SB 165 is a procedural bill that expresses the Legislature's intent to enact statutory changes to the Budget Act of 2025. It does not specify particular budget provisions or changes but formally sets the stage for future legislative action on the state's budget framework. This bill directly affects the legislative process for budget-related laws, as it authorizes the development of detailed statutory changes without outlining those changes itself. The bill passed the Senate on March 20, 2025, and is now pending in the Assembly.
This bill formally honors Hmong Laotian Special Guerrilla Unit veterans and their families for their service and sacrifice. It serves as a commemorative resolution to recognize their contributions without altering any laws or government programs. The measure is a symbolic gesture intended to celebrate their legacy rather than implement new policies or funding.
This measure would request the United States, at the 2026 joint review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) , to secure and publicly adopt measurable and sustained commitments from the parties to eliminate chronic transboundary sewage discharges into the Tijuana River watershed and the flow of untreated sewage, industrial effluent, and toxic pollutants through the New River from Mexicali into the County of Imperial. The measure would further request that the United States commit to automatic nonrenewal of the USMCA should there be a failure of establishing commitments, benchmarks, and timelines relating to specific numeric discharge-reduction benchmarks for both the Tijuana River watershed and the New River, investment into and enforceable timelines for completion of wastewater infrastructure projects, and annual public reporting on compliance.
This bill designates June 21, 2026, as Father's Day to honor fathers and father figures. It establishes this specific date as an official observance within the state statutes. The measure does not create a legal holiday or mandate time off from work. Instead, it serves as a formal recognition of the contributions made by fathers and father figures.
This bill designates June 10, 2026, as Family Justice Center Day in California. It establishes this specific date as an official day of recognition to highlight the work of Family Justice Centers, which provide integrated services for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. The measure does not create new laws or funding but serves to raise public awareness about these community resources.
This measure would designate a specified overcrossing on State Route 15 in the County of San Diego as the United States Navy Sailor Noah Tobin Memorial Overcrossing. The measure would request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.
Existing law prohibits a person from carrying a concealed firearm or carrying a loaded firearm in public. Existing law requires a licensing authority to issue or renew a license to carry a firearm capable of being concealed if specified conditions are met, including, among others, that the applicant is not a disqualified person for the license, as specified, and the applicant has completed a specified course of training. Existing law makes a new or renewal license that is issued to be valid for a period of time not to exceed 2 years from the date of the license, except as otherwise provided. This bill would extend the duration of those licenses to 3 years from the date of the license. The bill would make conforming changes.
Existing law requires a person arrested to be taken before a magistrate without delay and, in any event, within 48 hours after arrest, not including weekends and holidays, as specified. Existing law allows an attorney to visit a prisoner after their arrest, as specified. Under existing law, an officer in charge of the prisoner who willfully refuses or neglects to allow an attorney to visit that prisoner is liable for criminal and civil penalties, as provided. This bill would clarify that the above provisions regarding criminal and civil penalties for officers apply if a prisoner is in a jail, prison, or medical setting. The bill would make other technical changes, as provided.
Existing law requires the Governor to proclaim certain days each year for specified reasons. Existing law also designates particular days each year as having special significance and encourages all public schools and educational institutions to observe those days and to conduct suitable commemorative exercises on those days. This bill would require the Governor to annually proclaim May 17 as Bruce Lee Day, would designate and set apart that date each year as having special significance, and would encourage all public schools and educational institutions to observe that date by conducting exercises remembering the life of Bruce Lee and recognizing his accomplishments and the contributions he made to the state.
(1) Existing law authorizes the governing board of any school district or community college district to sell for cash any personal property belonging to the school district or community college district if the property is not required for school purposes, should be disposed of for the purpose of replacement, or is unsatisfactory or not suitable for school use, pursuant to certain requirements, including, among others, notice and bid requirements. This bill, in addition to and notwithstanding those provisions, would separately authorize the governing board of a school district or community college district to declare district-owned technology, as defined, to be surplus technology property and would authorize the school district or community college district to dispose of that surplus technology property by (A) sale by public auction, (B) sale by sealed bid, (C) sale or transfer through a structured trade-in or buyback program with a vendor, manufacturer, or other third-party purchaser, as specified, (D) negotiated sale to a public agency, nonprofit organization, or private entity, as specified, or (E) donation to a public agency or nonprofit public benefit corporation. The bill would require the governing board of a school district or community college district, before disposing of surplus technology property, to adopt policies and procedures that, at minimum, address specified items, including, among others, a process for determining that property is no longer required for school purposes, reasonable methods to ensure competition or market testing, and compliance with all applicable state and federal requirements for protecting pupil or student and employee data. The bill would require the school district or community college district, to the extent practicable, to structure the disposition of surplus technology property in a manner that maximizes net proceeds or value returned, minimizes electronic waste, and promotes environmentally responsible recycling, refurbishment, and reuse. (2) Existing law prohibits a county superintendent of schools from disposing of any item of personal property worth over $25,000 that belongs to the county office of education without meeting specified conditions, including conditions relating to valuation, advertising, and county board of education approval. Existing law prohibits a county superintendent of schools from disposing of any item of personal property worth less than $25,000 that belongs to the county office of education unless they certify the value of the property in a quarterly report and submit that report to the county board of education for its review. This bill, in addition to and notwithstanding those provisions, would separately authorize the county board of education to declare county office of education-owned technology, as defined, to be surplus technology property and would authorize the county superintendent of schools to dispose of that surplus technology property pursuant to the same above-described provisions that would apply to school districts and community college districts.
Existing law sets forth the law of agency and powers of attorney, including durable powers of attorney. The Uniform Statutory Form Power of Attorney Act establishes the procedures by which a person may appoint another person as their agent with various powers over property, business, estate, trust, and other decisions, and sets forth a statutory form to be used for granting power of attorney. This bill would revise and recast the statutory form for power of attorney to, among other things, allow the appointment of a successor agent or agents and authorize the individual to nominate the agent or co-agents to be appointed as the conservator or co-conservators of the individual's estate. The bill would include in the statutory form options for appointment of attorney for authority over digital assets, including authority over a catalogue of electronic communications without the content of the electronic communications sent or received, authority over the content of electronic communications sent or received, or authority over a catalogue of electronic communications and the content of electronic communications sent or received. The bill would specify that the language granting powers in a statutory form power of attorney with respect to digital assets, catalogue of electronic communications, and content of electronic communications has the same meanings as set forth in the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act.
Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary education in this state. Under this system, school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools employ personnel to provide instruction to and services for pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, at schoolsites throughout the state. This bill would explicitly define, for purposes of the Education Code, both a public school employee and a contractor providing services in a public school to mean a natural person.
