for regional centers in response to some of that standardization. The bill would require the department to provide certain information on the coordination of generic services, to explore the feasibility of including the functionality in the department's new case management system to track utilization of generic services, and to evaluate the availability of common services and supports, as specified. The bill would require the department to update the Legislature on the implementation of the above-described standardization and information-sharing provisions. Under existing law, a person believed to have a developmental disability, or a person believed to have a high risk of parenting a developmentally disabled infant, is eligible for initial intake and assessment services in a regional center. Existing law requires that the initial intake be performed within 15 working days following request for assistance, as specified. Existing law requires a regional center to communicate in the consumer's native language, as specified. This bill would require a regional center, commencing on January 1, 2025, to take certain actions by the end of the 15-day initial intake period, including an eligibility or assessment determination and certain notices to the individual or designated persons of the regional center's action or determination. The bill would require a regional center to communicate in the consumer's preferred language instead. (4) Existing law authorizes the Director of General Services, with the consent of the State Department of Developmental Services, to let in the best interests of the state and at a price which will permit the development of affordable housing for employees of Fairview State Hospital and to provide transitional housing for patient-clients of Fairview State Hospital returning to the community, to any person, including, but not limited to, any corporation or partnership, real property not exceeding 60 acres located within the grounds of Fairview State Hospital, for the purpose of developing affordable housing, as specified. This bill would authorize the Director of General Services, with the approval of the State Department of Developmental Services, to amend the existing lease established pursuant to above-described provisions to include a portion of the Fairview Developmental Center property for the purpose of developing complex needs homes, as specified. The bill would require the lease amendment to include a management agreement between the lessee and the State Department of Developmental Services, as specified, and would require the management agreement to allow the department to determine the type of housing units to be developed for providing services to individuals with complex needs, as defined, and to give the department the first right of refusal for all housing established pursuant to the above-described provisions. The bill would also authorize the department to utilize support funds to facilitate the demolition of any existing improvements in the area of the lease amendment, as specified. (5) Existing law 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 the employee's employment. Existing law requires every employer, except the state, to secure payment of compensation by being insured or by securing a certificate of consent to self-insure. Existing state and federal laws provide for the establishment of vending facilities to be operated by blind vendors on state and federal property. The program is administered by the Director of Rehabilitation, and requires the director to establish the Business Enterprises Program for the Blind, and to encourage and establish these vending facilities. Existing law requires participants in the program to be licensed and authorizes the department to set aside net proceeds of the operation of the vending facilities for business-related insurance. This bill would require vendors licensed by the department to operate those vending facilities with workers' compensation insurance provided by the program through the program's group policy. The bill would authorize the department to secure payment of compensation through a self-insurance fund or insurance and to establish additional self-insurance or insurance against operational or financial risks, subject to certain limitations. The bill would clarify that vendors and their employees are not employees of the state within certain legal definitions. (6) Existing law generally sets forth the procedures and requirements for the adoption of a child. Existing law makes it a crime for an unlicensed person or organization to advertise that they or it will place, accept, supply, provide, or obtain children for adoption, or to cause any advertisement to be published in or by any public medium soliciting, requesting, or asking for any child or children for adoption, unless the person or organization is exempt from licensure, including, among others, an adoption service provider. Existing law makes it a crime for an unlicensed person, organization, association, or corporation to seek to place a child for adoption, unless the person or organization is exempt from licensure, including, among others, an adoption service provider or the birth parent. This bill would remove adoption service providers from the list of exempted persons or organizations described above and would refer to the legal parent instead of the birth parent. By changing the scope of existing crimes, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Existing law requires any person or organization that performs any of the functions of an adoption agency or holds itself out as performing any of the functions of an adoption agency, as specified, without a valid and unrevoked license issued by the State Department of Social Services to be deemed an unlicensed adoption agency. This bill would provide an exception to the above provision if those actions are otherwise permitted under California law. Existing law requires petitioners in a proceeding for adoption of a child to file with the court a full accounting report, as specified, of all disbursements of anything of value made or agreed to be made by them or on their behalf in connection with the birth of the child, the placement of the child with the petitioners, any medical or hospital care received by the child's birth mother or by the child in connection with the child's birth, any other expenses of either birth parent, or the adoption. Existing law exempts from this provision an adoption by a stepparent where one birth parent or adoptive parent retains custody and control of the child. This bill would instead exempt from this provision an adoption by a stepparent if at least one legal parent retains custody and control of the child. (7) 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. (8) The Budget Act of 2021 made appropriations for the support of state government for the 2021−22 fiscal year. This bill would reappropriate specified amounts from the Budget Act of 2021 to extend the period to liquidate encumbrances of those funds to March 31, 2025. (9) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.

Existing law makes it unlawful for a person doing business in California and advertising to consumers in California to make any false or misleading advertising claim. Existing law, the Unfair Competition Law, makes various practices unlawful and provides that a person who engages, has engaged, or proposes to engage in unfair competition is liable for a civil penalty, as specified. Existing law prohibits the state from denying or interfering with an individual's fundamental right to choose or obtain an abortion. This bill would prohibit a person doing business in California from advertising using a statement that a reasonable person would believe indicates that the person provides a pregnancy-related service if the person does not provide that pregnancy-related service or does not make a timely referral to a provider of that pregnancy-related service. The bill would make a violation of that prohibition an unfair business practice, and would authorize an entity authorized to enforce unfair competition laws, a district attorney, a county counsel, or a city attorney to file for injunctive relief or seek a civil penalty, as specified. The bill would authorize a court to impose statutory penalties of up to $10,000 per violation, order injunctive relief, award restitution, and award reasonable attorney's fees and costs.

Existing law provides funding for career technical education programs, including through, among others, the California Career Technical Education Incentive Grant Program and the Strong Workforce Program and a K–12 component of the Strong Workforce Program, with the purpose of creating, maintaining, supporting, encouraging, strengthening, and expanding the delivery of career technical education programs in the state, as provided. This bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction, subject to an appropriation of one-time funds for this purpose in the annual Budget Act or another statute, to allocate funding for the development of career pathways toward an associate degree in nursing at any of California's community colleges at schoolsites that serve pupils in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, to be known as the Nursing Pathway Pilot Program. The bill would require the Superintendent to allocate these funds to pilot local educational agencies, as defined to include school districts, county offices of education, state special schools, and charter schools, on the basis of an equal amount per unit of average daily attendance, as those numbers were reported at the time of the first principal apportionment for the 2022–23 fiscal year. The bill would require the Superintendent to select those pilot local educational agencies through a competitive application process by no later than July 1, 2024, based on an applicant's demonstrated ability with a community college to meet specified requirements. The bill would require the Superintendent to consult with the Board of Registered Nursing in the development of the competitive application process to ensure alignment with the Nursing Practice Act. The bill would require the selected pilot local educational agencies to expend allocated funds for, among other things, instructional materials aligned to the applicable science curriculum framework adopted by the State Board of Education and addressing the nursing profession. The bill would require the Superintendent to submit a report on the pilot program to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2028. The bill would require that a pupil who enrolls in a pilot program pursuant to these provisions earn credits towards an associate degree in nursing program at any California community college, as provided, and that a pupil who successfully completes a pilot program gains preferential enrollment status toward an associate degree in nursing program at any California community college if certain conditions are met. The bill would require the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to adopt policies to implement provisions regarding community colleges. The bill would require the Board of Registered Nursing to review and approve any nursing course curriculum provided as a part of the pilot program to ensure alignment with the Nursing Practice Act. To the extent this bill imposes additional duties on community college districts, the 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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

The California State Lottery Act of 1984 authorizes a California State Lottery and provides for its operation and administration by the California State Lottery Commission and the Director of the California State Lottery. Existing law requires the commission to make quarterly reports of the operation of the Lottery to the Governor, the Attorney General, the Controller, the Treasurer, and the Legislature. Existing law requires the reports to include a full and complete statement of lottery revenues, prize disbursements, expenses, net revenues, and all other financial transactions involving lottery funds. This bill would specify that the quarterly reports shall be written and would additionally require the reports to be made to specified committees of the Legislature.

The California Constitution declares that all property is taxable and establishes or authorizes various exemptions from tax for real property, including a homeowners' exemption in the amount of $7,000 of the full value of a dwelling unless the dwelling receives another real property exemption. If the Legislature increases the homeowners' exemption, the California Constitution requires that the Legislature provide a benefit increase to qualified renters comparable to the average increase in benefits to homeowners. The California Constitution and existing property tax law establish a veterans' exemption in the amount of $4,000 for a veteran who meets certain military service requirements and generally exempts from property taxation the same value of property of a deceased veteran's unmarried spouse and parents. The California Constitution authorizes and existing property tax law establishes a disabled veterans' exemption in the amount of $100,000 or $150,000 for the principal place of residence of a veteran or a veteran's spouse, including an unmarried surviving spouse, if the veteran, because of an injury incurred in military service, is blind in both eyes, has lost the use of 2 or more limbs, or is totally disabled, as those terms are defined, or if the veteran has, as a result of a service-connected injury or disease, died while on active duty in military service. Existing law prohibits receiving the veterans' exemption on property owned by an unmarried person who owns more than $5,000 of property or a married person who owns more than $10,000 of property. Existing law prohibits receiving the deceased veterans' exemption on property owned by a deceased veteran's unmarried spouse who owns more than $10,000 of property, a deceased veteran's unmarried parent who owns more than $5,000 of property, or a deceased veteran's married parent who owns more than $10,000 of property. This measure would allow a dwelling that receives the veterans' exemption or the disabled veteran's exemption to also receive the homeowners' exemption. The measure would authorize the Legislature to exempt property eligible for the veterans' exemption in an amount up to the full value of the property. If the Legislature increases the homeowners' exemption, the measure would require that the Legislature provide the same increase in the veterans' exemption, except as limited by the full value of the property. The bill would remove the above-described prohibitions on a property receiving the veterans' or deceased veterans' exemption based on the amount of property that a veteran or veteran's parent or spouse owns.

This measure would designate May 9, 2023, as National Fentanyl Awareness Day.

Existing law, the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, authorizes the creation of a not-for-profit entity to be designated as the California Organ and Tissue Donor Registrar and requires that entity to establish and maintain the Donate Life California Organ and Tissue Donor Registry for persons who have identified themselves as organ and tissue donors upon their death. Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles, upon issuance of a new driver's license or a renewal of a driver's license or the issuance of an identification card, to provide information on organ and tissue donation. Existing law requires an application for an original or renewal driver's license or identification card to contain a space for the applicant to enroll in the Donate Life California Organ and Tissue Donor Registry. Existing law, Charlie's Law, beginning January 1, 2027, requires an electronic application for an original or renewal driver's license or identification card to contain a solicitation for the applicant to enroll in the National Marrow Donor Program's (NMDP) registry as a bone marrow or blood stem cell donor. Under existing law, an applicant's election to enroll in the NMDP's registry constitutes consent to their information being transmitted to the NMDP for the purposes of completing enrollment in the registry. Existing law requires the department to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the NMDP, as specified, and to transmit weekly specified applicant information to the NMDP. This bill would require the department to also enter into a memorandum of understanding with the NMDP regarding the distribution of information on the NMDP, and would require that, upon an agreement with the NMDP, any signs, pamphlets, or brochures be provided at no cost to the department.

Existing federal law authorizes the United States Department of Defense to transfer surplus personal property, including arms and ammunition, to federal or state agencies for use in law enforcement activities, subject to specified conditions, at no cost to the acquiring agency. Existing law requires a law enforcement agency to adopt a military equipment use policy, as specified, before obtaining military equipment, as defined. Existing law also requires a law enforcement agency to obtain approval from their governing body before obtaining military equipment, as specified. Existing law defines military equipment to include specialty firearms and ammunition, including assault weapons, as that term is defined in law, but excludes standard issue service weapons and ammunition. This bill would clarify the meaning of standard issue service weapons and ammunition for purposes of this provision and exclude assault weapons from this exception. This bill would replace certain devices referred to in existing law by a specific trade name with a general description of those devices. Existing law requires a law enforcement agency that has obtained military equipment pursuant to these provisions to prepare and submit an annual report to their governing body regarding the use of that equipment, as specified, and to hold a community engagement meeting, as specified, regarding that report. Existing law also requires a governing body that has enacted an ordinance authorizing the financing, acquisition, or use of military equipment pursuant to these provisions to annually review the ordinance and to hold a vote at a public meeting whether to renew the authorization. This bill would require the renewal vote of the governing body to be held no less than 30 days after the community engagement meeting, and for the governing board to consider input from the community engagement meeting, as specified.