(1) Existing law, the California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009, provides, among other things, for student protections and regulatory oversight of private postsecondary schools in the state. The act is enforced by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education within the Department of Consumer Affairs. This bill would require an institution subject to the act to collect and retain for each graduate completing a program at that institution on or after January 1, 2020, individual identifying information, the program the graduate was enrolled in, and specified student loan debt information. The bill would require the institution to report that information to the bureau annually according to a schedule and format determined by the bureau. The bill would require the bureau to match the data reported by institutions pursuant to this provision with wage data from the Employment Development Department, as specified. The bill would require this data to be reported to the Employment Development Department to fulfill specified requirements of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. The bill would require the bureau to make available on its internet website certain program-level and institution-level statistics regarding the earnings levels of students and student debt burdens. The bill would require the labor market outcome data reported under the bill to, at a minimum, provide data relating to graduates at 2 years and at 5 years after their graduation. The provisions related to reporting, matching, and internet posting would not be operative until the Director of Consumer Affairs certifies that the bureau's information technology system has been updated and is capable of processing data as required by this bill. The bill would require the bureau to notify institutions subject to the act when this certification has occurred, and would require institutions to comply with the bill's provisions within 120 days from the date they receive this notification. (2) Existing law requires the Director of Employment Development to permit the bureau to access relevant quarterly wage data, as necessary, for the bureau's evaluation and reporting of program performance outcomes as required and permitted by various state and federal laws, including the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014. Existing law makes a person who knowingly accesses, uses, or discloses this confidential information without authorization guilty of a misdemeanor. This bill would permit the bureau to access and use any relevant quarterly wage data necessary for the labor market outcome reporting data match requirement described above. The bill would specify that this data would be provided to the extent permitted by state and federal law and regulations. By providing this information to the bureau, the bill would expand the crime related to unauthorized access, use, or disclosure of this information, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program. (3) This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 1095 of the Unemployment Insurance Code proposed by AB 593 and AB 1296 to be operative only if this bill and either AB 593 or AB 1296, or both, are enacted and this bill is enacted last. (4) 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.
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Existing law, the California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009, provides for student protections and regulatory oversight of private postsecondary institutions in the state. The act is enforced by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education within the Department of Consumer Affairs. The act requires an out-of-state private postsecondary educational institution to comply with specified requirements, including providing the bureau evidence of the institution's accreditation, evidence that the institution is approved to operate in the state where the institution maintains its main administrative location, the agent for service of process, and a copy of the institution's catalog and sample agreement. Under existing law registration with the bureau is valid for 2 years. Existing law repeals the act on January 1, 2021. If the operation of the act is extended by another measure, this bill would, effective July 1, 2022, specify additional duties under the act. In particular, the bill would require an out-of-state private postsecondary educational institution to provide the bureau with specified information regarding whether or not the institution, or a controlling officer of, or a controlling interest or controlling investor in, the institution, or in the parent entity of the institution, has been subject to certain adverse state or federal actions in the previous 5 years before seeking authorization to operate in California, and with any additional documentation the bureau deems necessary for consideration in the registration process. The bill would require an institution that is registered with the bureau and enrolls any student residing in California to notify the bureau of any of specified indicators of potential suspect activities of the institution or a controlling officer of, or a controlling interest or controlling investor in, the institution or in the parent entity of the institution, and would authorize the bureau to determine, within 30 days of receipt of the notification, whether the institution should be permitted to continue to enroll California residents. The bill would authorize the bureau, in its discretion, to limit enrollments, permitting the institution to enroll California residents pending the completion of a review by the bureau. The bill would authorize an institution to seek review of a bureau decision through a writ of mandate action. The bill would require the bureau to adopt through emergency regulations an updated registration form. The bill would require the bureau to disclose on its internet website a list of registered institutions and disclose a designated email address for a California resident to send a complaint to the bureau about an institution. Existing law specifies conduct by regulated institutions that, if undertaken, is a crime. Because this bill would extend the application of those criminal provisions, it 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 prescribes various requirements regarding the formation, content, and enforcement of state and local public contracts. Existing law establishes, until January 1, 2020, for contracts entered into on or after January 1, 2017, a claim resolution process applicable to any claim by a contractor in connection with a public works project against a public entity, as defined. Existing law defines a claim for these purposes as a separate demand by the contractor for one or more of the following: a time extension for relief from damages or penalties for delay, payment of money or damages arising from work done pursuant to the contract for a public work, or payment of an amount disputed by the public entity, as specified. This bill would extend the operation of this claim resolution process until January 1, 2027.
Under existing law, the State Athletic Commission Act, the State Athletic Commission has jurisdiction over all professional and amateur boxing, professional and amateur kickboxing, all forms and combinations of forms of full contact martial arts contests, including mixed martial arts, and matches or exhibitions conducted, held, or given within this state. Existing law prescribes the composition of the commission and requires the commission to appoint an executive officer. Existing law authorizes the commission to employ in accordance with a specified provision of law other personnel as may be necessary for the administration of the act. Existing law repeals these provisions establishing the commission, requiring it to appoint an executive officer, and authorizing it to employ other personnel on January 1, 2020. This bill would authorize the commission to employ a chief athletic inspector and an assistant chief athletic inspector, and would extend those repeal dates to January 1, 2024.
(1) Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of shorthand reporters by the Court Reporters Board of California, which is within the Department of Consumer Affairs, and is comprised of appointed members who hold office until the appointment and qualification of their successors or until one year has elapsed since the expiration of their term, whichever occurs first. Existing law authorizes the board to appoint an executive officer and committees and to employ other employees, as specified. Existing law also defines various terms for those purposes. Existing law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2020. This bill would extend the operation of the board, the authorization of the board to appoint those specified personnel and committees, and the operation of those definitions until January 1, 2024. The bill would authorize the appointing authority of a member of the board to remove the member from office. (2) Existing law defines the practice of shorthand reporting, which includes the making, by means of written symbols or abbreviations in shorthand or machine shorthand writing, of a verbatim record of specified legal proceedings. Existing law requires the board to issue a certificate to a person who meets the qualifications for a certified shorthand reporter, as specified. This bill would prohibit the board from issuing a certificate for the practice of shorthand reporting by means of voice writing or voice recognition technology. The bill would state that it is the intent of the Legislature to address the issue of appropriate regulation of shorthand reporting by means of voice writing or voice recognition technology. (3) Existing law requires all fees and other revenues received by the board to be deposited in the Court Reporters' Fund, which is continuously appropriated to carry out the provisions regulating shorthand reporters. This bill would instead make funds in the Court Reporters' Fund available upon appropriation by the Legislature. (4) Existing law, until January 1, 2020, requires certain fees and revenues collected by the board from licensees to be deposited into the Transcript Reimbursement Fund, which is established as a continuously appropriated fund, to be available to provide reimbursement for the cost of providing shorthand reporting services to low-income litigants in civil cases who are unable to otherwise afford those services. Existing law, until January 1, 2020, prescribes how the funds are to be disbursed by the board and how an applicant is to apply for reimbursement from the board. This bill would extend the operation of the fund and the provisions relating to reimbursement from the fund by the board until January 1, 2024. By extending the operation of the Transcript Reimbursement Fund, which is a continuously appropriated fund, the bill would make an appropriation. The bill would require the board, on or before July 1, 2022, to report certain information to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature to determine the feasibility of funding the Transcript Reimbursement Fund through a distinct assessment, as specified. (5) Existing law requires all unencumbered funds remaining in the Transcript Reimbursement Fund as of January 1, 2019, to be transferred to the Court Reporters' Fund. This bill would require all encumbered funds remaining in the Transcript Reimbursement Fund as of January 1, 2024, to be transferred to the Court Reporters' Fund.
Under existing law, the Department of Consumer Affairs, which is under the control of the director of the Director of Consumer Affairs, is comprised of various boards, as defined, that license and regulate various professions and vocations. With respect to the Department of Consumer Affairs, existing law provides that the Governor has power to remove from office any member of any board appointed by the Governor for specified reasons, including incompetence. This bill would instead provide that the appointing authority has power to remove a board member from office for those specified reasons. Existing law authorizes the director to audit and review, upon the director's own initiative or upon the request of a consumer or licensee, inquiries and complaints regarding, among other things, dismissals of disciplinary cases of specified licensees and requires the director to report to the Chairpersons of the Senate Business and Professions Committee and the Assembly Health Committee annually regarding any findings from such an audit or review. This bill would instead require the director to report to the Chairpersons of the Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee and the Assembly Business and Professions Committee. Existing law defines the term "licentiate" to mean any person authorized by a license, certificate, registration, or other means to engage in a business or profession regulated or referred to, as specified. This bill would instead define "licensee" to mean any person authorized by a license, certificate, registration, or other means to engage in a business or profession regulated or referred to, as specified, and would provide that any reference to licentiate be deemed to refer to licensee. This bill would make other conforming and nonsubstantive changes, including replacing gendered terms with nongendered terms, updating cross-references, and deleting obsolete provisions. This bill would provide that any section of any act that is enacted by the Legislature during the 2019 calendar year that takes effect on or before January 1, 2020, and affects any section of law amended by this bill, would prevail over this bill, whether that act is enacted prior to, or subsequent to, the enactment of this bill.
(1) Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law establishes the California Board of Accountancy, which is within the Department of Consumer Affairs, and requires the board to license and regulate accountants in this state. Existing law, operative on July 1, 2020, authorizes a board within the Department of Consumer Affairs to deny a license on grounds that the applicant has been convicted of a crime or has been subject to formal discipline only if specified conditions are met. These conditions include if the applicant has been convicted of a crime within the preceding 7 years from the date of application that is substantially related to the qualifications, functions, or duties of the business or profession for which the application is made, and for which the applicant is incarcerated or released from incarceration. Under existing law, the 7-year limitation does not apply if the applicant was, among other conditions, convicted of a financial crime currently classified as a felony that is directly related to the fiduciary qualifications for specified licenses, including for applicants seeking licensure as accountants, pursuant to specified provisions. This bill would remove the specific inclusion of applicants seeking licensure as accountants from those latter provisions regarding denial of a license. The bill, operative on July 1, 2020, in addition to those general grounds for denial of a license, would authorize the California Board of Accountancy to deny an applicant for a license if the applicant was convicted of a financial crime currently classified as a felony that is directly and adversely related to the qualifications, functions, or duties of a certified public accountant, per regulations adopted by the board. The bill would specify that the 7-year limitation described above would not apply in these cases. The bill would also authorize the board to deny an applicant for a license if the applicant, within the preceding 7 years from the application date, was subjected to disciplinary action by a federal government agency, specific oversight board, or another country for an act substantially related to the functions, qualifications, or duties of a certified public accountant. (2) Existing law authorizes the California Board of Accountancy to appoint a person designated as an executive officer who is required to exercise various powers and perform various duties as delegated by the board. Existing law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2020. This bill would extend the operation of the board and its authorization to designate an executive officer to January 1, 2024. The bill would also make various nonsubstantive changes. (3) Existing law requires the California Board of Accountancy, not less than twice each year, to prepare and distribute to all licensees a report of the activities of the board, including amendments to the accountancy provisions and regulations, and matters of interest to the public and practitioners. This bill would authorize the board to meet this requirement by distributing these materials via email or making them available on the board's internet website. (4) Under existing law, the board may collect, but cannot require, a valid email address from each applicant at the time of application for a certified public accountant license. Existing law authorizes the board to establish, by regulation, a system for placing a licensee into a retired status, for certified public accountants and public accountants who are not actively engaged in practice. Existing law further authorizes a holder of a permit to engage in practice as a certified public accountant or public accountant to have their permit placed in a military inactive status, as specified. This bill would require an applicant who has a valid email address to report that email to the board at the time of application or registration in any of the above circumstances. (5) Existing law specifies the conditions in which a permit issued to a certified public accountant or a public accountant expires if it is not renewed, subject to specified fees. Under existing law, the board may collect, but not require, a valid email address from the applicant on the renewal form for an unexpired permit. This bill would instead require each applicant for renewal who has a valid email address to report that email to the board on the renewal form. The bill would also require each permitholder with a valid email address, on or before July 1, 2020, to provide the board with that email address. The bill would require a permitholder to notify the board within 30 days of any change to their email address on file with the board and would permit the board to periodically require permitholders to confirm that their email address on file with the board is current. This bill would also establish a minimum biennial fee for the renewal of public accountancy permits at $250, and would raise the maximum for those fees from $250 to $280. (6) Existing law authorizes an expired permit, except as otherwise provided, to be renewed at any time within 5 years after its expiration upon filing an application for renewal on a form prescribed by the board, payment of all accrued and unpaid renewal fees, and providing evidence satisfactory to the board of compliance, as specified. This bill would require an applicant, if that applicant has a valid email address at the time of application, to provide that email address to the board. (7) Existing law establishes a procedure to apply for registration of a partnership to practice public accountancy. This bill would require the partnership, if it has a valid email address at the time of registration, to provide that email address to the board. (8) Existing law also establishes a procedure to allow an individual whose principal place of business is not in California and who has a valid and current license, certificate, or permit to practice public accountancy from another state to engage in practice in California. Under existing law, an individual who is required to cease practice because of disciplinary action, conviction of certain crimes, or other specified reasons cannot practice public accountancy until notifying the board, on a form prescribed by the board, and receiving written permission from the board. This bill would require an individual who has a valid email address to provide that address to the board at the time of notification. (9) Under existing law, a certified public accounting firm that is authorized to practice in another state and that does not have an office in California may engage in the practice of public accountancy in California through the holder of a practice privilege if specified conditions are met. Existing law requires a firm that provides certain services, including an audit or review of a financial statement for an entity headquartered in California or a compilation of a financial statement under specified circumstances, to obtain a registration from the board. This bill would require the firm, if it has a valid email address at the time of registration, to provide that email address to the board. (10) Existing law requires an applicant for registration as an accountancy corporation to supply the board with all necessary and pertinent documents and information requested by the board concerning the applicant's plan of operation. Existing law requires the board, if it finds that the corporation is duly organized and qualified for the transaction of business and has paid the registration fee, to issue a certificate of registration. Existing law also requires each accountancy corporation to renew its permit to practice biennially and to pay the renewal fee fixed by the board. This bill would require a corporation that has a valid email address to provide that email address to the board at the time of application or renewal. (11) This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 480 of the Business and Professions Code, as added by Section 4 of Chapter 995 of the Statutes of 2018, proposed by AB 1076 to be operative only if this bill and AB 1076 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
This measure would condemn regulations recently adopted by the Department of Homeland Security to prescribe how a determination of inadmissibility for a person who is not a citizen or national is made based on the likelihood that the person will become a public charge. This measure would also urge the federal government to repeal the new regulations.
This measure would state that the Legislature strongly and unequivocally supports the existing fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions standards, the preservation of California's authority to enact stricter air pollution standards pursuant to its federal Clean Air Act waiver, and the enactment of a voluntary agreement between the State Air Resources Board and automobile manufacturers that preserves California's status as a leader in the fight for clean air; will consider any and all appropriate actions to maintain and enact vehicle emissions standards for the protection of public health, California residents, and the economy; supports any and all appropriate actions that enhance longstanding protections for the public's health, California residents, and the economy; and strongly urges the President and Vice President of the United States, the Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation, and the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency to reject the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient Vehicles Proposed Rule for Model Years 2021–2026.
This measure would call upon all Californians to embrace the individual and social benefits of family and community acceptance, upon religious leaders to counsel on LGBTQ matters from a place of love, compassion, and knowledge of the psychological and other harms of conversion therapy, and upon the people of California and the institutions of California with great moral influence to model equitable treatment of all people of the state.