Asm. Ed Chau

Existing law, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, grants a consumer various rights with regard to the consumer's personal information that is held by a business, including the right to know what personal information is collected by a business, to have personal information held by that business deleted, and to direct a business to not sell the consumer's personal information, as specified. Existing law requires an operator of a commercial website or online service that collects personally identifiable information through the internet, about individual consumers residing in California who use or visit its commercial internet website or online service, to make a privacy policy available to consumers and to include specified information relating to the collection of personally identifiable information within that privacy policy. This bill would require the operator of a mobile application to provide clear and conspicuous notice that fully informs consumers when, how, and why their recordable information, defined to include visual, audio, or geolocation information, will be collected, used, and shared upon installation of the application. The bill would require the operator of a mobile application to obtain consent before collecting or using recordable information and to obtain separate consent before disclosing that information.

Existing law prohibits an employer or prospective employer from using a consumer credit report for employment purposes unless the person for whom the report is sought is of a specified position. Existing law requires the user of a consumer credit report to provide written notice to the person involved before requesting the report for employment purposes, as specified. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.

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 prohibits a lead agency or a responsible agency from requiring the preparation of a subsequent or supplemental EIR unless one or more of 3 specified events occurs. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the provision relating to the preparation of a subsequent or supplemental EIR.

Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state and authorizes school districts throughout the state to operate schools and provide instruction to pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive. Existing law requires the Office of Information Security, in consultation with the Office of Emergency Services, to require no fewer than 35 independent security assessments of state entities each year and determine basic standards of services to be performed as part of an independent security assessment. This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would require every school district in the state to conduct an information technology cybersecurity assessment.

The California Emergency Services Act sets forth the duties of the Office of Emergency Services with respect to specified emergency preparedness, mitigation, and response activities within the state. Existing law requires the Office of Emergency Services to establish and lead the California Cybersecurity Integration Center with the primary mission to reduce the likelihood and severity of cyber incidents that could damage California's economy, its critical infrastructure, or public and private sector computer networks in the state. Existing law requires the manufacturer of a connected device, as those terms are defined, to equip the device with a reasonable security feature or features that are appropriate to the nature and function of the device, appropriate to the information it may collect, contain, or transmit, and designed to protect the device and any information contained therein from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification, or disclosure, as specified. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to improve the security of information technology systems and connected devices by requiring public agencies and businesses to develop security vulnerability disclosure policies.

Existing law subjects to a special motion to strike a cause of action against a person arising from any act of that person in furtherance of that person's right of petition or free speech under the United States Constitution or the California Constitution in connection with a public issue, unless the court determines that the plaintiff has established that there is a probability that the plaintiff will prevail on the claim. Existing law requires any party who files a special motion to strike, or an opposition to a special motion to strike, to transmit to the Judicial Council, promptly upon filing, a copy of the endorsed, filed caption page of the motion or opposition, a copy of any related notice of appeal or petition for a writ, and a conformed copy of any order issued, as specified, including any order granting or denying a special motion to strike, discovery, or fees. Existing law requires the Judicial Council to maintain a public record of the information transmitted to it, as described above, for at least 3 years. This bill would repeal the Judicial Council transmittal requirements and the Judicial Council's corresponding duty to maintain a public record of these transmittals for 3 years.

This measure would proclaim January 23, 2020, as Maternal Health Awareness Day, to draw attention to the efforts that have improved maternal health in California and to highlight the need for continued improvement of maternal health for all women.

This measure would designate the month of January 2020 as Positive Parenting Awareness Month in California.