Existing law defines domestic partnership as two adults who have chosen to share one another's lives in an intimate and committed relationship of mutual caring. Existing law specifies requirements for entering into a domestic partnership, including that the domestic partners be either of the same sex or of the opposite sex and over 62 years of age. This bill would remove the requirement that persons be of the same sex or of the opposite sex and over 62 years of age in order to enter into a domestic partnership. Existing law imposes a $23 charge on persons filing domestic partner registrations to fund the development and support of a lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender curriculum for training workshops on domestic violence and for the support of a grant program to promote healthy nonviolent relationships in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community. Existing law exempts from this charge persons of opposite sexes filing a domestic partnership registration when one or both of the persons meet the eligibility criteria for federal old-age insurance benefits. This bill would expand the exemption from paying the charge to all persons filing a domestic partner registration when one or both of the domestic partners is 62 years of age or older. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to prepare forms entitled "Declaration of Domestic Partnership" and "Notice of Termination of Domestic Partnership" and to distribute those forms to each county clerk and make them available to the public at the office of the Secretary of State and each county clerk. This bill would delete the requirement that the forms be available at the office of each county clerk and, instead, require that the Secretary of State make the forms available at the office of the Secretary of State or on the Secretary of State's internet website. The bill would require the instructions to the "Declaration of Domestic Partnership" form and the internet website to include an explanation that registered domestic partners have the same rights, protections, and benefits, and are subject to the same responsibilities, obligations, and duties under law as are granted to and imposed upon spouses and an explanation of how to terminate a registered domestic partnership. This bill would also make various technical and conforming changes.
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Existing law criminalizes various aspects of sex work, including soliciting anyone to engage in, or engaging in, lewd or dissolute conduct in a public place, loitering in a public place with the intent to commit prostitution, or maintaining a public nuisance. Existing law, the California Uniform Controlled Substances Act (CUCSA) , also criminalizes various offenses relating to the possession, transportation, and sale of specified controlled substances. This bill would prohibit the arrest of a person for a misdemeanor violation of the CUCSA or specified sex work crimes, if that person is reporting that they are a victim of, or a witness to, specified crimes. The bill would also state that possession of condoms in any amount does not provide a basis for probable cause for arrest for specified sex work crimes. Existing law specifies a procedure by which condoms may be introduced as evidence in a prosecution for various crimes, including soliciting or engaging in lewd or dissolute conduct in a public place, soliciting or engaging in acts of prostitution, loitering in or about a toilet open to the public for the purpose of engaging in or soliciting a lewd, lascivious, or unlawful act, or loitering in a public place with the intent to commit prostitution. This bill, instead, would prohibit introducing the possession of a condom as evidence in the prosecution of a violation of soliciting or engaging in lewd or dissolute conduct in a public place, soliciting or engaging in acts of prostitution, loitering in a public place with the intent to commit prostitution, or for maintaining a public nuisance, if the offense is related to an act of prostitution. This bill would make other conforming changes. The California Constitution includes the Right to Truth-In-Evidence, which requires a 23 vote of the Legislature to pass a bill that would exclude any relevant evidence from any criminal proceeding, as specified. Because this bill would exclude from a criminal action evidence about a person's liability for an act of prostitution that is otherwise admissible, it requires a 23 vote of the Legislature.
This measure would commemorate the American Legion for 100 years of service to the United States.
This measure would proclaim October 6, 2019, through October 12, 2019, as Latex Allergy Awareness Week in California.
This measure would declare the month of May 2019 as Foster Care Month.
This measure would recognize June 19, 2019, as Juneteenth and would urge the people of California to join in celebrating Juneteenth as a day to honor and reflect on the significant role that African Americans have played in the history of the United States and how they have enriched society through their steadfast commitment to promoting unity and equality.
This measure would declare June 6, 2019, as Secure Your Load Day in California.
The federal Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 2003 authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, subject to the availability of appropriations, to provide financial assistance to the State of Maryland and the State of Louisiana for a program to implement measures to eradicate or control nutria and restore marshland damaged by nutria. Under the federal act, the federal share of the costs of the program is prohibited from exceeding 75% of the total costs of the program. This measure would urge the United States Congress to reauthorize and specifically add California to the Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 2003 and to authorize an appropriation of $4,000,000 to help the state implement a nutria eradication program.
This measure would urge the United States Department of Health and Human Services to rescind the new Title X regulations that will impede access to essential, time-sensitive health care for low-income individuals across California and the nation.
Existing law defines a ticket seller for specified purposes to mean a person who for compensation, commission, or otherwise sells admission tickets to sporting, musical, theater, or any other entertainment event. Existing law makes it unlawful for a person to intentionally use or sell software to circumvent a security control or measure that is used to ensure an equitable ticket buying process. Existing law makes a violation of the laws regulating ticket sellers a misdemeanor. This bill would, for purposes of the prohibition on the intentional use or sale of certain software, specify that the equitable ticket buying process is for event attendees, and that a control or measure that is used to ensure an equitable ticket buying process includes limits on the number of tickets that a person can purchase. The bill would additionally make it unlawful for a person to intentionally use or sell services to circumvent a security control or measure that is used to ensure an equitable ticket buying process for event attendees. The bill would define event attendee for these purposes, and would exclude a ticket seller from that definition. By expanding the scope of an existing crime, this bill would impose a state-mandate 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.