(1) Existing law establishes the English Language Learner Acquisition and Development Pilot Program, under the administration of the State Department of Education, as a 3-year competitive grant pilot project of 25,000 or more English language learners to be conducted during the 2007–08 to 2009–10, inclusive, school years. Under the program, grants are made to local educational agencies, as defined, to identify existing best practices regarding topics including, but not limited to, curriculum, instruction, and staff development for teaching English language learners and promoting English language acquisition and development. The program requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish a 13-to-20 member advisory committee, with specified responsibilities. This bill would repeal the statutes that establish the program. (2) Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to, among other duties, establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits. Existing law requires the commission to issue only teaching and service credentials, with specified authorizations. Existing law provides authorization to the holder of a multiple subject or single subject teaching credential who has completed certain coursework at an institution of higher education in another commonly taught subject than the one for which they are currently certificated for, to teach that subject, as provided. Existing law requires, as a minimum requirement for a preliminary multiple subject, single subject, or education specialist teaching credential, verification of subject matter competence that is demonstrated through any one of a list of specified methods. This bill would also provide authorization to the holder of a multiple or single subject teaching credential who has met subject matter competence, demonstrated through one of those methods referenced above, in another commonly taught subject than the one for which they are currently credentialed for, without taking the above-described coursework, to teach that subject, as provided. (3) Existing law requires the commission to issue a preliminary multiple subject, single subject, or education specialist teaching credential to an out-of-state teacher who satisfies specified requirements, including having earned a valid corresponding elementary, secondary, or special education authorization based upon the out-of-state teacher preparation program. If an out-of-state teaching credential authorizes the credentialholder to teach a commonly taught subject, in addition to the credentialholder having earned a valid corresponding teaching authorization based upon the out-of-state teacher preparation program, this bill would require the commission to issue a preliminary multiple subject or single subject teaching credential along with an authorization to teach that commonly taught subject, as provided. (4) Existing law requires the commission to submit to the Department of Justice fingerprint images and related information required by the Department of Justice of all noncertificated candidates seeking an Activity Supervisor Clearance to assume a paid or volunteer position in a pupil activity program, for the purposes of obtaining information on the existence and content of a record of state or federal convictions and arrests, as provided. This bill would require the commission to submit to the Department of Justice fingerprint images and related information required by the Department of Justice of specified commission-related individuals, including employees, prospective employees, and contractors, as provided. The bill would require the Department of Justice to provide a state- or federal-level response to the commission, as provided. (5) Existing law requires local educational agencies to exempt a newcomer pupil, as defined, and who is in their 3rd or 4th year of high school from all coursework and other requirements adopted by the governing body of the local educational agency that are in addition to the statewide coursework requirements necessary to receive a diploma of graduation from high school, unless the local educational agency makes a finding that the pupil is reasonably able to complete the local educational agency's graduation requirements in time to graduate from high school by the end of the pupil's 4th year of high school. Existing law requires local educational agencies to comply with other procedures in relation to newcomer pupils, including, among other things, pupil consultation and notice requirements. Existing law requires local educational agencies to issue, and new local educational agencies to accept, full or partial credit for all full or partial coursework satisfactorily completed by a newcomer pupil while attending a public school, a juvenile court school, a charter school, a school in a country other than the United States, or a nonpublic, nonsectarian school, as provided. This bill would require local educational agencies to comply with the above-described coursework exemptions, pupil consultation and notice requirements, acceptance of coursework completed at other schools, and other requirements for pupils participating in a newcomer program, as defined, who were enrolled before January 1, 2024, and would authorize local educational agencies to extend these provisions to other pupils participating in a newcomer program, as specified. By imposing new duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (6) 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. (7) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish procedures within the State Department of Education to, among other things, annually identify the critical needs for which effective educational programs and practices are to be identified, developed, and disseminated to public schools. This bill would require the Superintendent to convene a working group, composed as provided, for specific purposes related to artificial intelligence in public schools, as specified. The bill would require, among other things, the working group to develop, on or before January 1, 2026, guidance for school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools on the safe use of artificial intelligence in education, and to, on or before July 1, 2026, develop a model policy for those local educational agencies regarding the safe and effective use of artificial intelligence in ways that benefit, and do not negatively impact, pupils and educators, as provided. The bill would require the working group to, on or before January 1, 2027, report its findings and recommendations to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature, as provided. The bill would dissolve the working group upon submission of that report, and would repeal these provisions as of January 1, 2031.
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 governs temporary and permanent disability indemnity payments. Existing law, until January 1, 2025, allows an employer to commence a program under which disability indemnity payments are deposited in a prepaid card account for employees. This bill would extend the authorization to deposit indemnity payments in a prepaid card account until January 1, 2027.
Existing law requires local educational agencies to identify, locate, and assess individuals with exceptional needs and to provide those pupils with a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment, with special education and related services as reflected in an individualized education program. Existing law requires, beginning not later than the first individualized education program to be in effect when a pupil is 16 years of age, or younger if determined appropriate by the individualized education program team, and updated annually thereafter, the individualized education program to include appropriate measurable postsecondary goals and transition services, as defined, needed to assist the pupil in reaching those goals. This bill would instead require an individualized education program, commencing July 1, 2025, to include measurable postsecondary goals and transition services, if determined appropriate by a pupil's individualized education program team, beginning when an individual with exceptional needs is starting their high school experience and not later than the first individualized education program to be in effect when the pupil is 16 years of age, as provided. By imposing additional requirements on local educational agencies in relation to individualized education programs, 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 federal law, the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) , requires each state to establish an American Health Benefit Exchange to facilitate the purchase of qualified health benefit plans by qualified individuals and qualified small employers. PPACA authorizes a state to apply to the United States Department of Health and Human Services for a state innovation waiver of any or all PPACA requirements, if certain criteria are met, including that the state has enacted a law that provides for state actions under a waiver. Existing state law creates the California Health Benefit Exchange (Exchange) , also known as Covered California, to facilitate the enrollment of qualified individuals and qualified small employers in qualified health plans as required under PPACA. Existing law requires the Exchange, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to administer a program of financial assistance beginning July 1, 2023, to help Californians obtain and maintain health benefits through the Exchange if they lose employer-provided health care coverage as a result of a labor dispute, as specified. Under existing law, if specified eligibility requirements are met, an individual who has lost minimum essential coverage from an employer or joint labor management trust fund as a result of a strike, lockout, or other labor dispute receives the same premium assistance and cost-sharing reductions as an individual with a household income of 138.1% of the federal poverty level, and is also not required to pay a deductible for any covered benefit if the standard benefit design for a household income of 138.1% of the federal poverty level has zero deductibles. Existing law excludes from gross income any subsidy amount received pursuant to that program of financial assistance. This bill would revise various provisions of the financial assistance program, including deleting the exclusion of financial assistance received under the program from gross income, and specifying the criteria required for an individual to be qualified to receive coverage under the program. The bill would specify that an individual would no longer be eligible for financial assistance under the program when the Exchange verifies that employer-provided minimum essential coverage from the employer has been reinstated for the individual and dependents, as specified. The bill would require an employer or labor organization to notify the Exchange before employer-provided coverage is affected by a strike, lockout, or labor dispute, and would authorize the Exchange to contact the employer, labor organization, or other appropriate representative to determine information necessary to determine eligibility for the financial assistance program, as prescribed.
Existing law defines an electric bicycle and classifies electric bicycles into 3 classes with different restrictions. Under existing law, a "class 1 electric bicycle" is a bicycle equipped with a motor that provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling and ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of 20 miles per hour. Under existing law, a "class 2 electric bicycle" is a bicycle equipped with a motor that may be used exclusively to propel the bicycle and is not capable of providing assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of 20 miles per hour. Under existing law, a "class 3 electric bicycle" is a bicycle equipped with a speedometer and a motor that provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling, and that ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of 28 miles per hour. Existing law prohibits a person under 16 years of age from operating a class 3 electric bicycle. This bill, the San Diego Electric Bicycle Safety Pilot Program, would, until January 1, 2029, authorize a local authority within the County of San Diego, or the County of San Diego in unincorporated areas, to adopt an ordinance or resolution that would prohibit a person under 12 years of age from operating a class 1 or 2 electric bicycle. For the first 60 days following the adoption of an ordinance or resolution for this purpose, the bill would make a violation of the ordinance or resolution punishable by a warning notice. After 60 days, the bill would make a violation of the ordinance or resolution punishable by a fine of $25, except as specified. This bill would make a parent or legal guardian with control or custody of an unemancipated minor who violates the ordinance or resolution jointly and severally liable with the minor for the amount of the fine imposed. The bill would, if an ordinance or resolution is adopted, require the county to, by January 1, 2028, submit a report to the Legislature that includes, among other things, the total number of traffic stops initiated for a violation of the ordinance or resolution, the results of those traffic stops, and the actions taken by a peace officer during a traffic stop, as specified. The bill would require a local authority or county to administer a public information campaign for at least 30 calendar days prior to the enactment of the ordinance or resolution, as specified.
Existing law requires the Department of Human Resources to establish and adjust salary ranges for each class of position in the state civil service, subject to any merit limits contained in the California Constitution. Existing law provides that, after completion of the first year in a position, an employee shall receive a merit salary adjustment during each year when they meet the standards of efficiency, as prescribed by the department. Existing law, the Ralph C. Dills Act, governs collective bargaining between the state and recognized state public employee organizations. The act defines "state employee" for purposes of the act and excludes certain employees from that definition, including managerial employees, supervisory employees, and confidential employees. This bill would require an employee who is excluded from the definition of "state employee" to be informed in writing of a merit salary adjustment denial 10 working days before the proposed effective date of the adjustment. Existing law entitles all state employees to be given time off with pay for specified holidays and entitles a state employee who is required to work on those holidays to receive straight-time pay and 8 hours of holiday credit. This bill would require an employee who is excluded from the definition of "state employee" and who is required to work on certain holidays to receive specified compensation and holiday credit if the employee is eligible for overtime payments under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, or, if the employee is ineligible for overtime payments, to receive specified holiday credit and informal time off.
Existing law requires, by January 15th of each year, the State Auditor to report to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, and the Department of Finance with respect to each recommendation the State Auditor has made based on an audit or investigation that was reported more than one year prior and that has not been fully implemented by the affected agency. This bill would instead require the State Auditor to maintain a publicly accessible internet website that displays the status of recommendations the State Auditor has made based on an audit or investigation, as specified. The bill would require a state agency to submit an update to the State Auditor, and the State Auditor to post the update to the publicly available internet website on recommendations the State Auditor has determined are not fully implemented, as specified. Existing law requires the State Auditor to, among other things, identify five judicial branch entities, excluding the Administrative Office of the Courts, for audit every two years, as specified. This bill instead would require the State Auditor to take that action every three years. Existing law establishes within the State Treasury the State Audit Fund, which is a continuously appropriated fund for the expenses of the State Auditor. By expanding the duties of the State Auditor's Office, this bill would create an appropriation.
Existing federal law, the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the regulations adopted pursuant to that act, authorizes folic acid to be used in food as a nutrient in accordance with specified prescribed conditions, including that folic acid may be added to corn masa flour at a level not to exceed 0.7 milligrams of folic acid per pound of corn masa flour. Existing federal law also requires any state requirement for nutrition labeling of food to conform with federal law, and requires the declaration of folic acid to be included when added as a nutrient supplement, as specified. Existing state law, the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law, provides for the regulation of various subjects relating to the processing, labeling, advertising, and sale of food, drugs, and cosmetics, including enriched food, under the administration and enforcement of the State Department of Public Health. Existing law provides that all food additive and food labeling regulations and any amendments to those regulations adopted pursuant to the federal law are the regulations of this state, and authorizes the department to prescribe conditions under which a food additive may be used in this state whether or not these conditions are in accordance with the regulations adopted pursuant to the federal act and to adopt additional food labeling regulations. A violation of these provisions is a crime. This bill would, commencing January 1, 2026, require corn masa flour, as defined, that is manufactured, sold, delivered, distributed, held, offered for sale, or used as an ingredient in the manufacture of a food product to contain folic acid at a level of 0.7 milligrams of folic acid per pound of corn masa flour, as specified, and would authorize wet corn masa product that is manufactured, sold, delivered, distributed, held, offered for sale, or used as an ingredient in the manufacture of a food product to contain folic acid at a level of 0.4 milligrams of folic acid per pound of end product, as specified. The bill would require corn masa flour or a wet corn masa product to include specified information, including a declaration of folic acid on the nutrition label in accordance with applicable federal law. The bill would exempt snack foods and corn masa flour made by, or supplied to, specified types of businesses, including cottage food operations or a grocery store that also offers conforming products. The bill would make these provisions severable. By creating a new crime, 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Existing law provides authority for an enforcement agency to enter and inspect any buildings or premises whenever necessary to secure compliance with or prevent a violation of the building standards published in the California Building Standards Code and other rules and regulations that the enforcement agency has the power to enforce. Existing law requires an inspection, by January 1, 2025, and by January 1 every 6 years thereafter, of exterior elevated elements and associated waterproofing elements, as defined, including decks and balconies, for buildings with 3 or more multifamily dwelling units, as specified. Existing law that provides that, if the property was inspected within 3 years prior to January 1, 2019, as specified, no new inspection is required until January 1, 2025. This bill would extend the deadline for initial inspection until January 1, 2026. The bill would also provide that no new inspection is required until January 1, 2026, if the property was inspected within 3 years prior to January 1, 2019, as specified.
Existing law requires a pupil, while enrolled in kindergarten in a public school, or while enrolled in first grade in a public school if the pupil was not previously enrolled in kindergarten in a public school, to present proof of having received an oral health assessment by a licensed dentist, or other licensed or registered dental health professional operating within the professional's scope of practice, that was performed no earlier than 12 months before the date of the initial enrollment of the pupil, as provided. This bill would define "kindergarten" for these purposes as including both transitional kindergarten and kindergarten, and would require the above-described proof only once during a 2-year kindergarten program. To the extent the bill would impose additional duties on public schools, 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, the Nursing Practice Act, establishes the Board of Registered Nursing and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the licensure and regulation of the practice of nursing. Existing law, the Psychology Licensing Law, establishes the Board of Psychology and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the licensure and regulation of psychologists. Existing law, the Physician Assistant Practice Act, establishes the Physician Assistant Board and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the licensure and regulation of physician assistants. Existing law, the Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Act, the Clinical Social Worker Practice Act, the Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Act, and the Educational Psychologist Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of the practices of marriage and family therapy, clinical social work, professional clinical counseling, and education psychology, respectively, by the Board of Behavioral Sciences. Existing law establishes continuing education requirements for all of these various healing arts practitioners. This bill would require the above-specified boards, in determining their continuing education requirements, to consider including a course in maternal mental health. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 2811.5 of the Business and Professions Code proposed by AB 2270 and SB 639 to be operative only if this bill and either or both of those bills are enacted and this bill is enacted last. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Sections 3524.5, 4989.34, 4996.22, and 4999.76 of the Business and Professions Code proposed by AB 2270 to be operative only if this bill and AB 2270 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 4980.54 of the Business and Professions Code proposed by AB 2270 and Senate Bill 1526 to be operative only if this bill and either or both of those bills are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
