The Budget Act of 2024 made appropriations for the support of state government for the 2024–25 fiscal year. This bill would amend the Budget Act of 2024 to require the State Air Resources Board to designate public fire protection agencies or other equivalent agencies to oversee controlled burning activities and to exempt wildland vegetation management burning, as defined, from permitting requirements if conducted by or under the supervision of a public fire protection agency or other equivalent agency designated by the state board. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a Budget Bill.
The Budget Act of 2024 made appropriations for the support of state government for the 2024–25 fiscal year. This bill would amend the Budget Act of 2024 by making changes to existing appropriations, as provided. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a Budget Bill.
The Budget Act of 2024 made appropriations for the support of state government for the 2024–25 fiscal year. This bill would amend the Budget Act of 2024 by making changes to existing appropriations, as provided. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a Budget Bill.
Existing law, the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act, requires certain persons specified as "mandated reporters" to report suspected child abuse or child neglect, as specified. The act provides that a positive toxicology screen at the time of the delivery of an infant is not in and of itself a sufficient basis for reporting child abuse or neglect but requires an indication of maternal substance abuse to lead to an assessment of the needs of the mother and child pursuant to a specified provision of law, and, if other factors are present that indicate risk to a child, a report is required to be made, as specified. Existing law requires each county to establish protocols between county health departments, county welfare departments, and public and private hospitals in the county, regarding the application and use of a needs assessment of, and a referral for, certain substance-exposed infants to a county welfare department. Existing law requires a clinic, health facility, home health agency, or hospice to prevent unlawful or unauthorized access to, and use or disclosure of, patients' medical information, as defined. Existing law authorizes a health care provider to disclose medical information to a county social worker, probation officer, foster care public health nurse, or any other person authorized to have custody or care of a minor for purposes of coordinating health care services and medical treatment. Existing law authorizes those individuals to receive medical information and protected health information, as specified. A violation of these provisions may be punished as a misdemeanor. Existing law exempts specific medical and mental health evidence from a civil proceeding, including medical-dental staff committee findings and recommendations, as specified, or that a person suffered or experienced excited delirium. This bill would prohibit the releasing, reporting, or providing of a perinatal person's or a newborn's drug test or alcohol test or screen results, or information about drug or alcohol use in a pregnant or perinatal person's or newborn's medical records or otherwise known to a medical provider, as specified. The bill would also require a licensed clinic, health facility, home health agency, or hospice to prevent unlawful or unauthorized access to, and use or disclosure of, among other information, a perinatal person's or newborn's drug test or alcohol test or screen results. This bill would prohibit the admission of those results or information in a civil proceeding. By expanding the scope of an existing 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.
AB 185 is a procedural bill that expresses the intent of the California Legislature to enact statutory changes related to the Budget Act of 2023. It does not create new laws, allocate funds, or directly affect any specific groups of people. Instead, it serves as a formal declaration to update the existing budget framework for the 2023-24 fiscal year.
AB 184 is a procedural bill that expresses the California Legislature's intent to pass statutory changes related to the Budget Act of 2023. It does not create new laws, allocate funds, or directly affect any specific individuals or organizations. Instead, it serves as a formal statement of purpose to guide future legislative action on budget matters. The bill does not contain any concrete policy provisions or operational mechanisms.
AB 183 is a procedural bill that expresses the Legislature's intent to make statutory changes to the Budget Act of 2023. It does not create new laws, allocate funds, or directly affect any specific group of people. Instead, it serves as a formal declaration to update the existing budget framework. The bill has not resulted in any concrete policy changes or operational shifts.
AB 182 is a procedural measure that expresses the Legislature's intent to make statutory changes related to the Budget Act of 2023. It does not create new laws, allocate funds, or directly affect any specific group of people. The bill serves as a formal declaration of legislative purpose rather than establishing concrete policy rules or mechanisms.
Existing law authorizes the State Air Resources Board to adopt and implement motor vehicle fuel specifications for the control of air contaminants and sources of air pollution. Existing law prohibits the state board from adopting any regulation that establishes a specification for motor vehicle fuel unless that regulation, and a multimedia evaluation conducted by affected agencies and coordinated by the state board, are reviewed by the California Environmental Policy Council. This bill would authorize the state board to adopt a schedule of fees, not to exceed a total amount collected of $5,000,000 over 3 years, to cover all or a portion of the state board's reasonable costs associated with the development, implementation, and enforcement of a specification for a blend of gasoline that contains more than 10% and up to 15% ethanol by volume for use as a transportation fuel, as provided. The bill would require that the revenues from those fees be deposited into the Cost of Implementation Account and be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for purposes of carrying out these provisions. This bill would require the state board to ensure that the multimedia evaluation of gasoline containing up to 15% ethanol by volume conducted pursuant to those provisions is completed, and ready for review by the council, on or before July 1, 2025. Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, on or before January 1, 2024, and every 3 years thereafter, to submit an assessment to the Governor and the Legislature that, among other things, identifies methods to ensure a reliable supply of affordable and safe transportation fuels in California, as provided. This bill would require the commission, in consultation with the state board, to prepare and submit a report to the Legislature on or before July 1, 2025, regarding potential solutions to increase the supply of gasoline through the production enhancement strategies identified by the commission in its 2024 assessment submitted to the Legislature and the Governor, as specified. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
This measure adopts the Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly for the 2023–24 Regular Session, as set forth in Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 1, as the Joint Rules for the 2023–24 Second Extraordinary Session, except as specified.
The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 establishes the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases. The act requires the state board to approve a statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit equivalent to the statewide greenhouse gas emissions level in 1990 and to ensure the statewide greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to at least 40% below the statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit by 2030. The act authorizes the state board to include the use of market-based compliance mechanisms in its regulation of greenhouse gas emissions. This bill would specify that transportation fuels are not subject to regulations implementing a market-based compliance mechanism for greenhouse gas emissions. Existing law authorizes the state board to adopt and implement motor vehicle fuel specifications for the control of air contaminants and sources of air pollution. Existing law authorizes the state board to grant variances from the gasoline specifications, as provided. This bill would require the state board to grant variances from gasoline specifications, including for gasoline imported from outside the state, whenever a refinery outage or other supply interruption would result in substantial short-term price increases, as specified. Existing law requires the state board to establish, by regulation, maximum standards for volatility of gasoline, as provided. Pursuant to these authorities, the state board has adopted the California Reformulated Gasoline regulations, which include regulations establishing the maximum Reid vapor pressure of gasoline for various regions of the state at specified time periods. This bill would require the state board to waive the Reid vapor pressure requirement on summer-blend gasoline under the California Reformulated Gasoline regulations and to allow for the early transition to winter-blend gasoline if the state board determines that the gasoline market is experiencing a sudden and unusual increase in gasoline prices.
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report (EIR) on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. CEQA authorizes the Governor to certify certain projects, including energy infrastructure projects, as defined, that meet specified requirements, including a requirement that the applicant agrees to pay the costs of preparing the record of proceedings for the project concurrent with review and consideration of the project, as specified, for streamlining benefits related to CEQA, such as the requirement that judicial actions challenging the certification of an EIR and the granting of approval by a lead agency for certified projects, including any potential appeals to the court of appeal or the Supreme Court, be resolved, to the extent feasible, within 270 days after the filing of the certified record of proceedings with the court. CEQA provides that the certification is no longer valid if the lead agency fails to approve the certified project before January 1, 2033. This bill would revise the definition of "energy infrastructure projects" to include projects that increase the storage of petroleum products at a refinery meeting certain requirements. Because the bill would impose additional duties on lead agencies in conducting the environmental review of petroleum storage projects that are certified by the Governor, including the concurrent preparation of the record of proceedings, 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.
