Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, the California State University under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, and the University of California under the administration of the Regents of the University of California as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in the state. Existing law requires the office of the Chancellor of the California State University and the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, and requests the office of the President of the University of California, to require each of their respective campuses that provide campus-owned, campus-operated, or campus-affiliated student housing to collect and post on its external and internal internet websites, data on student housing, as specified. This bill would require the office of the Chancellor of the California State University and the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, and request the office of the President of the University of California, to require each of their respective campuses that provide campus-owned, campus-operated, or campus-affiliated student housing to include additional information regarding students who are veterans, as defined, in the above-described data on student housing. To the extent the 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.
Existing law authorizes the Judicial Council to dispose of surplus court facilities pursuant to a specified process that requires, among other things, the Judicial Council to consult with the county where the court facility is located, offer the facility to the county at a fair market value before offering it to another state or local government agency, and deposit the funds received from a sale into the State Court Facilities Construction Fund. The California Constitution requires the proceeds from the sale of surplus state property to be deposited into the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties, a continuously appropriated fund. This bill would, notwithstanding any other law, specifically authorize the Judicial Council to sell the Gordon D. Schaber Sacramento County Courthouse if the sale complies with certain requirements, including, among other things, that the Judicial Council makes the availability of the property known to any local public entity that has jurisdiction for developing low- and moderate-income housing where the property is located. The bill would require any local agency, as defined, that purchases the property for use in developing low- and moderate-income housing to give priority to an entity that proposes a residential development with the greatest number of affordable housing units. The bill would require the net proceeds from the sale of the courthouse to be deposited into the State Court Facilities Construction Fund. The bill would state that the disposition of this property is not a sale or other disposition of surplus state property within the meaning of the California Constitution.
Existing law, the Digital Financial Assets Law, prohibits, on or after July 1, 2025, a person from engaging in digital financial asset business activity, or holding itself out as being able to engage in digital financial asset business activity, with, or on behalf of, a resident, unless any of certain criteria are met, including that the person is licensed with the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, as prescribed, or the person submits an application on or before July 1, 2025, and is awaiting approval or denial of that application. Existing law defines "digital financial asset" for these purposes to mean a digital representation of value that is used as a medium of exchange, unit of account, or store of value, and that is not legal tender, whether or not denominated in legal tender, except as specified. Existing law also defines "covered person" to mean a person required to obtain a license under these provisions. This bill would extend the July 1, 2025, dates to July 1, 2026. Existing law requires a licensee to maintain, for all digital financial asset business activity with, or on behalf of, a resident for 5 years after the date of the activity, certain records, including a general ledger maintained at least monthly that lists all assets, liabilities, capital, income, and expenses of the licensee. This bill would require a licensee to also maintain, if applicable, a report maintained at least monthly that demonstrates compliance with conditions that authorize the licensee to exchange, transfer, or store a digital financial asset or engage in digital financial asset administration, as specified. Existing law requires, on or after July 1, 2025, a covered person to make certain disclosures for the protection of residents, as prescribed, and to maintain in its control an amount of each type of digital financial asset sufficient to satisfy the aggregate entitlements of the persons to the type of digital financial asset, as prescribed. This bill would extend the July 1, 2025, date to July 1, 2026. Existing law generally regulates, on or after July 1, 2025, the provision of stablecoins, as prescribed, including by prohibiting a covered person from exchanging, transferring, or storing a digital financial asset that is a stablecoin or engaging in digital financial asset administration of a stablecoin, as specified, unless certain conditions are met. This bill would extend the July 1, 2025, date to July 1, 2026, and would specify that a covered person may exchange, transfer, or store a stablecoin or engage in digital financial asset administration of that stablecoin, as specified, if the stablecoin is approved by the commissioner and complies with certain requirements, restrictions, or prohibitions established by the commissioner. Existing law requires, on or after July 1, 2025, an operator of a digital financial asset transaction kiosk that does not itself engage in digital financial asset business activity to ensure that the person engaging in digital financial asset business activity via the digital financial asset transaction kiosk has a license pursuant to these provisions. This bill would extend the July 1, 2025, date to July 1, 2026.
Existing law, the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act, provides that if a manufacturer of a new motor vehicle, as defined, or the manufacturer's in-state representative, is unable to service or repair the vehicle to conform to the applicable express warranties after a reasonable number of attempts, the manufacturer must either repurchase or replace the vehicle, as specified. Existing law, the Tanner Consumer Protection Act, creates the presumption that a reasonable number of attempts have been made to conform a new motor vehicle to the applicable express warranties if specified conditions are met. Under existing law, the buyer of a new motor vehicle may not assert this presumption until after the buyer has initially resorted to a qualified third-party dispute resolution process, if that process exists and certain additional conditions are met. Existing law provides that if, among other things, a qualified third-party dispute resolution process does not exist, the buyer of a new motor vehicle may assert the above presumption in an action to enforce the buyer's rights under the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act. Existing law provides that the buyer of a new motor vehicle who is damaged by a manufacturer's failure to comply with specified requirements of the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act or the Tanner Consumer Protection Act may bring an action for the recovery of damages and other equitable and legal relief. Existing law provides that if the buyer establishes that the manufacturer's failure to comply was willful, the judgment may also include a civil penalty which shall not exceed 2 times the amount of actual damages. This bill would provide that an action seeking the restitution for or replacement of a new motor vehicle, or for civil penalties, pursuant to the provisions of the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act or Tanner Consumer Protection Act described above must be commenced within one year after the expiration of the applicable express warranty, and in no event may be brought later than 6 years after the date of original delivery of the vehicle, subject to specified tolling provisions. Beginning April 1, 2025, the bill would require the consumer to, prior to seeking civil penalties, provide a written notice to the manufacturer that, among other things, demands the manufacturer's restitution for or replacement of the consumer's vehicle. The bill would require mediation in an action seeking the restitution for or replacement of a new motor vehicle, or for civil penalties, and would stay all discovery, except a limited set of disclosures and depositions, in such actions until mediation is concluded. The bill would, for such actions filed on or after January 1, 2025, authorize the court to impose specified sanctions on represented parties who fail to comply with its provisions. The bill would provide that the duties and obligations it imposes are cumulative with, and do not limit or expand, duties and obligations imposed under any other law.
Existing law requires a person who is incarcerated in state prison or confined in a local detention facility, or a state or local juvenile facility, and who menstruates or experiences uterine or vaginal bleeding to, upon request, have access to, be allowed to use, and continue to use materials necessary for personal hygiene with regard to their menstrual cycle and reproductive system, including, but not limited to, sanitary pads and tampons. This bill would require the person to have ready access to these menstrual products without having to request them. By imposing additional duties on local detention facilities, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, 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.
Existing law, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, which is administered by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, regulates the application for, and the issuance and suspension of, alcoholic beverage licenses. Existing law provides for moneys collected as fees pursuant to the act to be deposited in the Alcohol Beverage Control Fund, with those moneys generally allocated to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control upon appropriation by the Legislature. Existing law provides that any on- or off-sale licensee, or agent or employee of a licensee who sells, gives, or delivers to any person any alcoholic beverage between the hours of 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. of the same day, and any person who knowingly purchases any alcoholic beverages between those hours, is guilty of a misdemeanor. This bill would, notwithstanding the provision described above and until January 1, 2030, authorize alcoholic beverage sales to occur between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. upon the on-sale licensed premises operated in a fully enclosed arena with a seating capacity of at least 18,000 seats located in the City of Inglewood if specified conditions are met. In this regard, the bill would require that the sales occur in a private area in the arena no larger than 2,500 square feet in the hours immediately following a day on which a sporting event, concert, or other major event, or a private event not open to the public, has occurred in the arena, as specified. The bill would also require the licensee to file a request with the governing body of the City of Inglewood for adoption of an ordinance that would allow that activity, notify local law enforcement agencies of the request, and if such an ordinance is adopted, submit the ordnance to the department, as specified. The bill would require the licensee to have a permit issued by the department authorizing that activity. The bill would set the initial fee for this permit at $2000 and the renewal fee at $1,500, and would require those fees to be deposited into the Alcohol Beverage Control Fund. The bill would authorize the department to adopt rules as it determines to be necessary for the administration of these provisions. The bill would require the City of Inglewood to submit a report to the department on the impact of these provisions one year after any licensee receives the required permit from the department and once annually thereafter, as specified. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City of Inglewood.
Existing federal law establishes a procedure for providing certain immigrants with the classification of special immigrant juvenile status (SIJS) and authorizes those persons to apply for an adjustment of status to that of a lawful permanent resident within the United States. Under federal law, SIJS criteria include, among other things, that the immigrant's reunification with one or both parents is not viable due to abuse, neglect, abandonment, or a similar basis found under state law, and for whom it would not be in their best interest to be returned to their or their parent's previous country of nationality or country of last habitual residence. Under existing state law, a superior court has jurisdiction to make the factual findings necessary to enable a child to petition the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services for classification as a special immigrant juvenile under those federal provisions. If a court grants an order that includes the determinations regarding SIJS, and the person who requested the determinations has submitted a request for expedited processing accompanied by a properly conformed proposed order, the bill would require the court to provide the person who requested the determinations with a certified copy of the order within 3 court days of the date of the hearing at which the determinations were made, or the date the proposed order was submitted, whichever is later. Existing law authorizes the probate court to appoint a guardian of the person of an unmarried individual who is 18 years of age or older, but who has not yet attained 21 years of age, in connection with a petition to make the necessary findings regarding SIJS, as specified, if the proposed ward consents. Existing law authorizes the petition for guardianship to be filed by a parent, relative, or any other person on behalf of the proposed ward, or by the proposed ward. This bill would authorize a court to appoint a parent as the guardian of the person of their unmarried child who is 18 years of age or older, but who has not yet attained 21 years of age, under those provisions. The bill would also make technical and conforming changes to related provisions.
Existing law establishes, within the state disability insurance program, a family temporary disability insurance program, also known as the paid family leave program, for the provision of wage replacement benefits to workers who take time off work to care for certain seriously ill family members, to bond with a minor child within one year of birth or placement, as specified, or to participate in a qualifying exigency related to the covered active duty or call to covered active duty of certain family members. Existing law authorizes an employer to require an employee to take up to 2 weeks of earned but unused vacation before, and as a condition of, the employee's initial receipt of these benefits during any 12-month period in which the employee is eligible for these benefits. This bill would make that authorization and related provisions inapplicable to any disability commencing on or after January 1, 2025. The bill would also make nonsubstantive changes.
Existing law authorizes a minor to consent to medical and other treatment under certain circumstances, including the diagnosis and treatment of sexual assault, medical care relating to the prevention or treatment of pregnancy, treatment of infectious, contagious, and communicable diseases, mental health treatment, and treatment for alcohol and drug abuse. Existing law establishes the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which may adjudge a child to be a dependent or ward of the court under certain circumstances. Under existing law, if a minor has been, or has a petition filed with the court to be, adjudged a dependent child of the court, the court may authorize, or order that a social worker may authorize, medical and other care for the minor, as prescribed. Under existing law, a social worker may, without court order, authorize medical and other care for a minor in emergency situations, as specified. This bill would authorize a dependent child of the juvenile court who is 16 years of age or older to consent to receive medications for opioid use disorder from a licensed narcotic treatment program as replacement narcotic therapy without the consent of their parent, guardian, person standing in loco parentis, or social worker, and without a court order, only if, and to the extent, expressly permitted by federal law. The bill would authorize a dependent child of the juvenile court who is 16 years of age or older to consent to opioid use disorder treatment that uses buprenorphine at a physician's office, clinic, or health facility, by a licensed physician and surgeon or other health care provider, as specified, whether or not the minor has the consent of their parent, guardian, person standing in loco parentis, or social worker and without a court order. Existing law authorizes a social worker to inform a dependent child 12 years of age or older of their right to consent to receive specified health services, including, among other things, the diagnosis and treatment of sexual assault and medical care relating to the prevention or treatment of pregnancy. Existing law also authorizes a social worker to provide a dependent child with access to age-appropriate, medically accurate information about sexual development, reproductive health, and the prevention of unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections. This bill would instead authorize a social worker to inform a dependent child 10 years of age or older of their right to consent to receive those health services and would also authorize a social worker to inform a dependent child of their confidentiality rights regarding those services. The bill would additionally authorize a social worker to provide a dependent child with information on how to access reproductive and sexual health care services and to facilitate access to that care, as specified.
Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care, and makes a willful violation of the act a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law generally regulates contractual provisions between health care service plans and health insurers and their contracting health care providers. This bill would require a contract between a health care service plan or health insurer and a health care provider issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2025, to authorize a provider to separately bill for devices, implants, or professional services, or a combination thereof, associated with immediate postpartum contraception if the birth takes place in a general acute care hospital or licensed birth center. The bill would prohibit that provider contract from considering those devices, implants, or services to be part of a payment for a general obstetric procedure. Because a violation of the bill's requirements by a health care service plan would be a crime, 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by regulatory boards and entities within the Department of Consumer Affairs, including athlete agents. Existing law generally prohibits a person from practicing those professions and vocations unless the person is licensed by the appropriate regulatory board or otherwise meets prescribed requirements. This bill would prohibit a person from holding themselves out to be an athletic trainer or from using specified titles or terms to imply or suggest that the person is an athletic trainer unless they meet prescribed requirements, including that the person is certified by the Board of Certification for the Athletic Trainer, as specified. The bill would prohibit a person from holding themselves out to be an athletic trainer or use any of the specified titles if certain conditions are true, including that the person has an athletic trainer license or registration in another state that was disciplined or is otherwise restricted, as specified. If an employee's title is changed to comply with these provisions, the bill would prohibit the loss of the employee's employment status as a result of the title change, including, but not limited to, demotion, reclassification, or the loss of any other status or compensation related to the position.
Existing law authorizes cities and counties, subject to certain limitations and approval requirements, to levy a transactions and use tax for general or specific purposes, in accordance with the procedures and requirements set forth in the Transactions and Use Tax Law, including a requirement that the combined rate of all taxes that may be imposed in accordance with that law in the jurisdiction not exceed 2%. This bill would authorize the Cities of Lancaster, Palmdale, and Victorville to impose a transactions and use tax for the support of countywide transportation programs or general services, at a rate of no more than 1% that, in combination with other transactions and use taxes, would exceed the above-described combined rate limit of 2%, if certain requirements are met. The bill would provide that a transactions and use tax rate imposed pursuant to the bill will not be considered for purposes of the combined rate limit described above. The bill would repeal these authorizations on January 1, 2029, if an ordinance proposing the tax has not been approved by that date, as specified. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Cities of Lancaster, Palmdale, and Victorville. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
