ACR 99 designates June 29, 2025, as Scleroderma Awareness Day in California. This resolution has no binding effect but aims to raise public awareness about scleroderma, a rare autoimmune disease affecting the skin and internal organs. It directly affects California residents by encouraging community recognition of the disease. The measure serves solely as a commemorative statement without implementing new policies or funding.
This measure would, among other things, declare that using executive orders to silence opposition and chill legal advocacy is an unlawful attack on the right of Americans to seek counsel and would designate May 1 as Law Day to not only commemorate the importance that law plays in California but to stand in solidarity with the legal community.
This measure would urge the United States Congress to avoid any cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) , which could harm the state's children, older adults, and families, and impact the state's economic well-being.
This measure would, among other things, recognize the serious and urgent threat maladaptation poses to the success and cost effectiveness of the state's climate resilience actions.
SCR 88 is a ceremonial resolution designating August 7, 2025, as "Purple Heart Day" in California. It does not create new laws or affect any individuals, groups, or policies; it solely serves to recognize and honor recipients of the Purple Heart medal. The resolution's only mechanism is the formal declaration of this specific date for commemorative purposes. This is a symbolic gesture with no substantive policy impact.
SCR 73 is a resolution designating the week of June 16-22, 2025, as "Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Awareness Week" in California. It has no policy or funding provisions; its sole purpose is to formally recognize and raise public awareness about Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP), a rare genetic condition that increases colorectal cancer risk. This measure directly affects Californians by highlighting FAP through official state recognition during that specific week.
This measure would honor former and current members of the San Francisco Bar Pilots and would commemorate the 175th anniversary of the San Francisco Bar Pilots.
SCR 77 designates September 2025 as Service Dog Appreciation Month in California. This symbolic resolution, proposed by the state legislature, does not create new laws or impose requirements. It directs state agencies to recognize and promote awareness of service dogs during that month, primarily affecting public awareness efforts rather than individuals or organizations. The measure has no direct regulatory impact but aims to foster community appreciation for service dog teams.
Existing law, the Civil Discovery Act, requires each party that has appeared in a civil action, except specified actions, to provide certain initial disclosures to the other parties to the action within 60 days of a demand by any party to the action unless modified by the stipulation of the parties. Existing law requires a party making initial disclosures of persons or records to additionally disclose persons or records that are relevant to the subject matter of the action, except as specified, and to disclose information and records regarding insurance policies or contracts that would make a person or insurance company liable to satisfy a judgment. Existing law requires initial disclosures to be verified via the written declaration of the party or the party's authorized representative, or signed by the party's counsel. Existing law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2027, and replaces them with prior law requiring initial disclosures to be made upon order of the court following the stipulation of the parties. This bill would remove the January 1, 2027 repeal date, thereby indefinitely extending the operation of the provisions described above.
Existing law establishes categories of peace officers with varying powers and authority to make arrests and carry firearms. Under existing law, in certain counties, including the Counties of Butte and Calaveras, a deputy sheriff, who is employed to perform duties exclusively or initially relating to custodial assignments with responsibilities for maintaining the operations of county custodial facilities, is a peace officer whose authority extends to any place in the state only while engaged in the performance of the duties of the officer's employment and for the purpose of carrying out the primary function of employment relating to the officer's custodial assignments, or when performing other law enforcement duties directed by the officer's employing agency during a local state of emergency. This bill would include a deputy sheriff employed by the Counties of Amador and Nevada within that definition of peace officer.
Existing law generally governs retention payments withheld with respect to a contract for a private work of improvement, including by requiring an owner that withholds a retention from a direct contractor to, within 45 days after completion of the work of improvement, pay the retention to the contractor. With respect to a contract for a private work of improvement, this bill would limit the amount of a retention payment by, among other things, prohibiting a retention payment withheld from a payment by an owner from the direct contractor, by the direct contractor from any subcontractor, and by a subcontractor from any subcontractor thereunder, from exceeding 5% of the payment, subject to certain exceptions. The bill would require a court to award reasonable attorney's fees to the prevailing party in any action to enforce these provisions.
Existing law extends to any person who, as an employee, and by their own labor, performs work harvesting or transporting harvested crops or farm products that are owned and grown or produced by a limited partnership, a lien upon the severed crops or farm products, or proceeds from their sale, for the value of the labor done, unless the owner who otherwise would be subject to a lien gives the Labor Commissioner a bond that is conditioned upon the payment of all wages found to be due and unpaid in connection with the operations, as specified. This bill would remove the condition on imposition of a lien, as described above, that the crops or farm products be owned and grown or produced by a limited partnership.
