Existing law requires the Attorney General to establish and maintain the Violent Crime Information Center to assist in the identification and the apprehension of persons responsible for specific violent crimes and for the disappearance and exploitation of persons, particularly children and dependent adults. Existing law requires the Attorney General to establish within the center and to maintain an online automated computer system designed to effect an immediate law enforcement response to reports of missing persons, and requires the center to make information authorized for dissemination that is contained in law enforcement reports regarding missing or unidentified persons accessible to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System. Existing law establishes the Rural Indian Crime Prevention Program, a program of financial and technical assistance for local law enforcement, within the Office of Emergency Services, to target the relationship between law enforcement and Indigenous communities to encourage and strengthen cooperative efforts and to implement crime suppression and prevention programs. This bill would authorize the Governor to appoint a Red Ribbon Panel to address the murdered or missing indigenous persons (MMIP) crisis, consisting of specified members. The bill would require the panel to produce and submit, by January 1, 2026, a study with recommendations to address the MMIP crisis to tribes, California's federal elected officials, the Legislature, counties, cities, and federal, tribal, state, county, and local law enforcement agencies. The bill would make related findings and declarations.
Existing law establishes the Division of Health Care Operations and the Division of Health Care Policy and Administration within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) under the supervision of the Undersecretary of Health Care Services. Existing law requires the department to expand substance abuse treatment services in prisons to accommodate at least 4,000 additional inmates who have histories of substance abuse. Existing law requires the department to establish a 3-year pilot program to provide a medically assisted substance use disorder treatment model for the treatment of inmates, as specified. This bill would require the CDCR to take specific actions in the provision of substance use treatment, such as ensuring uniform application of the California Correctional Health Care Services Care Guide and retaining at least one full-time addiction medicine physician and surgeon at each facility to be assigned medication-assisted treatment patients exclusively. The bill would require the CDCR to provide physicians and surgeons clear guidance on interpretation of certain toxicology tests, the misuse, abuse, and illegal distribution of substances, and access to alternative medication. The bill would require the CDCR to provide physicians and surgeons training consisting of at least 8 hours of integrated substance use disorder treatment didactic training, 3 days of shadowing an integrated substance use disorder treatment practice, and an annual training of at least 8 hours covering specified topics. The bill would require the CDCR to form a working group consisting of 6 members of the Union of American Physicians and Dentists and integrated substance use disorder treatment program departmental representation with the authority to make decisions for the purpose of identifying program areas for improvement or additional training that could be offered to certain employees, in order to enhance program success. Existing regulations establish a process for the CDCR to verify licenses and credentials of newly hired health care providers. This bill would require that process to include addiction medicine as an additional qualification.
Existing law grants the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, which is within the Department of Industrial Relations, jurisdiction over all employment and places of employment, with the power necessary to enforce and administer all occupational health and safety laws and standards. The Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, an independent entity within the department, has the exclusive authority to adopt occupational safety and health standards within the state. Existing law, the California Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973, requires employers to comply with certain standards ensuring healthy and safe working conditions, as specified, and charges the division with enforcement of the act. Other existing law relating to occupational safety imposes special provisions on certain industries and charges the division with enforcement of these provisions. This bill would require an employer, defined to be a school district, county office of education, or charter school, to ensure that COVID-19 cases, defined as specified school employees, who have a positive COVID-19 test, are excluded from the workplace until prescribed return-to-work requirements are met. To the extent administering these provisions imposes additional duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill, with specified exceptions, would require an employer to continue and maintain an excluded school employee's earnings, wages, seniority, and all other employee rights and benefits, including the employee's right to their former job status, as if the employee had not been excluded from the workplace, as prescribed. The bill would require the standards board, by February 3, 2025, to adopt a standard that extends these protections to any occupational infectious disease covered by any permanent infectious disease standard adopted to succeed an existing standard for COVID-19 prevention for those school employees. The bill would require the division to enforce the bill by the issuance of a citation alleging a violation and a notice of civil penalty, as specified. The bill would authorize any person who receives a citation and penalty to appeal the citation and penalty to the Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board. 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 requires the driver of a commercial vehicle to stop and submit to a vehicle and driver inspection, as described, wherever the California Highway Patrol (CHP) is conducting commercial vehicle inspections and signs are displayed requiring the stop. Under existing law, a failure to stop as required is punishable as a misdemeanor. This bill would authorize a public transit agency, as defined, to request the CHP to conduct an annual inspection and certification of its fleet. The bill would authorize the Commissioner of the CHP to issue stickers or other devices as evidence of certification. The bill would exempt any public transit agency vehicle that has been certified through that inspection from the requirement to stop at a roadside inspection.
Existing law requires the California Transportation Commission, under a program commonly known as the Trade Corridor Enhancement Program, to allocate, upon appropriation by the Legislature, revenues from a specified portion of the state excise tax on diesel fuel and certain federal funds to infrastructure projects located on or along specified transportation corridors. Under existing law, eligible projects under the program include, among others, highway improvements to more efficiently accommodate the movement of freight and environmental and community mitigation or efforts to reduce environmental impacts of freight movement. Under the program, existing law requires the commission to adopt a program of projects from projects nominated by the Department of Transportation and local agencies. In adopting the program of projects, existing law requires the commission to evaluate the total potential economic and noneconomic benefits of the program of projects to California's economy, environment, and public health, and to specifically assess localized impacts in disadvantaged communities. Existing law also requires the California Environmental Protection Agency to identify disadvantaged communities, and, pursuant to that requirement, the agency has developed a tool to identify those communities, commonly known as CalEnviroScreen. This bill would, commencing January 1, 2025, require the commission, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and the State Air Resources Board to create guidance for the programming of projects under the Trade Corridor Enhancement Program that expand the physical footprint of a highway in a community in the highest 10% of CalEnviroScreen communities. Commencing January 1, 2028, the bill would require this guidance to be incorporated into the programming cycle. The bill would require the applicant agency, as a condition of commission funding for design, right-of-way, and capital construction costs, to complete the applicable requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act and the federal National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 within 6 months of the commission adopting the program of projects. The bill would also require the commission to establish percentage targets for funds allocated under the program to be allocated to investments in zero-emission freight infrastructure, with an initial target of 15% of program funds awarded being awarded to investments in zero-emission freight infrastructure to be increased by 5% each cycle until it reaches 50%, as provided.
Under existing law, the California Child Day Care Facilities Act, the State Department of Social Services licenses and regulates various types of child care facilities, including, but not limited to, family daycare homes. Existing law authorizes a small family daycare home to provide care for up to 8 children, and a large family daycare home to provide care for up to 14 children, as specified. Existing law makes a willful or repeated violation of the act a misdemeanor, and also authorizes the department to levy civil penalties against a family daycare home for failure to comply with applicable laws and regulations, as specified. Existing law requires a family daycare home to comply with specified safety requirements, including, but not limited to, requiring the facility to contain a fire extinguisher or smoke detector device, or both, as specified, that meet standards established by the State Fire Marshal, and a carbon monoxide detector. This bill would require a licensed family daycare home to only serve water to children in the care of the family daycare home or use water in food preparation for children in the care of the family daycare home that has been filtered with a point-of-use water filtration device certified to meet specified standards for water safety, as specified. The bill would require, on or before January 1, 2026, the department to adopt regulations to implement the above requirements, including requiring the family daycare home to maintain records and receipts demonstrating that the water filtration device has been maintained, and its filters replaced, as specified, and requiring the department to take specified action if a family daycare home does not comply with the regulations. The bill would require the department to submit a report to the Legislature that includes specified information related to compliance with the regulations and test results from family daycare homes with lead in drinking water above specified levels. The bill would authorize funds from a specified grant program to be used to provide lead-removing water filters to family daycare homes. Because a violation of this requirement by a family daycare home 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 requires the State Air Resources Board to establish a Carbon Capture, Removal, Utilization, and Storage Program to capture, remove, and store carbon dioxide, as provided. Existing law requires the program, among other things, to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and viability of specified technologies and to facilitate the capture and sequestration of carbon dioxide from these technologies, where appropriate. This bill would require the state board, among other things, to develop, by January 1, 2027, a plan to include ocean carbon dioxide removal technology and projects that it determines are environmentally safe and sustainable into the Carbon Capture, Removal, Utilization, and Storage Program, and to qualify environmentally safe and sustainable projects for inclusion in carbon credit programs, including, but not limited to, the Low Carbon Fuel Standard regulations and the market-based compliance mechanism, as provided. The bill would require the state board and any agency with a relevant financial incentive program, as specified, to consider whether it is appropriate to make an ocean carbon dioxide removal project eligible for that financial incentive program, to the extent the ocean carbon dioxide removal project achieves similar or better climate and environmental policy goals.
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Pursuant to authority delegated by the Federal Communications Commission to state regulatory bodies and its existing statutory authority, the Public Utilities Commission has established procedures for implementing 2-1-1 dialing in California to connect people to social services and aid in times of disaster. Existing law, until January 1, 2023, authorized the commission, if it determined that doing so was an appropriate use of funds collected from ratepayers, to expend up to $1,500,000 from the California Teleconnect Fund Administrative Committee Fund to help close 2-1-1 service gaps in counties lacking access to disaster preparedness, response, and recovery information and referral services, where technically feasible, through available 2-1-1 service. Existing law establishes the Office of Planning and Research (OPR) within the Governor's office to provide long-range planning and research and to serve as the comprehensive state planning agency. This bill would, upon appropriation, require the OPR to establish and convene the 2-1-1 Strategic Advisory Committee. The bill would require the committee to be composed of specified members, including directors of specified state agencies or their designees, representatives of community-based organizations that represent specified vulnerable populations, a member of the public with lived experience in utilizing 2-1-1 services, and city or county officials with knowledge or experience with local 2-1-1 programs and services. The bill would require the committee to, among other things, identify and establish an ongoing funding source for statewide 2-1-1 infrastructure and operations, and recommend policies and priorities to encourage the development of California's 2-1-1 infrastructure. The bill would require the committee's meetings to be open to the public.
The Meyers-Milias-Brown Act and the Ralph C. Dills Act regulate the labor relations of employees and employers of local public agencies and the state, respectively. The acts grant specified employees of local public agencies and the state the right to form, join, and participate in the activities of employee organizations of their choosing. This bill would provide, except as specified, that it is not unlawful or a cause for discipline or other adverse action against a public employee for that public employee to refuse to enter property that is the site of a primary strike, perform work for a public employer involved in a primary strike, or go through or work behind a primary strike line. The bill would prohibit a public employer from directing a public employee to take those actions. The bill would authorize a recognized employee organization to inform employees of these rights and encourage them to exercise those rights. The bill would also state that a provision in a public employer policy or collective bargaining agreement that purports to limit or waive the rights set forth in this provision shall be void as against public policy, except that the bill would require the parties to negotiate over the bill's provisions if the bill is in conflict with a collective bargaining agreement entered into before January 1, 2025, as prescribed. The bill would exempt certain public employees of fire departments and certain peace officers from these provisions.
The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) grants a consumer various rights with respect to personal information that is collected or sold by a business. The CCPA defines various terms for these purposes. The California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA) , approved by the voters as Proposition 24 at the November 3, 2020, statewide general election, amended, added to, and reenacted the CCPA and establishes the California Privacy Protection Agency (agency) and vests the agency with full administrative power, authority, and jurisdiction to enforce the CCPA. Existing law requires data brokers to register with the agency, pay a registration fee, and provide certain information, prescribes penalties for failure to register as required by these provisions, requires the agency to create a page on its internet website where this registration information is accessible to the public, and creates a fund known as the "Data Brokers' Registry Fund" that may be used by the agency, upon appropriation, to, among other things, offset the reasonable costs of establishing and maintaining the informational website and the costs incurred by the state courts and the agency in connection with enforcing these provisions, as specified. Existing law defines various terms for these purposes, including by incorporating specified definitions provided in the CPRA. This bill would require data digesters to register with the agency, pay a registration fee, and provide specified information, prescribe penalties for a failure to register as required by these provisions, require the agency to create a page on its internet website where this registration information is accessible to the public, and create a fund known as the "Data Digester Registry Fund" to be administered by the agency to be available for expenditure by the agency, upon appropriation, to offset the reasonable costs of establishing and maintaining the informational website and the costs incurred by the state courts and the agency in connection with enforcing these provisions, as specified. The bill would define various terms and incorporate specified definitions provided in the CPRA for these purposes.
Existing law establishes the State Department of Public Health to implement various programs throughout the state relating to public health. This bill would require the State Department of Public Health, in coordination with the Office of Emergency Services, medical health operational area coordinators, regional disaster medical and health coordinators, and other state agencies, to establish a statewide strategic stockpile. The bill would require the department, in coordination with the Office of Emergency Services, to establish guidelines for the procurement, management, and distribution of medicine, vaccines, and dental and medical supplies, taking into account, among other things, the amount of each type of item required for a sustained health emergency. The bill would authorize the department to enter into contracts with private entities for the procurement or reservation of supplies and for management and distribution of the stockpile. The bill would require the department to report annually to the Legislature, and others, the amount of items in the stockpile, the amount of items from the stockpile that have been used, the amount of anticipated future usage, the status of existing contracts with private entities that fulfill the procurement guidelines, and information regarding items reserved through those private entities. By creating new duties for medical health operational area coordinators and regional disaster medical and health coordinators, 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 vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of the state highway system, including associated property. Existing law authorizes the department to do any act necessary, convenient, or proper for the construction, improvement, maintenance, or use of all highways that are under its jurisdiction, possession, or control. This bill would require the department to mitigate the impact of infrastructure projects that interfere with or eliminate trail access to parks and recreational areas by maintaining safe access for users of existing trails or providing alternative safe access to those parks and recreational areas.
